Project for the whole class- Due Friday, December 19th

Independent Research Paper:

Learn more about a person who was important during the colonial period of American history. Select one of the people listed below for a two to four page report. Use the Internet and other reference sources. Add illustrations.

• Abigail Adams
• Ann Austin
• John Billington
• William Bradford
• Anne Bradstreet
• Margaret Brent
• George Calvert
• Rev. John Elliot
• Mary Fisher
• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry
  
• Thomas Hooker
• John Hull
• Anne Hutchinson
• Margaret Jones
• Captain William Kidd
• Cotton Mather
• Increase Mather
• Peter Minuit
• James Ogelthorpe
• William Penn
• Pocahontas
• Chief Powhatan
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• Paul Revere
  
• John Rolfe
• Betsy Ross
• Captain John Smith
• Squanto
• Myles Standish
• Peter Stuyvesant
• Roger Williams
• Samuel Winslow
• John Winthrop

Weekly homework for 12/8-12/12

Optional homework:

1. BIG WORD letters: a e o o u b c f l m n r t
2. Spelling #13
3. Daily Language Practice #13

Homework will be sent home on Monday to be returned no later than Friday the 12th.

Mandatory homework:

1. 20 minutes of reading each night
2. 10 minutes of multiplication fact practice each night

Weekly homework for 12/2-12/5

Welcome to the second term of 4th grade at City View. Hope that each of you had a wonderful break and that you're ready to get rolling!

This term in Expedition, we'll be focusing on Colonial America and the Westward Expansion.

In Literacy Workshop, we'll be working a lot with our writing as our writing assessments are in February.

In Math, we'll be delving more into connections, patterns, and number sense/relationships.

I'm organizing fieldwork and having guests in our class now that our crew is more gelled.

This week our optional homework is: Big Word letters a e i i o g n r s t t v. I'll send home a graphic organizer to make this easier for the whole family. :) Additionally, weekly spelling packets will be sent home to support students for the test on Friday. Daily Language Review will also be copied and sent home today. It, like all homework, is due on Friday.

Homework that I do not consider optional is: reading for 20 minutes per night as well as practicing math facts for 10 minutes. Be creative. At the mall? Why not walk and talk math? (They'll love it....kidding.) Also, if each family would consider donating an ornament for the class tree, that would be wonderful. As we're talking and writing about holiday traditions and experiences this week, I'd enjoy having an ornament (see salt clay recipes online) representing each family. I'll collect these by Friday and will decorate the tree at that time.

Thanks for your support. Having parents volunteer is an invaluable resource to me. Hope you have a great week!

Warmly,
Renée

Weekly homework for 10/27-10/31

Unless otherwise stated, homework will always be due by Fridays.

Homework:
*Read (or be read to) for 20 minutes per night
*Practice multiplication facts for 10 minutes per night
*Review spelling words: Tests are on Fridays

Additional Homework:
*Spelling packet #8
*Practice states and capitals

Projects: (Choose one or more of the projects listed below)
*Interview your family/ancestors and write a summary about how your family ended up in Hillsboro, Oregon.

*Research an explorer of your choice and write about report about your findings. (Examples: Columbus, Cortez, Drake, Magellan, Vasco de Gama, Ponce de Leon etc.)

*Describe a day in the life of an early American settler. (Examples: Arctic, Intermountain, Northwest, Plains, Woodland, Southwest tribes.)

*Trace the routes of the explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries coming to the Americas. Display on a map.

*Make a time-line of exploration of the Americas, including the Clovis people, the Vikings, early American settlers, and European explorers.

Note from Renee

Good morning!!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Thanks to those of you that made it to my home on Friday evening for our Sundae party. It was lovely to be around you and your children in a non-school setting. What a crazy, fun time it was. Hope you've all recovered well.

This week we'll be working more with our explorers. My goal is to have us move into the early colonists by the middle of next week. We'll see how it goes! Spelling packet #8 will be going home today, to be returned by Friday. We'll be talking and working with "voice" in our writing and will be focusing on basic operations and vocabulary in math.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00-9:45 am and 11:00-11:45 am I facilitate math and literacy small groups. These are the times that I could use an extra adult in the classroom to help guide students and keep them on track.

Additionally, I try to grade and return spelling tests on Fridays. If anyone has free time between 11:50 am-1:05 pm, and would be willing to assist me, I would appreciate it. There are several class-related things that I need to attend to in addition to grading at that time.

Thanks for all of your support.

Warmly,
Renee

Weekly homework for 10/19-10/24

Big Word Letters: e i o o c d g m n p s

- Big Word homework is due each Friday. The challenge is to make as many words as possible from the above letters.

Write the letters on cards or use word tiles (Scrabble tiles) and arrange them as words are seen. Focus on building off of word starts and endings, such as "re-" and "in-", "-oat" or "-om". Group words into categories (3-letter, 4-letter, and 5+ letter words or by syllables.) All the letters can be put together to form one "big word."

**REMEMBER: All students should be reading for 20 minutes each evening. Also, spending 10 minutes per day on multiplication facts is important.

Checking in

Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for setting aside time to meet this past week to discuss your child's learning plan. I hope that the extra effort, structure, and time will yield positive results. If you haven't completed the learning plans, please do so by Monday and return them to school with your child.

A reminder about Friday's book clubs: If you have questions about what book your child needs to obtain, please let me know. At this point, everyone's in a peer group of their choice and will be gathering each week during Friday Literacy Workshop.

For Math and Literacy Workshop on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, I could use an extra presence in the classroom to help ease transitions and support students while I'm facilitating small groups. Please consider whether this fits into your schedule on a regular, semi-regular, or occasional basis. Families, including young children, are always welcome in my class.

If you have questions, comments, concerns, or kudos, please feel free to email or call me. I value your input and wish for this year to be filled with success, progress, and joy.

Warmly,
Renee

P.S. See you this Friday at 7:00pm for our Sundae party!! (636 NE Ainsworth St. Portland).

laroche.renee@gmail.com
cell: #503-740-2460