Weekly News--December 2nd

Benson/Cave News

News from the 4th Grade

December 2, 2016

Math News

We are diving deep into division!  Everyone is off to a great start with their checklists.  We may be ready next Friday to take our unit test, but if not, it will be Monday or Tuesday of the next week.  I will send an email out by the middle of next week with a test date.  I continue to encourage students to keep up on their checklists.  If this means working at home, that is okay.  I just ask that the quick checks only be completed at school.

I will be giving a grade for ALEKS again this week.  All students should have completed 5 topics between November 28th and December 4th.  

I hope you all logged into Parent Portal yesterday to check grades.  I did send a detailed report with each student and highlighted missing assignments.  The math assignments cannot be made up--it was just to show the students what they did not complete and to encourage them to complete this next checklist.  The science grades that were highlighted need to be completed, however the highest they will get will be a 70 because of how late they turned them in.  If you have any questions, please email me and I will get back to you.

Science News

This week we started discussing our solar system.  We will continue to explore the planets next week and compare and contrast the inner and outer planets.

Language Arts News.  

Next week students  will finish reading “Dear Mrs. LaRue,”and take a quiz.   Did you know that your students can use their reading text when taking the quiz?  Then we will focus on the skills for this story - prefixes, words with silent letters,and using text clues to draw conclusion. Did you know that students can also earn 1 point extra credit for putting the correct page number beside their answer for each question on the text except the vocabulary questions?  

Social Studies News

The trip to Historic Brattonsville was a great experience for students.  Not only did the trip review things that we have been studying for Colonial America, but it prepared them for the next unit of the study - The American Revolution.  Next week students will review Colonial America with  study guide and a test on Wednesday.  Then we will begin to examine events that led up to the American Revolution.

Fourth Grade News

Our Winter Concert will be held on Thursday, December 8th at 6pm.  Our chorus will be performing as well as the students in grades K-2.  We hope to see many of you come out and support our student performers.

The 3rd-5th graders will be able to shop at the Spirit Store next Friday, December 9th.

The next Spirit Day will be on Friday, December 16th.

Our Holiday Class Parties will be held on Friday, December 16th.  More information will come home in the near future with sign up sheets.

Winter Break will be from December 19th until January 2nd.  Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Ending Thoughts

We are very excited for this school year and to be able to teach your child.  You may email us anytime there is a concern.  Click on our name below for a direct link to our email.  

Thanks for sharing your children with us each day!

Mrs. Shannon Benson and Mrs. Janice Cave