Week of November 9-11

Important Reminders:

Wednesday, November 9th (Tomorrow) will be a MONDAY specials schedule. 

• Please have your child record their reading on the Read-A-Thon website! The Read-A-Thon is a great way to earn money for our school to purchase reading resources for our classrooms! Spread the word to family members and friends!! And don't forget to...READ, READ, READ!
• Students should be using the Reflex math program at least THREE days a week to build their multiplication fact fluency.
• Students will have FLE on Wednesday, November 9th and Thursday, November 10th.
• Veterans Day Celebration is on Friday, November 11th from 8:30-10:30
• Join us for Pinebrook Family Reading Night on Thursday, November 10th from 6:30-8:00...I will be there to read an AWESOME book about traveling to outer space!

What Are We Learning?

Reading:

Students will be identifying problem and solution in narrative text.

Homework: Students should be reading at least 20 minutes each night (record that time on the Read-A-Thon website)

Math:

Students will not have math instruction this week due to FLE schedule

Science:

Students will be creating a picture diagram of the planets in our solar system!

VA Studies:

Students will be writing letters about their favorite region in Virginia to send to a family member or friend. We will be mailing the letters! Please see directions below:

• Please send to school with your child an envelope, address (within the U.S.), and stamp 

Word Study:

Students will have a word study assessment on Thursday and receive their new word sort on Friday.

Writing:

Students will continue using strategies for crafting true stories. 

If you have any questions/concerns, please let me know!

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend :) 

Miss Drumheller

Jamestown Visit!

On Thursday, October 6th our fourth grade class was joined by a special visitor from the Jamestown settlement site! Students were enagaged in an interteractive presentation where they were able to explore artifacts and clothing from colonial people and Powhatan Indians. This was a very special presentation for the students and a great introduction to our Jamestown unit in VA Studies! 

Some of our students wearing clothing from colonial settlers and Powhatan Indians.

Students exploring artifacts from Jamestown settlement site

Students viewing photographs of Jamestown

Science Quiz Update!

The Virginia's Resources Science Quiz is being pushed back until Thursday, October 13th

Week of October 10-14

Hello 4th Grade Families!

Here is a weekly update about what students will be learning next week! Enjoy the three day weekend!

Monday- Columbus Day-No School!

Math
Tuesday- Review centers for quiz on Wednesday
Wednesday- Patterns Quiz
Thursday- Properties of Equality
Friday-Associative Property

Science
Tuesday-Virginia's Resources Quiz
Wednesday-Stormy the Raindrop Writing Activity
Thursday-Our Solar System-The Planets
Friday-Terrestrial and Gas Giant Planets

VA Studies
Tuesday-Jamestown Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Wednesday-Economic Venture
Thursday-Jamestown Settlement Site
Friday-Hardships in Jamestown

Word Study-
*Any word study activities not finished during word study time during class, needs to be completed for homework
Tuesday- Color Code or Synonyms/Antonyms Activity
Wednesday-Writing Sort
Thursday- Word Study Assessment
Friday- New word sort, Context Clues or Spell and Tell

Reading

• Students will be reading a passage about the Solar System for Shared Reading this week--ask your students about the facts they are learning!
• Students will be finishing their Interpreting Characters Unit and focusing on skills/strategies to use while reading.

Writing-

• Students are learning and using skills to craft true stories.

Parents--please remember to check your child's agenda each night, make sure they are completing their reading log, and reviewing their notebooks regularly.

If you have any questions/concerns, please let me know! 

Important Reminders

Parent-Teacher Conferences

• If you have not done so, please take the time to sign-up for a conference
• Conferences will be after school the week of October 31-November 4 and all day on November 7th and 8th
• Please use the sign-up genius link to schedule a conference http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4aa8ac23a0f58-2016

BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology)

• Students are beginning to complete Digital Citizenship lessons in computer lab and are learning the expectations of BYOT at Pinebrook
• Please review the expectations with your child on the Pinebrook website under the BYOT link
• BYOT will begin in Miss Drumheller's class on Monday, November 28th 

Family Life Education

• Family Life Education is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9th and Thursday, November 10th

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Happy Wednesday :) 

Welcome to 4th Grade 2016-2017

Welcome to 4th Grade!

I want to thank you all for attending Open House yesterday! I am thrilled that I was able to meet most of our class and I am very excited to begin our new school year on Monday!

Just a few reminders for Monday:

• Please be sure your child knows how they are going home on Monday. I will need the BLUE Transportation Form on Monday morning. I know that many of you are unsure of your bus number, but that information should be made available on ParentVUE
• Many of you also collected your first day packets at Open House, please be sure that your child is returning the first day forms promptly.

Upcoming this Week:

We will spend majority of the week going over classroom procedures, organizing school supplies, and just getting accustomed to 4th Grade. 

Students will begin learning about Virginia Geography in VA Studies and learning about the Scientific Method in Science. 

Students will be receiving a reading log Monday, which I will go over with them, and students are expected to read at least 20 minutes each night.

I can't wait for another fabulous school year at Pinebrook!!

If you have any questions/concerns, please feel free to email me at hillary.drumheller@lcps.org

Have a wonderful weekend, see you on Monday Pumas!! :) 

End of the School Year Party

Hello!

Just a reminder that the End of the School Year party will be on the last day of school...June 14th! Permission forms for the party are due Friday, June 3rd. Please make sure that your child returns their permission form by Friday to ensure that they participate in all the fun!

Thank you!