4th Grade Weekly Update
December 7th, 2023
December Donations
If you are willing and able to help make our December activities the best, here is what we need.
Please send all donations in by December 11th.
Thank you! We appreciate your support!
Yearbooks are available to purchase online!
Lunch Visits
Thank you!
Important Dates:
House Meetings will be held next week!
- Colonial Life Test: Friday, 12.15
- Half Day: Tuesday, 12.19
- Winter Break (No school): Dec. 20 - Jan. 3
Grinch Day movie
4th grade will be watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Thursday, 12.14. Please let us know if you have a concern with your student watching this movie.
Fri-YAY Spirit Days!
Notes from the office:
Attendance Matters! Please make every effort to get your child to school on a daily basis.
All transportation changes must be in writing.
The Howling Times
What are we learning?
- SOL 4.10, 4.11
Students are working on geometry. The students have learned about lines, rays, line segments, points and the different types of angles. They have also learned terms for how lines intersect.
Ask your student: What is the geometric term for an exact location in space? (answer: point)
Reading:
We are focusing on fact & opinion. We have discussed that a fact is a statement that can be proven while an opinion is a thought or a feeling.
Ask your student: Is the following statement a fact or an opinion?
Cedar Forest is the best school in Spotsy County.
VA Studies:
VS.4 Colonial Life
Students are learning about what life was like in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
Ask your student: What are some examples of jobs you might have had as a colonist in Virginia?
Assessment Date: Friday, December 15th
*A study guide has been provided to all students. Please contact your student's teacher if you need an additional copy!
Afternoon Bus Link
If you would like to follow when buses are at CFES and when they are leaving, please use this link. We hope this helps many of you with following when buses arrive and leave CFES. Thank you!
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