Updates from 4th grade! (11/15)

*Spelling Test 10 is Monday!  Don't forget to study Words to Learn, Word Preview, and skill for the week.
*Math Unit 4 Test is Friday, November 22.  Review Sheets will be coming home Wednesday the 20th.
*Diversity Project is due on Friday, November 22!  Students made their cover in Technology this week.  Presentations are planned for Monday, November 25.
*The Diversity Feast is Monday, November 25.  Please make sure your food is at school no later than 12:30 pm.  If items need to be dropped off in the morning, please make sure your dish is labeled with student and teacher name, heating, and serving instructions, if needed.  If your dish can be kept warm in a crock pot, that is very helpful!  We have lots of power strips to keep crock pots heated through the morning, if needed.  Please make arrangements to pick up your dish/crock pot at the end of the day if your child is unable to take it on the bus.  Also, make sure utensils are labeled with your child's name!  Don't forget we have SEVERE nut allergies in 4th grade, as well as other food allergies.  PLEASE label your food with any common allergens.  THANKS! :)  If you signed up at Open House to help with the Feast, your child's teacher will be contacting you.  We will not be able to have additional parent help due to space.  Thanks for understanding.  It's going to be a great day!
*Wednesday, December 4, is the Field Trip to the Community Theatre.  Thank you for sending in your permission slips and $6 donation.  Chaperones will be contacted by their child's teacher before Thanksgiving break.
*There is NO SCHOOL Friday, December 6, due to Professional Development.

Have a great weekend! :)

Updates from 4th grade! (10/25)

Updates and Reminders from 4th grade 10/25:

-Please have your children practice their multiplication facts! They need to know them randomly and quickly. Great resources are fact triangles, Sum Dog, and the Everyday Math Online website!

-4th graders will have a few tests this week:

• Spelling Unit 7 Test is Monday.  Please remind your child to review the skill for the week, along with their Word Preview and Words to Learn words.
• Burch's class will test Math (Unit 3) on Wednesday, October 30, and Social Studies (Chapters 1-3) on Thursday, October 31.
• Bradner's/Palo's classes will test Social Studies (Chapters 1-3) on Wednesday, October 30, and Math (Unit 3) on Thursday, October 31. 

-The morning of Halloween students will participate in a special math/science activity we like to call Gourdfest!  Gourds have already been donated, so all we will need are ribbons, buttons, googlie eyes, foam shapes, tacky glue, and other crafty items to decorate gourds.  Thank you in advance for your donations!    

-The school-wide Halloween Parade is at 2pm on October 31.  Our classroom parties will follow the parade.  Parents who signed up at Open House to help with the Halloween Party are planning fun parties for our students! We try to keep this simple and fun!

-October Reading logs are due on November 1st! Just a reminder that your children need to read 400 minutes during the month of October. The children should be logging what they are reading and totaling each week.  A parent signature is required on the bottom of the reading calendar. There is a link under "Important Links" on our 4th grade blog (http://hutchings4th.blogspot.com) if you need a blank copy of the Reading Calendar.

-Please make sure to log into PowerSchool regularly.  The emails that are sent automatically do not contain checked off assignments or indicate which assignments are late/missing.  The end of the quarter is Friday, November 1. Report Cards will go home with students on Friday, November 8.

Have a great weekend! :)

Updates from 4th Grade! (10/11)

Updates and Reminders from 4th grade:

-Tonight is Hutchings movie night! Movie will begin at dusk!

-Unit 5 spelling test is Monday.  Please remind them to review the skill for the week, along with their Words to Learn and the Word Preview words.

-MEAP testing Tuesday and Wednesday this  coming week.  Please make sure your child has a good night's sleep and a nice breakfast!  Thank you for not scheduling appointments during testing. :)

-Hurricane Hustle is Friday, October 18, at 2pm.

-Burch & Bradner’s Book Orders are due Friday, October 18th:)

-The Halloween Parade is at 2pm on October 31.  Our classroom parties will follow the parade.  If you signed up at Open House to help with the Halloween Party, you will be contacted with more information.

-Have you signed up for Remind 101 Texts? If not, please do so! It’s a great way to get simple reminders from school!

-Are your children accessing the blog for Sitton Spelling activities practice games and activities? Take a look! They are awesome!  (Look under Important Links for many content area games and activities!)  http://hutchings4th.blogspot.com

-Are you children playing games on the Everyday Math site or using Sum Dog? We are hearing a lot of positive feedback! Every child needs to be sure they have mastered their multiplication facts!

--Today in fourth grade, we cut out our multiplication/division fact triangles. These are in baggies and need to be kept in homework folders. This in another terrific way for kids to practice their facts!!!

-Reading logs are due on November 1st! Just a reminder that your children need to read 400 minutes during the month of October. The children should be logging what they are reading and totaling each week. :)

-Please remember that we do not always have the chance to check our email and voicemail during the day, so if you have end of the day changes please notify the office.  They will make sure we get the message.  Thank you!

4th Grade Reminders (week of 10/7)

A few reminders for this week:

-Monday students will take their Unit 4 spelling test.  Please remind them to review the skill for the week, along with their Words to Learn and the Word Preview words.

-On Monday students will receive their math unit 2 review sheet.  We will review in class on Tuesday, and their Unit 2 math test will be Wednesday afternoon.  

-MEAP testing begins this week!  Students will be testing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings this week.  Please make sure your child has a good night's sleep and a nice breakfast!  Thank you for not scheduling appointments during testing. :)

-Progress Report slips went home on Friday.  Please sign and return to school on Monday!

-Rollerama night is Thursday at 5:30pm and Hutchings Movie Night is this Friday at 7pm.  

It's going to be a great week!  We hope you had a nice weekend! :)