Monday, May 19, 2014

Government Studies, Camp Geneva, and Field Day!





Wow, we are getting close to the end here folks.  This week and next we will be finishing up and assessing a quite a bit. I will need to students to do a great job with our substitute while I am at 5th grade camp.  The will be covering important information with the sub!

Our Lighthouse Profiler Projects will be due May 23rd.  Which is Field Day.  We spend the entire day at Camp Geneva next week Thursday, and then enjoy a full Field Day here at Quincy. 

Here are a couple of quick reminders.  Look over the Camp Geneva packet.

Lighthouse Café will be June 5th.  That half day parents are encouraged to come and see all our lighthouses, enjoy some cake and take the projects home.

I can….

4 – C3.0.4 Describe how the powers of the federal government are separated among the branches.

4 – C3.0.5 Give examples of how the system of checks and balances limits the power of the federal government (e.g., presidential veto of legislation, courts declaring a law unconstitutional, congressional approval of judicial appointments).

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.1
Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.

CSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7
Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. 

Upcoming Important Events:




May 22nd All Day at Camp Geneva

(5:00-5:30pm pickup from school)


May 27-29 Mr. Braymer at Fifth Grade Camp


June 5th Lighthouse Café 

(12:00-12:45pm pickup from school)


June 6 Last Day of School