Mr. Van's Fourth Grade News.
December 1st - 5th
Weekly Information
Monday......
Tuesday...... Hot Lunch (Pzza , Icee & water)
Wednesday......
Thursday.......... Theme Thursday (Holiday Spirit wear red, white or green)
Friday..........
Classroom Focus
Arrival and Dismissal
We continue to work on classroom routines when entering the classroom in the morning and packing up for dismissal. Step by step directions on what to do are always on the front PowerPoint. It should be followed very easily.
Dismissal can be a bit crazy but the reminders are again on the board. The students can look at the checklist of what to unpack or pack up and what to have out for class.
Homework / Assignment Notebook
We need to focus on bringing these items home and then returning them each day. Too many kids are forgetting multiple time a week. I will be keeping track of missing homework to hopefully help us improve.
Talking
Too much random talking during lessons and work time continue to happen. We have many great examples of hardworking students but we need more students to help us out.
Students will get a check by their name when they talk or make a poor choice. Three checks in a day will result in a REFLECTION. Hopefully we will see improvement.
Theme Thursday
Dec. 4th Holiday clothes or red, white or green colors.
Dec. 11th Wear lights or things that sparkle.
Week Before Winter Break Theme Days
Monday, Dec. 15th Wear holiday hats or headbands.
Tuesday, Dec. 16th Wear your favorite silly holiday socks.
Wednesday, Dec. 17th Ugly sweater day!
Thursday, Dec. 18th Pajama Day
Friday, Dec. 19th Wear your favorite holiday sweater or colors.
Math
We will be working with factors and multiples this week. This includes composte nd prime number. We will continue to review long division and multiplication skills We will be on lesson 23 on Monday.
Important information
For the End of Module 3 we will split the summative into two parts. We will test on Wednesday, December 17th. This will be on lessons 1 - 32. When we return after Winter Break we will continue with lessons 34 - 37 Then on January 15th we will finish up the End of Module summative The study guide come home as usual. I will also be slipit into two parts. We will skip lesson 33. The end of the Quarter is Friday, January 16th.
Please continue with Reflex, it is needed for this module.
Computers go home on Wednesdays
Laptops can be brought home on Wednesday. They need to come back. First Priority is Reflex. Zearn, Prodigy and Freckle are all the next options for what to do. Each week I assign a few assignments in Prodigy and Freckle for students to work on throughout the week. In Zearn, we would like students to plug away on the weekly lessons when possible.
Social Studies
We have begun the South region with states, capitals and placement.
Science
We will begin our new unit in a few weeks. We will focus on the Human Machine. It focuses on plants and animals and how they have internal and external structures that suport them.
Homework Reminders
Don't forget to check the math homework each night and sign the assignment notebook. (signature Morning block only)
Classroom Allergies
We are a Peanut Aware classroom this year so please consider peanut / nut alternatives for individual student lunches and snacks.
Classroom Behavior
Overall the class is chatting to much. Listening to understand not to reply is our goal.
Van Assen Class Schedule
Arrival --- 9:10
Block 1
Math 9:10 - 10:40 Snack 10:15
Science / Social Studies 10:40 - 11:10
P.E. 11:15- 11:45
Encore 11:45 - 12:15
Recess 12:15 - 12:35
Lunch 12:35 - 12:55
Science / Social Studies 12:55 - 1:15
Block 2
Van Homeroom will go to Mrs. Williamson Williamson will go to Van
ELA 1:15 - 3:20 Math 1:15 - 2:40
ELA / Writing / Word Study Science / Social Studies 2:40
3:15 Back to homeroom 3:15 Back to homeroom
Hot Lunch Order Info
Here is the information on how to order hot lunch through the My School Bucks site.
Ths site can be found by going to the fsd157c.org website then scroll down to Online Payments and then find My School Bucks. you can order from there. I believe they also have a phone app you can use.
Try the link below and see if it gets you to the site.
Hope this helps.
Spirit Days Fridays at Chelsea.
Wear your Chelsea or Frankfort 157 gear every Friday
Weekly Math Schedule & Work
Everyday Monday - Thursday there will be Math homework. Please bring the book back and forth each night.
Below is a link for parents for the Math Curriculum. Mrs. Averbeck has designed a Padlet or a "One Stop Shop" for all out math needs. She will guide you through what is included like manipulatives, videos and all practice and homework pages.
Zearn
Students need to continue to work on Zearn throughout the week. I would love for them to keep as close to the current lesson if they can. I will move students up levels throughout the week when needed.
Students should be able to log into their laptop with their passwords. The password should be pasted in their agenda notebook.
Reflex
The students use ClassLink on the laptop to log into most websites like reflex and Zearn.
E-Learning
If we need to go into a day or week of E-Learning the schedule is linked below at the bottom of the page.
Nightly Expectations for Homework
Math - Nightly homework from daily lesson. Zearn if you can stay with in 2 lessons behind or ahead of daily lesson. Reflex continue to move along with a minimum of 2 - 3 nights
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Math - work on the lesson homework from the day + Zearn lesson
