Room 204 Update April 7, 2013 Spring Street School Mrs.

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General Information The students have the opportunity to be part of a poetry contest for the upcoming Fourth Grade Celebration. Students that want to participate can write a poem about Spring Street School. One poem from each class will be selected to be read by the author at the Celebration. More information can be found on our classroom blog. I have heard from a few of you that your students will not be in school at the end of this week due to vacation. Any students that are not going to be in on Friday or earlier should plan on turning in their reading logs and homework before they leave if possible. Wednesday we will have our second and final mock Math MCAS. Tuesday is an early release day. Dismissal will begin at 12:15. No lunch will be served. IMPORTANT DATES *Media Dates- 4/10, 4/24, 5/8, 5/22 *Early Release Day- 4/9 *Mock Math MCAS 4/10 *April Vacation- 4/15-4/19 *MCAS Math Tuesday, May 14Wednesday, May 15 *4th Grade Chorus Concert- Tuesday, May 21 *Field Day- Friday, June 7th (rain date, 6/10)

*Fourth Grade Celebration- Friday, June 14th 9:45-11:00am (rain date Monday, 6/17) *Current Last Day of School, Thursday, June 20th. Homework Please remind your student to show ALL of their work when doing their homework, especially in math. I like to be able to follow their thought process and pinpoint where, if at all, they might need help. SUPER READERS The following students have read over 10,000 minutes this year and have been added to the Liporto Super Readers Hall of Fame! Helen Lim 2/15/13 Amar Kapoor 3/8/13 Writing The definition poems worked out really well last week. Some of the topics the kids wrote about are friendship, peace, nightmares, art, etc. The poems will be on display on the bulletin board in the fourth grade hallway. We will be working on haikus this week in writing to once again focus in on powerful word choice. Language Arts This week we will continue to work on creating images while reading. We will

reinforce this comprehension skill through our whole class reading and in small guided reading groups. Math This week we will be multiplying and dividing with decimals. These are not skills that we expect the students to master in the fourth grade and simply serve as an introduction to the topic. It is my goal to be through with unit 9 by the end of this week. We will be assessing on Thursday and Friday of all goes to plan (Students, the secret number this week is 123, the address of SSS). Wednesday we will have our final mock Math MCAS practice session. Math Club will be on Wednesday morning at 8am. We will be going over decimals, percents and fractions. Please feel free to have your fourth grader join us at 8am. EVERYDAY MATH FAMILY LETTERS on-line address:
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/4 th-grade/view-family-letters/

Midwest states and create booklets to share with other SSS classes. Science This week in science we will be jumping further into our exploration of electricity. We will continue to work with basic circuits and will be able to make a small motor run. Classroom Birthdays This Month

If you cannot access them, please let me know. If your student forgets to bring home the Study Link for homework, they can be printed from the following site: http://www.mrnale.com/StudyLinks_Grade _4.htm They can also print the Study Links from the Everyday Math Online site: www.everydaymathonline.com Social Studies- from Mrs. Luby This short week of social studies the children will collect information on specific

April Birthdays: Grady 4/4 Cailey 4/11 Kyle 4/27 Brian 4/28 Daniel 4/28
*Specials*
ART: Monday, 10:45-11:25 AM MUSIC: Tuesday 10:00-10:40 AM PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Wednesday 10:4511:20 AM Health: Thursday 9:15-9:55 AM CHORUS: Friday 10:00-10:40 AM MEDIA: Every Other Wednesday, 2:45-3:00 PM

As always, your questions/comments are welcome. Please send me an email or a note to school. Kristen Liporto