May News

I just wanted to go over a few things as we head into our last full month of school.

1.       Donner Field trip on Monday- MUST bring a cold lunch, dress warm in layers, wear tennis shoes, no devices to play games (phones are allowed but must be put away).

2.       Chaperons for Monday. Please come on Monday- we are leaving at 9:30. We have to see how full the buses are, but we are hoping most of you will be able to ride the bus. If you’d like to drive that’s fine. I will assign everyone a group of students on Monday.

3.       Natural Disaster Project- we are well underway. They are cooking! Check Infinite Campus- ELA Writing and Science to see if they are missing anything, if so they are behind. Once they get behind on the project it is tough, but not impossible, to catch up. Please make sure you are checking agendas nightly as they have a list of To Do’s in there.

4.       June 2^nd- Mark your calendars for Presentation Night 6:00 in the Multipurpose Room. I’ll send home a formal flyer later in May. But you can invite family members to come. It’s a fun and amazing event!

5.       Please check out the Natural Disaster Blog for Due dates and links for assignments.

6.       SBAC Testing- Please make sure your child gets a GOOD night’s sleep, has a nice healthy breakfast. Talk to them about the test’s importance, but tell them it’s not the End All Be All for their future. They are going to do great! Please let me know if they are going to miss any of these days and we will get them in for makeups.

a.       May 4- ELA in morning

b.      May 9- ELA in morning and afternoon

c.       May 18- Math in morning and afternoon

d.      May 19- Math in morning

7.       All work must be turned in May 27^th for Quarter 4.

8.       Get out your calendars for these upcoming events:

a.       May 4- SBAC

b.      May 9-SBAC

c.       Math 18-SBAC

d.      Math 19-SBAC

e.      May 20^th Pioneer Center Field trip with Music

f.        May 23- MAP Reading test in the morning

g.       Math 24- MAP Math test in the afternoon

h.      May 27- Whitehead Jog-A-Thon

i.         May 27- End of Grading Period- all work must be turned in

j.        May 30^th No School Memorial Day

k.       June 2- Presentation Night 6:00pm

l.         June 7- Reno Ace’s Field trip

m.    June 9- Last Day of School 12:50 release

4th Grade Introduction Side

All 4th Graders are required to make a single slide PowerPoint. The slide is your opportunity to introduce yourself to Mrs. Cameron and Mr. Sorensen. You will present your slide to them at lunch one day on the last week of school. Your slide must represent you and your personality yet be mindful that this may be their first impression of you. And you never get a second chance to make a first impression. 

Slide should include:
Your name and any nic names you go by
Your hobbies
Your talents
Favorite part of SWAS
Your favorite subject
Optional: 
A question for them? 
Random fact or information

Click HERE to turn in your slide

Natural Disaster Project

Click here to visit the Natural Disaster Site

We have started our Natural Disaster Project! I've created a blog to organize and store all the information they will need for this project. Due dates, links for research, rubrics. Please check it out!

The students have studied several different types of natural disasters and are now starting research for the major pieces of the project.

There are 3 products the students will create by the end of the quarter:

1- An essay containing information about their natural disaster, a persuasive component discussing the importance and how to be safe during the disaster, and a bibliography citing all their texts used.

2- A commercial for a Safety Kit. Their group will make a safety kit to sell (hypothetically) that will help people protect themselves and their homes during the natural disaster. They will produce a video commercial that students from across the district will view and vote on.

3- An infomercial on their Safety Kit. On presentation night June 2nd their team will perform a short live infomercial style presentation of their Safety Kit, as well as be asked questions and receive feedback from experts and community members.


There is SO much your children will learn this quarter that is not related to Science:

-Collaboration Skills
-Communication Skills
-Self-regualtion
-Use of technology for learning
-Real World problem solving and innovating

I am very excited about the project and can't wait to see how much they will learn and grow over these next few weeks!

Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions: choffman@washoeschools.net