Coming to America

Click here to watch Coming to America!

Fantastic job on the immigration docudrama!  Everyone worked together to create a wonderful show.  We are so proud of each one of you.  Special thanks to Mr. McGuinness for all of his extra hard-work and time that he spend helping us to put this special performance together.

October Fun

Who are these fourth graders?

Working with our First Grade Friends

Class of 2013-2014!

Harvest Parade Fun

We had a fun time on Wednesday.  Thank you to all the families that sent in goodies and supplies for our celebration.  Here's a picture of our class.

Everyday Math Online

Today a notice will be going home giving directions on how to access the Everyday Math Online Website.  This is an incredible tool for students and it may also be very helpful for parents as they support their children at home.  I will demonstrate how to use the site today and we will be using it each week during our computer time on Friday.  I encourage you to check it out for yourself.  There is a link to print out all of the study links, in case it was forgotten at school.  There are fun games to practice math facts and also higher-level thinking math games.  This is a very exciting addition to the Everyday Math program!

Check it out:

Everyday Math Online

Thursday Folder

Reminder: The Thursday Folder will be sent home today.  Please look through your child's work, sign the folder, and sent it back to school tomorrow.  Below is a copy of the directions that were sent home in the folder last week.  Thank you for all your support at home!

        The “Thursday Folder” is a system for keeping your child’s completed/corrected work organized.  It is also a way of your child and you being updated weekly on your child’s progress and grades on assessments. 

        When you get the Thursday Folder, on most Thursdays, you should review the work with your child.  If anything reads “Please fix”, your child should fix his/her mistakes and return it like homework.  Please be sure to read through all the work and give your comments and feedback to your child, as well as what I’ve written.  Occasionally, if there is a short week or not much to return, we may skip a week.

After you’ve removed the work, please keep it at home.  Do not send any work back to school except corrections that have been made.  Then sign, date, and make a comment on the form inside the folder.  This is a way for me to be sure that you are seeing the work each week.  Finally, the folder should be returned to school on Friday.  Thank you for your support at home.