Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

General reminders:

1.  Binders should come back and forth to school everyday with your child.  Please check their binders for homework.

2. Make sure chromebooks are charged before coming to school everyday.

3.  Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you have with your child. jolsen@ccsd66.org

May 28 - June 5 News!

Spelling:

We have been doing a fun spelling list- all of the class names- first and last name.  We have been playing sparkle, making a wordsearch and really getting good at learning how to spell our classmates names. Next week we will be doing a spelling bee to practice!  Our last spelling test will be Friday, May 31. 

English/Reading:

We are almost done reading Love that Dog.  We will finish it next week.  The students have gotten really good at picking out figurative language in the book.  We have had some good discussions about them as well!  We are almost done with our poetry book, I can't wait to see the final products!

Social Studies/Science:

  We will finish up the West region next week.  We will not have a test on it, but will do a project instead on a national park of their choice to create a slideshow on.  The students will like this project- great way to end the year! 

Math:

  We will finish up unit 7 next week and have our final test on Friday, May 31.  The students learned this week finally how to do standard algorithm for multiplication.  They seemed relieved to learn it this way as I am sure you are too! :)  I think this test will help many kids grades because it is not as complicated as some of our other units we have had this year. :)

Important Info:

This is my last blog for the year!  I have enjoyed teaching your children this year!  Have a fantastic summer!  Hopefully the rain will stop once school is out! :)

May 27- No school in honor of Memorial Day.

Have a great, holiday weekend!  

Mrs. Olsen

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

General reminders:

1.  Binders should come back and forth to school everyday with your child.  Please check their binders for homework.

2. Make sure chromebooks are charged before coming to school everyday.

3.  Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you have with your child. jolsen@ccsd66.org

May 20 - May 24 News!

Spelling:

We will be doing a fun last spelling list- all of the class names- first and last name.  We will do some fun spelling activities throughout next week and the following week.  Our test will be Friday, May 31, so the students will have 2 weeks to learn how to spell everyone's names. 

English/Reading:

We are enjoying the poem unit so far!  The students have even said they are enjoying poems whereas when we first started poetry many students were not excited about poetry!  So happy they have turned the corner!  We continue diving deep with figurative language, similes, metaphors, etc.. We have started creating our poetry book.

Social Studies/Science:

  We have started the last region for the year the West!  It is fun learning about the states in the west!  

Math:

  We had our comparing fractions checkpoint this week and the students all did great on them!!  So happy- check your child's grade!  It helped with many grades improving! :)

Important Info:

The Edward Tulane play was so fun and a great experience!  I hope your child liked it!

May 27- No school in honor of Memorial Day.

Have a great weekend!  

Mrs. Olsen

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

General reminders:

1.  Binders should come back and forth to school everyday with your child.  Please check their binders for homework.

2. Make sure chromebooks are charged before coming to school everyday.

3.  Please do not hesitate to email me with any questions or concerns you have with your child. jolsen@ccsd66.org

May 13- May 17 News!

Spelling:

Next week will be our last week of spelling words!  It will be on the greek latin roots of mega, ped, sub, and meter.  Our test will be Friday, May 17. 

English/Reading:

We have started a new unit on poetry.  We will be reading a new book Love that Dog.  This is a book written all in poems!  We will be diving in deep with figurative language, similes, metaphors, etc.. We will then create a poem book for a culminating end to the unit and year! :) 

Social Studies/Science:

  We finished up the Southwest this week and our energy unit in science.  We will be starting the West next week in Social Studies!  Our quiz on the west states will be Friday, May 17.

Math:

  We have been working in unit 7 this week on fractions.  Next week we will start looking more deeply at decimals.

Important Info:

May 14- field trip to see the Edward Tulane play.  Please send your child with a sack lunch because we will probably not get back in time for our regular scheduled lunch time.

May 17- Early Dismissal Day- dismissed at 11:00

Have a great weekend!  Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!!

Mrs. Olsen