Miss Dixon's 4th Grade Blog

For the last week of school, students do not have to wear masks. Monday, May 24th is our Movie Party. Please see the previous post to give your child permission to participate.

On Tuesday, May 25th, we will be cleaning out our desks. Please send your child with their backpacks so they can take materials home with them.

We will be having 4th grade field day on Thursday May 27th from 11:30-1:00pm outside. We have lots of fun activities planned for that day. I will need a permission slip signed for each student to participate. The form is attached below. Also we are allowed to have parent volunteers that day as well. Please indicate on the same form if you would like to help or not during field day. It is going to be a great last week of school now that we can finally let the kids have some fun together.

CLICK HERE TO GIVE YOUR CHILD PERMISSION FOR FIELD DAY

Thursday and Friday are free dress-down days for students.

It’s been such a fun year! Thank you for letting me teach your cute kiddos!

Quest Academy is doing a talent show! There are limited spots per grade level, so sign up quickly. Students will be selected on a first come, first served basis. An email will be sent out if your child has been selected to participate in the talent show. Click here to sign up.

Your kiddos have also been working so hard with testing, we’d like to celebrate with a party! Our party will be Monday, May 24. Your child can bring ONE of the following to school: a pillow OR a blanket OR a stuffed animal. We have been reading A Series of Unfortunate Events in our class, so we will be watching the Netflix series rendition. It is rated TV-PG. We will also be having ice cream sandwiches and sodas/lemonade. Please FILL OUT THIS FORM to give your child permission.

If you do not want your child to watch the movie, I will provide an alternative activity for them.

Our class has earned a party because they earned 100 class points. I have received approval from administration to do a technology/board game party at the end of the day on Thursday, March 4th.

However, we do have strict guidelines: Students can bring a technology device of their choosing, but it cannot require wifi. Wifi will not be provided for students’ gaming devices. Students also must only be playing games that are rated E. Any board games or devices your child brings must be able to fit in their backpack. We will not have charging stations, so all devices should be charged before school starts. This day is already a PJ day for Dr. Seuss Day, but students may also bring one small stuffed animal.

Any stuffed animals, board games, devices students bring will be locked in the classroom, but it should be understood that if damage happens to their possessions, that’s just how things go sometimes! If they are worried about their possessions getting lost or stolen, they should choose not to bring it to school.

We will be eating pizza and soda for our party. SIGN THIS FORM to give your child permission.

Can’t wait!

Here is a flyer for the book fair happening from January 25 – February 7.

This link will lead you to an interactive book flier.

This link will lead you to the book fair homepage.

Also, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on February 12th. Due to Covid-19, we are asking parents to give permission to pass out cards & trinkets. Click THIS LINK below to give your child permission. Students without permission will be given an alternate activity while we pass out Valentines.

Parents,

Use THIS LINK to sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences (February 2nd & 3rd).

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be digital again this semester. It will be held over this Zoom link: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74910932791?pwd=NkpLNG0vdWV4ZmJWMDY0UEdjVHJLQT09

Meeting ID: 749 1093 2791

Password: dixon

If none of the times on the sign-up sheet work for you, please email me at edixon@questac.org and we can find a time that works.

I adore your kiddos and can’t wait to brag about them! Talk to you soon.

Have your kiddos teach you how to change a mixed number into an improper fraction!

None of the kids knew this tune when we started learning it, but I bet several parents will recognize it.

Some other fun we had today: My sister is an artist that used to work for Disney. She came for Fun Friday today and taught us how to draw ourselves as Funko Pop dolls.

Thank you for letting me teach your kids. I adore them!

Parents, we’ll be having a Christmas party on December 18th. Part of the plans for that day is donuts and soda/lemonade! Please sign HERE to give your child permission to eat food.

Rendezvous News:
We will be having our annual 4th grade Rendezvous (a.k.a. the Economics Fair) the last week before Christmas Break on Thursday, December 17th at 2:15 PM. In the past, this event has been open to parents and the entire 4th grade has participated. However, due to COVID-19, this will just be for our classroom and only students will participate.

To be ready for this event, students will need to make 24 products or plan a service to “sell” during the rendezvous (please keep the expense very low. I recommend making each item well under the value of $1. Be creative and use things you already have. Nature if filled with free supplies.) Some examples are (but not limited to):

Use your imagination. We have had in the past: flower pens, play dough, slime, hand warmers, jewelry, and other simple crafts. You pick what you would like to bring BUT no food items will be allowed. The kids will be learning about economics this month. But as their parent, talk to them about why it is a good sales strategy to make something that no one else has. That way, you can charge more for the product because you won’t have any competition. HIGH DEMAND=MORE SALES/PROFIT   Your overall profit will reward you with bragging rights. We don’t use any “real” money.

From now until the rendezvous, students will have the opportunity to earn “animal pelts.” This is our form of money/currency given out to be used to buy things at the rendezvous from other students. You will turn in your paper pelts afterwards. Whatever you choose to make should be homemade. Students should use materials that can be found around the house to make their product. Any cost involved in purchasing materials should be minimal. Students will need to make 24 items to sell.  Please let the students make this product/service with minimal help from grown ups.  Rendezvous items are due Monday, December 14. This will assure that students are ready to sell that week. It will also give time for teachers to help students price their product and make a poster in class. AGAIN, the product posters are being made in class.

Lastly, please fill out this Google Form to allow your student to participate. 

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have.

This was the hardest song we’ve learned and your kids did it so fast!

Here are the lyrics:

Oh we are sure – we know measures!

Converting time, liquids, length is no chore. 

Just use this song, can’t get it wrong

We’ll start with pounds – 2,000 in a ton.

Everyone here in this class can teach it. 

Everyone knows what to do!

Twelve inches a foot; three feet in a yard

A mile’s five thousand two eighty feet. Not hard!

Sixteen ounces a pound – that’s the answer

So now you know-oh-oh, we’re converting masters

Eight fluid ounces go in a cup

Fluid ounces are different – don’t mess it up!

Two cups each pint, two pints each quart, a gallon’s four

And now you know-oh-oh, we’re converting masters

Oh, oh, oh – Converting is what we adore!

So c-come on, no, we’re not done

We’ve got metric still to do in this song

Grams or meters, and our liters. 

Convert the same: kilo, centi, milli -we’re sure

Kilo’s 1,000 of these units

100 in centi-, too. 

So whether it’s a liter or a gram we see

1,000 milli-s go in! Yeah, they’re tiny. 

Kilo’s the biggest, it is so much more. 

Now you know, oh, oh, we’re converting masters. 

Last, we’ve got time, just think of 60

Seconds and minutes, sixty is the key  

In a day we’ve got 24 hours

So now you know-oh-oh, we’re converting masters

Oh-oh-oh converting is what we adore!

Have a great Thanksgiving Break!