Thank you to Ethan's parents who helped organize the amazing Holi celebration on the Thursday before Spring Break....what a treat! We had a very busy week of school last week upon our return. And we have a very busy few weeks ahead of us. Here is a snapshot of some key dates from now until the end of school in June: Monday, April 8th: Eclipse viewing at 2pm! Thursday, April 11th: Hubbard Street Dance residency begins Tuesday, May 7th: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio tour Thursday, May 9th: Science Fair Wednesday, May 15th: Field trip to Naper Settlement Friday, May 17th: Talent Show Monday, May 27th: Memorial Day, no school Tuesday, May 28th: 4th Grade End of Year Celebration at Circle Lanes Thursday, May 30th: Final Dance Presentation Tuesday, June 4th: Last day of school Here a few updates from the classroom: Reading and Writing: We are wrapping up our American Revolution unit in the next couple of weeks....students are hard at work on their informational "books" about a Revolution topic. We will celebrate the end of the unit with a debate between Loyalists and Patriots (just like the actual Continental Congress). This is always one of the main hightlights of the school year! Our next unit will be an historical fiction unit where students will be reading books in book groups and writing their own historical fiction stories. Math: We finished Module 5 (fractions) with a summative assessment on Friday. On Monday, we will begin our next module focusing on geometry. This is a relatively short unit and we will follow that with another short unit on measurement conversions and end the year learning about decimals. Science: We finished up our unit on electricity and circuits and have moved on to learning about magnetism...ask your child what a temporary magnet is and how to make one! In the next week or so, we will rotate classrooms for science. Hubbard Street Dance residency: Hubbard Street Dance teaching artists will be coming into the 4th grade classrooms on Thursdays starting this Thursday. Students will learn about creating art through movement and teamwork. This is an amazing opportunity for students to learn in a non-traditional way and we are fortunate to be able to participate in the program again this year. Thanks to the PTO for funding it! Students will ultimately work in groups to create their own dances to perform for parents and third grade classes. Mark your calendars for Thursday May 30th for the final performance (time TBD). Field Trips We are visiting the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio on Tuesday, May 7th. Please fill out this permission form if you have not already done so (and volunteer to chaperone!). We are also visiting Naper Settlement on Wednesday, May 15th. Please fill out this permission form to allow your child to participate and also let us know if you can help chaperone. Thanks in advance! Here are a few pix of 4P in action!
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