Dear Parents,
As the end of summer approaches it is hard to believe that
we have been in school three weeks. We
still are feeling a few growing pains but on the other side we now have most of
our classroom technology in place and we are ready to move along. Students will be getting ready to begin using
iPads by learning about proper and appropriate usage with the curriculum
offered by Common Sense Media.
Our classroom reps have been selected and the class voted
and elected Ashley and Quade to represent room “Echo”. Overall the student’s speeches were nicely
done and I am in the process of writing a critique for each student and should
have it to them by the end of the week.
One common observation, which is not unusual for students at this grade
level, is learning to project their voices.
They will have plenty of opportunity as the year progresses to work on
this skill. Please make sure to take a
look at the pictures of the students voting under the blogger link on the
classroom website www.schooldaystoday.com.
Save those receipts and fundraise for STREAM while you
shop. The school has three easy
opportunities for you to help fundraise.
Shoparoo is a smart phone application that is as easy as shop, scan and
submit. Any shopping receipt can be
scanned and submitted for Shoparoo points designated to STREAM. Get your family and friends involved. It is a
fundraiser that doesn’t cost you anything. Using the same concept start
collecting your BoxTops for Education and Campbell Soups Labels for Education. Just cut those coupons and have your student
bring them to class. Quick and easy fundraisers that help STREAM.
Now that we are getting into our fourth grade curriculum I
want to remind you to encourage your student to practice their multiplication
tables each night for 20 minutes. They should be using their flash cards and
working on their facts from 0 to 12. We
will also be working on Place Value up to the millions place and how to round
and write the numbers in word form and expanded form. In Language Arts we have begun our literature
study on the Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing.
Make sure to have your student share with you what vocabulary word they
are creating a skit for.
I know that many of you have questions and information that
you would like to share with me. Please
feel free to contact me via email and we can arrange a mutually agreeable time
to meet. You can also catch me first
thing in the morning for a quick conversation on the playground as I have yard
supervision every morning or please feel free to contact me by email at
anytime. And please remember that the
classroom website is an excellent source of information.
Have a great week!
Mr. Williams
(Pictures from voting for Class Reps.)
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