11-19-23

 

Hi families! 

Thanksgiving lunch: Our Thanksgiving Lunch will be on Monday at 1:20. Due to a later lunch, students are encouraged to bring a larger snack. They are more than welcome to bring more than one snack as well. Students are also encouraged to dress nice for the lunch. 

Report Cards: Report cards will be coming home the week of November 27th not November 20th as mentioned in the last blog. It's important to keep in mind a couple of things. First, if your child is not a "3" the goal is to get there by the end of 4th grade. Students develop at their own pace. Second, students will continue to get individualized and group intervention in the areas below a "3" which is considered at grade level. Also, in math, and reading, there are ways to practice at home, which is probably necessary if the practice at school is not enough to master these goals. Students who are struggling with fractions need multiplication and division fluency. Please consider helping your child practice these facts to memory. In reading it's equally important for your child to read consistently a  book that is not too easy or too hard at his/her interest level. The research supports that if this happens at school and home, along with quality instruction at school, your child can become a lifelong reader. I look forward to continuing our work together. In addition, our 4th grade is participating in an English Language Arts pilot using Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) this school year. Due to the alignment of this targeted program, some areas of the report card under English Language Arts will not be populated until later in the school year. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns related to his/her progress. 

SEL: Here is some information from Ms. V on what we have been working on in SEL the last few weeks.

Snack donations: If anyone is able to donate extra snacks to our classroom, that would be extremely helpful. Because of our later lunch, it is helpful when a student forgets a snack. Thank you!

This week:

Monday: PE, Thanksgiving Lunch

Tuesday: Art

Wednesday: No School

Thursday: No School

Friday: No School

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday break. Please let me know if you have any questions at all.