Give a Big SNAP to Coffee House Poetry!

Dear Parents,

What an amazing day of poetry.  Thank you for coming to Coffee House Poetry.  The children had a fabulous performance. What a joy it is to see weeks of hard work culminate into this event.  Thank you to Sarah and Christi for decorating the room and for the treats for the kids’ after party.

Book Buddies

4th graders are responsible for bringing books on December 7th to share with their 1st grade Buddy.  Students may bring their book in as early as Monday. If your child needs help finding books that are appropriate for their Buddy, they can ask to look through my books.

Character Counts

Our December Character Counts word is flexible.  Flexible is understanding that things do not always go according to plan, and that is ok.

Robolab Sign Up

From Jenn Smith:

Welcome to a new year of Robolab!  This fall, your 4th graders will learn how robots use sensors to navigate their environments - including extraterrestrial ones.  We’ll use Lego EV3 kits to build, program, and customize planetary rovers, then test them in our Planetary Exploration Lab.

Parent volunteers help make Robolab even more fun for everyone.  You do not need to know anything about Legos or programming; you only need to encourage the students to solve problems and supervise them while they build, program, and test their creations.  Note: You will need to be registered as a volunteer through RRISD.

Mrs. Babbitt’s Robolab is Thursday, December 6th.

Follow this link to sign up to volunteer!

Jenn Smith

UPCOMING DATES

December 3 - Hour of code

December 6 - Robolab

December 6 - Singing Stars Choir Concert at 6:30pm

December 13 - Singing Stars caroling

December 19 - Winter Holiday Part at 2:00pm

UNITS OF STUDY

Reading - Biography Report

Writing - Revising and Editing Biography Report

Spelling - Week 10 homework due Thursday, test on Friday

Math - Dream Vacation PBL

Science - Soil

Enjoy the weekend!

Kelly

A Time to be Thankful

Dear Parents,

Thank you all so very much for my birthday gift!!  It was so thoughtful to give me a few of my very favorite things!  The best part about loving salt and vinegar chips is that my husband hates them and won’t eat them!  I truly love being your children’s teacher, and appreciate you remembering my birthday.

As I reflect back on what I’m most thankful for, one this is certain.  I know I am truly blessed to be a part of such a loving and caring community.  Thank you for sharing your children with me this year. They really are a wonderfully loving and kind group of kids.

Mentor Poem

Please be sure your child is ready to recite from memory their Mentor Poem.  Each student will recite their poem to the class the Monday we return from the Thanksgiving holiday.  They will then recite this same poem on Thursday for our Coffee House Poetry!

UPCOMING DATES

November 29 - Coffee House Poetry at 9:30am in the science lab

UNITS OF STUDY

Reading - Biography

Writing - Biography research

Spelling - Week 9 homework due Thursday, test on Friday

Math - Long Division

Science - Changes to Land

Enjoy the week spending time with family and friends!

Kelly

Gobble, Gobble!

Dear Parents,

The annual Thanksgiving Luncheon will be on Wednesday, November 14.  I hope you will be able to join us! You are welcome to enjoy the lovely weather at the picnic tables with you child, but please only take YOUR child outside.  I am grateful to be a part of this amazing Canyon Creek community and your child’s fourth grade teacher.

Our class is looking forward to sharing their poetry with you!  Coffee House Poetry is one of my favorite days of fourth grade. Please be sure your child is memorizing their mentor poem using intonation and expression to add interest to his/her poem.  Please mark your calendar so you can attend our class’ presentation of your child’s positively passionate poetry! Our time to present is November 29 from 9:30 to 10:45am.

Donations Please

For an upcoming project, our class needs 1 jar of grape jelly, 1 bag of chocolate chips, 20 gluten free rice cakes, 1 jar of marshmallow creme, 20 small plates, and 20 plastic knives.  I have created a SignUp Genius for you to sign up to bring in any of these items.  Thank you!

It’s Book Fair Time!

Our book fair bring kids the books they want to read and raises funds for library programs such as author visits.  Students will be bringing home their wish lists, and we will be open for shopping all next week.

To SHOP ONLINE, click here!  Books will be sent to school and delivered to student (or if they are gifts, we can hold them in the library - contact the library to let us know).

To VOLUNTEER, clicker here!  We need you!

Shopping Times:

Monday, Nov. 12, 7:20am - 3:30pm

Tuesday, Nov 13, 7:20am - 5:45pm (LATER HOURS)

Wednesday, Nov 14, 7:20am - 3:30pm

Thursday, Nov 15, 7:20am - 4:40pm (LATER HOURS)

Friday, Nov 16, 7:20am - NOON (CLOSING EARLY)

UPCOMING DATES

November 14 - Thanksgiving Luncheon

November 29 - Coffee House Poetry

UNITS OF STUDY

Reading - Biography

Writing - Biography research

Spelling - no spelling this week

Math - Multiplication & Division and Thanksgiving Math

Science - Forces

Enjoy the autumn weather!

Kelly

Dead Words Have Been Laid to Rest

Dear Parents,

What a great week to be a fourth grader at CCE!  In science, we began our unit on Forces, and we will soon conduct experiments testing gravity and friction.  We have been analyzing poetry and crafting our own pieces. In math, your student has been mastering 2x2 digit multiplication.  Also, this was our last week of Spanish. Our next language of study will be German.

Mentor Poems

Please continue to work with your child on the memorization of their mentor poem.  This is the poem that will be recited for all of the parents at our Coffee House Poetry.  The deadline for memorization is Monday, November 26th. The actual finished copy of the mentor poem (typed with the author’s name and neatly illustrated) is due Monday, November 5th.

UPCOMING DATES

November 6 - TAG informational meeting

November 9 - Veteran’s Day Assembly - 8am in the cafeteria

UNITS OF STUDY

Reading - Poetry

Writing - Poetry

Spelling - Week 8 due Thursday, test Friday

Math - 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication and problem solving

Science - Forces

Have a fabulous fall weekend!

Kelly