We accomplished a great deal last week in room 216! Your child finished (or almost finished) MAP testing, dissected an owl pellet, created a food web, identified several food chains within that web, and also worked on writing a personal narrative about a small impactful moment. Everyone is settling into the routines of the classroom and they are doing great work!
If you are curious about Science.....ask your child to describe a food chain. What are producers, consumers, and decomposers? How does a food chain differ from a food web? What is an example of a simple food chain?
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| Building Food Webs |
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| Dissecting Owl Pellets |
Important Dates and Announcements
Wednesday 8/30
AM: Walk and Roll to School
PM: 4th grade Curriculum Night @ 6pm
Author Visit: 9/1
Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham will share their new graphic novel memoir,
NO SCHOOL........Labor Day: 9/4
Zoo Field Trip: 9/7
4th Grade Village Gathering: 9/14 8:00 am
Fall Break: 9/18-9/22
Field trip Info from Ms. Newton & the 4th Grade Team Leaders:
Field Experiences at F.AVE
We are so excited to be able to offer a year long plan for our field experiences for both 4th and 5th grades. Our grade level leads, Gail Hardwick and Edwin Ellis, have collaborated with the teachers and compiled these guides of what is to come for the year. You have options of paying for field experiences in one payment or throughout the year. We are encouraging the one-time payment as it helps us all get organized and be prepared for these experiences in a timely matter. Please see your grade level list of field experiences and more information below.
Our first Walk and Roll to School Day of the year is next Wednesday, August 30th!
We hope that everyone will join in the fun! Students who walk or ride their bike to school will be given a number and a marble when they arrive at school. The number is for individual prize drawings, and the marble is for the chance for each grade to earn extra recess time. Students will take their marbles to their classes to be collected and counted, and students with winning numbers will be sent to the media center to select a book as a prize!
Of course, not all students live close enough to school to walk or bike the entire way. If you live far from F.AVE, consider letting your child take one of the Stop, Drop and Walk routes to school (click here for full route descriptions). Students who walk these routes (or another route that is at least .4 of a mile in length) will also earn marbles and prize numbers. This Wednesday, parent volunteers will lead walks along the four Stop, Drop and Walk routes to help students learn the way. Departing locations and times are as follows:
East Davis Street, at the entrance to PATH, at 7:05.
Thankful Baptist Church Parking Lot, near Mead Road, at 7:10.
McKoy Park, in front of the pool house, at 7:15.
Oakhurst Baptist Church Parking Lot, at 7:05.
If you have any questions or want to be part of the Safe Routes to School/Walk and Roll team, please contact Lisa Coronado Mauldin (lisamauldin@att.net). Thanks! Hope to see you Wednesday!
