IT'S FINALLY HERE!

DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WILL HAVE SAFE TRAVELS AND WILL MAKE SPECIAL MEMORIES WITH  FRIENDS AND FAMILY! IT'S A MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!

WE HAVE HAD A WEEK PACKED WITH TESTS IN MANY AREAS AND LOTS OF FUN! WHAT A COMBINATION! 

STUDENTS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY PARTY AND APPRECIATED MRS. BROWN'S PLANNING TO MAKE IT SO MUCH FUN . . . . . MARSHMALLOWS AND ALL!!! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR DONATIONS TO MAKE THE PARTY A SUCCESS. 

THIS MORNING,  WE JOINED ALL OTHER ADDISON STUDENTS FOR A HOLIDAY SING-ALONG!

REMEMBER THE WINTER BREAK READING CHALLENGE AND BE SURE TO RETURN YOUR FORM FOR A BAG TAG!

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF LINKS TO SOME FUN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES!

INTERACTIVE HOLIDAY FUN! HAS A VARIETY OF GAMES TO PLAY.  I CAN NOT RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO CREATE SNOWFLAKES!   HAVE FUN!

SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK UNTIL NEXT YEAR! STUDENTS WILL RETURN TO CLASSES ON JANUARY 6, 2015!

DASHING FASTER!

During the next five days, we will be headed for the finish line of the first semester of fourth grade! 

There will be learning, testing, and some fun activities, too!

ADDISON'S HOLIDAY SHOP IS SATURDAY FROM 8:00 UNTIL NOON. COME HAVE BREAKFAST AND  FIND SOME                      SPECIAL GIFTS.

ON WEDNESDAY, OUR CLASS WILL MEET WITH OUR KINDERGARTEN BOOK BUDDIES, MS. WALSTON'S CLASS, FOR A FUN ACTIVITY AND A HOLIDAY TREAT!

OUR HOLIDAY PARTY WILL BE ON THURSDAY AT 1:00.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR DONATIONS.
MRS. BROWN IS PLANNING A GREAT PARTY!

ON FRIDAY, WE WILL ENJOY A WHOLE SCHOOL                  HOLIDAY SING-ALONG!

 

NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE TESTING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN MATH (DIVISION), SOCIAL STUDIES (EXPLORERS), SCIENCE (SIMPLE MACHINES, FORCE AND MOTION),

SORT 18 WORDS ARE AT SPELLERZ (CODE PVH565)

AND AT 

SPELLING CITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING YOUR CHILDREN AND OUR CLASSROOM!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO MRS. BROWN, OUR ROOM MOM, FOR COORDINATING OUR HOLIDAY PARTY, AND TO OUR FAITHFUL SCIENCE LAB VOLUNTEERS, MRS. HERNANDEZ AND MRS. BROWN. TODAY, THEY HELPED US  UNDERSTAND NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION!

DASHING THROUGH DECEMBER!

It is hard to believe that December is here already! During the next two weeks, we will be very busy wrapping things up and tying loose ends in various areas of learning!

ADDISON'S HOLIDAY SHOPPE 

Saturday, December 13 from 8:00 until 12:00

Shopping, Activities, and Silent Auction!
Thank you for your generous contributions to fourth grade's Basket of Chocolates for the auction.

Our Holiday Party will be on Thursday, December 18, at 1:00. Please watch for notices from our Room Mom for party details.

Enjoy the Winter Break! December 20 through January 5, 2015.

Students will return to class on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

Next weeek's Spelling Sort 17 is ready at
SPELLERZ code ASK357
and
SPELLING CITY
We will be conducting some classroom Spelling Bees to determine who will represent us in the Addison Spelling Bee. Practice, practice, practice!

MATH
We will continue to work with whole numbers using all operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, Students are showing that they know HOW to use the strategies they have learned for computation and for solving word problems, but too often careless mistakes and forgetting basic facts of each operation are causing poor grades on quizzes and tests. Please remind your students to practice the basic facts often and that checking one's work pays off!

SCIENCE
Next week, we will be learning about Force and Motion. Our visit to the Science Lab on Friday will provide some fun activities and hands-on experiences that will prove some of Newton's Laws of Motion.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Over the next two weeks, we will conclude our study of explorers and will begin to understand the beginnings of our great nation.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN AND OUR SCHOOL!

WELCOME BACK!

I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday week as much as I did! Now we need to get back to working hard for the next three weeks before our next break. Please keep in mind that this time will be important for pulling up any grades we wish to improve before the next report card.

WANTED: ALL FORMS OF CHOCOLATE!

The PTA's annual Holiday Shoppe is around the corner. This year each grade is providing a themed gift basket for the auction.

The 4th grade is going to provide a "Chocolate Lovers” basket. We are asking you to bring in items for our basket.

Suggested donations include:

• Chocolate candy bars
• Chocolate candy in bags or small boxes
• Chocolate drink mixes
• Chocolate covered items
• Various types of chocolate –white, dark, milk
• Packaged chocolate brownies/muffins - Please note another grade is making a Baker’s basket so we need to stay away from baking mixes.

Unit 16 has been posted for this week at

SPELLERZ  (CODE GXV326)

and

SPELLING CITY

Students will present their explorer posters on Wednesday. They are also working on a project about their explorers in the Computer Lab with Mrs. Elmore. They should be ready to share it next week.

We will review simple machines this week and will test on Friday. Your student is certainly allowed to take home their Science textbooks for study and review.

We have leaned various strategies for multiplying and dividing whole numbers. This week, we will review and will test our skills.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!