Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!

This will be a weekly reminder of what is coming up in the following week.  I will send it out as an email to the parents on Fridays.

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

This is what we will be working on the for the week of September 30- October 4!

Spelling:

This week we will be working on greek roots.  We will be practicing and learning these words throughout the week.  The test will be Friday, October 4.

English:

We have been practicing and learning about different types of sentences this week.  They had homework go home this week as well.  We will continue learning about sentence structure as well next week. 

Reading:

  We will be finishing up the poem titled "Casey at the Bat".  We will be comparing this poem to another poem next week and discussing the differences and similarities. We will also touch on perspective which will be a fun, writing activity we will do next week.

Social Studies/Science:

We have been learning all about the Northeast region.   We will be reviewing chapter 4 next week.  Will look to have chapter 4 test the following week, October 7-11.  Will let you know as soon as I schedule it.  

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

  We had our first quiz this week.  The students did pretty well on it.  You should have seen it come home and returned it signed.  I will be doing this for all their quizzes and tests.  So, plan on looking at them and returning them signed each time.  We will  have Unit 1 test on Monday, September 30.  We  reviewed today and they will be bringing home their pre-assessment and their study guide to use to study off of.  If you remember from curriculum night the pre-assessment is very similar to the test. So, please use that to help study.  They all felt like they did well on the study guide.  I think they were impressed to see how much growth they had from the pre-assessment to the study guide.  Please look for those in their binders today.

Important Info:

October 2- Early dismissal day- students will be dismissed at 11:00 and will not eat lunch here.

Have a great weekend!  

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!

This will be a weekly reminder of what is coming up in the following week.  I will send it out as an email to the parents on Fridays.

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

This is what we will be working on the for the week of September 23-27!

Spelling:

This week we will be working on words that get mixed up frequently, such as to, too, and two and their, they're and there.  We will be practicing and learning these words throughout the week.  The test will be Friday, September 27.

English:

We will continue with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  We will be focusing on sentence structure.  You will see some homework come home next week practicing these ideas.  This is important to use all year and all the time!

Reading:

  We are continuing with the poem titled "Casey at the Bat".  We have talked about the setting and dug deep into reading and understanding it. Next week we will work on some vocabulary words with it and trying to find the meaning of words we don't know in the text.  Strategies that can help us decipher unknown words in texts we read.

Social Studies/Science:

We have been learning all about the Northeast region.   We learned about resources in the Northeast this week.  We will be reading about the sea around the Northeast and all the benefits it brings to the Northeast.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

  We will have our first quiz on Tuesday, September 24.  The homework on Monday night will be a review for the material that will be on the quiz.  So, please go through that with them to make sure they are ready for the quiz.  Bridges calls the quizzes checkpoints, just an FYI, that is what it will say at the top of the quiz.  I told the students they are allowed to use their math spiral that we have taken notes in for quizzes and tests.  So, hopefully they are taking good notes!   We will also have Unit 1 test on Monday, September 30.  We will review next Friday and they will be bringing home their pre-assessment and their study guide to use as a study guide.  If you remember from curriculum night the pre-assessment is very similar to the test. So, please use that to help study.

Important Info:

We have one last common reading assessment next week we will be doing in class on their chromebooks, so please make sure they come everyday charged. 

Have a great weekend!  

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!

This will be a weekly reminder of what is coming up in the following week.  I will send it out as an email to the parents on Fridays.

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

This is what we will be working on the for the week of September 16-20!

Spelling:

This week we will be working on words that have ou, aw, au, and ow in each word.  We will be practicing and learning these words throughout the week.  The test will be Friday, September 20.

English:

We will continue with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  We will be focusing on sentence structure.  This is important to use all year and all the time!

Reading:

We begun the year with close reading, this is a skill we will work on throughout the school year.    We will continue with the poem titled "Casey at the Bat".  We will be comparing it to another text as well.  We will continue working with this poem next week as well.

Social Studies/Science:

We will start the year with Social Studies and dive into studying the Northeast region.   We learned about Niagara Falls this week and will learn about resources in the Northeast next week.  They had their first test on the Northeast today- look for their grade this weekend!

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

We did a few activities this past week on using different strategies to find multiplication and division problems- number lines, ratio tables, area models, and making arrays.  We will continue next week with more on factors, prime and composite numbers, and multiplication and division strategies. I collected their homework today and will be taking their first grade on it.  You can look for the score this weekend once I get them graded on schoolnet. :)

Important Info:

MAPS testing is completed!  They did great!

We will have some common reading and math assessments over the next 2 weeks we will be doing in class on their chromebooks, so please make sure they come everyday charged. 

Have a great weekend!  Enjoy the summer like weather we are having!

Mrs. Olsen's 4th Grade Blog

Welcome back to a new school year!

This will be a weekly reminder of what is coming up in the following week.  I will send it out as an email to the parents on Fridays.

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

This is what we will be working on the for the week of September 9-13!

Spelling:

This week we will be working on words that have the suffixes  -ible, and -able.  We will be practicing and learning these words throughout the week.  The test will be Friday, September 13.

English:

We will begin the year with the topic of reviewing what makes a good sentence.  We will be focusing on sentence structure.  This is important to use all year and all the time!

Reading:

We will begin the year with working on close reading, this is a skill we will work on throughout the school year.  We did an activity with close reading and oreo cookies- which the students loved! :)  We started a close reading of a poem entitled "Casey at the Bat".  We will be comparing it to another text as well.  We will continue working with this poem next week as well.

Social Studies/Science:

We will start the year with Social Studies and dive into studying the Northeast region.  We started by looking through the textbook and doing a textbook scavenger hunt.  We also had our first social studies assignment.  They will have their first test next Friday, September 13 on the Northeast region.  Please study the map this coming week.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

As you know we switch classes for math, so this will only apply to my math class- check your math teachers blog for what they are doing in their math class.  We will begin the year with unit 1 on multiplication and division.  They have done a nice job so far this week finishing their homework. We took our first pre-test and did a reflection sheet on it after grading it.  These will come home with their study guide at the end of the unit to use as a study tool.  

Important Info:

Tuesday, September 10 is Picture Day! Smile! :)

Maps Testing- ELA September 10

Maps Testing- Math September 11

Have a great weekend!