Celebration

The class has filled their yellow ticket jar.  The celebration for this will be on Monday. It will be hat day and gum day.  I know that I have a few kids that are not allowed to have gum. I have told them that they may bring a different snack.
Next week is Unit 4 reading test week. There will not be any spelling test or homework.  Please make sure that your child is getting a good nights sleep and eating a healthy breakfast before coming to school so their brain is "fueled" for testing.
We will continue to work on area and perimeter in math.  You will notice that along with some practice on those skills on nightly homework we will be adding some practice on multiplication, division, and rounding on the back of each math homework sheet.
We continue to work on muscles in Science.  We have built the leg and the thumb with objects to respresent bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.  We will build the arm next week and take the investigation test.
In social studies we finished the government and are now doing the Iowa unit.
Thank you for 100% participation at conferences! It is always nice to visit about the growth that the kids are making. A big thank you to all the PTI members and parents who sent in food to feed the staff while we were conferencing!  It was so nice to have a hot meal on those long days.
Remember that Monday is a snow make up day and there WILL be school all day.
The awards assembly is Friday at 2:15.

Conferences, Bingo, and Valentines

Thank you to everyone who has shown up at conferences! I really appreciate your support and willingness to work with me to give your child a successful 4th grade year. So far everyone has made their conference times.
Tonight is BINGO night at Taft.  If you are your family aren't busy you would have a lot of fun at this activitity.
Valentines Day is on Thursday, Feb. 14th.  We will have our party at the end of the day.  Children are allowed to bring in valentines for their friends and teachers. However I ask that your child either bring in a valentine for everyone in the class or no one in the class so that feelings aren't getting hurt.
Below I have the names of the kids in the class that particiapate in valentines.
Nkasa
Chase
Zoey
Jade
Ashley
Abby
Matthew
Dylan
Maddie
Autumn
Barett
Zoe
Joe'l
Olivia
Sydney
Jayden
Dante
Dawson
Koda

Some teachers to remember may be:
Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. S., Mrs. Wiedneman , Miss Shaver, Miss Huston, Mrs. Lehmann, Grandma Joann, Mrs. Woods, the office staff, etc.

Next week we will be starting a new math unit that is about perimieter and area. 
In reading we will be working on context clues, whale research, compare and contrast, and summarizing.  The story we will be reading is called At Home in the Coral Reef.
In science we will be starting to learn about the muscles in the body. We recently completed our investigation on joints.
In SS the chidlren are concluding their unit on the United States Governement and will be starting their Iowa Unit.
Please remember that the weather is still iffy. Please make sure that your child has a winter coat, hat, and gloves to keep warm.