1. BLENDED LEARNING CELEBRATIONS:
O.W.L. “Our Weekly Letter”
Ms. Ives’ 4th Grade Class
January 3rd – 6th, 2017
Notes:
Instructional Focus:
Math- Partial products multiplication, multiplication wrestling game, Mid-Year Benchmark Assessment, area model for rectangles
Reading- Essential Question: “How can one person make a difference?” Genre: Biography. Strategies: rereading, point of view
Writing- Book Character Narrative: “Write a fictional narrative about a day in the life of your favorite book character”.
Science- Mapping earthquakes and volcanoes, Earth Science assessment.
Social Studies- Company and Mining Towns, the Hoover Dam and depression cycles during that time in Nevada.
Each week, students are expected to meet their blended learning goals. The goals are as followed: ST Math- 5% weekly, Study Island- 3 ribbons weekly, Power Readers- 3 passed quizzes or 2 points weekly. I am so proud of everyone’s hard work so far! Keep up the great work!! 
BLENDED LEARNING CELEBRATIONS:
ST Math- Gage and Davi are both at 88% Great job you two!
Study Island- Davi currently has 67 Blue Ribbons! Great work!
Power Readers- Eric has passed 51 Power Reader quizzes with a total of 90.7 AR points total! Wow! Awesome job Eric!
Important Information:
I hope that you all enjoyed Winter Break and had a fun and safe holiday season with your families! Happy 2017!
If you have not yet turned in the Hoover Dam Field Trip permission slip or paid for the field trip, please do so as soon as possible. Payments and permission slips are due THIS WEEK on Jan. 5th! All payments for the field trip must be paid online through the Cadence website.
For all information about upcoming events at Pinecrest Cadence, check out the Cougar Column each week!
Please encourage your students to work on to ST Math and Study Island at home as often as possible. Students should be at 80% on ST Math and 48 ribbons on Study Island. Students should also be earning 2 AR points or 3 quizzes weekly. If your child is behind, PLEASE work with them to improve their performance. Check out MyOn for a digital library containing thousands of books that your students can choose from!
BLENDED LEARNING COMPLETIONS:
ST Math- Liliana, Eric, Camille, Brooklin, Lillian, Tyler, and Gabriel have all completed ST Math and are at 100%! Woohoo!
Study Island- Gabriel, Brooklin C. and Tyler have completed all 90 ribbons!
Vocab. Words
1.boycott, 2. encouragement, 3.fulfill, 4. injustice, 5. mistreated, 6. protest, 7. qualified, 8. registered