Our First Week In Review

Our first week of fourth grade was AMAZING!  We spent the majority of our week establishing our classroom community.  We want our learning space to be a place where we can all succeed!  We explored our new classroom, and we also learned some new things about each other, even about those friends we have known for a long time! 

We worked on a few collaborative challenges to get practice working together with our new classmates.  Students loved these activities, especially 'Save Fred'. Your child can share more about this.

Paper Chain Challenge

Save Fred

Math Art

This week, we created a list of classroom rules that we all agree to follow (we will all sign it on Monday).  On Thursday, we got together with ALL of the fourth graders, and we met both Mrs.A. Williams and Mrs. E. Williams.  We learned about Creative Arts Fridays, and talked about our weekly morning meeting with fourth grade. Your child can tell you more about both of these. 

In the next week, we will continue to establish our routines in the classroom, while beginning to focus on academics.  We will begin our first math unit (Place Value) on Tuesday, and will practice our Math Workshop while learning about this topic. We will work on our Reader's Workshop routines as well, while also exploring our classroom library.  During Writer's Workshop, we will focus on writing about our Hopes, Dreams and Goals. Science and Social Studies will begin later in the month.

From the Teacher's Desk

Our class blog is written for students and families. At times, I may have a specific message for the parents/guardians.  Those messages are in this section "From the Teacher's Desk".  Look for "adult specific" information here.  Please note that tweets are posted throughout the day.  You can find our most recent tweets on the right sidebar, or by following our class @mertenladybugs .  

National Parks Program:

   Once again, this year, the government has announced a program for fourth graders called "Every Kid in a Park".  This initiative is to encourage fourth graders to visit the National Parks FREE OF CHARGE!  All fourth graders in the 2018-2019 school year can receive a pass good for the year.  Information about this program can be found here.