I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day Weekend. It was another perfect beach weekend. I'm happy to say that our first two days of fourth grade are behind us and we're heading into a four day week! I am so thrilled with how the first two days went. This is SUCH an awesome group of students and I can't wait for the year ahead.
This week there are lots of new routines students will learn and we will begin our normal school day schedules. Also this week will be our first week of instrument lessons including ensemble. In math we will take a beginning of the year pretext and begin our first math lesson on Thursday. Please be prepared for nightly homework starting this week. Room 2 will also have our first social studies and science lessons and begin our reading and writing workshops. For day to day updates you can check out our class Twitter feed!
Here are some highlights from last week:
- we learned about each other from the toilet paper game
- we began our new read aloud, Fish In a Tree
- we used our engineering skills in the pipe cleaner challenge
- we celebrated Max M's birthday with extra recess
- we began our discussion of class rules
Special Schedule
Monday- P.E. And World Language
Tuesday- Health
Wednesday- Artand ensemble
Thursday- World Language
Friday- P.E.
* specific instrument lessons will vary by day. Please see student specific schedules
9/14- no school
9/15- picture day
9/18- student council paragraphs due if interested
9/24- parent information night
Snack- students will have time to eat snack every day around 10 am. We are going to do our best to be a nut free classroom! Our classroom is very hot so please plan accordingly and pack one if not two water bottles for the day. Students are able to leave for water breaks during transition times only so please remember your water bottle to help us minimize those distractions!
Homework information- I will be sending home a specific homework packet this week for you to review with your child. Homework is very important to the 4th grade curriculum. It promotes student responsibility, organization, and is an extension of the material learned. Nightly homework should be written in your child's agenda and will also be posted on the class website under "assignments". 4th grade homework should take approximately 45 minutes per night. More information will follow in the homework contract going home Tuesday.
Math- I am pleased to announce that all grades k-5 will be implementing our new math program , Envision2.0. Our first math lesson will be on Thursday. The student workbook will be going home every night. It is important to remind your child in the morning to make sure they have it packed as it will be used at both school and home, there are so many unique components to this program that I'm looking forward to sharing with you.
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