We are having a Utah Program at Quest (Q1) Academy. All of the 4th grade students will be singing different Utah songs for you. Best dress (what you would wear to a wedding or church) or school uniform please. Along with singing, 8 students from our room will have speaking parts. These parts need to be memorized. The parts have about three sentences in them. WE are excited to entertain you all! Invite everyone you know to come-no limit! All of the 4th grade kids have created something to show you about our beautiful state. Come earlier enough to walk around and see their creations.
The Museum on the Move will visit from the Natural History Museum of Utah tomorrow! They will be sharing the excitement of science with your child. Specifically, Archaeology – Utah’s People and Culture. Our class time is 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM try to be on-time.
Additionally, they have asked this of us: Out of respect for our educators and the other 4th grade classrooms they visit, we request that students wear masks during our time with you, though we understand that this is not always possible. We’ll be wearing our masks, and we are doing our best to provide a safe experience for your students.
Our class has earned a technology party! We will be doing this tomorrow! Yay! I will talk with them today about expectations but as a heads up to you, they will be allowed to bring one electronic device from home to use for the party. Please know that I will not be giving out WIFI passwords so any games or activities that need WIFI need to be downloaded and able to play without it. Please do not send your child with video games or apps that involve blood, gore or other things that are not school appropriate. (They have already asked, Fortnite is included in this category.:)If you do not plan on sending your child with anything from home, they will have the ability to use our school technology with a variety of activities. Please click the link and sign the permission slip for this party.
Our class will be passing out Valentine’s cards Monday, February 14th at 2:30. Students may bring a Valentine’s box to collect their special notes. If they don’t bring one, I will provide a bag for them to use. It is optional to bring Valentine’s card/prize to pass out, if they do, they need to bring enough for 26 students. Please don’t address them to a specific kids. Simply, sign them.
Use the link above to sign up for PTC. They will be held on February 2nd and 3rd beginning at 1:20. They will be held in-person in our classroom. We have short days these two days. Additionally, don’t forget that students do not have school on Friday, February 4th.
If you can’t make these dates or times, please let me know. I still want to find another date/time to meet. Thanks!
Friday, December 10, permission slip to participate in Rendezvous are due. CLICK here to fill this out. Don’t forget that we have early out this day.
Monday, December 13, Rendezvous items are due this day. Please send them to school with your child. See previous post for those details. They can come down to the room to drop them off before going outside.
Tuesday, December 14, Rendezvous posters day. We will be making our posters in class to display during our economic fair. If you have any markers that you would be willing to donate for this activity-please send them 🙂
Wednesday, December 15, Quest student sing-a-long with the principals (in the morning). White Elephant Party. Details below.
I will have a substitute on Thursday and Friday and I don’t want to miss the fun so we are going to have a WHITE ELEPHANT gift exchange Wednesday at the end of the day. Please send a wrapped prize to exchange-don’t label who the gift is from. It is optional to bring gifts. I would like all of the kids to participate if they are here on Wednesday, December 15th. If you would rather me buy the gift and bring it for the students, please let me know. So, that I have time to gather and wrap any extra gifts. Email is best. Please have the gifts here by Monday, December 13. Students can start bringing those in anytime beginning today. If you can, please send an extra gift for the students that forget one or can’t bring one. The gift should be something from home or something less than $5. No food can be brought for the white elephant prize.
Thursday, December 16, Quest concert performance in the morning 9:45-10:30. Fourth grade Rendezvous will be held in the Q1 Gym from 2:00-2:45. This is a fun activity for all who come! ALL are welcome including smaller siblings. Guests will receive complementary “pelts” at the door to spend too.
Friday, December 17! and it is our Christmas grade party. Ugly sweater are encouraged. We will be rotating into different 4th grade classrooms. This will be similar to our Halloween grade party.
Our Classroom Christmas CLASS PARTY: It is always fun to have students bring prize bags to share with the class (we have 26 kids). Feel free to do this, if you would like to. Our other fourth grade classes did this for the HALLOWEEN party, kids had fun prizes brought it to play with and take home. THEY LOVED IT!
Party snacks. During Christmas party, students can bring in snacks and a small drink to snack on during the day. They will not be able to share any snacks with other students. Please only send quantities they consume. ALSO, a small blanket and/or pillow can come to chill on. Maybe a furry friend too 😉
Teacher gifts are always welcomed 😉 I love AMAZON gift cards (which I used to buy classroom fun) or Starbucks gifts cards. I love Dr. Pepper also!
I love teaching yours kiddos! They are truly amazing little humans! Happy Holidays! FRIDAY IS EARLY OUT! We are out for Winter break. See the kids back on January 3, 2022!!!
We will be having our annual 4th-grade Rendezvous (a.k.a. the Economics Fair) the last week before Christmas BreakonThursday, December 16th.
To be ready for this event, students will need to make 30 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 is filled with free supplies.) Some examples are (but are 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. 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 by 4th Grade Teachers to be used to buy things at the rendezvous from other students. You will turn in your paper pelts afterward. Whatever you choose to make should be homemade. Students should use materials that can be found around the house to make their products. Any cost involved in purchasing materials should be minimal. Students will need to make 30 items to sell. Please let the students make this product/service with minimal help from grown-ups. Rendezvous items are due Monday, December 13th. This will assure that students are ready to sell that week. It will also give time for teachers to help students price their products 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.
Your overall profit will reward you with bragging rights. We don’t use any “real” money.
