Good Afternoon,

Fourth graders have the opportunity to participate in the Link Up program at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.  Please read the letter that was sent home with your child.  Money is due by December 18th.  Youo can access Mrs. Bowden's website through the link below if you need further information.
http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=1650&

Numbers and Number Operations Unit Assessment Wednesday, December 12th.

Early Dismissal Tuesday, 11th.

Worth Repeating:  

Study Den, the after school study club began on Thursday, September 20th for grades 1-5. This is an opportunity for students to receive assistance on school work, prepare for tests, or work on Study Island.  We have now added an additional day, Mondays!

Our strings days and times are Mondays at 2:50 PM and on Wednesdays at 11:20 AM.   If your child is involved in this program, they will not be missing out on instructional time :)

LEAD 21: Mr. Marsh is going to be adding a new feature in the parent E-Update regarding LEAD 21.  For the next several months, a special highlight of the program will be provided to parents.  This week the feature is the LEAD 21 web page.  Make sure to check it out!

The Student will learn to:

ELA (English Language Arts): Unit 2: A Green Future

• refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise mening of key words and phrases.
• determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases using a range of strategies.

Writing:

• use knowledge of noun suffixes to read accurately unfamiliar words in context and out of context.
• identify and use noun suffixes in writing.
• use knowledge of prefixes that mean "not" to read accurately unfamiliar words in context and out of context.
• identify and use noun suffixes in writing.

Math:  Numbers and Number Operations

• identify and write four number sentences for a fact family.
• identify and use properties of multiplication and addition.
• identify the place value of a digit and name the value of a digit from the hundredths place through the hundred thousands place.
• identify and write numbers using numerals, words, models, and expanding notation.
• solve one- and two-step real-world problems.

Numbers and Number Operations Unit Assessment Wednesday, December 12th.

Math:  Products and Factors

• use arrays and repeated addition and suvtraction to represent and solve multiplication and division problems.
• identify factors and multiples of any number 1-100.
• state the rule of a function table.
• find the missing value of a function table.
• find the rule and solve real-world problems with function.
• solves one- and two-step real-world problems using multiplication and division.

Science:  Earth Materials

• collect and organize data.
• describe and record properties of minerals
• observe and describe the physical properties of rocks.

This Week's Homework is due on Friday, December 14th.

Math: 

• Math Practice #14
• Practice Math Facts 5 minutes per night

Reading:

• Tazio Nuvolari, Racing Legend
• Read 20 minutes per night

Spelling: 

• Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Lists

Study Island: 

• Reading - Compare and Contrast Texts
• Math - Number Properties

Monday - Day 4: Spanish/Music

Tuesday - Day 5: Pe/Spanish

Wednesday - Day 1: PE/Music

Thursday - Day 2: Computers

Friday - 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 at the end of each month and the books should arrive about a week later.  Thank you!