Schedule of Events
January

January 10

Parents Group Mtg. - You are welcome to attend this monthly meeting held in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m.

January 13

All School Assembly - You are welcome to attend this event, usually held in the large gym from 8:45 – 9:15.

January 16

Teacher In-service Day (No School)

January 18

School Board Meeting - These are usually held in the Montpelier High School Library from 7 – 9. Check out http://www.mpsvt.org/board/board.htm .

January 20

BINGO/Ice Cream Social

January 25

Union News Published - Look for this in this week’s Friday Folder.

January 26

School Compost Celebration (6:30 – 8:00 p.m.)

Photo of the Week

Students play a traditional Japanese New Years game during Culture Club

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ello, again! This week we finished up our study of multiplication and large numbers and turned our focus towards division in math. We studied a new set of words & rules for spelling, met in our guided reading groups, worked on our reader’s notebook entries, worked on our persuasive essays, and learned a bit about Japan during Culture Club.

In math, we applied some of the skills we have acquired in math as we completed a section of the World Tour by pretending to travel to Europe. We also completed a test on this unit and moved on to Unit 6: Division, Map Reference Frames and Measures of Angles. As always, on Fridays, we focus for ½ hour on math problem solving.

In writing, we focused on finishing our final draft of a persuasive essay. The due date has been postponed until next Thursday.

In reading, we focused on our fourth reader’s notebook entry (letter to me) to reflect on their reading.

Eri Takahashi (see below) gave our students a special treat by introducing them to Japanese culture. She plans to spend extra time with this class over the next four weeks.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Stuart

Internet Site of the Week

http://www.tolerance.org/

This site is a web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center “...for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.” This organization is a wonderful resource for materials we use throughout the year in our classroom.

Ask Your Child……….

• Where is the Friday Folder?
• Where is your assignment book? What have you done with your goal this week?

·What book(s) are you reading?

·How often and how long are you expected to read outside of school each day? (20 minutes/day)

·What was your part in the choral reading with Mrs. Erdossy’s class? (we presented this to the school during the assembly)

·What book are you writing to Mr. Russo-Savage about in your Reader’s Notebook? What did you write to him about in your most recent letter?

·How did you do on the Unit 5 math test? Can you show me how to do 43 * 28?

·How did you do on this week’s multiplication facts time test?

·What is the currency in Japan called? (Yen) Is Japan more or less crowded than the U.S.A.? (~10 times more)

·What did you do in Technology and Art this week?

·What books did you choose during library? Why?

Culture Club

This week we had two sessions with Eri Takahashi, a teaching intern from Osaka, Japan. Eri taught us about Japanese writing, numbers, greetings, and games kids play (see below). Next week students will join with students from other 4^th grade classes as they travel to other classrooms for two 90 minute sessions on another world culture (Canada, Kenya, Ireland, or Nicaragua).

Photo of the Week

Eri demonstrates how to use chopsticks.

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