Weekly Parent Newsletter

Click here to read this week's newsletter to parents. Letters are sent home on Thursday in the students' Thursday folders.

Language Arts

In writing class this week we finished up our family stories. We have continued to work on Writer's Workshop stories twice a week and soon we will publish an anthology of short stories.

Math

The fourth grade are continuing math rotations. Students are using our newly adopted text book, Scott Foresman. Students have fifteen minutes of math homework every night, and Wednesday is "major math night" with about twenty to thirty minutes of math homework.

Geography/ Social Studies

Fourth grade students have started working on their mission reports. They will be writing a two to three page report on one of California's Missions. Click here to learn more about the missions in California.

California Missions

Science

In science class with the help of Mrs. Baird, our science specialist, we have been learning about the changing earth. Students have learned about different rocks and minerals, and changes to the earth's surface.

Field Trips

Our next fourth grade field trips will support our Missions of California unit. On Friday, March 22, students will visit La Purisima Mission in Lompoc. On Friday, March 29, we will travel to Leadbetter Beach and make sand models of our missions. In April, fourth grade students will go on a field trip to the Olivas Adobe in Ventura. They will make corn tortillas, make adobe bricks, hear stories, and play games while learning about the Rancho Period of California History.