Another Great & Busy Day

Room 6 was once again busy learning lots of new things. These kids are like "sponges" and just loving learning and I love hearing them say, "Wow-Mrs. Hankins-we are sure learning a lot!!" YAYYY-what a teacher loves to hear!!! They are really settling in for the most part. I am sure they can tell you, we move along a lot faster in 4th grade with so much more curriculum to cover and moving from being more dependent on the teacher to working more independent at times. If your child is feeling frustrated, I want to assure you, it will get better if we work together to make this happen, but your child needs to put forth the effort on their part also being responsible for themselves and their learning. BELIEVE!! We started Lead 21 today with our unit on Heritage. We made a list of what heritage is and some traditions your families have. Have a discussion about this with your child to start the dialogue of some of your family celebrations/traditions. In Math, we started money using the fewest bills & coins to make amounts of money. Then we move into "making change" which is a more difficult concept. So any extra practice counting money at home is beneficial. In Science, we started another book on hurricanes which is full of facts. Ask your child how many times a Storm Chaser goes in & out of a hurricane. Write it in the planner. Remember the Pack the Place in Pink if you wish to order T-shirts. Also-Early Dismissal on Thursday (12:00). Friday is "Wear your favorite team apparel for $1.00. Yes, we are collecting money for the Cancer Awareness/Pack the Place in Pink endeavor so have your child participate on Friday by bringing in a $1.00 and wearing their favorite team gear. I hear "BOBCAT" gear is the most popular!!!!! :)))) Library tomorrow so get those books back. Have a great night.