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HOORAY! Benchmark testing is over and our class did AMAZING! I am so proud of their hard work. As ONE reward (for everyone passing READING!) we are going to have a have a BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE celebration. Kids will have the opportunity to use classroom Chromebooks or electronic devices from home for free play!! Students may bring tablets, MP3 players, or video game devices. Students are expected to limit their content to school-appropriate websites, videos, or games. SORRY, NO CELL PHONES ARE PERMITTED. Thank you! More information about this date and permission slips will come home next week!


Thank you for those parents who signed up for spring conferences. It was really great for Ms. Poland and I to get to check in with each of you and discuss the successes of our students. We are so proud of the work they are putting in and it is always exciting to share that. If you did not schedule a conference, we are sending home conference forms with each student on MONDAY with report cards! This will give you the opportunity to see the same updates. Please reach out if you have any questions or want to set up a time to discuss! 

  • Fourth grade worked really hard this week taking BENCHMARK math on Tuesday and Wednesday and VIRGINIA STUDIES on Friday! They did an incredible job and we feel confident moving into quarter three that we are in a really good place
  • Fifth grade took their READING BENCHMARK and really blew me away. I am so proud of their focus. We had two students even get a PERFECT SCORE! Way to go Makayla and Daniel! 🙂 🙂 🙂

    NEXT WEEK
  • Fourth will get back into our normal routine by kicking off VS6 A New Nation where we look important Virginians and their involvement in the establishment of the new government. In ELA, we are going to be learning about prepositions and during reading we will focus on story elements. This means we will start analyzing the parts of a plot, character development, conflict, etc.

  • Fifth grade will focus on drawing conclusions and making inferences as well as quotation marks. We will start projects where students create silent movies and have to include the dialogue to explain the plot. In social studies we will dive into our study of the northeast by talking about the climate, natural resources, and economy. Students should be studying the states and capitals in the northeast each night! We will most likely take this quiz the week of the 18th but stay tuned for an exact date!

FOURTH GRADE PROJECT INFORMATION:

IMPORTANT DATES:

  • Young Scientist Lesson – Monday, February 11th
  • 2nd Quarter Report Cards sent home – Monday, February 11th
  • Classroom Awards Assembly – Monday, February 11th
  • Valentine’s Day Exchange – Thursday, February 14th (see class list below!)
  • Benchmark Celebrations – Monday, February  18th
  • African American Achiever posters and essays due (no costumes) February 20th
  • PTO Performance presentation of African American Achiever projects in costume- February 26th at 6 pm (optional but encouraged)
  • SCHOOL PRESENTATION of African American Achciever projects in costume– February 28thVISIT MS. POLANDS BLOG FOR AN UPDATE ABOUT SCIENCE AND MATH!

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