Hello dearest parents,

Another week of great learning has just whizzed by!  I wanted to remind you of a couple important items:

[1]  Open House - Tuesday, 6:30. Please make plans to attend.  This is a wonderful opportunity to peek at your student's work and to learn more about our class culture, curriculum and expectations.  The kiddos will show you around for the first part of the Open House and then they will have supervised play outside while I talk with the adults. 

[2]  MAP testing begins Monday and will be completed Thursday.  Please be sure your student comes to school well rested and eats a hearty breakfast.  Thanks!

[3]  Field Trip this Wednesday.  3rd through 5th grades will be hiking the Italianos Trail together this Wednesday.  I need permission slips so your child can join us.  I could also use 1 or 2 parent volunteers to help with supervision.  Let me know if you'd like to join us!

[4]  Have you checked out the blog?  Please do so!  www.anansi4thgrade.blogspot.com.   I'd like to use the blog as the platform where I can post the week's homework and news items. Then you can check them at your leisure.  There's also a place where you can sign up to get notifications each time I update the Blog with new info... check it out! 

[5] Scholastic Book orders due back by next week 9/26/13.  You can now order directly online.  Just type in the class code found at the top of your order form (MD3XK). Then you can order and pay online and our class will receive points for which we can later redeem for books to add to our class library.  Also, I'd LOVE a parent volunteer to help me with this piece. 

Thank you for your support.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone Tuesday night!

Friday HW:  Math Study Link 1.8; Rocket Math - practice; Math workbooks - catch up pages; Scholastic orders and Permission slips due.

Hello Parents,
    The 4th grade is off to a terrific start!  We've been busy learning new routines and making new friends.  Special welcome to our two new students Enoch and Devin.  It's a delight to have them in our class. The 4th grade has written Bio Poems, performed vocabulary charades, held its first Book Club, made clouds with shaving cream, researched NM animals, and lots lots more!
     You may have heard that Anansi's computer system was knocked out by a recent thunderstorm. This has made communicating via computer a bit tricky, but we hope to have the system back up and running by next week.  If the computers are running, we will begin our MAP testing cycle.  The fourth grade will have 1 hour of tests each day -  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurday of next week (9/9 - 9/13). Please help your student do their very best by ensuring he or she is well rested and has a healthy breakfast each morning.
     Open House for the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 24th at 6:30.  Mark your calendars. I'm sure Michelle will be sending out more information as soon as the computer systems are restored.  I look forward to meeting with you all.
     I could really use some help in the classroom, if you have any time or interest to volunteer.  Please see the list of needs on this blog.  Volunteer hours are very flexible and your help really makes a difference - thanks!