Wednesday

FYI:
Wednesday Folders are coming home today! Thanks Ms. Andrews for stuffing those for us!!
*Look at the PTA day flyer - it looks so neat!
*Look at the Dad's Day flyer - I wish I could come to this! Looks cool!

**Literacy Letters - This will take place of daily reading logs.  There are many reasons for this, but as for now, this is the best option for nightly reading.  With logs, I feel that sometimes kids make those up (what?!?! :) ) and sometimes parents just sign it! :)  Also, kids are busy. I get that. Sometimes you have 30 minutes to read, some days you don't have any time to read! So I don't want reading to become a burden and it has to be done for 20 minutes a night.  So, this way, hopefully, reading will become a little more enjoyable in the evenings.  Your child will write me a little letter every 2 weeks (I will make the new due date each time with the kids!) to tell me about their reading and what skills they are using.  There is an EXAMPLE letter on the sheet they are bringing home. KEEP THIS for them, please! RETURN the bottom part only (after the star line) that you have seen this and so that your child knows you are expecting them to read a lot out of school!
DUE DATE: Sept. 19th

Today we took the MAP test for Reading! We did not have a normal reading/writing block because of this! Not many students finished, but when we finish, I will be sending home scores! Towards the end of MAP testing (reading, math, science) we will be having conferences so that I can explain more of what the numbers mean to you! Meanwhile, use the 4th Grade FAQ's I have on the right of my blog to read about MAP testing if you want.

Math:
Ms. Wilham taught a lesson with centers today and the kids loved it! They did a great job! She had differentiated centers ready for all the levels of learning on estimation and rounding.  Students used a lot of real-world learning in these centers and lots of different skill sets. Ask your child what their favorite center was! :)
No HW

SS: We took a minute to clean our room really really well. :)  We are starting to get sick and wanted to make sure we are taking the right precautions! :)  Thanks to those of you who were able to send in Clorox Wipes! We used those as they are the best we have at school to clean with!
Students also began learning about longitude and latitude.  We will go more in depth with this tomorrow!

Have a good hump day!
Mrs. Burton