Update

 

We welcomed our 8th grade buddies to kick off "day 0" on Wednesday. The girls read books, colored bookmarks and rolled dice to answer icebreaker questions. Afterwards, we met in the LSAR to learn all about the Chinese New Year from Mrs. Dorion. It was a busy afternoon full of fun projects and games!

Check out an update from Mrs. Kortas 

We are working hard on the 4th grade PBL project and could use some supplies from home. If you have any of the following and can send them in, we would really appreciate it! 

• paper towel/toilet paper rolls
• cardboard boxes (cereal/delivery)
• bubble wrap
• egg cartons
  

Carpool Helper: Caroline

Special Week: Cora

Switch to Chinese for the remainder of the year!

2/3: Wear red on Monday to celebrate the Chinese New Year

February 20: 4th Grade PBL Culmination from 10:30 - 11:00 starting in the Lower School Assembly Room - Please join us!

February 21: WW Dress Up Day

 

Update

 

 

Valentine's Day is right around the corner and we will have a class celebration on Friday, February 14. In class, we will decorate gift bags to hold their valentines. You do not need to have your daughter make a box or bag at home! They need to make a card for each student and here is a list of our classmates. 

The girls have added journaling each morning as part of their morning routine. They were so excited to received a little journal to call their gratitude journal and are enjoying reflecting on what they are most grateful for as we begin the day.

We had a nice, short week together. We have wrapped up our math unit and will review the skills before taking the assessment next week.

In social studies, we started our unit on the American Civil War. As we study this period, I am reading the girls another Ranger in Time book called A Long Road to Freedom. Earlier this year, we read another book from this series as we studied Westward Expansion. Because these novels come from the perspective of Ranger, a golden retriever, it helps to soften the severity of what happened during these times in history.

January 29 is an unnumbered day due to Upper School Conferences and it is also a Gold/White spirit day. Lower School has planned a fun-filled day that includes a big/little sister activity, special treats, a rotation of activities in the gym, and a viewing of the movie Frozen by kindergarten to grade 4 students. Girls are welcome to come in gold/white colors without accessories, but be mindful of their attires so they can participate in all the activities that have been planned in the gym. They may wear jeans or sweatpants with their team color. Girls will have a chance to earn points for their respective teams. As a reminder, the girls need to wear sneakers to participate in the gym activities just as they do for PE days. January 29 should be a fun winter day! 

Carpool Helper: Olivia T.

Special Week: Olivia S.

Switch to Chinese for the remainder of the year!

Jan. 29: Unblocked Day/Spirit Fun Day

February 20: 4th Grade PBL Culmination from 10:30 - 11:00 starting in the Lower School Assembly Room - Please join us!

February 21: WW Dress Up Day

update

 

We were back in full swing this week! This week, we launched into our 4th grade PBL (project based learning) project. Before Christmas, the girls studied ocean animals, ocean zones, and animal adaptations. On Wednesday, we zoomed with our first guest expert, Lila Wood's aunt, Dr. Philips. She is a scientist who lives in Oregon and studies zebrafish. We were all amazed by what she shared. Ask your daughter's to share the most interesting thing she learned. Next week, we will zoom with another guest expert. In the classroom, we are researching and making observations. We will complete this project towards the end of February.

Please mark your calendar for our PBL Culmination on Thursday, February 20, from 10:30 - 11:00. We will begin in the Lower School Assembly Room. We invite you to come and see what your daughter has learned!

 

Unit 4 in math covers number and shape patterns. We will move quickly through this unit and will finish by the end of the month. We continue to 

review 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication and long division. 

 

 

In reading, we started a new novel Flora and Ulysses. It's about a cynical girl named Flora and a new found friend that happens to be a squirrel. We are focusing on using context clues to define vocab throughout the book as well as using evidence from the text to answer comprehension questions. 

 

With many out of town today and this weekend, I decided to send home Friday Folders next Friday instead of today. Be on the lookout! 

*After the long weekend, we will switch to Chinese for the remainder of the school year.

*The girls will take their spelling quiz on a second set of homophones on 1/23 and their Wordly Wise List 8 quiz will be Friday, 1/24.

 

Reminders:

Carpool Helper: Ava Grace

Special Week: Olivia S.

Jan. 20&21: No school

Feb. 20th 10:30-11: PBL Culmination in LSAR 

Girls answer the riddle here!