Newsletter

Hi,

We had a great week back to school. It was wonderful to see everyone after the break. I was especially excited to hear about all the reading that was done over the break! Keep up the amazing work!

Walk to Read Event on MLK Day, January 18 at 2:00 pm. Donate money and gently used hard back books to Libraries of Love in Uganda, Africa. Plan to come to school for our Walk to Read Event on MLK Day and save your coins and hard back books. Check out this site to learn more about Libraries of Love. https://librariesoflove.wordpress.com/ This organization was created by a former RRISD librarian named Trudy Marshall. She was in Uganda and was talking to some kids about books. She learned that going to school was a huge challenge and the schools had no libraries and hardly any books at all. She continues to work hard to change that and has established 36 libraries in schools there since 2005. Ms. Marshall is back in Uganda, but her daughter will come to our event on Monday as a guest speaker. Thank you in advance for your support.

20 Book Reading Challenge-Everyone is progressing well on the 20 Book Challenge. Don't forget this month's challenge is to read a biography or autobiography AND a book of his/her personal choice. A form for each book (either google on line or paper copy) is due the last week of January. Keep reading!!!

Writing Club will be on Monday from 2:45-3:45.

Read about our week:

Reading-Civil Rights was our focus this week. We read about the Sylvia Mendez case in California in which she won the right to go to her neighborhood school instead of the Mexican school. We also read and discussed Brown vs. the Board of Education in Topeka which made segregation illegal in public schools in America. The Story of Ruby Bridges was our focus on Friday and we learned about a brave girl's struggle to go to school. We will continue practicing reading skills while learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Thurgood Marshall next week.

Writing-We wrote about our holiday break and wrote our interpretation of a quote about snowflakes. (Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice.) We also worked on identifying complete sentences and revising and editing. We will write more expository pieces next week.

Social Studies-We are learning about explorers in Texas.

Homework packets will come home on Monday. Character traits will be our vocabulary this week and we will work on words ending with ion in spelling.

Dates to Remember:
Monday, January 11-Wear FCE shirts. Writing Club from 2:45-3:45.

Tuesday, January 12-Library Check-out

Fri, January 15-Wear college t-shirts, Spelling and vocabulary test. Homework packet and reading response letter are due. Turn in reading logs.

Monday, January 18, 2016- No school for students. Walk to Read Event for Libraries of Love in Uganda. Come to the FCE Library at 2:00 with a hard-back book to donate. We will learn more about Libraries of Love from our guest speaker, then walk the track like the kids in Uganda walk for miles to go to school. We will stop walking and read our books then we will donate them. Thank you so much for coming and supporting this cause.

Friday, January 22, 2016-Wear college shirts, spelling and vocabulary tests, Reading Response letters due. Homework packet due. FCE Talent Show at 6:30.

Saturday, January 23, 2016-Volunteer at the Round Rock Serving Center from 9-10:30.

Have a great weekend! Happy New Year! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I am excited for 2016 and a great rest of 4th grade with your child.

Sincerely,
Pam