Just a few reminders...

Just a few reminders for you....

In Spelling, we have begun Unit 2. Spelling City has been updated with the list. It is a great resource to help practice the week's words as well as past week's words for the spelling test on Friday.

The Math pretest or Checkup is being sent home today. The test for Topic 1 is tomorrow. Students should be able to do the work independently. However, they have been told that if they have any issues, they should let me know while we are correcting the assignment together so that all questions are answered before the test.

Last day to order Scholastic Books for September is on the 28th. If you haven't gotten your order in, please do so ASAP.

We are reading Stone Fox during reading. Ask your child about it. Students are enjoying this book and sharing their connections.

SpellingCity.com

SpellingCity.com is a great resource to use at home to help review and teach the week's spelling words. Students can also practice past week's words by playing fun games. This will also help your child in becoming an independent, lifelong learner.

Scholastic Book Club

Going home today are two order forms from Scholastic Books. I have also included a letter from me explaining how you can order books online at scholastic.com/bookclubs and using the Class Activation Code: GW9ZN.

When you go to the site above, click on the "Register" button in the "First Time Here?" section. Register for your own user name and password and when prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.

You can choose from thousands of books - many more than in the monthly flyers. Books will be distributed in the classroom. Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an online order.

You may still send your order in with you child - make sure all checks are made payable to Scholastic. However, ordering online is fast, easy and secure.

Last day to order for the month of September is Wednesday, the 28th.

Great first week!

We had a great first week of school! Considering the events that led to the first day/week of school, students did a great job. I am very proud of them.

Open House/Back to School Night - Thursday, September 15 at 7pm. Please make every effort to come and learn about your child's day and his/her fourth grade year. I'm looking forward to meeting you then.

Who would of thought......

Who would have thought that we would be delayed an entire week! This storm made a mess of things. Rest assured that the first day of school, however, went very well. Students seemed to enjoy the day and they recieved quite a few compliments.

They are coming home with a lot of forms and paper-work to be completed and returned to school. Please make sure to review the Take-Home Folder with your child each night and return any forms as soon as possible.

Our Back to School Night/Open House will be next Thursday, September 15. I will get back to you with a time.

Again - we had a great first day! Looking forward to all the rest!

Back to School

Another year is about to begin - can you believe it? This summer went so fast. I am looking forward to another fun and productive year and I hope you are too.

As you can see, I do a good job keeping up with this Blog at the start of the school year. Then the CMT crunch - which happens around February - and my brain turns to mush! I forget all about updating the Blog. My goal this year is to try and be more consistent! This is a great way of seeing what is happening in the classroom and grade level and by not updating the Blog regularly it is a disservice to you. So, I will try my best to come back more often and let you in on the happenings of Room 10!

Again, I look forward to a great year. I hope to see you on Tuesday, August 30 - however, the storm predictions are not looking good. If we have no power, I'm assuming we will have no school. Stay tuned!

I will let you know about our Open House as soon as I get more information. Looks like September 15 is my turn to meet with you. Mark your calendars.

Until then - enjoy these last few days. Stay safe should the storm hit. See you soon.

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

WOW!

I just love this book and I know that many of the kids loved it too. They would beg me each day to keep reading. This is a powerful book and I am so glad I got to share this book with them. Below is some information about it. Ask your child what they liked best about it.


So B. It
Available in hardcover and paperback from HarperCollins, and in a paper over board edition from Scholastic.

Winner of the 2004 Parents Gold Choice Award

LA Times bestseller

Winner of the Rebecca Caudill Award

Winner of the William Allen White Award

Although she lives an unconventional lifestyle with her mentally disabled mother and their doting neighbor, Bernadette, Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother’s vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi’s thirst for the truth leads her on a cross country journey in search of the secrets of her past.

"A remarkable novel.”-New York Times Book Review.