• Edmodo_Parent_Information_Note_2013.pdf

Good Afternoon,

The Thanksgiving Friendship Luncheon will be held on Tuesday 11/26; it will be held during our normal lunch time at 11:40am.

If your child will be absent Monday or Tuesday of next week, please let me know.

On Monday, 12/2, we will be welcoming a new student into our classroom.  The students are excited to meet Tyler.  He is moving to CHE from another Blue Valley school.  Please help us welcome Tyler and his family into our classroom and school community.

We will have our Math Topic 6 Test on Friday, December 6th.  Closer to the test date, your child will be bringing home the "Daily Common Core Practice" packet and the "Quick Check" packet to help prepare for the assessment. He/she may do any of the activities on the enVision website to help them study/practice as well.  There is a practice test in the text book that may be completed to practice, and this can be accessed through the enVision website as well. 

Check the homework section below to see the next two week's homework.

Our next classsroom newsletter will come out on December 6th.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Worth Repeating:

The 4^th grade curriculum plan is available each month on the CHE website under the "Monthly Curriculum Plans" tab.  

Sumdog is back again this year! 
Students will have the opportunity to play math games on this free website, as well as participate in BV District sponsored Sumdog contests throughout the year.  In the meantime, Sumdog is a great website your child can play at school and at home.  As your child answers math facts, it self-levels based on their accuracy and speed, so don't answer the problems for them.  A great feature is signing up as an adult to gain feedback on your child's weekly progress!  Bookmark Sumdog on your computers for your child:  http://www.sumdog.com  

Thank you for checking the Nut Safer List located on the CHE website under "Forms and Documents" for snacks in the classroom. We want our classroom to be a safe place for everyone!

The Student will learn to:

Reading: A Nation's Beginnings

• paraphrase what is read using details from the text.
• summarize what is read by using details from the text.
• use knowledge of homophones to understand the meaning of a word or phrases.
• use knowledge of prefixes that tell when to read and understand words.

Grammar: 

• correctly use and understand action and linking verbs in reading and writing.
• correctly use and understand main and helping verbs in reading and writing.

Writing:  Personal Narratives

• write using the sequence-of-events test structure.
• visualize to help draft a personal narrative.
• use idioms effectively in a personal narrative.
• revise a personal narrative for voice.
• correctly use quotation marks in dialogue.
• edit a personal narrative for paragraph indentions.

Math: Topic 6 - Developing Fluency: Multiplying by 1-Digit Numbers

• record multiplication using an explanded algorithm. (6-1)
• multiply 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using paper-and-pencil methods. (6-2)
• multiply 2-digit number by 1-digit numbers using the standard algorithm and estimate to check for reasonableness. (6-3)
• use the standard algorithm to multiply 3- and 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. (6-4)
• multiply 2-, 3-, and 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using the standard algorithm and estimate to check for reasonableness. (6-5)
• identify what information in a problem is missing or is not needed. (6-6)

**Topic 6 Test Friday, December 6th

Social Studies: Ch.4-5 Explorers 

• explain several factors that led to European exploration of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.
• categorize artifacts of exploration.
• explain how the voyages of Christopher Columbus encouraged the major powers of Europe to explore the Americas between the 15th and 17th centuries.
• identify areas in North America claimed by explorers.
• describe the impact of expeditions.

• Tuesday, Nov. 26 - Friendship Thanksgiving Luncheon @ 11:40am
• Tuesday, Nov. 26 - Library @ 2:00
• Wednesday, Nov. 27th-Friday, Nov. 29th - Thanksgiving Break - No School
• Monday, Dec. 2 - New Student Tyler N. arrives at CHE
• Monday, Dec. 2 - PTO Eat-N-Earn at Salty Iguana
• Friday, Dec. 6 - Topic 6 Math Test
• Tuesday, Dec. 10 - Early Dismissal @ 2:00pm

*Please check our Edmodo calendar for important dates.

Monday 11/25 - Day 2: Music

Tuesday 11/26 - Day 3: Art

Wednesday 11/27 - Friday 11/29 - NO SCHOOL

Monday 12/2 - Day 4: Computers

Tuesday 12/3 - Day 5: Spanish/PE

Wednesday 12/4 - Day 1: Spanish/PE

Thursday 12/5 - Day 2: Music

Friday 12/6 - Day 3: Art

I will send Scholastic Book Club flyers home each month.  If you would like to order books, you can do so one of the following two ways: 

1. send the order form back in with a check
2. click the link below to order online with our class code - FZPKM 

I will close out each order on the 15th of each month and the books should arrive about a week later.  Thank you!