4th Grade Newsletter

Next week your child will be putting their sound knowledge to the test to create a musical instrument that makes sound and can change pitch. Please take this weekend and early next week to gather a few materials depending on which instrument your child is going to make. Teachers have tape, hot glue, and decorating materials. SOUND PROJECTS ARE DUE BY MAY 15th

Pan Flute materials: 5-7 straws

Tissue box guitar materials: empty tissue box, 3-5 rubber bands of different lengths or widths, paper towel or toilet paper tube (optional)

Hosepipe Horn: Piece of garden hose (long enough to wind around a few times), small funnel.

Thank you for your help locating materials for your child’s instrument project. If you have any questions, please let us know!

Field Day is this week!

Please have your child wear shuttle shirt, comfortable clothing, sneakers, and sunscreen. Sunscreen must be applied at home. Bring in a water bottle with your child's first and last name on it. Additionally, the kids can bring a towel and a fresh set of clothes to change into afterwards. Make sure to send in a plastic bag to put the wet items into. Students are welcome to wear sunglasses, visor, hat, etc. However, each student is responsible for keeping up with their belongings.

We will have various games, challenges, and activities.

As always, teenagers and high schoolers cannot volunteer to help with Field Day. In addition, younger siblings cannot participate during Field Day because volunteers must have all attention on their responsibility as a volunteer. Thank you so much for understanding these rules. All volunteers will sign-up ahead of time, check-in through the front office, and assist in specific locations or with assigned classrooms. These procedures allow us to safely accommodate volunteers and ensure a safe setting for all.

Math: Review of all standards

Reading: ABC of 4th Grade project

Language: Review of all standards

Science: Sound projects due this week

May 13 - Grades 3-5 Field Day

May 14 - End of Year Parties

• 9:30 Bell, Sorenson, DeKatch, Cox

• 12:00 West, Smith, Lauterbach, Avella

May 15 - Sound Projects are due

May 16 - Sound Presentation by Guest Speaker

May 17 - Galactic GLOW Games

May 21 - 5th Grade Honors Night

May 22 - 5th Grade and HS Senior Walk (2:20pm)
May 23 - Last Day of School and Early Release Day (dismiss at 12:30pm)

May 25 - Blood Donation Drive

Please make sure that for the last month of school your child has adequate funds available in MyPaymentsPlus or sufficient cash/check is sent in to cover their meal purchases.

Students without adequate funds will receive a courtesy snack through the end of the school year. Also, any families with negative cafeteria balances must deposit funds before the school year ends. Students who graduate or withdraw and have funds left in their meal accounts should visit https://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/page/396 to close out their accounts.

All media center books are due. Please check your child's account to make sure that they have turned in all of their books for the year. All K-4 students that have clear accounts by May 3rd will get a free Kona Ice on May 22nd!

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Today I came around to classrooms and talked about Trailblazers. Trailblazers are student leadership groups at Silver City. These are offered to next year's 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The three Trailblazer groups that I discussed for next year are Peer Helpers, PBIS Ambassadors, and Safety Patrol. There are other organizations for students to be involved within our school building, such as News Crew, Green Team, and Robotics, to name a few. However, Peer Helpers, PBIS Ambassadors, and Safety Patrol are the ones that I help out with as the 3rd-5th grade school counselor.

Below is a short description of each group:

Peer Helpers: Academic peer tutors and reading buddies to younger students. Meet with their student(s) once a week when they arrive at school until the late bell rings. Students in this role need to be compassionate, understanding, and on time each morning.

PBIS Ambassadors: Silver City is a PBIS school. PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. These students help with all the fun ways we promote positive behavior at our school such as Galactic Games, Comet Cart, PBIS night, etc. To promote positive behavior, PBIS Ambassadors must model it throughout the building.

Safety Patrol: Safety Patrol members help promote a safe school building by monitoring the hallways every morning when they arrive until the late bell rings. They help raise and lower the American flag as well. A safety patrol member needs to be polite and personable and always greet students and staff with a smile and hello. They also need to be at school on time each morning.

Your student can start applying for these groups on 5/3 and their application is due on 5/15. Students know to find the application outside my office. Starting on this process sooner is better than later since a teacher recommendation is part of the application.

If you have any questions feel free to email me at: F41087@forsyth.k12.ga.us

-Madison Narvil

Is a Silver City staff member making a positive impact on your student? Please shout them out HERE. Positive words of affirmation from our community mean so much to us! Mr. Sloop and the Admin team will share your words with the staff member and give them a treat to say "Way to go!"

Thank you for taking the time to Shout-Out a staff member this month!

• Please fill out the Daily Transportation Form by 1:00pm if you need to change transportation for the day. If you need to make a permanent change, please send a signed note into your child's teacher.
• In the afternoon, please make sure you don’t block the neighbor's driveway entrance on the hill. They still need to be able to get into and out of their driveway. Thank you for your help!