We have a fun day coming up!!! HAVE YOU ALL PAID YOUR $5 FEE???

Our first field trip is on Tuesday, Sept 17. Here is what you need to know: We will be departing for Quest Academy at 8:45. Arrive back at the school at 2:30ish. Students can be dropped off to school at their normal time (pick up is at normal time too). They will go out back and play until the bell just like a normal day. At 8:30, we will come inside and take roll, use the bathroom and then board the buses. Please do not have them come if they are sick.

• Bring a small water bottle
• Bring a small jacket
• Bring a refrigerated sack lunch*If they ordered a school lunch, I will give it to them in the morning. No microwaves available. Disposable bags are easiest. 
• Small bag/backpack to carry their things.
• No money-we will not be visiting the gift shop
• Wear a school uniform-any colors
• Wear good walking shoes
• No electronic devices
• Something small to play with on the bus. Cards are great! If anything gets lost of broken-it will not be replaced by the school. Bring nothing valuable.

Chaperone info: **If you were picked** Chaperones will need to be at the school by 8:30. You can wait in the classroom until we board. Make sure you bring a sack lunch and water bottle. REMEMBER no sibling can come with us. You will ride the bus with us.

ANY QUESTIONS, Bloomz them…THANKS

I WOULD ENJOY HAVING THEM SHARE THEIR BOOK WITH US. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL ACTIVITY. October 24 BOOK REPORTS BEING PRESENTED.

This is a great way to make sure you are ready at home. Once per quarter, you WILL BE ABLE present a book report to the class. You do not have to turn in a written report, you will only do a presentation. Each of these reports will be on a book you have read during the quarter. YOU MUST FINISH THE BOOK IN ORDER TO PRESENT IT TO THE CLASS.

The book you choose to read should be appropriate for your reading level and a minimum of 150 pages in length (unless approved by Mrs. Clark). The book cannot be one you have read before or one we have read in class. We will do sign-ups for when you will present your book report. All presentations should be 3-5 minutes long. Either on October 24 or 25th.

The book reports will be a specific genre:
First Quarter: Choose Fantasy or Mystery
Second Quarter: Choose Historical Fiction or Non-Fiction
Third Quarter: Choose Novel or Graphic Novel
Fourth Quarter: Biography or Autobiography

PRESENTED ON October 24th.

Present your book to the class:

• All presentations must be 3-5 minutes.
• Share a brief summary of your book. I love using Google Slides for this.
• Tell us enough to get us interested, but not so much that it ruins the ending. 
• Give the book a rating of 1-5 stars, depending on how well you liked it. The more you liked it, the more stars you will give. Explain to the class why you rated it the way you did.
• Be prepared and use good presenting skills (speak loudly).
• Use one of the Creative Ideas below, or get approval from Mrs. Clark if you have an original idea. After the first quarter, do not use an idea you have used before.

Creative Ideas :

• Puppet Pals or post on SeeSaw.
• Google Slide Show
• Write a TV or radio commercial advertising the book.
  Prepare a skit about your book and perform it for the class.
• Design a book jacket (different from the one it already has) illustrating your three favorite scenes. Include a summary on the inside cover. 
• Build a diorama (in a box) of your favorite scene or setting.
• Design a map of the area where the story takes place. Make sure to include a scale and legend.
• Make an illustrated time line for a historical book. 
• Design a vacation or informational pamphlet about a location in the book. 
• Design a mobile, using pictures of characters or places in the story. 
• Pretend you are a book critic for a local newspaper or TV station and share your review of the book.
• Dress up like a character in the book and describe the role that character plays in the book.
• Compose a song about your book, an event in the book, or one of the characters and sing or play it for the class.
• Prepare and perform a puppet show.
• Make a collage about your book.
• Pretend you are a newscaster from the local news. 
• Write a news article on the book; answer Who?  What?  When?  Where?  How?  Why?  Pretend you are a newscaster and give us the information in a live news broadcast.
• Create a comic strip.

Reflex to a “Green Light” four times this week.
Read for 20 minutes each night. 
Readworks in being added to your homework this week. You will only be allowed to miss two questions. Slow down and reread the article before answering the questions. Go back to the article several times before making your final choice. The article is:

Discover the Desert

Make sure you are posting you homework on Thursday night.

Here is what we are working on in math this week:

Remember to fill out the permission slip to go on the field trip. They are due tomorrow!

Please help support our fundraiser. Our fundraiser is coming to a close! Sell as many as you can before Wednesday!!

SCIENCEVOCABGAMECARDSWATERCYCLE (1)  

We are having fun learning about the WATER CYCLE. Here are the vocabulary words. Please practice them for GAME DAY!!!

Reflex to a “Green Light” three times this week (Tues., Wed, Thur.).

Read for 20 minutes out loud to a grown up. Have the person you were reading with ask you some questions about your book. Make sure you submit your homework on the homework link on Thursday night. 

REMEMBER:
Money for the field trip is due this week. Please pay the office your $5 donation.
Fill out the field trip permission slip.
Sell-Sell-Sell Fundraiser ART! We are doing so great!!! KEEP IT UP!!!

Also, in my class, kids don’t need to bring their backpacks everyday. I only want them brought on Fridays. That is the day I send home stuff/flier/papers/etc. They can bring one if they need to have their lunches in it-or they could just bring their lunch box instead. They may bring one to hold their balls/games for recesses.

We have work VERY HARD this week! Kids are encouraged to bring something “Lucky” to sit on their desk for test day tomorrow! They can also bring something for show-n-tell too. Two things total 😉 No electronics or any type of gun-even NERF guns are not ok to bring. Text my on BLOOMZ if you have any questions. Thanks

Remember: NO SCHOOL MONDAY. Enjoy the weekend!

Picture day is THURSDAY. Students should come in uniforms since this is the picture that will be on their badge. Envelopes have been sent home with information regarding buying options.
We are taking our first field trip on September 17th to This is the Place. We are sadly limited on the number of parents we can take on the trip-only 2 for our room. Please indicate on the form if you are interested in attending the field trip. I will have a random drawing and let the two lucky parents know who they are. I will draw the names out on Monday.(Please note: NO SIBLINGS are allowed to attend by request of This is the Place). If you don’t get chosen for this field trip, there will be others for you to attend. 

We are asking for a $5 donation to help cover the cost of the trip for each student. Chaperones chosen will need to pay $7 as well. This can be paid at the front Q1 office. this We will be taking a bus, all chaperones can ride the bus or drive themselves.

School sack lunch will be available if you are interested. Please fill out the following form below.
THIS IS THE PLACE FIELD TRIP FORM

Remember the RULE OF 4: Minimum of 4 times a week (Mon, Tues, Wed, and Thur), 40 Minutes each night for 4th graders. On the 4th night (Thur) turn in your homework digitally. You can find the link on my BLOG under homework or click HERE FOR THE HOMEWORK SUBMISSION LINKMath: REFLEX to a “green light” and then keep playing until you have played for 20 minutes.
Reading: Read out loud to someone for 20 minutes. If you can’t read find someone to read out loud to, read silently BUT retell what you have read to a grown up when they come home.

AFTER 40 MINUTES: Go outside and enjoy the beautiful evening!!!

It has been a busy week! I am enjoying getting to know each of your kiddos! Please send me a message on BLOOMZ if there is anything you need me to clarify about a BLOG post or papers sent home. Anything-don’t hesitate!

A few things:

• Homework begins next week.
• Make sure your child has their own headphones/earbuds to use with our computers.
• They are taking their beginning of year diagnostic over the next few days. They need to have a “good” breakfast. It is a good time to get them to bed earlier too. I have a handful of tired kids.

I sent home a “PICTURE  DAY” flyer today. Picture Day is Thur, August 29th. STUDENTS WILL NEED TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORMS. This pic will be used for their ID badge and the school’s yearbook. THANKS SO MUCH!