Let's Go Fishing

Keith Sampertiori from Montgomery Adventures will be coming to fourth grade on Thursday, May 16, and we're going to learn to fish! We will be eating lunch at 11:00, and Mr. Sampertiori will join us at 11:30. We will be spending time outside, and students are strongly encouraged to wear sunblock and bring a water bottle. It should be a great day!

Things to do instead of watching television

Conferences

Parent-Student Conferences are coming up soon, and the teaching staff has been scheduling times for your child to share their learning with you. I believe I have coordinated times with siblings in different classrooms. You should be receiving other teachers' schedules soon if you have not already. Please look at the schedule below and mark your conference time on your calendar. Plan on conferences with your student to take about 20 minutes. There will be some cross over with other students in the room, but you and your child will have enough room and privacy. Because students are leading these conferences, I did schedule them early. If you are unable to attend at your scheduled time, please let me know as soon as possible. I would like to have a final schedule posted by the end of the week. 

Time	Tuesday (April 9th)	Thursday (April 11th)
3:00 PM	Isaiah Barry	Brandon Watson
3:10 PM	Dylan Snider	Zach Longley
3:20 PM	Ben Snider	Samantha Ryea
3:30 PM	Ann Badger	Jordan Mellnitz
3:40 PM	James Lugo	Dakota Dunakin
3:50 PM
4:00 PM	Kim Proper	Gage Hogaboom
4:10 PM	Emily Russin	Nicole Cunningham
4:20 PM	Cassidy Ryea
4:30 PM	Ben Tatro	Matthew Paul
4:40 PM
4:50 PM
5:00 PM
5:10 PM
5:20 PM	Rileigh Steinhour
5:30 PM
5:40 PM
5:50 PM
6:00 PM		Victoria Blaney

PTO Carnival

The PTO Carnival is this Friday, March 22 at 6pm-8pm. Come on out for a night of family fun! New games have been added including The Strong Man. There will be games for all ages. Hope to see everyone there!

*If you would like to help with this event, there will be a meeting this Monday at 3:00pm.

Old Student Work

As I rearrange the classroom and continue to organize fourth grade materials, I'm finding paperwork students completed with Mrs. Allen before Christmas break. Grades from these assignments were recorded in first semester report cards and do not reflect students' current work and ability. Be aware that many of these papers will be sent home this week.

Recess

Recess times for the entire school have been changed. All students have the opportunity for recess in the morning until 8:15. They will come in from recess and breakfast and be ready to start Morning Meeting at 8:20. If you drop your child off at school, please make sure he or she is in line to come in with our class by 8:15.

Because of the increased morning recess time, our after lunch recess has been shorted. We will go outside at the same time (12:00), but we will come in at 12:15 instead of 12:30.

Papers

Papers are coming home! As I continue to sift through materials from Mrs. Allen's classroom, I am finding more and more papers to send home. Several lovely students will be helping pass back papers on Tuesday. Most of these papers were graded by Mrs. Allen. I'm just returning them home so you have more information about the work completed before Christmas break. Check PowerSchool for information about current assignments and grade information.

We will continue our work with fractions and measurement in math, and we'll be starting our Vermont ecology unit after break.

Valentines Day

February 4A Updates

Report Cards

Oh, technology...We had some technical difficulties printing off report cards this week. I will have them ready on Monday to send home with students. Thank you for your patience.

4A Weekly Update

Happy Tuesday! Life in 4th grade has been busy and productive.

Classroom Expectations
As a class, we have been reviewing our five classroom rules and working on ways to support each other to be successful and create our ideal classroom. As I told students on Friday, building an ideal classroom takes time, patience, and team work, but I believe every single student in our class can rise to the high expectations we have set. Please help support your child by reinforcing positive and appropriate social interactions, modeling problem solving behavior, and encouraging reading and learning.

Report Cards
Student report cards will be sent home by the end of this week. Reading scores will come from your child's reading teacher. All other scores will come from me. I am looking at information left by Mrs. Allen and using work we've done in class during January. I will also include a progress report for math which gives letter/percent grades for assignments and assessments completed in class.

January 4A Updates

Below you will find a digital copy of our class newsletter. I will be sending a paper copy home each month as well as posting it here. Additional updates and information will be posted on this website along with online resources to extend students' learning.