Thinking Journals

We are switching our Thinking Journals to Fridays only. Our current schedule gives us very little time to cover our Science and Social Studies in the afternoon. On Fridays, we will write one reflection about "What stuck with us this week."  Therefore you only need to check for Thinking Journals on Friday. I hope you can find time to listen to your child read their reflection on the week and sign it. Thanks!

Book Reports

This week I assigned the 1st Trimester Book Report.  Projects are due Wednesday, October 30th.  Students choose what genre they want to read & the which project they want to complete. Right now your child's focus should be on finding a book to read & getting it read in the next few weeks. Directions to each of the three projects will be posted on my website HERE. Use these as a reference when helping your child decide on a project.  Once s/he has decided, I will give them a "hard copy" of the instructions with the added graphics & examples.  

Coloma!!

The first donation payment installment for Coloma is due on October 18th. 

If you turned in the "green slip" but no money yet, please do so 

by Friday, October 18th.

Thank you!!!

Coloma Outdoor Discovery School [link to the CODS site]

Picture Day

Picture Day is Friday, September 27th.  

Why read every night?

Growth Mindset Retakes

Our first graded Math Quiz will be coming home Friday. If your child earned a D or F, you will see the following green slip attached.

Growth Mindset Retake: Failure is not an option in room 600--we are a Growth Mindset Classroom. Receiving a “D” or “F” means I just don’t know it “YET.” Therefore ”D” and  “F” papers can retake tests. This is your chance to revisit, practice, and master your understanding of a concept. Please make all corrections on a separate piece of paper & staple to the back of your test--do not write on the actual test. Return within one week to receive a possible 70%, if all correct and all work shown. Must be complete!

___________________________Student Signature

___________________________ Parent Signature

Remember we are a team and together every child will be successful in our classroom!

Illuminate Parent Portal

As you know, FSUSD no longer utilizes paper Progress Reports or Report Cards. All reports are accessed electronically. Last year you received your personalized portal letter with your access information. This information remains the same this year and you access it in the same way. The link below will walk you through the process. If you are NEW to our District, I will be giving you your access code letter. If you have difficulty accessing your account, please contact our office. Once I have input my paper grades to Illuminate, I will open parent access.

Illuminate Parent Portal Instructions

October 11th Progress Reports

November 18th Report Card Conference Week

Amazon Donations

Our students are lucky to have 21st Century desks and chairs!!  We love the flexibility of being able to easily move around the room and collaborate with our peers.  However, they lack storage.  Students have personal cubbies--but, trips to our cubbies several times a day is becoming a waste of time.

We would like to get a class set of this "Chairback Buddy Pocket" in order to give us some storage at our seats--so that some our materials are more readily available to us.

If you feel so inclined, feel free to visit my Amazon List [click on the link below] to donate to the classroom.  We are hoping to "clear the list" soon.  Thank you for your support!!  

Mrs. Broschard's

Amazon List                    

CODS

We had a great parent meeting about Coloma on Monday. I will be showing the video we watched to the kids next week. We are very excited that we will be able to attend this great learning opportunity from March 2nd-4th. [Students that do not attend are still required to attend school.] Look for a green paper coming home soon asking if your child will /will not be attending Coloma so we can get an initial head count.

If you are interested in being considered as a chaperone, please let your classroom teacher know and we will send home an application.  Unfortunately, we cannot take every parent that wants to attend; it will depend on our student numbers.  

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH ADVENTURE

Learning about the past... to change the future

The Coloma Outdoor Discovery School's California Gold Rush program is designed for fourth graders and integrates California Content and Common Core Standards. CODS' goal is to celebrate the culture, music, and folklore of the California Gold Rush while using lessons of the past to awaken students' interest and sense of responsibility for the environment.

COLOMA LINK

Grades in Google Classroom

Most of your child's graded work is completed in Google Classroom. I grade and comment on their work in Google Classroom. Grades are reported back to them through their GMAIL Ask your child to log on and show you. There is not a "link" or a "code' I can give parents, because you must be a student in my class to have access. This is a great system as we no longer have "lost" papers and the work 

Coloma ~ CODS

 

You should have received a green information form about the field trip to Coloma in March. The information meeting will be on Monday, September 16th,  at 5:00 pm in room 600.

eSpark

MAP Assessments

We will be testing on Wednesday [9/18] and Thursday [9/19].

Students MUST bring their CHARGED DISTRICT-ISSUED CHROMEBOOK to test on those days!!  

MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) testing will take place THREE times during our school year.  These tests are done on a computer and they measure academic growth throughout the year.  The tests are unique as they can adapt to your your students's level of learning!  Each student has the same opportunity to set goals for themselves and to succeed while maintaining a positive attitude toward testing!  MAP tests take a shorter amount of time to administer and give us detailed accurate information about their growth.  Check out THIS Parent's Guide to MAP Growth!

Coloma ~ CODS

  

You should have received a green information form about the field trip to Coloma in March. The information meeting will be on Monday, September 16th,  at 5:00 pm in room 600.

Scholastic Book Orders

The link to the 4th grade Scholastic catalogs is below.

Reading is so important to a child's success in school and beyond. Scholastic is an easy, inexpensive way to add to your child's home library. Classroom points earned from your orders are used to purchase new books for our classroom lending library and to get FREE books to give throughout the year.

Please order online using our special code.  You can also log in to the Scholastic Website to order from any of the catalogs--different grade levels, specific authors, topics, or themes.  Have fun browsing!!  

Class Code: GQZNM

Click here to order from Scholastic            

Back to School Night

Back to School Night is Tuesday, September 10th.  Grades 3-5 will start at 5:00 PM & grades TK-2 will start at 6:00.  Be sure to mark your calendars!   This is a great opportunity for you to hear FIRST-HAND about our classroom, procedures, and what to expect in 4th grade!  SEE YOU THEN!!!

Room 600 / Mrs. Broschard's Parent Helpers

Thank you for those who volunteered to help our class. I know we are all super busy.  I tried to spread everyone out--sharing the load among all of us!!

We have the following lucky volunteers! 
If you missed out, please contact me and we will find a spot for you.

Room Parents 
*Abby Preston [Stuart] ~ lead [go to meetings & coordinate]
Jamie Warford [AJ]
Martha McKnelly [Alice]

Yearbook ~ I figure the more the merrier...
LIsa Barrientos [Lucas]
Sheila Kaushal [Logan]

STEAM Labs ~ Friday afternoons 
Nichole O'Connell 

Copy Parents ~ we can come up with a "check in" schedule 
Judy Takasaki [Isabella & Peyton]
Blanca Nees [Jaden]

Fundraising Coordinator / Holiday Tree 
anyone....????

Padlet

PADLET is an online tool we use to discuss questions and quotations. It is a chance for every child to be able to express themselves to an audience. A new PADLET will be posted each week on the website and I will post their responses to Twitter.  This week no names were used so the kids could express their inner thoughts. Most weeks, they will include their names. It is important for kids to know they are not alone and that others feel the same things.

   

Fingerprinting

Live Scan Finger Printing will be available at Back to School Night, 9/10 from 5:00-7:00. The cost will be $45--cash or card only & you must have a valid ID.
 Finger printing is required of parent volunteers at school and anyone that would go on field trips--like CAMP in March!!!