News from 4th Grade Team
Mrs. Carreon * Mrs. Kolodziej * Mr. Riggs *Mrs. Connary
Welcome Back!
Math Tutoring & Support
Mrs. Kolodziej: Tuesday afternoons 3:15-3:50 (need to arrange for student pick-up)
Mrs. Connary: Tuesday afternoons 3:30-4:00 (Mr. Riggs' class)
Wednesday afternoons 3:30-4:00 (Mrs. Connary's class)
***Mrs. Carreon will no longer offer math tutoring.***
This Week's Learning
Reading: Identify figurative language within a text, identify how it is used within a text, make inferences and give evidence from the text to support inference using story 78th Street.
Writing: Performance Task.
Grammar: Ordering adjectives within a sentence.
Science: Understand, explain and write about the rock cycle.
Social Studies: The Rancho System and elements of the Gold Rush.
Read Aloud: By The Great Horn Spoon
Rocks & Minerals Project
Speech Contest
Daily Schedule
MONDAY-THURSDAY
8:45-8:55 Morning School Meeting/Class News
8:55-9:25 Independent Reading/Reading Conferences
9:25-9:40 Vocabulary Review
9:40-10:50 Guided Reading
10:50-11:05 Recess
11:05-12:00 Rotation #1: Math/Science and Social Studies/Writing
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:35 Rotation #1 continuation (1:10-1:35 P.E.)
1:35-3:10 Rotation #2: Math/Science and Social Studies/Writing (1:35-2:00 P.E.)
3:10-3:15 Clean Up and Dismissal
3:15 Dismissal
8:55-9:35 Kolodziej/Connary classes to art/music
9:35-10:15 Kolodziej/Connary classes to art/music
10:15-10:50 Carreon/Riggs classes to art/music
10:50-11:45 Carreon/Riggs classes to art/music
FRIDAY/MINIMUM DAYS:
8:45-8:55 Morning School Meeting/Class News
8:55-9:25 Independent Reading/Reading Conferences
9:25-9:40 Vocabulary Review
9:40-10:50 Guided Reading
10:50-11:05 Recess
11:05-12:00 Rotation #1: Math/Science and Social Studies/Writing
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:45 Rotation #2: Math/Science and Social Studies/Writing
1:45 Dismissal
Yearbooks On Sale Now
Music & Art Corner
Mrs. Adamos, our art teacher, has requested help with needed art supplies. Please consider donating:
- paper plates
- baby wipes
Upcoming Events
Jan. 18: NO SCHOOL-Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 19: Rocks & Minerals Project due
Jan. 19: PTA General Meeting @7:00
Jan. 20: Family Dinner Night
Jan. 22: Jump Rope 4 Heart Assembly
Jan. 25: K-Kids Meeting @12:00
Jan. 26: DAC/DELAC @12:00
Jan. 28: Science & Technology Night 3-6 @6:30
Feb. 2: Classroom Speech Contest
TEACHER WISH LISTS
We are so thankful for our generous 4th grade families. We appreciate the offers for help with supplies that we may need and below are our Wish Lists. Any items are GREATLY APPRECIATED and we THANK YOU in advance!
CONNARY: hand sanitizer, small prizes for treasure box
RIGGS: prizes for prize box
CARREON: hand snaitizer, baby wipes/Clorox wipes, prizes for prize box
OFFICE 365: POWERPOINT
- Username: ID#@live.cvesd.org
- Password: Upper case first letter of first name, lower case of last name, followed by the 8 digit birth date in the mmddyyyy format
For example:
Student Name: Adam Green
ID#: 222333
Born: May 4, 2004
- Username: 222333@live.cvesd.org
- Password: Ag05042004
Once you are signed in to OFFICE 365, click on the Office 365 logo in the top left corner of the page, click INSTALL NOW and you're ready to go! We appreciate your support in student success this 2015-2016 school year and thank you for enrolling your child over this break.
4th Grade Teachers
Mrs. Kolodziej: Room 305: Math/Science
Mr. Riggs: Room 306: Wiritng/Social Studies
Mrs. Connary: Room 503: Math/Science
HOW TO CONTACT US
Math Support
4TH GRADE BENCHMARKS
- 740 Lexile by the end of the year
Fluency:
- 120 words per minute
Typing:
- 20 words per minute
AR Level:
- 4.5-5.0 range
Writing:
- Narrative-write 3 to 5 paragraph essay
- Opinion-write 3 to 5 paragraph essay
- Informative-write 3 to 5 paragraph essay
Mathematics:
- 75% or higher average in all math quizzes/tests
- Complete all 8 math fluency tests