Weekly Update

 

What an astounding Wordly Wise Dress Up Day!

We all had a blast with a mammoth vocabulary explosion in our room today. The girls were clever and creative with their costumes, and we were all entertained by this fun day. More photos below.

The hardships of the Oregon Trail are coming to life as we continue the wagon train journey alongside Sam, his family, and Ranger the rescue dog. Ask your daughter what she thinks of life on the Trail. In math, the girls are adding and subtracting with nice accuracy. We will assess next week and move on to multiplication and division. We are also working on word problems. 

See if your daughter can beat you at this question....

8    5    3    9    6    2

Using each digit only once, create two 3-digit numbers with the smallest possible difference.

This week I gave each of the girls a little Gratitude Journal. We are writing about three things we feel grateful for each day. Did you know that focusing on our gratitude can actually make us happier people? Read more here if you are interested. We will continue writing in these journals throughout Advent to remain focused on joy and gratitude during these busy seasons.

We are participating in a school-wide 

Canned Food Drive

to benefit the St. Stephen's Food Pantry.

All donations will also be counted toward a Gold/White competition.

 Coming Up

November 22-27 ~ Thanksgiving Break

November ~ Classes resume

Carpool Helper 

November 13-17 ~ Gigi Young

November 20-21 ~ Hattie Palmer

November 28-December 1 ~ Kora Richardson

Fourthie Special Week

November 13-17 ~ Caroline Wall

November 28-Dec. 1 ~ Vivan Hornik

Please remember to consistently check SeeSaw 

for updates from each of the Specials Teachers. 

We had a busy and fun week with Halloween on Tuesday! The girls managed to work hard and accomplish a lot despite the distractions of costumes and excitement. A huge thank you goes out to Mrs. Tarabay for the fun activity. She also brought her ability to calmly repeat the same directions for 4 different classes and an enthusiastic attitude. 

We had a happy Halloween Party. 

Please remember that Monday is a teacher workday, so the girls get a holiday. I will look forward to seeing them on Tuesday, November 7.

This week we finished up our rounding unit and all activities with the three branches of government. Look for a folder of work midweek with some nice assessments. In math, we have moved on to adding and subtracting large numbers. The girls have a great deal of confidence with this skill, so this might be a quick unit. In reading and history, we talked about the 13 colonies and the original states and how the country began to expand. The girls did some research on the westward expansion, and they are learning so much new information! They seem especially fascinated with the American Bison, and they really love where the '49ers got their name. Now we have begun to read Ranger in Time, Rescue on the Oregon Trail. It is a story of a rescue dog who travels back in time to walk the Oregon Trail with Sam and his family. The girls are enjoying it, and we have all been awed by the amount of food each covered wagon carried per person - be sure to ask your daughter how much.

Remember, Wordly Wise Dress Up Day is Friday, November 10

This is always a Fourth Grade Favorite. I look forward to seeing the girls' creativity!

The girls' biking unit continues for the next two weeks, so please be sure your daughter has her helmet at school.

Please remember to consistently check SeeSaw 

for updates from each of the Specials Teachers. 

I know there are many new See Saw messages this week.

 Coming Up

November 6 ~ Student Holiday ~ Teacher Workday

November 10 ~ Wordly Wise Dress Up Day

Carpool Helper 

November 7-10 ~ Vivian Hornik

November 13-17 ~ Gigi Young

Fourthie Special Week

November 13-17 ~ Caroline Wall

November 28-Dec. 1 ~ Vivan Hornik

Weekly Update

We have had a great week wrapping up our James and the Giant Peach activities. In addition, we have learned a lot about the author, Roald Dahl. He is creative and fun, and now many of our girls are reading other books by him! We will keep a list to see how many of his great titles we can cover as a class....Matilda? The BFG...Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? There are many, many more!

CLICK HERE to read a list of 10 of his best books .... according to a library in Colorado.

CLICK HERE to read a list of books similar in creativity and fun factor...according to What We Do All Day Blog.

Please know that I have not read every single book listed....yet ☺☺

In History, our focus has been on demonstrating an understanding of the three branches of government. The girls have made their own flip charts and comics using Pixton. Big numbers cannot scare this group! They have been rounding huge numbers to the closest 10, 100, 1,000, 10, 000 and even 100,000! It's tricky, but they are making nice progress. Ask your daughter to demonstrate at home.

And here is a problem for the parents:

What is the largest number that can be rounded to 230,000 when rounding to the closest 10, 000?

The girls' biking unit will begin next week in P.E. 

Please send a bike helmet to school 

with your daughter on Monday.

For safety reasons, the girls will begin the unit in small groups. If your daughter is an avid bike rider at home and doesn't want to part with her helmet for 3 weeks, CLICK HERE for a schedule of exactly what PE days (we have PE on Wednesdays and Fridays) your daughter will need that helmet. 

The girls are very excited that our very first Wordly Wise Dress Up Day is on the calendar - November 10.

This is a Fourth Grade Favorite!

CLICK HERE to learn details.

For details on dressing up for Halloween in the Lower School, 

please scroll down to the last blog post.

Coming Up

October 31 ~ Halloween

November 6 ~ Student Holiday ~ Teacher Workday

Carpool Helper 

October 30-November 3 ~ Tovia Smith

November 7-10 ~ Vivian Hornik

Fourthie Special Week

October 30-November 3 ~ Maggie Lucier

November 13-17 ~ Caroline Wall

Please remember to consistently check SeeSaw 

for updates from each of the Specials Teachers.

Weekly Update

Can you find your daughter? 

The girls loved making their Avatars on the Pixton site this week. Next week we will begin to use this site to create comics that demonstrate understanding of the Three Branches of Government. In Math, we finished up our Geometry Unit. Look for the girls' assessments to come home on Tuesday. We have already begun reading and writing numbers into the millions, and we will begin rounding large numbers this week. James and the Giant Peach is -literally- getting juicy, and the girls are loving it! They don't want to stop reading.

Reminder ~ Parent Teacher Conferences are Friday, October 20

I look forward to meeting with each of you in the coming week.

Halloween is on Tuesday, October 31. Lower School students may dress up or wear “Halloween colors” by following these guidelines:

• No weapons or masks

• Accessories and props like wands, walking sticks, etc. should stay at home

• Remember that costumes may come home with stains, paint, glue, etc.

• Footwear should allow for playing outside

• No make-up

Kindergarten will parade with seniors on the Green at 8:15 a.m. The rest of the Lower School girls will parade around the Green once kindergarten has begun with their senior buddies. Middle School and Upper School  girls will also parade. Parents are welcome.

 

Coming Up

October 20 ~ Parent Conferences  (Student Holiday)

October 31 ~ Halloween

Carpool Helper 

October 16-19 ~ Phoebe Akbar

October 23-27 ~ Serene Brosten

Fourthie Special Week

October 23-27 ~ Katie Guise

October 30-November 3 ~ Maggie Lucier

Please remember to consistently check SeeSaw 

for updates from each of the Specials Teachers.

Weekly Update

We have had a productive week!

Friday was especially fun with Gold~White Spirit Day and the Blessing of the Animals. 

 The adventures of James and the Giant Peach continue to delight the girls. We are working on writing thorough responses to comprehension questions, as well as reading with expression and fluency. We are enjoying Roald Dahl's wonderful, descriptive language, and we continue to work on developing strong vocabularies. In Math, we are finished with our first geometry unit. We will assess this week and move on to big numbers and rounding. 

In spelling, we focused on three syllable patterns and how to add -ing to words with these patterns. As you are reading with your daughter, notice the -ing words and talk with her about what she has learned. Our goal is not to just spell those ten words correctly, it is to apply these spelling rules consistently in our writing.

Reminder***Reminder***Reminder

October 20 is Parent~Teacher Conference Day

If you have not signed up for a conference yet, 

please CLICK HERE to sign up. 

I look forward to meeting with each of you.

Please remember to consistently check SeeSaw 

for updates from each of the Specials Teachers.

Coming Up

October 9 ~ No School

October 12 ~ Fall BBQ Bash (party on campus for parents)

October 20 ~ Parent Conferences  (Student Holiday)

Carpool Helper 

October 10-13 ~ Libbie Ayscue

October 16-19 ~ Phoebe Akbar

Fourthie Special Week

October 23-27 ~ Katie Guise