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End of the Year Dates & Info
Happy First Week of June to all of you! I am sending out a few important dates for you. Please let me know if you have any questions.
THIS Friday, June 5th: The VERY LAST opportunity to turn any work and technology in during our kila School drive through from 4 - 7 p.m.
Please help us by bringing LIBRARY BOOKS, CLASSROOM BOOKS, ASSIGNMENTS, and CHROMEBOOKS with CORDS.
Let me know if this time does not work for you and I will make arrangements to help you turn things in at a time that works for you.
Keep in mind that you can also turn things into the office this week from 9 - 2.
Miss Erica will be there. IF you have already turned your items in, please disregard the above message.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, June 10th: The official last day of school for the 2019-2020 school year :)
The staff at Kila School would love to send our students into summer break with ICE CREAM, of course! Please make plans to drive through one last time between 11:30 - 2:30. Come by and grab a sack lunch and a kick off the summer with ICE CREAM.
Report Cards will be mailed home this year and will include your child’s school supply list for next school year (5th Grade),
as well as a letter inviting you to our 2nd Annual School Supply Drop Off, which will take place right before school starts next year. Participating in this drop off event makes things SOOOO MUCH SMOOTHER for teachers and students during thefirst day and
the first week of school!!
I hope you will ALL be able to join us for this fun day (ice cream for ALL will be included)!
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A survey for our families is up and running and can be found at the link below or on our school website. We eagerly await your feedback on your experiences in distance learning this year. Please let us know your thoughts on your experiences and how we might improve different aspects of distance learning should the need to do this again ever arise. You, our Kila families and students matter so much to us! We love you and feel privileged to journey through life with you and
your children.
END OF YEAR SURVEY ~ Linked Here
THIS Friday, June 5th: The VERY LAST opportunity to turn any work and technology in during our kila School drive through from 4 - 7 p.m.
Please help us by bringing LIBRARY BOOKS, CLASSROOM BOOKS, ASSIGNMENTS, and CHROMEBOOKS with CORDS.
Let me know if this time does not work for you and I will make arrangements to help you turn things in at a time that works for you.
Keep in mind that you can also turn things into the office this week from 9 - 2.
Miss Erica will be there. IF you have already turned your items in, please disregard the above message.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, June 10th: The official last day of school for the 2019-2020 school year :)
The staff at Kila School would love to send our students into summer break with ICE CREAM, of course! Please make plans to drive through one last time between 11:30 - 2:30. Come by and grab a sack lunch and a kick off the summer with ICE CREAM.
Report Cards will be mailed home this year and will include your child’s school supply list for next school year (5th Grade),
as well as a letter inviting you to our 2nd Annual School Supply Drop Off, which will take place right before school starts next year. Participating in this drop off event makes things SOOOO MUCH SMOOTHER for teachers and students during thefirst day and
the first week of school!!
I hope you will ALL be able to join us for this fun day (ice cream for ALL will be included)!
~~~
A survey for our families is up and running and can be found at the link below or on our school website. We eagerly await your feedback on your experiences in distance learning this year. Please let us know your thoughts on your experiences and how we might improve different aspects of distance learning should the need to do this again ever arise. You, our Kila families and students matter so much to us! We love you and feel privileged to journey through life with you and
your children.
END OF YEAR SURVEY ~ Linked Here
SUMMER PLANS & BEYOND
While we will not be assigning any further required assignments, I did feel it would be beneficial to many families and students to create a topic titled "Summer Practice & FUN" on Google Classroom. Students will always have access to our 4th grade Google Classroom, even in years to come. The same goes for many digital accounts and resources used in 4th grade. Students can continue logging in to their accounts to continue learning or refresh their memories even after fourth grade has ended. Please know that I am also always available for my students, past and present, for whatever they may need - once my student, always my student :) They can always message me on Google Classroom, DoJo, email me, or stop by my classroom.
Digital Week #7: Monday, May 18th - Friday, May 22nd
***THIS IS IT!
I want to thank you all for your dedication and hardwork during our distance learning time - I am so proud of what you have accomplished in your learning. 5th grade, here you come!
This is it, our last week of new assignments. The goal is to have all digital assignments completed by this Friday. Technology return day is next Tuesday, May 26th - the day after Memorial Day (please see important dates from last week's post below for details).
For our last week:
Math: Khan Academy - Fractions to Decimals
ELA: Complete 2 week Poetry work (continued from last week) & 4th Grade Reflection Google Form
History: Complete 2 week Geography work (continued from last week)
Science: Just for fun (optional) - a few more Labrakazam videos (because they are AWESOME)
THIS WEEK we will ZOOM TUESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY at our normal time.
Digital Week #6: Monday, May 11th - Friday, May 15th
**Please see important dates & information below this post.**
Kila teachers will be creating two more weeks of learning opportunities, materials and assignments for the weeks of May 11th and May 18th. That's right, only two more weeks for those students who have maintained focus and work completion during these weeks of distance learning.
Our focus for this week, the week of May 11th is as follows:
Math: Geometry, Time, BASIC FACTS
English Language Arts: Poetry
History: Geography
Science: None this week - use the time to complete any
back assignments in all subject areas.
THIS WEEK we will ZOOM TUESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY at our normal time. Please see post titled IMPORTANT DATES below for more explanation in finishing up our 2019-2020 school year.
Kila teachers will be creating two more weeks of learning opportunities, materials and assignments for the weeks of May 11th and May 18th. That's right, only two more weeks for those students who have maintained focus and work completion during these weeks of distance learning.
Our focus for this week, the week of May 11th is as follows:
Math: Geometry, Time, BASIC FACTS
English Language Arts: Poetry
History: Geography
Science: None this week - use the time to complete any
back assignments in all subject areas.
THIS WEEK we will ZOOM TUESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY at our normal time. Please see post titled IMPORTANT DATES below for more explanation in finishing up our 2019-2020 school year.
IMPORTANT DATES!!
TUESDAY, May 12th 4-7 p.m. = Drive through Kila School parking lot to pick up student belongings (all desk items, P.E. shoes, coats, etc.). Teachers will have their students' belongings packed, bagged, and ready to hand to you through your car window.
TUESDAY, May 26th 4-7 p.m. = Drive through Kila School parking lot to TURN IN original paper packs and Technology (Chromebooks and CORDS) to your teachers.
ZOOM SCHEDULE for the Remaining 2 weeks
WHOLE CLASS, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.:
Tuesday, May 12th
NO ZOOM on Wednesday, May 13th due to staff meetings.
Thursday, May 14th
Friday, May 15th
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Tuesday, May 19th
NO ZOOM on Wednesday, May 20th reserved for individual students who may need one on one assistance.
Thursday, May 21st
Friday, May 22nd - LAST 4th Grade Class ZOOM
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Zoom meetings that occur from Tuesday, May 26th through Friday, June 5th will be reserved for those that may require one on one time.
FRIDAY, June 5th if you are behind, this is the VERY LAST DAY to submit any and all back work and assignments before teachers begin finalizing proficiencey reports for the end of the school year.
TUESDAY, May 26th 4-7 p.m. = Drive through Kila School parking lot to TURN IN original paper packs and Technology (Chromebooks and CORDS) to your teachers.
ZOOM SCHEDULE for the Remaining 2 weeks
WHOLE CLASS, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.:
Tuesday, May 12th
NO ZOOM on Wednesday, May 13th due to staff meetings.
Thursday, May 14th
Friday, May 15th
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Tuesday, May 19th
NO ZOOM on Wednesday, May 20th reserved for individual students who may need one on one assistance.
Thursday, May 21st
Friday, May 22nd - LAST 4th Grade Class ZOOM
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Zoom meetings that occur from Tuesday, May 26th through Friday, June 5th will be reserved for those that may require one on one time.
FRIDAY, June 5th if you are behind, this is the VERY LAST DAY to submit any and all back work and assignments before teachers begin finalizing proficiencey reports for the end of the school year.
We are in the homestretch of our distance learning experience. Core teachers have been instructed to provide two more weeks of new learning material / assignments. Students will have access to new learning material on Google Classroom this coming week, the week of May 11th and the following week, the week of May 18th. IF students have stayed caught up on distance learning goals and are not behind in their assignments, Friday, May 22nd will be their last official day of distance learning. All students, K-8th, will receive a final paper pack from Kila School (not to be returned) on Tuesday, May 26th at our technology and assignment TURN IN, scheduled to run from 4:00 - 7:oo p.m. On this date, students who have stayed caught up on all of their assignments will be considered finished with their school year once they have turned in all of their technology, cords and assignments. Students who are behind in their work will be given until Friday, June 5th to complete and turn in as much as possible before teachers finalize year end reports.
Digital Week #5: Monday, May 4th - Friday, May 8th
Hello! Please see below for a list of focuses for each subject area for this week :)
ALL assignments are linked on Google Classroom.
ALL assignments are linked on Google Classroom.
- Math - Math Choice Board: Choose two this week & Prodigy! All assignments linked on Google Classroom
- Writing - (#1) Focused Digital Journal: The Best & The Worst / (#2) Poetry - Mother's Day Acrostic Poems
- History - None, please complete chapter 3 if you haven't already done so.
- Science - Animal and Plant Life Cycles
Digital Week #4: Monday, April 27th - Friday, May 1st
Hello! Please see below for a list of focuses for each subject area for this week :) ALL assignments are linked on Google Classroom.
As always please let me know how I can better serve and support your family and your 4th grade cougar during this time!
- Math - Multiplication of Fractions: all assignments are linked through Google Classroom to Khan Academy
- Writing - Focused Digital Journal: My Favorite Thing About Kila School
- Reading - The Longest Night
- History - None, please complete chapter 3 if you haven't already done so.
- Science - Ecosystems
As always please let me know how I can better serve and support your family and your 4th grade cougar during this time!
Digital Week #3: Monday, April 20th - Friday, April 24th
Hello 4th Graders and Families!!
Our second digital week of lessons and tasks is ready to go on Google Classroom. There may be a few that will not post until midnight tonight, but it will all be there and ready by Monday morning. Please remember that there are no due dates, BUT, the goal is to complete the assignments by the end of the week. If you have any questions, please send them my way!
ALL links, lessons, assignments and directions are there and organized by subject area. Please view on the Classwork tab for an organized view of tasks.
***For those who finish early and are fully complete with all previous Google Classroom assignments and first paper pack handouts, please feel free to:
4TH GRADERS - I LOVE YOU ALL! Keep Up the AMAZING Effort, Stay Safe, Wash Your Hands & Keep Smiling! ~Mrs. Mecham
Our second digital week of lessons and tasks is ready to go on Google Classroom. There may be a few that will not post until midnight tonight, but it will all be there and ready by Monday morning. Please remember that there are no due dates, BUT, the goal is to complete the assignments by the end of the week. If you have any questions, please send them my way!
ALL links, lessons, assignments and directions are there and organized by subject area. Please view on the Classwork tab for an organized view of tasks.
- Math - Multiplication of Fractions: all assignments are linked through Google Classroom to Khan Academy
- Writing - Focused Digital Journal: My Happy Place
- History - Chapter 3 Government in the United States
- Science - Food Webs
***For those who finish early and are fully complete with all previous Google Classroom assignments and first paper pack handouts, please feel free to:
- do any type of family project or activity
- practice on Khan Academy or Prodigy
- review spelling lists and play on Spelling City
- learn something new on Discovery Education
- complete a "COUGAR CHALLENGE" posted by Mrs. English on Class DoJo School Stories
4TH GRADERS - I LOVE YOU ALL! Keep Up the AMAZING Effort, Stay Safe, Wash Your Hands & Keep Smiling! ~Mrs. Mecham
Digital Week #2: Monday, April 13th - Friday, April 17th
Hello 4th Graders and Families,
In an attempt to allow all students to be fully complete with our first week of digital assignments, I will be leaving all of last week's assignments up for viewing and completion (this will probably continue until I have 100% completion). I have also scheduled and posted our new assignments for this week, which is a MUCH lighter workload in order to allow all families to find their "groove", so to speak, with our new digital learning platform.
GOALS for this Week:
***Please read all directions on each assignment carefully before beginning. All assignments are on Google Classroom.
In an attempt to allow all students to be fully complete with our first week of digital assignments, I will be leaving all of last week's assignments up for viewing and completion (this will probably continue until I have 100% completion). I have also scheduled and posted our new assignments for this week, which is a MUCH lighter workload in order to allow all families to find their "groove", so to speak, with our new digital learning platform.
GOALS for this Week:
***Please read all directions on each assignment carefully before beginning. All assignments are on Google Classroom.
- First, complete all of the Google Classroom assignments from last week (listed in the post right below / before this one, titled "Digital Week #1 ~ Check In) by Friday, 4/17/20.
- Complete all of the Google Classroom assignments for this week by Friday 4/17/20
- Assignments for this week are:
- Math - Practice Buddies 9.6, 9.9, 9.10
- English Language Arts - Bison Returning! (Please look for directions on signing into Newsela on this assignment)
- Science - Khan Academy: How to Grow My Brain
- History - no new assignment this week - please use this time to get caught up or if you are caught up as most are, use this time to learn something new in an area of your choice :)
- For those who finish early and are fully complete with all previous Google Classroom assignments and first paper pack handouts, please feel free to:
- do any type of family project or activity
- practice on Khan Academy or Prodigy
- review spelling lists and play on Spelling City
- learn something new on Discovery Education
- complete a "COUGAR CHALLENGE" posted by Mrs. English on Class DoJo School Stories
- If you have questions or need assistance with anything, please let me know :) I am here to help!
Digital Week #1 ~ Check In
Posted: Thursday, April 9th, 2020
Okay guys, IT'S GOAL TIME :D Tomorrow is the end of our first digital week. I am hoping that we are all able to meet the goal of having these assignments completed and submitted on Google Classroom by the end of the day tomorrow.
1. Math - All Practice Buddies 8.6 - 9.5
2. Language Arts - Read the story "Quake" and complete the summary statement
3. Science - Watch the video & read the lesson for Natural Disasters and complete 5 questions
4. History - same as the last two weeks. Either complete the paper chapter 2 and lesson checks that was sent home, or complete it in Google Classroom under history.
**Next week, on Monday, April 13th, I will be posting your new assignments for the new week. Each week you will get a new set of assignments with the goal to complete them by the end of that week.
Please let me know if you have any questions :) ~Mrs. Mecham
Okay guys, IT'S GOAL TIME :D Tomorrow is the end of our first digital week. I am hoping that we are all able to meet the goal of having these assignments completed and submitted on Google Classroom by the end of the day tomorrow.
1. Math - All Practice Buddies 8.6 - 9.5
2. Language Arts - Read the story "Quake" and complete the summary statement
3. Science - Watch the video & read the lesson for Natural Disasters and complete 5 questions
4. History - same as the last two weeks. Either complete the paper chapter 2 and lesson checks that was sent home, or complete it in Google Classroom under history.
**Next week, on Monday, April 13th, I will be posting your new assignments for the new week. Each week you will get a new set of assignments with the goal to complete them by the end of that week.
Please let me know if you have any questions :) ~Mrs. Mecham
Assignment GOALS for the week of April 6th
Posted: Monday, April 6th, 2020
Thank you to so many of you who have been emailing completed assignments, everything is looking good!
***A few things to remember as we enter a new week:
1. We begin our first fully digital week tomorrow. All assignments, with directions (students, please read directions) will be posted on Google Classroom.
2. There will be items that will have a goal of being completed by week’s end, and there will be some optional items as well.
3. IF you are not fully finished with the original paper packs, please work on the digital assignments for this week first, and work on the paper packs little by little, after you finish the new digital assignments (the work load is quite a bit lighter this week, so I’m sure many will be able to finish up previous assignments).
4. If you get finished with everything and would like to keep moving forward and learning, you are always free to jump on Khan or any other site we use in class. Go to my links page on my website to access anything you’d like to work on.
Thank you to so many of you who have been emailing completed assignments, everything is looking good!
***A few things to remember as we enter a new week:
1. We begin our first fully digital week tomorrow. All assignments, with directions (students, please read directions) will be posted on Google Classroom.
2. There will be items that will have a goal of being completed by week’s end, and there will be some optional items as well.
3. IF you are not fully finished with the original paper packs, please work on the digital assignments for this week first, and work on the paper packs little by little, after you finish the new digital assignments (the work load is quite a bit lighter this week, so I’m sure many will be able to finish up previous assignments).
4. If you get finished with everything and would like to keep moving forward and learning, you are always free to jump on Khan or any other site we use in class. Go to my links page on my website to access anything you’d like to work on.
Due Dates & Assignment Turn In
Posted: March 26th, 2020
Hello 4th Grade Students and Families,
In light of our first school closure extension being issued, I wanted to begin having students send in their assignments for grading and feedback. Photos of the paper assignments can be submitted in a variety of ways:
Most students (96%) had their distance learning materials and instructions from me on the evening of Wednesday, March 18th. That would leave 2 days remaining in that week plus 5 additional days for the week of March 30th - April 3rd. This is a total of 7 school / work days that we will have had by April 3rd. In student packs, I tried to provide approximately 10 days worth of assignments (give or take). I am listing out the assignments I would like submitted to me by Friday afternoon, April 3rd, 2020. These assignments match the instructions sent home for each subject. If students have everything in the pack completed by the 3rd - GREAT!! If not, I will allow a few more days for completion before they are expected to begin new assignments and learning tasks which will all be online.
By the afternoon of Friday, April 3rd ( I will gladly accept it anytime this week if you are ready to submit it):
THANK YOU so very much for supporting your child’s learning and working with them and with me to ensure their distance learning is a success. Thank you so much to those of you who have stayed in close contact with me over the last couple of weeks. Thank you to those who have been asking questions or asking for help. If you have questions about anything at all, I am here!
Hello 4th Grade Students and Families,
In light of our first school closure extension being issued, I wanted to begin having students send in their assignments for grading and feedback. Photos of the paper assignments can be submitted in a variety of ways:
- Take a picture or scan each assignment and put them into a Google Drive Folder and share that folder with [email protected]
- Email photos or scans to [email protected]
- Send photos to me through DoJo.
Most students (96%) had their distance learning materials and instructions from me on the evening of Wednesday, March 18th. That would leave 2 days remaining in that week plus 5 additional days for the week of March 30th - April 3rd. This is a total of 7 school / work days that we will have had by April 3rd. In student packs, I tried to provide approximately 10 days worth of assignments (give or take). I am listing out the assignments I would like submitted to me by Friday afternoon, April 3rd, 2020. These assignments match the instructions sent home for each subject. If students have everything in the pack completed by the 3rd - GREAT!! If not, I will allow a few more days for completion before they are expected to begin new assignments and learning tasks which will all be online.
By the afternoon of Friday, April 3rd ( I will gladly accept it anytime this week if you are ready to submit it):
- Math
- Topic 8 Reteach p. 455-456
- Topic 9 Review What You Know p. 462
- Topic 9 Lesson 1 (9.1) p. 467
- 9.2 p. 473
- 9.3 p. 479
- 9.4 p. 485
- 9.5 p. 491
- IF students did additional pages, beyond the basic assignment, please send that in as well!! AND GREAT JOB in the extra effort :)
- Language Arts
- 7 reading reflection logs
- The first 5 “Writing Tip Activities”
- The first 3 Spectrum Reading Exercises
- Science
- The first 2 Lesson Checks
- Tectonic Hazards p.214
- Weather Hazards p.223
- The first 2 Lesson Checks
- History - These Lesson Checks could have been completed online. Google Classroom: Classwork: Chapter 2 Americans and Their History. There are 15 activities there, however, most are reading through the chapter, with 5 being the actual lesson checks.
- The first 3 Lesson Checks
- America and Europe p.53
- A New Nation p.61
- Growth and Civil War p.69
- Map & Graph SKills p.62-63
- The first 3 Lesson Checks
THANK YOU so very much for supporting your child’s learning and working with them and with me to ensure their distance learning is a success. Thank you so much to those of you who have stayed in close contact with me over the last couple of weeks. Thank you to those who have been asking questions or asking for help. If you have questions about anything at all, I am here!
Instructional Time Breakdown & Suggestions
In order to help parents set up a productive schedule while doing at home learning, I am providing the approximate amounts of time we spend on each subject per day in class. Parents are in no way required to follow this exactly, please make a schedule that works for your family. I would absolutely encourage you to spend time planning and cooking meals together, sewing, gardening (when possible), even changing the oil or a tire together. This unexpected time together will allow us to spend some creative, back to basics time together which is so beneficial to kids and adults alike. Don't forget to GET OUTSIDE! We could all use more outside, active playtime.
**Please be aware that students already have specific assignments they have been working through on Khan Academy and Pearson Realize. New digital assignments will appear on Google Classroom, as well as on the actual site it was created on, if our distance learning is extended. All students know how to access these. If you are a family that does not have internet access, please let me know and we will come up with a specialized plan in order to avoid any student falling behind.
- Math: 1.5 hours per day
- Language (includes reading, writing, grammar, etc.): 1 hour per day
- Language crosses all other curricular areas as there are large amounts of reading and writing in all other subjects. I take writing and comprehension into consideration in all other subject areas. Thoughts and ideas should always be clearly communicated.
- Science: 1 hour per day
- History / Social Studies: 1 hour per day
- Physical Education: 2 hours per week
- Music / Art: 3 hours per week
- Computer / Technology: 2 hours per week
- Library: 1 hour per week
**Please be aware that students already have specific assignments they have been working through on Khan Academy and Pearson Realize. New digital assignments will appear on Google Classroom, as well as on the actual site it was created on, if our distance learning is extended. All students know how to access these. If you are a family that does not have internet access, please let me know and we will come up with a specialized plan in order to avoid any student falling behind.
