Final Week of School

Dear 4C,

What a joy it has been to be your child's teacher. It is always bittersweet this time of year. After all this time bonding and learning from each other, it's time to let go and send them off to become 5th graders. How they've grown in mind, spirit, and body!

This will be an action-packed week.
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Important Dates:

• Monday is a full day. Tuesday -Friday are early release days (dismissed at 12:30). There are no clubs this week.
• Monday-Wednesday (May 21-23) - Historical figure presentations - including souvenir
• Thursday (May 24) - History Field Day (uniforms are mandatory, wear sunscreen)
• Also on Thursday: 5th grade commencement 6:30-8:00
• Friday (May 25) - Kinder commencement 11:00-12:30
• Friday, May 25th - Last day of school
• Friday (June 1) - Q4 evaluations posted at 3:00

Academics this week:

We will finish up our unit on poetry and enjoy participating in Reader's Theater. We will have Spalding this week with a test on Friday. 

In math, we will finish the unit on graphs and do a perimeter/area activity.

We will finish our study of germs and the body, in science.

This week in history students will present their historical figure research on Monday-Wednesday. Final typed drafts of the research essay are due on Tuesday. On Thursday we will have our end of the year celebration!
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I'm glad that I'll get to see many of you on Thursday at our history celebration. Thank you to all who are donating their time, food, and props so that it will be a success!

Thank you for a GREAT year!

Quarter 4

Dear 4C Parents:

Wow! We are almost at the end of the year! 

Thank you so much for the acts and words of appreciation. It truly has been a blessing to be your child's teacher this year!😊

Important Dates:

• Tuesday, May 15th - Birthday Book Club for May and June
• Wednesday, May 16th - fingerprinting event - 8-10 a.m.
• Saturday, May 19th - End-of-Year Pool Party - information to follow
• Monday, May 21st - Full day
• Tuesday, May 22nd-Friday, May 25th - Early release each day

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Academics for the week:

We will continue our unit on Poetry in literature.

We will wrap up the unit on Volume with a quiz on Wednesday. Then we will learn about different kinds of graphs.

This week in science, we will finish up animal classification and we will do a mini-unit about germs and the body.

In history this week students will continue editing their history essays and turn in their typed rough drafts on Thursday. We will also begin learning about national symbols and begin our study of the U.S. Constitution.

Important Dates for history project:

Typed rough draft due Thursday

Typed final essay due Tuesday, May 22

Historical figure presentation and souvenir: May 21-23

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Quarter 4

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!

Important Dates:

• Thursday, May 10 - 6:30-8:00p.m. - Parent Positive Series - Painting With Parents (Adults only)
• Reminder: The last week of school is May 21-25. Monday the 21st is a full day but Tuesday-Friday will be early release (12:30).

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Academics for the Week:

In Literature, we’re finishing Carry On, Mr. Bowditch on Tuesday. This is definitely one of the class’s favorite books this year and I’ll be sorry to see it end! The students will write a 5-paragraph essay on Thursday describing three virtues Nat shows throughout Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.

This week in math, we will be starting a short unit on volume. There will be a quiz next week.

We will finish the unit on plants with the test on Monday. Our next subject will be animal classification. 

In history this week students will begin writing their introduction paragraph in class on Monday. We will be editing paragraph 2 on Thursday and Paragraph 3 on Friday in class. We will also continue our study of the Revolutionary War and British shifting the fighting to the Southern Colonies and culminating with the surrender at Yorktown. 

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