Class Updates for 3/18/19

Hi parents!

Here are a few announcements for this week:

4th Grade Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, May 21 is the fourth grade awards ceremony and ice cream social. If your student is receiving an award, parent invitations will go home. The awards begin at 8:15 in the cafeteria; the ice cream social begins at 9:15 on the blacktop (weather permitting) or in the fourth grade hallway. All parents are welcome to the ice cream social. Students are welcome to bring their yearbooks for signing at that time.

Jr. Beta Club

Dear KSE students and parents,

Jr. Beta Club is supporting Springfield Elementary, a school horribly impacted by the effects of Hurricane Michael last year. They are still recovering and are looking for items to help replenish all that was lost. We have picked three items from their Amazon Wish List to collect this week. If you could please send in: EXPO MARKERS, GLUE STICKS, and/or PEEL AND STICK ENVELOPES (standard size). Please see the attached flyer for more info! 

Supplies for Our Classroom

I am hoping the flu and runny nose season is behind us.  Wait, I forgot about allergies.  YIKES!

If you can, please send in tissues either with your child or for the classroom.  Paper towels will work as well.  Glue sticks are in demand too because we are constantly gluing things into our notebooks.  

I SO appreciate your support!  

Curriculum Updates

Report cards will go home this Friday. Please keep a look out for them. 

Reading

We are starting our unit on inequalities, specifically as it relates to the 19th Amendment.

Social Studies

The Westward Expansion is our topic of study for the next few weeks.  

Writing

In writing, we will review opinion writing and how to develop fictional stories.

Math

We have started our geometry and measurement unit.  After this, we will have a few weeks of review according to our curriculum map (although we have already started this in class).

Milestones Review

I will be sending home review work as we complete it in class.  I will also send home a few optional review sheets your child may work on for practice.  The review that we do in class or home are topics we have covered in class.  The students may also use their notebooks to review if they forget a topic or two.

As far as typing practice in preparation for the Milestones, we have been typing all year and I am confident that the students will have no problem manipulating the keyboard or mouse.  The students have used the computers consistently to complete their Moby Max and Read Works assignments.  We have also completed research twice this year.  I feel good about their typing skills.

A Look Ahead...
March 29- Math Quiz: Lines, Angles, Symmetry
April 12- Math Test: Geometry and Measurement
April 15- Social Studies Test: Westward Expansion
April 16- Social Studies Test: Westward Expansion (Mr. Mathews)

Spelling: March 22 

I think that is it...for now.  

Have a great week!

Mrs. Bruner