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Scholarly Scoop March 14th, 2016 Week 25 Mrs. Downs/Room 27 Seacliff Elementary Mrs. Downs’s Note: I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Class Dojo: Daily class behavior/effort is recorded through this 2016 Spring Gala, April 16th app. You will receive an email each Friday of your “The Ball” child’s progress. Glitter, Glam, and Disco Jam! Daily Points: 3 = Excellent; http://www.seacliffgala.com/ 2 = Good; 1 = Satisfactory; Get your tickets now!! Needs Improvement = -1; Unsatisfactory = -2 Did you know? An extra point may be earned/lost for following Fourth graders have the opportunity to receive a directions. FREE national parks pass! It’s a program only open to 4th graders. Check it out a the link below: Language Arts:  Working on writing strong sentences the https://www.everykidinapark.gov next couple weeks, and applying these strategies to our spelling sentences. For the Field Trip: next few weeks, we will be writing spelling th th Field trip is Tuesday, April 19 – Wed., April 20 . sentences in class. Paperwork due March 18th; payment due March th  We continued reading Patty Reed’s Doll last 25 . Let me know if there are any issues or week. Students have joined the Donner/Reed concerns.  party as we travel westward in hopes of Chaperones, please make sure you complete your California! This week we read Ch. 15-19. fingerprinting as soon as possible. Thanks!!  Quiz on Friday for Ch. 11-15; vocab 10- 14 Coding:  Students are continuing to write in their Students have begun to learn some basics in pioneer journals. These are written in software coding the past couple weeks. Students can Google Classroom hone their skills at www.code.org. We’ve got lots of  Spelling/Affixes Quiz on Thursday; Week programmers in our room already! ;) 21 (we will write spelling sentences in class) Google Classroom:  AR Log: Due April 8th. 10 points of at- home reading is the goal (Feb/March) You can always check your child’s classwork nd progress in Google Classroom. Open any document  Tuesday is the end of AR for 2 trimester in Google Classroom, click on “File”, then “Revision History”, and you can see a detailed list Math : of their revisions with time stamps.  Timed Tests: Redos and Mixed Fact Practice Students will now continue to take Leprechaun Traps : the same fact test until that fact is mastered. Students will be given a gallon-sized plastic ziplock  Keep practicing those math facts! It’s bag, to fill with supplies to make a leprechaun trap imperative that students master these facts. in class. Bags must be able to close.  Bring bags www.math-drills.com for practice sheets. on Wednesday.  We are reviewing Ch. 9 this week, and have moved our test up to Thursday, 3/17. Homework/Classwork: This was a very short chapter! As always, if any extra time is ever needed on an  Study guide being reviewed in class assignment, please let me know.  together, review at home too  Scholarly Scoop March 14th, 2016 Week 25 Mrs. Downs/Room 27 Seacliff Elementary  Chapter 8 Retake Math test on Tuesday!  Social Studies:  We return to social studies, Ch. 4: Mexican California this week  There is a link on our website, under the “social studies” tab, to our class practice book pages

Science:  Our Smartboard Presentation/Notes is on the website for Rocks/Minerals  Rocks and Mineral Unit Test is on Wednesday, 3/16; study guide given (and on website).

SPARK P.E. We have Physical Education on Wednesdays and Fridays. Please make sure your child wears appropriate clothing/shoes. [email protected]

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