Important Reminders…..
Our first field trip will be Friday November 6th, today your child should be bringing home a permission slip and green info note. See a copy of the note below. Please let me know if you have any questions.
The theme for our class basket to be auctioned at the HES Fall Festival (Saturday, Nov 7th) is baking and cooking. Some ideas of items to donate; cookie cutters, sprinkles, baking mixes, or anything you can think of!
What’s going on in our classroom…
It’s getting pretty wild in here, actually! For the next several weeks we are focusing our reading, writing, and science time on animal adaptations. Students have chosen an animal and begun their research, specifically into what about that animal helps it survive. We have talked about how reading as a researcher is different than reading for pleasure, and how to annotate a text or take notes to later turn into paragraphs. Eventually they will compose a feature article, complete with nonfiction text features (like phots, graphs, charts, etc). We have also identified things that seem really strange about certain animals, but that are actually really helpful for their survival.
In math we have reviewed rounding and multi digit addition and subtraction. Our next topic is area and perimeter. We will still continue to review multiplication facts, please continue to work on these at home as well. Knowing multiplication facts up to the 10’s with automaticity (having them memorized) is crucial to success with multi digit multiplication and division. Many students are practicing these on www.tenmarks.com or other sites that we’ve used in class. If you would like info about how to help your child master these facts, please let me know.
important dates:
October 30 field trip money and permission slips due
November 2-6 HES bookfair (we will visit as a class on the 5th)
6 field trip to Reed’s Gold Mine State Historic Site
7 HES Fall Festival 10-2
11 No school, Veteran’s Day
25-27 Thanksgiving Break
December 2 Early Release
11 end of the 2nd quarter
**Field trip info**
FIELD TRIP REMINDERS
4th grade is going to Reed’s Gold Mine Historic Site in Midland NC on Friday, November 6th. The cost for this trip is $24.00 per person for both students and chaperones. Please send in the completed permission slip and money for students and parents riding the bus by Friday October 30th. If you are driving your own car and meeting us there you will pay Reed’s Mine (for panning) when you arrive. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CHILD’S TEACHER ASAP IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHAPERONE SPOT ON THE BUS. Students and chaperones will need to bring a bagged lunch and drink. Food and drinks are allowed on the buses, but drinks must be in bottles (no cans or juice boxes) and they ask that students not have gum or candy. This is an extended day trip. Please see the itinerary below.
itinerary for Reed’s Gold Mine field trip
7:00- arrive at HES, board the bus
7:15- depart HES
9:30- arrive at Reed’s Gold Mine State Historic Site
9:45-11:35 students will be in 4 groups, rotate between stations: film, exhibits, underground tour, stamp mill
11:35-12:15 lunch
12:15-1:45 finish rotations
2:00 board the buses, depart Reed’s Gold Mine
~4:15 arrive back at HES
**Our return time is an estimate, if you are not joining us for the trip please make arrangements for your child to go to afterschool or be picked up at school at 4:00 pm. We will call you if we are running ahead or behind schedule. **
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