January 14-18

This week the fourth grade: 

• Assembled a simple circuit and tested conductors and insulators
• Constructed series and parallel circuits
• Revised and edited their pros and cons essay
• Illustrated examples of comparative adjectives
• Identified proper adjectives in a sentence
• Continued to read and discus Number the Stars
• Began researching topics for their state ABC book
• Compared and ordered fractions
• Added fractions and reduced answers to simplest form

Next week students will:

• Continue to learn about comparative adjectives
• Add and subtract fractions
• Finish reading Number the Stars
• Select their third quarter book clubs (we are still looking for a few more volunteers, please see the information below and let us know you can help out this quarter!)
• Build circuits
• Draft their state ABC book
• Continue researching their state

* Students have been assigned to turn in a final copy of their pros and cons essay on Tuesday.  The essay can be typed or written in cursive. 

* There will be no spelling test next week due to the short week.

Upcoming dates:

• Mon., 1/21 - No School, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Thurs., 1/24 - Science Club, 7:25 am
• Fri., 1/25 - Spirit Day, 50th Anniversary Chapel and school parade
• Mon., 1/28 - Noon Dismissal, Faculty inservice
• Thurs., 1/31 - Math Club, 7:25 am 

Third quarter book club is coming up.  There is a lot going on this quarter so the dates were a little difficult to pin down.  We will meet Friday 2/8 @ 2:30, Friday 2/22 @ 12:30, and Friday 3/1 @ 12:30.  Please email Mrs. Cowan ccowan@speds.org if you are interested in volunteering to lead a group.  We will provide a brief training for parents that have not led a book club session.

The Fifty States Fair presentations will be Thursday March 28th.  This is the Friday after Spring Break.  More details will follow as it gets closer to the date. 

The Jefferson City field trip has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 2nd.  This is an all day field trip 9:30-4:30) and we will need 4-6 parents to join us.  If you are interested please let us know! 

Please don't forget about SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS!

Find some great books to online so we can earn free books for our own classroom libraries, and have selections for students to choose free books when they fill out their punch cards. 

Our classroom link to order online:  https://orders.scholastic.com/HFWTD

Here's to another great week in the fourth grade!

Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Van Maren