Update

 

We had a fantastic visit with Angeli Rafer this morning! The girls were fascinated by her story and journey beginning as an artist then to illustrator. 

We are happy to announce that the Fourthies will head to Kings Dominion on Friday, May 9. This is a joint field trip with the 4th-grade boys from St. Christopher's. The field trip is science-themed and focuses on the science of roller coasters. All of the trip details are here. Please note that there is a form to complete on the field trip form about your daughter's lunch preference that day. We would appreciate having the form completed by Friday, April 4! 

We finished our first chunk of concepts with fractions this week. The girls took a quick check in and did so well. Now that we are adding and subtracting fractions, we move to improper fractions and mixed numbers. Since this unit is so hefty, we will continue to lump it into smaller sections. 

For Wordly Wise, we are moving a bit quicker through the lessons to ensure we complete most of the lists in the workbook. We will keep the Wordly Wise quiz updates in our agenda for the rest of the year. Today, we started a fun writing project where the girls interviewed a Fourthie from another class. We emphasized the importance of asking big questions to go a bit deeper into our understanding of one another. We even got to enjoy this gorgeous weather during our interviews!

Next week, the girls will write about their friend they interviewed and also create a magazine cover.

Carpool Duty: Lilly

Special Week: Genevieve 

Letter from Middle School about 5th-grade parent meeting

Technology update

Musical Practice Schedule!

Wednesday, April 9: Grade 4 Musical for families at 9:30am in Endeavour

Spring conference sign-up

Friday, April 18: Half day for Good Friday with a noon dismissal for Grades 2-4

Monday, April 21: No School for Easter Monday

April 25: Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day (8:30 a.m. - 10:45am) - Girls may dismiss with their guests

Update

 I loved being back with my girls this week. We enjoyed hearing about each other's spring breaks and kicking off some new things. Next week we will begin our musical rehearsals. In case your daughter is unable to get into Google Classroom at home and would like to practice the songs, here is the folder of music! 

Exciting news:  Children's book illustrator Angeli Rafer is visiting the Lower School on Friday, March 28! She will be speaking to the Fourthies from 9:30 - 10:30 in the library. If you are interested in pre-ordering a book for her to sign on the day of her visit, please visit this link to learn more.

 

We focused on the theme of friendship during our writing lab this week! The girls invented a machine where two friends had to use teamwork to receive a prize or rewards at the end. We practiced writing attention grabbing "hooks" to grab their reader's attention at the start of their descriptive paragraph. The girls were also challenged to include a set of directions in their writing that would teach the reader how the machine works. This was much harder than they thought it would be! Lower School teachers have already been admiring their creativity. This project will come home in a few weeks, but here is a sneak peek at their pictures. 

  

In math, we kicked off our fraction unit. We explored some different manipulatives, reviewed important vocabulary, talked about different ways to decompose fractions and started adding fractions with common denominators. I spent a little time this week introducing PEMDAS and order of operations. I told the girls it was a "commercial break" from our fraction time and that this would be a little preview to next year. They will go into more detail next year. 

In reading, we began our next novel, Number the Stars. We learned a little bit about WWII and Denmark to prepare our minds for the setting of the novel. We also began a "mythological creature" bracket for our own version of March Madness. The girls had to choose criteria to judge the creatures and move them through the brackets. They are reading about various creatures and explaining their thoughts as they advance creatures through their bracket.

Reminders

Carpool Helper: Pearl

Special Week: Elie

Musical rehearsal schedule! 

Technology Update

Chinese Update

 

Update

 

Wednesday was the most magical day. Your girls made me feel the love on such a big birthday. The poster with the 40 things they love about me will be something I treasure forever. THANK YOU for all of the incredible gifts. 

Our second Wordly Wise Dress-up day was a success! The girls had fun creating clues to describe their word! See if you can guess each one!

  

My theatrical readers really got into character for their reader's theater performance this week. In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, we read and performed The Lorax during our reading time.

We finished our geometry unit and took the assessment yesterday. Graded work will come home in Friday Folders on March 21st.

Exciting news:  Children's book illustrator Angeli Rafer is visiting the Lower School on Friday, March 28! She will be speaking to the Fourthies from 9:30 - 10:30 in the library. If you are interested in pre-ordering a book for her to sign on the day of her visit, please visit this link to learn more.

Reminders:

Carpool Helper: Andi 

Musical rehearsal schedule! 

Technology Update

Chinese Update