Important Dates:
- January 12 – January 30 – 4th and 5th Grade Literature Circles
- Tuesday, January 13 – 4th Grade Field Trip to the Smart Center; see info below.
- Tuesday, January 13, 5:30 pm – Informational HOPE Workshop @ WCDS
- Wednesday, January 14 – WCDS Main Campus Spelling Bee
- Monday, January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service; see info below.
- Thursday, January 29 – Forward to 5th, 4:00 PM, more details coming soon
- Friday, January 30 – Parent Coffee, 8:30 AM
- Friday, January 30 – Freedom Friday
- Friday, February 6 – 11:30 AM Early Dismissal for Winter Long Weekend
- February 9 and February 10 – No School for students, February 10 – Teacher Professional Development
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We welcomed everyone back to school this week after a relaxing holiday break. We jumped right into learning, concentrating on our Awesome Authors writing contest and learning the process of doing 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication. The students were eager and excited to get back to the classroom!
4th Grade Deep Dive Field Trip to the Smart Center – Tuesday, January 13th – Fourth graders will visit the SMART Center in Wheeling for a science program. The students will be transported by the WCDS van (two trips will be made for drop off and pick up). The presentation on understanding energy aligns perfectly with their Deep Dive class, taught by Mr. Rouse and Mrs. Buck. The program runs from 9:00 to 11:00, so we kindly request that all students arrive by 8:45 on Tuesday. We will return to campus for their regular recess and lunch. Mr. Rouse, Mrs. Buck, and Mrs. White will accompany the students on the trip.
MLK Day of Service – For our day of service, the 4th-grade class will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to The House of the Carpenter. We are requesting single-serve packs of food, such as boxes of individually wrapped granola bars, packets of individual applesauce, fruit snacks, crackers, or any other healthy snack available in individual packets. Please try to avoid cookies and high-sugar items. These items will be used to pack to-go lunches/dinners for area children to bring home on the weekends. The 4th graders will sort and deliver the food to The House of the Carpenter on a later date. Items may be sent with your child to school anytime next week, including Monday, January 19th. We appreciate your help and generosity
ELA: We reviewed all subject areas in the form of jeopardy to kick off our week! Students finished their Awesome Authors writing contest for the Ohio County Library. They loved having creative freedom with their stories while also learning about how to create an intriguing plot! We will dive deeper into that next week and learn how to create suspense. One Monday, students will also be starting literature circles with the 5th-grade class and teachers. This is always a favorite as they can mix with other students and learn from new teachers!
Math: The students started learning the process for 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication. What a challenge, but the students embraced the learning and put in a great deal of effort to understand the process. Many of the students are starting to catch on and are working towards independence. We can’t stress the importance of your child knowing their multiplication fact with quick recall and fluency! Please take at least 10 minutes a day to practice these facts with your child.
Digital Discovery: You should have received an email from your child this week! The students are learning about the elements of an email. They are learning how to address the email, how to write a greeting, how to write the body of an email, and how to close.
Character Ed: This week, students are learning about perspective-taking. Perspective-taking is the ability to understand another’s thoughts, feelings, and point of view. This is an ever-important skill for students and adults to practice, to see how others see the world, work together in groups, and show empathy. Ask your students what they are learning about perspective-taking and share your own insights on how you see life through your own perspective. Talk about how your perspectives are similar and different. To do this, students wrote from the perspective of someone from the past coming to the future!
