This was a busy 4-day week with testing and all our Specials! The 4th graders are still needing lots of reminders to be prepared for Memory recitation on Thursdays and finishing classwork as homework to be turned in on time the next day. Short weeks make these routines harder to keep up with, but we are improving every day! We now have 5 butterflies and will soon have many more! We plan to release several with the 5th graders this week! We have our first Pep Rally, and will listen to our STUCO campaign speeches on Thursday! We are also looking forward to voting! See you this Saturday at the Fall Carnival.
FALL CARNIVAL– Saturday, Sept. 6th ( 6 – 8 PM)
Thank you to Mrs. Clancy and Mrs. Patch for your work on our 4th grade Booth! A huge thank you to everyone who has already signed up to help with our Face Can Bean Bag Toss booth at the carnival this Saturday, September 6th! We still have a few volunteer spots open and would love to see more friendly faces join us. Helping at the booth is a fun and easy way to start earning your mandatory volunteer hours while being part of the excitement. The game is super simple — No experience needed, just help kids line up and cheer them on while they play!If you haven’t already, please take a moment to sign up for a shift our SignUpGenius link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48ACAF29AAF85-58304777-4thgrade
Special Reading/Writing Project
The 4th graders should be finishing their special autobiography poster called “Extra, Extra, Read All About Me.” This assignment is in your child’s binder, but should be taken out and finished at home. The poster will serve as a book report/project and is due on Friday, September 12th. Please help your child to plan it out and be neat, accurate, and complete. The scoring guide is included in the Assignment Organizer. Your child must be the only one to write on or draw on the poster using pencil and colored pencil. Each child is allowed only one copy of the poster.
Parent / Teacher Conferences – Mandatory
As we near our first mid quarter, it is a great time for us to visit, ask and answer any questions we may have, and talk about up-coming events! We are planning on having our Parent / Teacher Conferences on Thursday afternoon, September 18th and the morning of Friday, September 19th. Please use the Sign Up Genius link below to schedule your appointment. Thank you!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EACA82CA1FFC16-58334110-4thgrade
Sept. 23 – Field Trip to Ernie Miller and Wildwood Outdoor Education
The 4th graders will be attending their first field trip of the year on Tuesday, September 23rd to participate in a 1700’s Heritage History Lab experience and meet a French-Canadian fur trapper, an Osage Indian, and a pioneer from the 1800’s. Students will need to dress for the weather. Permission slips were due on Sept. 4th. If you have not already returned the form, please send it in ASAP so final plans can be made.
Student Council Campaign and Election
Students in grade 4, who are running for our class representative or the Student Council Artist/Publicity, will be campaigning this week. The STUCO speeches will be held in Concord Hall on Thursday, Sept. 11th. Voting will follow.
Spelling Begins-
We have been taken our first Spelling List Pretest and Dictation Test! On Friday we will have a Retake Test for any child who scored below 88% on the Wednesday Test. The student’s highest test score will be recorded in the gradebook for the week’s list words. Please look for the tests to come home in the Thursday Folder and review the words if your child will be taking the Retake Test on Friday. Any fourth grader may choose to take the Friday test to raise their weekly test score.
MAP Testing
We are nearly finish taking our MAP Tests. Our last one is on Friday, September 5th – Science
PE
Please keep in mind that our PE dress-out days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of each week. We will encourage your child to bring PE clothes home on Thursday nights to be sure they are clean and fresh for the new week.
BAND
We will have started attending 4th grade band, which is every Tuesday and Thursday morning during our school day at 8:45 am. Please look for important information coming from our band director, Miss Rachel Beumer. Please email her with any questions or concerns you may have concerning band. What a joy to add instrumental music to our schedule this year!
How Best to Keep Informed-
Each Thursday morning you will be receiving an email called “3-6 SCOOP,” which contains links to each of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classroom website. The classroom link will contain the class newsletter, Memory, and Spelling. This email will come from either Mrs.Krzesinski, Mrs. Begley, Mrs. McIntosh, or Mrs. Schkade. We will take turns writing and sending out the “SCOOP.” Please be sure to click on the links that pertain to our class to see news about upcoming calendar events, assignments, class trips, and more!
Calendar of Events:
Sept 4 – Chick-fil-A Spirit Night – Shawnee Mission Pkwy 4-9 pm Sept. 5 – All Pro Dad – Breakfast with Dad (free) Sept. 6 – Fall Carnival and Pie Auction Sept. 9 – Student Council Campaign Begins Sept. 11 – Pep Rally & Student Council Elections Sept. 12 – Autobiography Poster Project is Due Sept. 18 – Parent/Teacher Conferences – Early Dismissal Sept. 23 – Field Trip to Ernie Miller and Wildwood Outdoor Education (Permission / Driver form due: Sept. 4) Sept. 25 – School Picture Day Sept. 29 – Oct. 3 – Fall Break |
