Hello, vacation!

Hi everyone,

You should have received a letter in the mail about an upcoming Health class for all of 4th grade students. The boys will be in one room with Mr. M and Mr. Williams. The girls will be in another room with Ms. Sieminski, Mrs. Lawless and Mrs. Reimer. The focus will be on puberty and the talk is tentatively scheduled for one class period during the week ending 4/9. More details about the exact date will follow.

Did you see the interesting math sheets that went home for homework this past week? We are working on 2-digit times 2-digit multiplication. We didn’t tackle it the “old school” way that I learned. The Singapore Math program teaches it a way known as “area model”. It reemphasizes number sense and makes it a lot less confusing – no need to carry numbers and add them. Check with your child if you need a tutorial : )

Over the vacation, I asked the class to read chapters 13-17 in their Hank Zipzer book and complete the questions. Soon after the return from vacation we will begin our next book, Little House on the Prarie, which ties in with our upcoming Social Studies unit on the Midwest and West.

The last piece of big news is that after vacation we will have an 8th student in the classroom! Please join us in welcoming Megan Tracey, who will be coming over from Ms. Sieminski’s classroom.

Have a WONDERFUL vacation! ~ Mrs. Lawless