Blogging

Welcome New Parents!
I have been blogging for about 5 years now for my classroom. It all started during my 2nd year of teaching when I had a parent inform me that my weekly newsletter was "way too overwhelming". After the initial reaction of "really?!" I starting looking through the newsletters and she was right! I was trying to pack in what we had learned in the previous week, give a heads-up on what the students were going to learn, and then give FYI items.

So, I took to the wonderful world of technology and began a daily blog.  From almost 100% of previous classroom parents this seems to be an easy way to stay current with what's happening in our room as well as be able to get the stuff your child accidentally forgot to tell you! :)  I think the hardest part is to remember to check it! Hopefully you can bookmark the web address and click on it each afternoon.

The lengths of the posts will vary depending on the day or what afternoon activities I need to participate at school.  But most always it will state if the students have homework (HW) and what they learned.  This address is for educational purposes, so if it is blocked on your work computer, please let me know and I will try and contact your server to allow you access!

Although this blog will not take the place of Planners, it's again another way to keep up with what is going on.  Since Mrs. Maldonado and I will be switching students, I will try my best to write what HW she has given to either her math or reading class (that could contain some of my homeroom students) and I will label my own reading and math posts for those of you who I do not have your child in homeroom. Make sense??

Of course, if I (or you) need to contact me directly we can use email/phone/note/etc.  Please do not post personal items on the Blog posts that concern your child for privacy issues. 

I will also be adding videos and pictures to this site, but only if your child has turned in the media release. If not, no worries! Your child will not show up on here!

Again, I look forward to meeting each of you and having a wonderful 4th grade year with your precious students!

Have a wonderful night! ~Mrs. Burton

Disclaimer - I will try my best to spell check, use proper grammar, etc. in this Blog. But please remember, I am trying to post everyday and have lots of other items on my daily teacher agenda to get to. Please don't be too hard on me! :)