Happy September and October 2010

Parents,

Happy Fall! I will soon be meeting with some of you for conferences. Conferences are scheduled Oct. 4-8. You will get an information letter home soon. We do have a new report card for fourth grade and hopefully you have been able to attend one of our report card information meetings. If not, you need to know that it is a standard based report card. I will be reporting on how your child is meeting the state standards of Arizona.

If you have not visited the Math News on my website, please do. This is where I will address Math concerns for the the students and the parents.

Our homeroom class has "buddies". These are kinder friends and our class is helping them to accomplish some goals. Ask your child about helping their buddy on making a Skittles graph and teaching their buddy to write their name.

Please be aware that I have sent home information on a program called Ticket to Read.
Your child has a password and may use this program at home on a computer to increase reading. We will use the program at our computer lab too. Your child can count their 30 minutes of reading by using the computer program. It is a great way to help your child to advance in reading. The stories get more difficult as they go own. Let me know if you have trouble getting this as it is a great program!

Our days are very busy and we are getting into a routine. I look forward to talking with you at conference time. I will send home a pre-conference form for you to fill out and return.

Mrs. Wilson

Dates to remember:

Oct 4-8 Conferences. School will have early out Oct 5-8 Report cars go home.
Oct 11-15 Fall Break
Oct 26 Next book report due. This is a Book Jacket design.