Weekly Update

Happy Sunday Parents,

I hope you were able to take the two surprise snow days and enjoy them with your children. I am so thankful we were given those days for the kids to just be kids! We have all been working extra hard this year (teachers and parents included) and it was nice to get those days to just enjoy the snow and be together. 

Friday we watched the Holiday Sing Along. It wasn't quite the same as being together at school participating, but it was fun nonetheless! Mr. Fuhrman and Mrs. Heverin did a beautiful job creating the Sing Along for us! The students and teachers really enjoyed continuing this tradition today!

Winter Movie

Tuesday we will watch the movie Frosty the Snowman after our morning meeting. We thought this would be a fun and special way to celebrate the season and our last day (before break) together. I have told the kids they are welcome to bring a cup of hot chocolate or a treat with them to snack on while we watch the movie "together". If you are alright with your child having a snack for the movie, please make sure to have that available for them at 9:15am Tuesday. 

Student Spotlight

Does your child have work he/she is really proud of? Maybe they would like to show off how hard they are working at home, or want to show how they are demonstrating the 3Rs. Upload a picture or short video of his/her work to share with the whole school! Images and videos shared will be featured on the Student Spotlight segments on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the morning announcements. Students may not be featured right away depending on how many submissions have been made.

Student Spotlight Form

This Weeks Schedule

This week will be a short week due to Winter Break. Monday will be a normal asynchronous day and will follow our typical Monday schedule. Tuesday we will shake things up a bit. We will meet for our normal Morning Meeting followed by our Writing lesson. After that, we will watch Frosty the Snowman movie.  The rest of the day, the students will follow their normal schedule and complete their "small group work" (RAZ Kids, Dreambox and Xtra Math) and working on their asynchronous assignments. There is no school or morning meetings the rest of the week! 

Below is the focus of our lessons for when we return from Winter Break. 

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Writing:  We are studying Biographies/ Nonfiction and are going to continue working on our Famous African American project. This covers many SOLs. We are chunking our way through it together. 
• Math:  We will continue our the Multiplication unit. **It would be beneficial for the students to have their multiplication facts memorized. Please be working on these at home to help them with this unit.**
• Virginia Studies:  We will continue with  Chapter 2 of Virginia Studies- Virginia's First Peoples. We will cover that the American Indians lived all over the state, The English Settlers and  the three native languages spoken. The study guide went home several weeks ago. The test will be after break- date TBD. 

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns. 

Weekly Update

Good Afternoon Parents,

What a whirlwind week it has been! On Monday, we will begin our transition to 100% DL for the time being. Our class will follow the same schedule we began the year with. We will meet each morning at 8 AM for our morning meeting and will have two 45 minute whole group live sessions at 8:30 and 9:30. We will walk through what DL looks like in our classroom together on Monday during our Morning Meeting.

    I know this transition may be hard for some students, and I am always here as a resource! Please reach out if there is anything I can do to support your child or help your family during this time! 

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Writing:  The students will begin their own research on their Famous African American, as part of our  Biography unit. 
• Math:  We will begin our unit on Multiplication and Division. **It would be beneficial for the students to have their multiplication facts memorized. Please be working on these at home to help them with this unit.**
• Virginia Studies:  We will continue with  Chapter 2 of Virginia Studies- Virginia's First Peoples. We will cover that the American Indians lived all over the state, The English Settlers and  the three native languages spoken. The study guide for this unit went home two weeks ago. The test date is TBD now that we transitioned to DL. 

Weekly Update

Hello 4th Grade Families,

I was so excited to welcome your students back to in person learning this week! They did a really nice job of following the guidelines and wearing their masks. I know it's a challenge to have it on that long but they did really well. I was so proud of them!! It felt so good to be back in the school, working on actual papers and writing with pencils. The students agreed, and it was a really great week!

A few hybrid reminders 

• Please have your child bring an extra mask (in a labeled, ziploc bag)

• A lunch (if not eating the school provided  free lunch)

•  chromebook (fully charged) 

• Please remember to fill out the LCPS Symptom Checker before your student’s arrival. 

• Bring a snack- lunch is not until 1:10pm each day.

• Breakfast is provided as well if the students want it. All they have to do is let me know upon arrival and it will be delivered to our classroom. Free of charge until the end of the year! 

Asynchronous Day Work

• Students will log on to our morning meeting (just as they have been through our class Schoology page) from 8:00-8:30. 

• Students will complete 60-90 minutes of independent work. This will be in their packet that they will receive weekly. This should be easier for them to navigate independently. It is important to me the students are actually writing and solving problems on paper and doing their work on their own. It is a little bit of normalcy. I have told the students that if they have a question about one of the questions, they are to circle the problem and bring it to school with them the next time they are in the building. Mrs. Higgins, Mrs. Gumbel or I will help them.

• They should check off their work as they complete it on the weekly checklist attached to their packet. 
  
  

Student Spotlight

Does your child have work he/she is really proud of? Maybe they would like to show off how hard they are working at home, or want to show how they are demonstrating the 3Rs. Upload a picture or short video of his/her work to share with the whole school! Images and videos shared will be featured on the Student Spotlight segments on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the morning announcements. Students may not be featured right away depending on how many submissions have been made.

Student Spotlight Form

Focus Areas for the Coming Week:

• Writing:  We are studying Biographies and are going to begin working on our Famous African American project.
• Math:  We will begin our unit on Multiplication and Division. **It would be beneficial for the students to have their multiplication facts memorized. Please be working on these at home to help them with this unit.**
• Virginia Studies:  We will continue with  Chapter 2 of Virginia Studies- Virginia's First Peoples. We will cover that the American Indians lived all over the state, The English Settlers and  the three native languages spoken. The study guide for this unit went home this week. Test date TBD. 

As always, please reach out with any questions or comments. I appreciate your support!