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The 4 Grade Post

http://glencairn4th.weebly.com December 2nd, 2019

From The Teachers

This Friday is Movie Night at the school!
Social Studies/Science
Pizza will be served at 5:30 and the movies will
start at 6pm. A flyer with detailed information will be If anyone is or knows an electrician who
coming home. If you are planning to eat pizza, it would like to come in to talk with students, please
would be helpful if you could fill out and return the contact Mr. Finger. He is looking for ways to make
slip at the bottom of the flyer. This helps the PTO connections between our study of electricity to
know how much pizza to order. All proceeds go career possibilities.
back into the school. In social studies, students will begin
We are looking for donations of baked learning about United States government. This
goods for Movie Night! If you would be willing to week will be an introduction to the topic.
help by sending in baked items for the bake sale,
please sign up at: Math
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DA8AE2
The kids will be working on interpreting
AA7FB6 -movie items should be individual (or cut or
remainders in division word problems this week.
bagged) for individual servings. Please label the
This means that they will have to understand if the
item if it contains nuts.
remainder will require one additional thing (like
The week of December 9th is the Glencairn
having an extra van to transport remaining kids),
Book Fair! It will be open before and after school.
ignoring the remainder (if it’s asking how many full
Students will be able to preview books briefly at the
containers of something there are), or answering
start of the week.
specific questions about it like (how many leftover
Friday the 20th is our school-wide field trip
pieces of pizza are there?)
to NCG Cinemas. The students will see Frozen
Having your child use the question mark to
Two. The bus will leave Glencairn at 9 for a 9:30
help identify what is being asked and then working
showing. Although we don’t necessarily need
through the text one sentence at a time are useful
chaperones, you are more than welcome to join us
strategies in helping students be successful.
for this fun event. Just let us know ahead of time if
you are planning to come so that we can plan
accordingly.

School phone: (517) 333-7930.

Reading
E-mail: marc.finger@elps.us, (602) 689-8256 We are wrapping up Unit 2 of our Reading
lauren.schefke@elps.us, Street reading program. Students will be working
ELPS MISSION STATEMENT: on test taking strategies and will take their Unit 2
Nurturing each child test. There is no need to study, as these are
Educating all students concepts students have learned in class.
Building World Citizens We will also focus on how to craft a written
ELPS Vision Statement:
East Lansing Public Schools provide an exemplary education for
response to a reading.
all students through a cohesive, comprehensive curriculum in an The spelling test will take place on Friday.
inclusive, supportive environment.

Special News Writing

• Week of 12/9 – Book Fair We are working hard to get our fictional
• 12/13 – Movie Night at Glencairn (pizza @5:30, novel unit wrapped up before winter break. Our
movies at 6 pm.) goal is to have these ready for a Writer’s
• 12/20 – School-wide trip to NCG to see Frozen
Celebration the Friday before break. We will
Two.
• 12/23-1/3 – Winter Break (No School)
continue to support students who wish to continue
• 1/6 – School resumes to work on these after we are done with the unit.

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