Parent Update - 3/23/2009
Dear 4th Grade families,
I trust you have all had a fun and restful spring break and are enjoying your last day before we start our last trimester. My family has had a nice break and had a nice driving trip to Colorado to see family. It was stunning driving through the red rock country of Arizona and Utah and lovely seeing the snow on the mountains. It was a nice visit though I am glad to be back and get to see all the fourth graders again.
Thank you all for taking the time to meet with me and your child for the conferences before the break. All of the students did a fantastic job at the conferences and it's so great for me to witness their growth and have time with all of you.
We will start right back into our work on Monday. We do have a field trip to Colton Hall and the Monterey Library scheduled for Wed., April 8th. We will be taking the Monterey Transit Bus to downtown Monterey. I have one confirmed chaperone and have room for two more if anyone else can join us. We will leave school around 8:45 and return just before 2pm. Field trip forms will be coming home Monday or Tuesday. I will also send an application for a Monterey Library card home with your child if they don't already have one. I will need the application back by Tuesday or Wednesday this week to get all of the applications to the library one week ahead of time so the cards will be ready for the students when we arrive.
The ISM Gala is coming soon. It is Saturday, April 11th at the Hyatt in Monterey. It is a fun event and a great fundraiser for the school. Our class has been part of making an art piece for the gala's silent auction. They are two ceramic pieces (vases, I believe) made by an artist in Los Altos. She took ocean images the students drew and put them on the pieces. They will be ready at the artist's studio on Tuesday. If anyone is going to the Los Altos or SF Bay Area this week and could swing by and pick up the ceramics, please let me know. It would be a great help.
In math, we will start Unit 8 this week. Please read the Parent Letter for Unit 8 in your child's Math Study Links book. Unit 8 focuses on Perimeter and Area so there will be a lot of great measuring going on.
We will have new spelling words this week which I hope you will be seeing coming home so the students can practice their words each night.
We will be beginning a social studies unit on Migration this trimester focusing on migration to California. In Science this trimester we will be learning about electricity and magnetism. If anyone has any expertise in either of these two areas please let me know.
Homework this week:
Monday: Math Study Links 8.1
Spelling: Sort and write words
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 50
Tuesday: Math Study Links 8.2
Spelling: Sort and write words
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 51
Wednesday: Math Study Links 8.3
Spelling: Sort and write words or your choice
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 52
Thursday: Math Study Links 8.4
Spelling: Study for Spelling test
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 53
Thank you for all you do to support your child.
Sincerely,
Mary Welsh
I trust you have all had a fun and restful spring break and are enjoying your last day before we start our last trimester. My family has had a nice break and had a nice driving trip to Colorado to see family. It was stunning driving through the red rock country of Arizona and Utah and lovely seeing the snow on the mountains. It was a nice visit though I am glad to be back and get to see all the fourth graders again.
Thank you all for taking the time to meet with me and your child for the conferences before the break. All of the students did a fantastic job at the conferences and it's so great for me to witness their growth and have time with all of you.
We will start right back into our work on Monday. We do have a field trip to Colton Hall and the Monterey Library scheduled for Wed., April 8th. We will be taking the Monterey Transit Bus to downtown Monterey. I have one confirmed chaperone and have room for two more if anyone else can join us. We will leave school around 8:45 and return just before 2pm. Field trip forms will be coming home Monday or Tuesday. I will also send an application for a Monterey Library card home with your child if they don't already have one. I will need the application back by Tuesday or Wednesday this week to get all of the applications to the library one week ahead of time so the cards will be ready for the students when we arrive.
The ISM Gala is coming soon. It is Saturday, April 11th at the Hyatt in Monterey. It is a fun event and a great fundraiser for the school. Our class has been part of making an art piece for the gala's silent auction. They are two ceramic pieces (vases, I believe) made by an artist in Los Altos. She took ocean images the students drew and put them on the pieces. They will be ready at the artist's studio on Tuesday. If anyone is going to the Los Altos or SF Bay Area this week and could swing by and pick up the ceramics, please let me know. It would be a great help.
In math, we will start Unit 8 this week. Please read the Parent Letter for Unit 8 in your child's Math Study Links book. Unit 8 focuses on Perimeter and Area so there will be a lot of great measuring going on.
We will have new spelling words this week which I hope you will be seeing coming home so the students can practice their words each night.
We will be beginning a social studies unit on Migration this trimester focusing on migration to California. In Science this trimester we will be learning about electricity and magnetism. If anyone has any expertise in either of these two areas please let me know.
Homework this week:
Monday: Math Study Links 8.1
Spelling: Sort and write words
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 50
Tuesday: Math Study Links 8.2
Spelling: Sort and write words
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 51
Wednesday: Math Study Links 8.3
Spelling: Sort and write words or your choice
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 52
Thursday: Math Study Links 8.4
Spelling: Study for Spelling test
Reading: 20 minutes and record in planner
Handwriting: Page 53
Thank you for all you do to support your child.
Sincerely,
Mary Welsh
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