Room 30 News
Issue 26
Important Announcements:
APEX Dolphin Dash Update:
Our classroom earned $136.30/lap
in pledges! Thank for supporting
our LCM Fundraising Event! Our
students took home collection
envelopes last week. You should
have received an email from APEX
notifying you of the number of
laps your child ran last
Wednesday.
St. Patrick’s Day:
Thank you in advance to Lori Roy
and Linda Pierce for organizing
our St. Patrick’s Day Hunt for
Gold with our first grade buddies!
Report Cards:
Your child will be bringing home
his/her report card on Friday,
March 21st. Please spend time
discussing all of the great work
he/she is doing as well as helping
him/her set goals for the third
trimester. We will be setting new
AR Goals in class next week.
Thank you for your continued
support!
LCM Book Fair/Open House:
We will have our Book Fair open
during the week of March 2427th. Students will be able to
shop for books before and after
school. We will also be visiting
the Book Fair during our regularly
March 19, 2014
Mrs. Cherveny
scheduled library time on
Thursday, March 27th.
Please join us for our LCM Open
House on Thursday, March 27th.
Our classrooms will be open from
6:00-7:00 PM. We will have a lot
of great work to share with you.
Student work will also be on
display at the Art Fair in the
cafeteria. The Book Fair will be
open from 5:30-7:30 PM.
Movie Night Under the Stars:
Please join us for Frozen on the
MEGA screen on Friday, March
21st. Bring your low back lawn
chairs and blankets while joining
other LCM friends and families on
the blacktop. Doors will open at
7:00 PM and concessions will be on
sale while supplies last…including
KONA ICE! Thanks to our LCM
PTO for organizing this event!
LEARNING GOALS
Reading: (Expository Text/
Non-Fiction):
My students will complete their
Keynote Presentations on their
iPads. They will demonstrate the
knowledge learned in class while
becoming a content expert in
either: weathering, erosion
earthquakes, volcanoes, or
landslides. They will share their
Keynote Presentations with their
classmates.
(Fiction): We are reading the
novel, By the Great Horn Spoon,
by Sid Fleischman. The children
are also writing in their own
“Jack’s Journal” as we read. This
novel is filled with fantastic
figurative language. Ask your
fourth grader to summarize the
first few chapters for you.
DiRT: We will begin a new DiRT
rotation after Spring Break.
Language Works Program:
We will begin working on Volume 11
this week. Our students will
identify the spelling patterns of
words with the /uh/sound as well
as words that begin with silent
letters g, k, or w. We will
continue to work with using the
correct punctuation when including
dialogue in writing. Students will
need to distinguish between the
different types of figurative
language learned in class. Finally,
we will focus on words with the
Latin roots aqua- (water) and
port- (carry). A Language Works
Volume 11 Test will be given at the
end of next week.
Math: Unit 7: Advanced
Fractions. We will continue to
use multiplication and division to
rename mixed numbers as
improper fractions and improper
fractions as mixed numbers. We
will add and subtract mixed
numbers with fractions and also
work on multiplying whole numbers
by a fraction.
Our students are working on a
fraction/decimal project that we
will share with you at Open House.
First in Math: Please encourage
your child to use their First in
Math license at least 3 times per
week. First in Math is a great
online program that provides our
students valuable practice with
fact fluency, critical thinking, and
problem solving.
Writing: We will be writing
creative “food” idiom stories.
PE: We have P.E. this year with
Coach Chindlund on Tuesdays and
Fridays. Please remind your child
to wear athletic shoes/clothes on
these days.
Library: We will be visiting the
library this Thursday. Please
remind your child to return/renew
their library books this week.
AR Reminder: AR Points for our
next goal are due on March 20th.
Those who reached their AR Goal
for this trimester will attend our
4th Grade AR Party on Friday.
Science Garden: We will be in the
Science Garden with Mrs. Molnar
this week.
Music: We will have music with
Mr. Ball next week.
*Thanks to the families of LCM
and our PTO for supporting our
music and science garden
programs!
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
Spirit Day: Mix Up Day, March
21st
March 24th-27th, LCM Book Fair
Week
Dine-Out All Week, Tin Leaf
La Costa
March 25th, 4th Grade Field Trip,
Mission San Juan Capistrano
March 27th, LCM Open House
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
At LCM we make, “Every Minute
Count”. Please make sure to have
your child at school, each morning,
and on time. If you need to take
your child out of school for an
appointment, please make every
effort to do so at the end of the
day. Thanks for your help!
Classroom Supplies Needed:
Labels (size 1 inch x 2 5/8 inch)
MARCH DATES:
March 17th, Happy St. Patrick's
Day!
March 20th, 4th Grade AR Points
Due
PTO Meeting, 3:30 PM
March 21st, Mix Up Day
Friday Flag Salute, Grades 1-5,
8:45 AM
4th Grade AR Party
Trimester 2 Report Cards Sent
Home
Movie Night, Frozen, 7:00 PM
March 28th, Water Assembly
March 31st-April 4th, Spring
Break!
April 7th, School Resumes After
Spring Break
Happy Birthday to…
Olivia, March 13th
Logan A., March 17th
Daniel, March 22nd
Sydney, March 27th