I can't believe we are moving into the fourth week of school.... where does time go? It was another super week in the classroom.
It was great seeing many of you at Curriculum Night. If you were not able to make it, I understand and will look forward to seeing you soon.
If you attended Curriculum Night, I provided you with a sheet where you could make a donation to the classroom to help with the cost of me purchasing each child a subscription to Time Magazine for Kids. On the sheet, I said you could pay with cash OR write a check to Burnette. I need to correct that. In talking with our bookkeeper, it is going to be best if you send the $4.50 in CASH. This has something to do with me already having ordered the magazine and the school not being able to now write a check for it out of school funds. Please do not feel obligated to make a donation, as your child will receive the magazine regardless. For those that have given money, I do appreciate it.
In your child's Friday folder, you will find a fundraiser envelope. Please review the information. We had a pep rally on Friday to kick off the fundraiser, so I think the kids are pretty excited. Your children benefit in so many ways from the money that is raised, so I thank you for encouraging them to participate by getting pledges from family and friends.
Some Topics of Study
* Finished US Land Features (TEST on Wednesday of next week)
* Starting Native Americans
* Starting Rounding/Estimating
* Water Cycle (with Mrs. Howell)
* Subject/Predicate, types of sentences
* Reader's workshop- Responding to literature, Character Traits
* Much More
Please note that your child was instructed to bring home their SS journal this weekend to start studying the vocabulary and locations of important land features. They were also instructed to write this in their agenda book.
I would still love any donations towards our Token Economy auction. It has been postponed one more week due to lack of donations. Please send in any trinkets or Dollar Store items that you think would be of interest to a child. Next Friday, we will plan to do it regardless of donations, there just simply won't be many items to bid on. It is a lot of fun, so I am looking forward to the first auction!!
Please help your child to remember that our media center day is MONDAY of each week. Because we go as a class, there will not be many opportunities to go individually. Students have been taught methods of choosing 'just right' books, so they need to be utilizing those when selecting books. Because we have sustained silent reading each day, students need to have a chapter book. They can select this book from the media center, the public library, home, or my class library. I have books for all reading levels in my class.... even up to sixth-seventh grade and as low as first and second grade, so there is something for everyone. There is never an excuse to not have a book.
A new spelling page has been added to the class blog. When you click on the link, you will see the fourth grade words that your child is responsible for this year. In addition, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see words from first-third grades. These are the words your child should have already mastered. The kids usually enjoy the activities for each unit, so let your students try them out.
Have a great weekend, and if I have forgotten anything, I will come back and post again.
Please excuse any typos. Thank you!
