Online Ordering Information
Web address: www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: HCP22

Dear Parents,

New Scholastic catalogs are available online. Catalogs are being sent home with your child this week, but please note there is a larger selection available to you online.

If you choose to order from the paper catalogs, please make your selections and return the order form to school, along with your payment by Friday, February 18th.

Or, give online ordering a try. It’s fast, easy, and you get instant access to thousands of additional titles plus online-only specials and discounts. Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.

Go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and log in using your user name and password.

If it’s your first time ordering online, use the Class Activation Code shown above to get started.

Online ordering offers you several advantages:
• Larger selection: Choose from thousands of titles, and more detailed product information than in the printed flyer.
• Exclusive online-only offers: Enjoy discounts available only on our Web site.
• Easy payment: Use your credit card! No need to worry about printed forms or sending checks to school.

Go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs now to get started.

Thank you,
Tammy Fung, Scholastic Volunteer Mrs. Ness 4th Grade Class

Raading: In addition to our read aloud, Snow Treasure, we are focusing on Daily 5 and different reading strategies. Students are making a reading goal and ideally working toward that goal as they read at school and at home. Ask your child what his/her current reading goal is.

Writing: Today, Ms. Peavey is starting a new writing unit with the kids. Essays! As challenging as the topic is, we have some fresh ideas for making this an interesting unit that will push our kids to become better writers. This unit will definitely pay off when the students need to do the writing portion of the MSP later in May this year.

Math: Today the students took the Mid-Year Assessment math test. This test does not go home, it is just used at the district level to compare fourth graders across the district. The data is used to help teachers determine where are students are lacking and how we can help them. We will be finishing unit 6 this week, but there will be no Unit 6 test, because of the Mid-Year Assessment.

Social Studies: We have already learned so much about the natives who were here before anyone else, lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. This week we will continute to learn about Lewis and Clark and start to talk about the fur traders who made their way to Washington next.

Upcoming Events:
Thursday, Feb. 10- 101 Day with our 1st grade buddies
Friday, Feb. 11- Snesational Sockeye Assembly, 9:30-9:45; PTA Sockhop, 6:30-8
Monday, Feb 14- Valentine's Day Party
Feb. 14-28- No Mrs. Ness
Friday, Feb 18- Inside-Out/Backwards Day
Feb. 21-25- Mid-winter Break, NO SCHOOL

Ask your kids about:
-Lewis and Clark's journey across the country
-what is happening in our read aloud, Snow Treasure
-some ideas they have for writing essays

The AwesomeNess Athletes have earned 294 gold coins so far this year- not bad considering we are only half way through the year! At 275, they voted to do a school scavenger hunt and have hot coca afterwards. Here are the pictures from our hot cocoa celebration!

What had some great hands-on activities with our land and water unit. We were able to see up close and personal how erosion works. Here are some pictures from some of the experiments we did.

Raading: We have started reading Snow Treasure for read aloud. It is about how during World War II, the Nazis held a small town captive in Norway. The only way they could save their village's money was to have the kids take it across the border on their sleds. Ask you child about what is happening in the book now.

Writing: We are currently working on the 6 traits of writing. We are working on developing our ideas and which ideas are irrelevant in our writing. Soon we will be moving on to organizing our writing.

Math: We are jumping around in Unit 6. So homework will not be in order. This week students are learning how to do the "forgiving method" of long division. We are taking a break from traditional so they can learn this new method. After they have had the chance to use both, they will be able to decide which method is best for them.

Social Studies: Today we started our Explorers, Tribes, and Settlers unit. We will be learning about why explorers came to Washington in the first place. Then once they did come, what happened. We will be studying Lewis and Clark, fur traders, pioneers, and settlers before second winter break.

Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, Feb. 1- Reading Stanford test 2
Thursday, Feb. 3- Math Stanford test 1
Friday, Feb. 4- Math Stanford test 2, Dad's Day at lunch recess, Global Reading Challenge at 2pm
Friday, Feb. 11- PTA Sockhop, 6:30-8
Monday, Feb 14- Valentine's Day Party


Ask your kids about:
-the traits of an explorer
-what their new job is
-how they feel they did on the Stanford test this morning

REMINDER: Please submit your child's Eager Reader minutes by 10pm tonight! Thanks! http://www.sunsetsockeyepta.org/eagerreader/recorder/

I will be gone for 6 days in February. My husband and I are traveling to Costa Rica over second winter break! I will be gone Feb. 14-28. I will return on Tuesday, March 1st. Ms. Thompson will be our substitute (the kids know her and have had her before). I will make sure all your emails are forwarded to her and Ms. Peavey. Ms. Peavey will be at school everyday after lunch and be in charge of the afternoon teaching. If there is an emergency, please call the office at 425-837-5600 to make sure your message is received.

I will remind you as the dates get closer. Thanks for your understanding and flexibility!

NAEP testing is tomorrow! This is a national test that our students have been selected to take. I do not think that students will receive their results. They don't need to be worried or anxious about the test, but they do need to be to school on time, eat a healthy breakfast, and get plenty of sleep.

Stanford testing is all week next week (except Wednesday). Please make sure students get plenty of sleep, eat healthy breakfasts, and arrive at school on time.