Week of Jan 17th

 Happy Friday, everyone!

Another great week in fourth grade down. I can't believe I only get your kiddos for about 4ish months! Time is flying!

Students worked so hard on their iReady tests this week. I am so impressed at their growth and I can't wait to share that information with you, too. I will send a Remind message when iReady reports head home. 

Also, here's a silly moment from this week. One morning meeting question this week was "If you were president for a week, what would you do?" Here a picture of their response. I am impressed by how many students are really eager to change those gas prices! 🤣

Upcoming Events:

Friday, January 21st: Early Release AND End of 2nd Quarter

Monday, January 24th: No School for students

Monday, January 24th: NDLC's Pagoni's Day. From 11am to 8pm 10% of sales benefit NDLC

A Message from the third grade members of Environmental Club:

NDLC will be collecting your Little Bites bags from now until May! The Entenmann company has a collection service where if you send in a box of recycled Little Bites bags they will give you money for your organization. It's a nice way to raise money for our school for recycling!

Here are examples of what we are collecting:

Send the empty bags to school and we will take care of the rest!

Thanks,

NDLC Environmental Club

Curriculum Updates:

Reading: Students are working on research projects focusing on a specific subtopic of the American revolution. I have loved watching these kids start to form their own ideas and opinions about if they would be a loyalist or a patriot. It is really amping them up for when we do our big debate! We are also working hard at understanding how to note-take when reading nonfiction texts. Not everything is worth writing in our notebooks so we are trying to understand and synthesize information into our notebook.

Writing: We are cruising on through this awesome new unit from Teacher's College. As you've noticed students have been coming home with nightly writing homework. Their homework should  be either stapled into their agenda or in their homework folder. It is a pink half sheet that almost looks like a letter from me. This homework prompts students for the following day of writing work. Please check with your child each night to make sure they are getting this completed.

Math: We are in Unit 8! We have been working on studying points, rays, and angels. Each kiddo got a protractor last week which has been very exciting...and very confusing to some. Don't worry! I will make sure they get much more practice with their protractors! We haven't had much time for math this week due to iReady, but we will make sure to get back to our normal schedule and prioritize math next week. 

Have a great weekend. 😊

Carly Burris