Mrs. Stemm's 4th Grade ELA/SS

Outdoor Recess Reminders Remember with Ohio Weather being variable to remind your child to be prepared to be outside for recess. If the weather is deemed appropriate for outside recess, students will be outside even if it is chilly or cold out. Remember if your family needs support over the holidays or could use winter hats, gloves, or you have other needs to contact Ms. Stewart, our school counselor. She has contacts and can help.  Homework/Important Dates Wednesday, December 5th: 2-hour delay Friday, December 14th: PTO Movie night More information about this event coming soon!  Wednesday, December 19th: 4th Grade Spelling Bee written test Words will be given to students after Thanksgiving break.  Thursday, December 20th: "Fetch a Good Book" Read in Students will be permitted to wear pajamas to school for our read in!  Friday, December 21: NO SCHOOL- Teacher Record Day ELA/Reading  This week, we will be finishing our book  Hatch

Important Dates:  Tuesday, November 13th: Burre and Stemm homerooms visit the book fair!  If you would like your child to purchase something, please have them bring in money on the 13th. To prevent money from getting lost, I will collect it at the beginning of the day and pass it out when it is time to go to the book fair.  Thursday, November 15th: Guidance Lesson  Ms. Stewart will be coming in during our ELA block to teach her guidance lesson for the month.  Wednesday, November 21-Friday, November 23: NO SCHOOL due to Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, December 5th: 2-hour delay Friday, December 14th: PTO Movie night More information about this event coming soon!  Wednesday, December 19th: 4th Grade Spelling Bee written test Words will be given to students after Thanksgiving break.  Thursday, December 20th: "Fetch a Good Book" Read in More information about this event coming soon!  Friday, December 21: NO SCHOOL- Teacher Record Day ELA

Announcements No school November 6th- Teacher work day & Election Day!  Wednesday, November 7th- Tiger Teams Friday, November 9th- Veterans Day Assembly If your child has a speaking part, please have them practice each night. I have taped it inside of their purple folders.  Tuesday, November 13th- Book Fair Wednesday, November 21-Friday, November 23: Thanksgiving Break- No school  Wednesday, December 5th- 2-hour delay ELA/Reading Last Week:  As we continued through Module 2, students used their knowledge of how setting affects characters actions by understanding extreme settings. We began working with two new books titled  Mountains  and  SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere . Our overall goal last week was to understand what makes a mountainous environment extreme. We focused on the following questions to develop their understanding: What do you notice and wonder about the two books we are beginning to study?  Wha