Here at the Fourth Grade Blog, we ordinarily cover all of the ‘usual’ things in our newsletter, Language Arts, Math, Social Studies/Science, class trips, etcetera — but this time we’d like to do feature a few things we don’t normally feature.

In this week’s blog, we take a sneak peek at some of the other classes and activities that go on at school besides those that are just ‘standard Fourth Grade’. Take a gander, as we’re featuring some videos from the lunchroom, morning games, an odd moment where the kids jam themselves into the teacher’s chair, some sod/adobe construction, and a cut-throat game of dodgeball from physical education!

(We even managed to turn math on its head with a dressdown pass competition… see below!)

Earlier in the week, the Fourth Grade math class held a competition to see who could identify (using a set of riddles) the most polygons in the shortest amount of time. (Polygons ranged from standard three-sided triangles (right, isosceles equilateral, scalene, etcetera) to hexagons and octagons. The idea was for students to familiarize themselves with the terms and concepts associated with geometric shapes.

The contest proved so heated that it went into our language arts class. The winners eventually proved to be Keeva and Sonya, who managed to identify thirteen polygons in about ten minutes.  and then wasted no time in using their dress down passes the very next day!

SPRING SPIRIT WEEK!
Next week Pacific Northern Academy will participate in SPRING SPIRIT WEEK! Show your school spirit by wearing the appropriate clothing:
Monday:
Denim day- come in decked out in your favorite pair of jeans, jean jacket, or jean skirt! Any denim you have, wear it!Tuesday:
Blast from the past- Jump in your time machine and go back to your favorite decade for this day. Break out your pearls for the 20’s, get your boogie in your bell bottoms for the 70’s, pull out your scrunchies and tracksuits for the 80’s or go for anytime in between.

Wednesday:
Sports Day- Baseball to ballet, looks like some of your favorite teams are coming to PNA, so dress in their colors, come prepared to win the game in your own sports gear, or am I seeing double? Dress as your favorite athlete!

Thursday:
“In the jungle, the mighty jungle the PNA animals sleep tonight” Dogs to Zebras, Hippos to Butterflies, come dressed in your favorite animal attire.

Friday:
Future Self Day- Did we all just get 20 years older and our dream job?! Doctors, teachers, and Starbucks workers alike we all have a dream job so come to school and show off what you want to be when you grow up!

Parent Association!
Officer Elections for 2018-19
It’s time to elect Parent Association officers for the new school year! Offices include President, Vice-President, and Secretary. We are fortunate to have such incredible and talented parents at PNA, and we would love to have your help with the events that benefit and inspire our PNA students. This is a great opportunity to see your ideas come to fruition at our new building! Let us know at
parentassociation@pacificnorthern.org if you are interested or if you would like to find out more information about what is involved.
​Nominations for officers will be accepted through May 11th and officers will be elected via a meeting to be held at a TBA date and time.

Field Day Chaperons Needed!
​Thursday, May 24th
Ms Molly will need a few parents to help with Field Day on Thursday, May 24th, with the following tasks:
1) Three parents to help her with planning, food, and set up (starting at 9:30 AM)
2) About eight parents to help the kids with the games (From 12:45 -3:00 PM)
If you are interested in helping, let us know what your availability is by using the sign up link:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090F45A4A72DA7FB6-field1
or you can send an email to
parentassociation@pacificnorthern.org