Blue & Silver Newsletter
For the week of 2/5/18
Valentine's Celebration and Service Project
Valentine's Party
Wednesday February 14th
1:45 - 2:30
Your child may bring Valentine's to exchange. Your child needs a box or bag to collect the Valentine's cards they receive. Please have them bring their boxes beginning Monday February 12th.
Titan Trot is Coming!
Important Dates
2/14 Valentine's Party @ 1:45 - 2:30
2/19 Student Holiday
3/9 Titan Trot
3/12-3/16 Spring Break
Our Learning Targets
Writing: We can write complete simple and compound sentences with a comma in the correct spot for compound sentences.
Social Studies: We can identify the economic motivations and accomplishments of Moses Austin and Martin de Leon and explain their impact on the settlement of Texas.
Math: We can solve problems that deal with measurements of liquid volumes and mass using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division as appropriate. We can determine if two fractions are equivalent using a variety of strategies. We can compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators.
Science: We can measure, compare, and contrast physical properties of matter, including magnetism.
Spelling List for the week
watch, shell, within, floor, worry, dislike, displease, unplanned, unload, rebuild, uncover, discolor, disorder, refresh, unpaid
Bonus Words: nutritious, biologist, explosion, competition, species
Second Step
Handling Put-Downs
Calming down helps you handle put-downs and avoid making conflicts escalate.
Students will be able to:
- Identify strategies for handling put-downs
- Demonstrate what they’ve learned about strategies for calming down
- Demonstrate assertive responses to put-downs
Looking for Second Step Home Links? https://sites.google.com/a/leanderisd.org/mstorres4thgrade/second-step
Homework
https://sites.google.com/a/leanderisd.org/mr-avirett-s-4th-grade-classroom/homework
Math Homework:
https://sites.google.com/a/leanderisd.org/mstorres4thgrade/homework
Classroom Supplies
Classroom Shutterfly
The Room Reps for our classes have put together a Shutterfly site for our classes. If you haven't joined yet, here is the information:
Shutterfly Information & Photo Sharing Site - Did you know...
Our Averitt / Torres class has a Shutterfly site!
The purpose is to help keep you informed, track calendar events and messaging as well as collect & share photos from classroom activities!
If you are interested in access, please contact us, or click this link to request access: