Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello All,

I hope everyone had fun at the sleepover. I know I certainly did.

Before I tell you what we are working on academically, I am going to tell you about the upcoming field trips that we have planned. At this point these are the trips we have planned:

• In April we are going to Adams Mystery Theater. This is an interactive theater in which the students get to help solve a mystery. This is scheduled for April 21, 2011.
• On May 4th, we are going to bike to Bluff Lake and have a guided tour to learn about the ecosystems in the area.
• On May 11th we are going to learn about geology at Roxborough State Park.

More information will be sent home as we come closer to each of the dates above.

In math, the 4th graders did a great job on our Standout Math test prep unit. We are currently finishing up our fraction unit. We are continuing to learn how to divide, so if you need extra things to do at home division is something to practice.

In science, we are beginning our last unit of the year, Changing Earth. In this unit we will be learning about geology as well as how the earth changes.

In social studies, we have started to learn about the southeast region of the United States: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. The students are going to research a specific state and create a presentation to share with the class about their findings. The Southeast Projects will be similar to the Northeast projects which were exceptional!

Upcoming Dates to remember:
March 28- April 1- Spring Break
April 4- Teacher Work day- No school for students

Have a great day!

Miss Grant

It has been awhile!

Hello 4th grade families!

The fourth graders have been working very hard these past couple of weeks. In my room, we just completed a Standout Math Unit. This allowed us to review many topics that we have not covered this year to date or that were taught at the beginning of the year. I am very proud of how hard your children have been working. I have appreciated how hard they have been working on everything from the CSAP to their Social Studies Northeast State Projects. I was so impressed with the level of work put into our very first state projects. From PowerPoints to movies, I was indeed impressed!

This Friday as you all know, we are having our first ever Westerly Creek Overnight. This night will be fun filled with teamwork activities, games, dinner, a movie, and much more. The students are very excited. The night will begin by students coming back to school at 6:00 p.m. and dropping their stuff off in our classrooms. The girls will be in my room, room 151, and the boys will be in Mr. Rabinowitz' classroom, room 147. Students will need to be picked up at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, so I can home home and sleep.:-) I plan on staying up throughout the night. We do have some parent volunteers coming in to join us. These volunteers will help us do many different things such as serve dinner and lead teamwork activities.

We hope this will be a very good experience for everyone involved. If you have any questions or concerns about the overnight, please contact Mr. Rabinowitz or me through email: noah_rabinowitz@dpsk12.org  and jennifer_grant@dpsk12.org .

I will begin giving students homework again next week, so please look for that to be written in their planners.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Miss Grant