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Update - February 23

2/23/2014

Hello Parents,

If you have not yet signed up for a conference time, please visit www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4FAFAD29A4F85-march. If no time suits you, please let me know.

Mrs. DiMarco has asked that students not bring glass water bottles to school.

We've made a lot of progress with fractions and decimals, and our work continues this week! We are closing in on the end of the Rocks and Minerals unit in Science. We will have a quiz on Monday, March 3. Students will be given a study guide tomorrow.

Have a great week,

Christina Polay

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Update - February 17

2/17/2014

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Hello Parents,

March parent-teacher conferences are around the corner. Please click here to access the sign up page on Sign Up Genius.

Have a great week,
Christina Polay

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Update - February 9

2/9/2014

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Hello Parents,

Valentine's Day is Friday. We will do a card exchange at the end of the day. If you choose to have your child hand out cards, please make sure there are enough for all 18 students. We will decorate paper bags to carry our goodies, but I am in need of Valentine's stickers (foam and/or regular). If you can donate them before Friday, please let me know. I am also in need of ink for my Epson printer (WF-2540 Series). If anyone can donate ink, it would be much appreciated! I need all colors, including black (Epson 200 or 200XL Multipack).

This week, we will do a mini debate about Maniac Magee, and write a new opinion piece. We will continue working on fractions and move into decimals. We will continue learning about rocks and minerals, and write more of our mission report. I look forward to seeing the constructed missions tomorrow! Please let me know if you need more time. The reports are being written in class.

The fourth grade is starting to prepare for the Smarter Balanced assessments that will be during the week of April 7 - 11. We don't have information yet about the specifics, including whether we will be tested on language arts or math, or both. The official tests are not beginning until next school year, but our school is participating in the pilot testing this year. Since it is computer based, one thing you can do at home is to have your child practice typing. There are a slew of good programs, including Type to Learn, which we use at school.

Have a great week,
Christina Polay

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Update - February 2

2/2/2014

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Hello Parents,

We had a great time on the field trip Friday. Thank you to those parents who drove!

I wanted to remind you that there is a calendar on the Home page (scroll to the bottom) of my website that I update weekly and whenever there are changes to the quiz schedule.

We are starting Unit 4 of Treasures, so there will be spelling and comprehension quizzes this week, along with a math pre-quiz and quiz. There isn't a new poem of the week, but we will write our own poem, based on the work of Emily Dickinson.

Lastly, I finally posted our music video, "Heat, Light and Motion!" on the News 8 website.

Enjoy your week,

Christina Polay

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