We had a wonderful first day! We started off with a read-aloud of an easy book called The Okay Book which
helped us to realize that we are all different and like various things
and that is ok. We thought about things that we are good at doing and
things that we still need to work on and shared some of those things
with each other. A big theme in our class is to be respectful,
accepting, and helpful to others. We did a great job acting in that way
today.
I love to read and I would like the kids to have a
passion for reading after this year. (Some of them already have
developed that passion!) We will be reading A LOT in school and they
are all expected to read even more at home. They will be able to choose
most of the books that they read (especially at home) and should be
reading books at their level. I do want them to work toward reading
more chapter books and completing them. We are going to be very
diligent about recording our reading at home and at school on our
reading logs in our purple folders.
You may have noticed the jumbo plastic bag in your
child's back pack. This bag will come back and forth from home to
school each day. Your child will carry the purple folder with the
reading log and any homework inside, his/her agenda, and at least two
books (at their reading level) in the jumbo bag. Soon he/she will also
have his/her reading response journal and a reading response will be
part of their reading at home. Each child needs to complete at least 3
reading responses each week.That book will probably come home tomorrow.
Thank you for helping your child to be responsible about their at home
reading and their other homework and be sure that the jumbo bag is in
the back pack each day.
Homework: Read at least 20 minutes and record on
reading log. Return any completed forms from big envelope and Texas
photo as well as jumbo bag tomorrow.
Math was
very exciting today. We worked on a challenging problem and there were
tons of unique and effective strategies used by the children! It was
thrilling to have them share about their thinking and especially
exciting when their first strategy was incorrect and they had to make
adjustments to answer correctly. Problem: In a field were some cows
and chickens. There were 11 heads and 30 feet. How many cows and
chickens were there? Ask your child to share their strategy or one that
he/she heard from a friend.
Tomorrow will be another great day! We had art today and will have PE tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing your children with me. I am so thrilled for a fantastic school year!
Sincerely,
4th Grade Teacher
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