WE HAD THE BEST FOUR DAYS!
We are having the best time getting to know your sweet children! Today we spent time talking about empathy. Ask your child what it means and how he/she plans to show empathy!
Thank you for checking our daily blog! We will continue to post homework and updates here rather than sending emails.
***ATTENTION FOURTH GRADERS: If your family checked out a Chromebook for you last year, please bring it in! WE ARE KEEPING OUR CHROMEBOOKS IN THE ROOM THIS YEAR!
Please make sure your child has headphones or earbuds at school to use throughout the whole year!
-Please send in healthy snacks for the morning. Kids don't eat lunch until 12:05pm.
Friends and Family Letter: Students can bring in 1-3 pictures for our friends and family board over the next few weeks!
-Please make sure your child gets a zippered binder ASAP.
-Your child will keep the planner in the blue taken home folder that lives in the binder . This one will be used for the month and then we expect our new ones to arrive. Please ask your child to show you his/her planner daily. You can initial it to show us that you have read it and understand the expectations for that day.
-HOMEWORK: The Writer's Notebook is due on Wednesday, September 8th. Please help your child start brainstorming for this assignment!
-Typical Homework: Your child is expected to read daily at home. Any reading material that you approve is okay with us. We ask that third graders read for at least 20 minutes and fourth graders read for 30 minutes. When math gets going, you will see almost daily homework from that class.
-4th Grade Math: We talked all about the requirement of mastering our math facts (+, -, X, /). In fourth grade, we expect all students to master their facts 0-12. This means that by May/June, each child can answer 100 facts in 5 minutes. We brainstormed ideas together and here were some of their responses:
Flash cards
Worksheets
Thatquiz.org
Parents quiz you
Song
Ipad games
Xtra Math
I told them that the plan must be parent approved! Everyone is supposed to come up with a plan at home for making this happen over the course of the school year! If your child made a math game from the summer packet assignment, we will play them in class on Tuesday next week!
PLEASE CHECK YOUR CHILD'S PLANNER AND THIS BLOG DAILY!
