4th Day in Fourth Grade

Wow-what a great day we had today. We got so much done and it just flew by. We are still hoping for cooler weather soon. Let's hope the little thunderstorm this afternoon will help.

Thank you to all of you that returned the name homework in. They are very fun and creative and I love how some of your children got their names. We will share them tomorrow at Reading time along with finishing up the sharing of the 10 things. They will be hanging out in the hallway with our 10 Things About posters along with our pictures for you to see at Open House.

We start our Nightly Writing assignment tonight. Students are to write about what makes them happy. I am looking for at least 1/2 page and 4th grade quality. They are to do their best and yes you can help and give input that would be great. They are not going to be graded, but will be used to help us become better writers in all our subject areas. Plus I love them because I learn so much about each student.

Just to let you know we start our day out by journaling feelings, greeting one another, and gathering on the carpet for morning meeting to share feelings and thoughts. We are doing this to make this a safe place for each of us as this is our School Family and we want everyone to feel comfortable. As part of our greeting (which we do to music sometimes) students need to make eye contact and have a firm handshake. We have 4 kinds of greetings we do along with these words: "Good Morning, ______, I am glad you are here". If your child can tell you two of them, write them in the planner for free money tomorrow at check in. Also, we do Rusty from School Tools in the mornings and talk about manners, bully byte, and toolbox question.

Today we started place value in Math with large numbers and will continue.

Social Studies got us doing some map skills and talking about Hurricane Irene which we will be starting tomorrow in Science (hurricanes.)

Spelling list went home tonight. Practice a little bit each night and we will have a practice test this Friday just for a run through on how they work in 4th grade, but no grade will be taken this week only.

Thank you for getting me your email addresses. I am getting them into my computer so please just reply to mine when you get it so I know I have the correct address.

Thank you and have a great night.