Newseum Field Trip-April 29, 2015

Lower School Field Trip Information

April 2015

Grade:  4

Date of Trip:  April 29, 2015

Location:    Newseum,  555 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20001

Time of Student Drop Off at School: 7:00 a.m. (Students should go promptly to their classrooms. Teachers and chaperones will walk with the girls to the buses parked on Grove Ave.)

Time of Trip Departure:  7:15 a. m.

Time of Trip Return:   3:25 p.m. (Parents will be notified if we are delayed.)

Trip Attire:  Field Trip Attire and yellow Fourthie hat

What to bring:  Money for lunch. (Please refer to your daughter’s class blog to view lunch options. The girls will complete a math activity using the Newseum menu to familiarize themselves with the food choices.)

Special Instructions: The girls may bring a book to read on the bus or enjoy the pleasant company of their classmates. No electronics, please.

Biking Field Trip on Monday, April 27

Lower School Field Trip Information

Grade:  3 and 4

Date of Trip:  April 27, 2015

Location:    Goochland Fields

Time of Student Drop Off at School:  Regular school day

Time of Trip Departure:  4’s at 9:00 and 3’s at 10:30

Time of Trip Return:   4’s at 12:00 and 3’s at 2:30

Trip Attire:  Appropriate for biking

What to bring:   bag lunch and water

helmet and bike (optional)

Special Instructions:  bike to be brought to the Goochland fields Sunday, April 26th, between 3:00 and 5:00p.m.

Smash Hit!

The production of 101 Dalmatians will be a hard act to follow!  The Fourthies were wonderful, the costumes were spectacular, and the entire play was so much fun to watch.  The girls had a fantastic time, and I cannot imagine a better play to end their experience in the Lower School.  Dave Masucci was everywhere taking pictures, so we are fortunate to have incredible, professional pictures because of him... and Suzanne Lamberth, what can I say about her ability to make the Dalmatians come alive with the dog ears she made.  Unbelievable!  There is a wealth of talent in this class, not only with the girls, but also among the parents!

Grandparents' Day is this Thursday.  The girls are working furiously on a project to share with them.

We are so excited that they will be with us beginning at 12:45 with the program in the LSAR.  Then at 1:15 they will be split into two groups.  Half will go to the classroom, while the other half go to Religion until 1:45, when we flip.  The girls will know the logistics of that!

As well, the girls have been working very hard on their collaborative projects on different aspects of Early New England.  They began presenting last week.  Their growth as readers and researchers is amazing!  Make sure to ask your daughter what she has learned!

April Showers Bring Many Activities Before May Flowers

It's raining Dalmatians everywhere on the McVey stage---singing, dancing...we have it all, and it is a small miracle that all of the fourth grade actually fits on the stage.  Rebecca Merrick is a genius.  We are practicing every day, and the girls are practicing the songs that are on Google Drive.  It's such a rollicking, good musical that everyone is having a great time.

Wednesday, April 15  Parent Production of Play   2:30

Thursday, April 16     Traditional Production for the Senior Class  9:45

Tuesday, April 14       As you already know, Conference Day is April 14.  I sent you the link to the Doodle Sign-up by email.  If there is a glitch, please let me know.

Thursday, April 23    Grandparents' Day

Monday, April 27  Bike Day (9-12)  Sponsored by the PE Department  -  information coming

Wednesday, April 29  Fourthie Trip to the Newseum in Washington

In between all of these wonderful activities, we will be teaching little things like math, reading, and social studies, so stay tuned!  

We have just started Volume 2 of our math series, which opens with a unit on fractions.  We start with the concrete, so we have groups of dried beans all over the classroom.  Then we draw the picture of the problem, and finally, we learn how to do the problem.  We are only in the early stages, so never fear!

History Comes Alive

These are not your average pictures of explorers.  These pictures actually talk.  In fact, you can come and use a QR code to hear your daughter's voice as one of these famous people.  Part of the skill involved was summarizing, in under 30 seconds, the explorer's life.  The girls can tell you a lot more about them!