Week 5- October 5

Your students are amazing! This past week we were hit with some changing weather and felt the full effect of fall! This did allow us to get some practice with our indoor recess routines and look forward to some better weather this upcoming week. We also finished our fall NWEA testing this week and began transitioning into more content in our core subjects. Please take some time to look over some information for this upcoming week!

Reading

We just completed our first read aloud book, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing. The kids loved this hilarious book and had many similar connections with the characters. We are beginning our second book Holes this week.  

Math

Last week, we began the first 2 lessons of our first unit in math. This unit is called "Place Value: Multi Digit Addition and Subtraction." Within this unit, we focus on reviewing and extending mathematical concepts that were developed in 3rd grade. This review is vital to ensuring that your student has a strong foundation in place value as we head into more advanced concepts later in the school year.

At the beginning of each new unit, I will be sending home a printed copy of the math Home Links that provide your student with extra practice after each lesson. These are for you to review with your student at home and allow you to see the skills we are currently working on. While I do highly recommend that these are completed after each lesson in school, these do not need to be returned back to school.I will email an answer sheet and family letter as well.

Please have your student work on the packet each day as we progress through the lessons. This week we will cover the following lessons:

Monday: Review on lessons 1.1 and 1.2 Place Value and Comparing Numbers

Tuesday: 1.3 Rounding 

Wednesday: 1.4 Recognizing place value and understanding relationships with rounding

Thursday: 1.5 Estimating numbers through 100,000

 

ELA

This week we will begin our benchmark unit on finding main idea and key details. Students will also begin working on their first graded writing piece and unit: Imagined Narratives. This will be new for students as they are used to writing personal narratives in their previous grades. We will be working over the next few weeks to fully develop their imagined narratives.Attached is a PDF file outlining some helpful activities to do at home with your student aligned with our lessons this week for our bench mark unit.

Home/School Connection 

Science

We will begin working this week on our sound waves unit. This science unit will cover the different ways sound travels and what affects or alters sound. 

Classroom Donations:

Thank you so much for the donations!

I'd like to keep some of the disposable water bottles in our room for students who may forget theirs at home; that way they will still have water to drink throughout the day. If you're able to, we'd greatly appreciate donations of water bottles like the image below (does not have to be this brand)

Bear Wear Orders:

Clothing is still available in both adult and youth sizing; ordering bear wear is optional. You may begin ordering on Sunday September 27th and closes on Sunday October 11th. Orders can be placed at: https://brown2020.orderpromos.com/

Important Getting to Know Your Student Survey:

If you have not already filled out the Getting to Know You form, please do so as soon as possible. Thank you so much for helping me to get to know your student a bit better.

Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog:

Please don't forget to take a peek at Mrs. Bawks' Brown School Family Blog each week. CLICK HERE to read it.

Fall Conferences

Please follow the link to sign up for conferences this year. We will be completing conferences via Google Meets, but if that is an issue please reach out to me via email after you sign up for a selected slot.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49AFA82EA2F8CF8-fal

Self Care

We are dealing with unprecedented times and as always it is important to care about our own personal mental health. Please grant your child and yourself some grace as we are all working together to make this year a fantastic one! 

Important Dates

Wed. 10/7 - Late Start (school begins at 9:45am) and Student Count Day

Wed. 10/14 - Late Start (school begins at 9:45am)

Thurs. 10/15 - 1/2 day for students (dismiss at 12:34pm) and conferences

Fri. 10/16 - 1/2 day for students (dismiss at 12:34pm) and conferences

Mon. 10/19 - No School

If you have any questions please feel free to email me!

Thanks!

Mr. Hernandez