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