Mrs. Lathroum's
Fourth Grade Class Notes
August/September 2009



***TO ALL PARENTS***





***BIRTHDAYS***

DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL SUMMER (MOSTLY IN JULY) BIRTHDAYS IN OUR CLASS, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THEM PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

***BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER***

***A REMINDER WILL COME HOME INFORMING YOU OF THE DATE AND TIME.PLEASE RETURN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SHEET INFORMING ME WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL SEND IN A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY SNACK. THE SNACK SHOULD BE IN SCHOOL BEFORE 10:15 AM.

SNACK REQUIREMENTS FOR BIRTHDAYS: MUST BE STORE BOUGHT AND INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED.

***A BIRTHDAY JOURNAL WILL COME HOME WITH YOUR CHILD ON THEIR SPECIAL DAY. PLEASE FILL OUT THE JOURNAL PAGE RETURN IT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY SO THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR CHILD'S BIRTHDAY EXPERIENCES.

***IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER***

8/27 Students First School Day
9/7 Labor Day Schools Closed

9/25 Early 1:00 pm. Dismissal

9/28 Yom Kippur Schools Closed

SNACK PEOPLE





***LET'S HAVE FUN LEARNING***

***CONCERNING OUR CLASSROOM***

I KNOW MONDAYS ARE DIFFICULT DAYS TO REMEMBER TO BRING IN

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVERYDAY YOUR CHILDREN WILL BRING HOME THEIR

***SUGGESTION***

THE VOCABULARY & SPELLING WORDS THAT YOUR CHILDREN USED THE PREVIOUS WEEK IN THEIR READING COPYBOOKS CAN BE KEPT IN A SHOEBOX OR SOMETHING FOR FUTURE USE IN GAMES AND SENTENCES.



***READING***

THE WEEKLY HOMEWORK PAGES IN YOUR CHILD'S READING COPYBOOKS WILL INFORM YOU OF THEIR READING FOCUS SKILLS,STRATEGIES,SPELLING AND STORY VOCABULARY



***READING LOGS***

REMEMBER,MANY REWARDS ARE GAINED BY A FULL READING LOG AND REGULAR LIBRARY VISITS. THIS CAN HELP YOUR CHILD WITH VOCABULARY REINFORCEMENT,PAL RECOGNITION,STORY EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS GREAT FACTUAL INFORMATION.



***SSR(SILENT SUSTAINED READING)***

YOUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING HOW TO CHOOSE BOOKS ACCORDING TO THEIR LEVELS AND PREFERED GENRES THAT THEY SELF SELECT AND EXCHANGE DURING THE WEEK. WE THEN DISCUSS IF THE BOOKS (THEY SELF SELECTED) WERE GOOD BOOKS THAT HELPED THEM READ BETTER AND WHY. THEY ARE DISCUSSING WHY THEY PICKED THE READING GENRES(TOPICS)AND WHAT TEXT FEATURES THESE BOOKS CONTAIN.



***WRITING***

WE WILL BE writing to produce real-life products.



***MATH***

UNIT 1

***SCIENCE***

We are





***SPECIAL NOTES***

PLEASE SAVE AND SEND INTO SCHOOL ANY ZIP LOCK BAGGIES SNACK OR SANDWICH SIZE.

THANK YOU.