Mrs. McDougald's Classroom News
4th Grade Weekly Update
Principal Perch by: Todd Langley
It was a fantastic week at Alcova! Don't forget about our Falcon Showcase on Feb 18th. We are looking forward to sharing our students work with you!
Please continue to be away of your arrival time in the morning. We want our student at school and ready to learn when the bell rings at 8:15 a.m. We begin letting students in at 7:45 a.m. and work to make sure our process is efficient.
Don't forget we will be donating items from our lost and found after Feb 14th. We want to ensure all our items make them back to their appropriate owners. As always it is a pleasure to serve this community!
Como aprender a ser padres activos!
Los queremos invitar a
A un taller para aprender a como ser Padres Activos!
Jueves, 18 de Febrero 2016
4:30-5:30p.m.
Alcova STEM PBL (al lado de la cafetería)
Tema
COMO TENER CONFERENCIAS EXITOSAS CON LOS MAESTROS.®
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· Esta va a ser una oportunidad para compartir ideas que les ayude a tener una conferencia exitosa con sus maestros.
· Aquí los esperamos!
Mercy Williams y Fabiana Fischer
Upcoming Dates…..
Feb. 12th: Father/Daughter Dance
Feb. 15th: President’s Day Holiday
Feb. 18th: Falcon Showcase & Alcova Art Show
Feb. 24th & 25th: Early Release @12:15
Feb. 26th: Spring Picture Day
February 12th!
COMING SOON………
Falcon Showcase
Feb. 18 6:00-8:00.
We will have the StarLab, eclass sessions for math, STEM activities, students showcasing their work in Math and Science , Grade level tutorials for parents on helping their student with math. More info will be coming!
Early Release Conference
Sign Up is OPEN!
We will be having Early Release Conferences on Feb. 24th & 25th. The online conference sign up opened TODAY! Please take a few minutes this weekend to login and select a date and time for your conferences. We use the online scheduler to make it easier on your get schedule more than one conference for all your children. Act EARLY so that you can get the times that work best for you!
Classroom News
In reading we are discussing text structure in small group. We are excited about reading "George Washington Socks." Read 30 minutes nightly.
We are working on adding vivid adjectives and adding discussions in our narrative paper.
It is all about simple machines in science. We are excited about making Google slides on simple machines.
We are learning about famous people of the Revolutionary War.
I Can Statements
Math:
I can convert decimals to fractions.
I can compare decimals.
Writing:
I can write using adjectives.
I can write a narrative paper.
Reading:
I can explain different types of text structure (compare/ contrast, problem solution, chronological order, and cause and effect.)
Science:
I can identify the different types of simple machines(lever, pulley, screw, wedge, inclined plane, compound machine, and wheel and axle.)
Social Studies:
- I can explain the different battles of the Revolutionary War and famous people.
Helpful Web Pages
All of these web pages can be found on my Symbaloo in eCLASS.
Grammar Games http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/games/
Fraction games to help with fractions http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html
Multiplication games to help with multiplication http://www.math-play.com/one-digit-by-two-digit-multiplication-game.html
Math games http://www.mathblaster.com/parents/math-games/4th-grade-math-games
Great Books to Read
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Fritz)
Babe (King-Smith)
Because of Winn Dixie (DiCamillo)
Cam Jansen (Adler)
Chet Gecko (Bruce)
Chocolate Fever (Smith)
Coyote Autumn (Wallace)
Danger in the Desert (Fields)
Dear Mr. Henshaw (Cleary)
Encyclopedia Brown (Sobal)
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia (O’Connor)
Fudge (Blume)
Geronimo (Stilton)
Grand Escape (Naylor)
Honus & Me (Gutman)
How to Eat Fried Worms (Rockwell)
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain (Burch).
Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (Coville)
Owls in the Family (Mowat)
Meet J. K. Rowling (Ward)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Cleary)
Runt (Bauer)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Coerr)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (MacLachlan)
Shiloh (Naylor)
Series of Unfortunate Events (Snickett)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Skeleton Man (Bruchac)
Skinnybones (Park)
Spiderwick (Black)
Stone Fox (Gardiner)
Summer of Riley (Bunting)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Blume)
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom (Sachar)
Tornado (Byars)
Whipping Boy (Fleischman)
Year of Miss Agnes (Hill)