Dear Families,
Hello and Happy September!!
We had a great first full week this week. As I keep reminding the students, it is so awesome to see how much 4th graders grow over the summer! They start the school year as 5th graders that are applying what they've learned, raising their own standards, and eager to work hard!! It truly is exciting!!
This week we enjoyed doing the "Week of Inspirational Math" provided by Jo Boaler and the youcubed.com program out of Stanford University. Each lesson provided a great puzzle/challenge which allowed us to practice/review expectations for our math classroom, review and practice Math Habits of Mind and Interaction, and of course, remind us about the importance of having a Growth Mindset!!
This was also listed on the goal sheet this week! Students are to pick just one activity to share with you. They should ask you questions as they were asked, they hopefully will also ask you to justify your thinking. They might even be a "skeptic" which we also practiced in our math talks this week!! :)
Additionally, we continued to talk about the school wide expectations of Be Safe, Be Responsible, and Be Respectful and are practicing Mindfulness daily!!
We're continuing in our Ecology unit by studying Food Chains and Webs, and learning more about similarities in Plant and Animal life cycles. This week we'll learn more about what a watershed is, the watershed we live in, and how it ties into our Ecology studies!!
Finally, we're trying to post things daily via our Twitter feed, and students will also be posting to See Saw at least once weekly. Don't forget to check them out ( We only have 6 followers on Twitter I think,,,:().
Reminders:
- Walking FT Thursday, students should come prepared with boots and a lunch!!
- Band Lessons have started! Help your child remember their instrument please!!
- Chorus will begin this week for all interested students!
- Open House! Tuesday, 9/22 8-9 am.
- No School Wednesday 9/23
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