Mrs. Stemm's 4th Grade ELA/SS

Important dates and announcements:  Tuesday, January 22-Friday, February 1: STAR progress monitoring Thursday, January 24th: Students have their monthly guidance lesson January 18th-February 1st: Right to Read Week look for details below regarding this event Tuesday, February 5th: Students will have their digital citizenship lesson with our guidance counselor. Wednesday, February 6th- 2-hour delay February 20- PTO meeting at 7pm CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SPELLING BEE CHAMP AND RUNNER UP: ARYAN KAUSHIK AND TOMMY PHAN! Thursday, January 18th in the Pickerington Elementary Cafeteria, multiple students from our 4th-grade classes competed in our annual spelling bee. The participants were  Jaylon' Kincannon, Haroon Choudhry, Jonathon Cibulskus, Aryan Kaushik, Blake Kestner, Eli Kitchen, Tommy Phan, Lucy Shreffler, Giovanni Valcin, Parker Dufort (not pictured), and Anna Kratt (not pictured).  There were some very tough words and all participant...

Important Dates:  1/9- Tiger Teams meet 1/15- 4th-grade Spelling Bee @ 6pm in the Pickerington Elementary Cafeteria 1/16- PTO Meeting in Pickerington Elementary Media Center 1/17- PROUD Assembly           Also, visit  Hangry City Grille for dinner to help out our PTO! 1/18-No School: Professional Development Day for Teachers 1/21- No School: Martin Luther King Day 1/28-2/1: Animal Shelter Drive 1/31-  Family Reading Night w/guest author Andra Gillum Right to Read Week- 1/28-2/1 Monday-  Wear orange for at-risk animal awareness Tuesday- Wear your favorite animal hat or headband and b ring an item for the Fairfield Area Humane Society. Wednesday-  Dress as your favorite character from an animal book Thursday- Wear Pickerington Purple! Author,  Andra Gillum, will be visiting!  Friday-  Bring your favorite book and a stuffed animal to read with today English/ Language Arts We are starting our u...

Homework/Important Dates Monday 12/10- Friday 12/14: DRA's will be given to formally assess progress in reading comprehension as well as expression through read-aloud passages. Friday, December 14th: PTO Movie night The movie being shown:  Incredibles 2   Wednesday, December 19th: 4th Grade Spelling Bee written test Once word list is given to me, I will send out a Dojo message to all parents.  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 working on a Bloom Ball project. Pictured below are examples of what the finished product should look like.  This project encompasses multiple areas we have learned throughout the quarter such as summarization, types of sentences, sensory details, visualization while reading, and plot. This assignment will most likely ta...

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 o...

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 SCHOO...

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...

Announcements Red Ribbon Week is this week! Each day has a different theme in which your child can choose to participate.  Tuesday- Wear Red Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday Thursday- Dress to Impress; Bring in a canned food item Friday- Wear your favorite football team attire 11/6- NO CLASSES 11/9- Veteran's Day Assembly  11/13- Book Fair Pickerington PROUD Congratulations to Naomi Tate as she was awarded the PROUD Award for the month of September. Way to go Naomi!  Conferences I am looking forward to seeing many of you for conferences this week. If you forgot what time you have a scheduled conference, visit our sign-up genius website. Scheduled Conferences: Monday (11am-7pm) and Thursday (4:45pm-8:15pm) English Language Arts  Last Week:  The focus of the week: How does setting affect the characters or speakers in a text?  Trought the text and video of "All Summer in a Day," we learned about how the time and place...