June 15, 2017

Dear Families

  We had a fantastic day yesterday with our walking fieldtrip.  I couldn't email you after I left school yesterday, but wanted to remind you to do a tick check on your child. 

More importantly, I wanted to let you know that today we cleaned out all of our stuff and the students are bringing home their math books, all notebooks, and some of their work.  Tomorrow, more writing pieces and scored math tests will come home with the Report Cards.  

There are MANY pages left in the student math books (especially book 2).  A fantastic idea would be to have your child work on some of the empty pages over the summer.  Have them record the date at the top of the page,bring it in in August, and I'll reward them for doing extra work!!  This would be a great way to help your child practice some of what they learned this year.  Of course, it would make the most sense for them to do the incomplete pages from the Units we actually finished (1-6) but there is some content from unit 7 that I bet they could do too!  

And finally, another very important thing that you will see come home today are books and additional resources to support your child in reading over the summer!  Each child will have access to at least 3 books, a calendar to keep track of the days and titles that they read, and resources from the Pierson Library.  Additionally, the flyer for our summer book club came home today (and was posted on SeeSaw).  I will be emailing families and students about a week or so before each meeting to remind you and to get an RSVP for the meetings.  

Please take the time over the next few days to go over the work your child brought home today.  It is important that you acknowledge their hard work and growth.  Additionally, they posted an End of the Year reflection onto SeeSaw today that might be nice to discuss with them.

Thank you for your support. 

Cara

Summer reading

​​Dear Families,

 

Welcome to the month of June! It is hard to believe that fourth grade is almost over. Your children have worked hard this year and have grown in so many ways. As you look ahead to summer, I hope that your calendars are filled with rest, relaxation, and fun. I also hope your summer is filled with reading!

 

As we close out our school year, the fourth grade will be hosting a book exchange to encourage, excite, and get new titles in the hands of kids. Over the next week, please help your child look through their shelves to find gently used books that they are no longer interested in, but would be a great book for a friend.  Have them bring them to school by Tuesday, June 13th. On Wednesday,  kids will exchange them!  

 

Your child might also want to bring in the book box they got from me in December to keep their books in, or a shoebox for storage.

 

Continuing to focus on reading is an important part of summer. This can help your child improve their reading, or at least avoid the "summer slide. See attached documents for more information on the importance of reading over the summer. Additionally, I will be hosting a summer book club at the Pierson 2 x this summer. Dates and titles will come home soon!!

Please let me know if you have any questions or needs. I am looking forward to the exchange!

Fondly,

Cara :)

 

 

Did you know…?

• The best predictor of summer loss or summer gain is whether or not a child reads during the summer.  And the best predictor of whether a child reads is whether or not he or she has access to books. (Allington, McGill-Franzen, 2003)

• Children who read four or more books over the summer fare better on reading-comprehension tests in the fall than their peers who read one or no books over the summer.  (Kim, 2004)

• The two largest contributions to reading achievement are access to interesting books and student choice of the books they read. (Guthrie and Humenick 2004)

 

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 parent summer slide posting.pdf

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 why read over summer002.pdf

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