Exciting events last week in our classroom:
| Focus areas for the week: Religion – Faithfulness Language Arts - Mr. Popper's Penguins Math – Place value and number comparisons Social Studies - History of WI Art – We will be meeting up with the 2nd graders this Friday to paint rocks together. Thank you Mrs. Newago for getting us rocks! I'm excited to see what everyone will make! Science – We will be finishing up our unit on plant and animal cells. Then we will be learning about trees in preparation for our field trip to Kreher |
Dates to Remember: Mon., Oct. 3 - Field trip to Kreher Park Thursday, Oct. 6 - Picture Day Mon., Oct. 10 - NO SCHOOL Wed., Oct. 12 – NO SCHOOL | I will be emailing the links to my online gradebook this week. Please be on the lookout for them. If you have any questions feel free to contact me. Have a great week! Mrs. Worrall J |
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Week of September 26th
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Thank you for all your help in making sure your child has their planner signed each night and their homework done. It is nice to have notes from some of you in the planners too. I really like how the planners work as a communication device between me, your child, and you! Here's what's going on in the classroom of your 4th Grade Rock Star:
Language Arts
I have finished reading assessments, so we will soon begin our first class book, Mr. Popper's Penguins. I will also be helping students to continue to pick books at their personal reading level to read during Read to Self time and at home. I will be sending home a spelling activity most weeks for you to work on with your child. It will help give them extra practice and will help them on their spelling test.
Grading
I will soon be sending home links by email (or by your student if I do not have your email address) for my online grading system, called Engrade. You can use the link to keep track of your student's grades.
Important Dates
Monday, September 19th - Early Release Day (Students are done at 12.)
Wednesday, September 21st - Native American Celebration Mass at 9:00
Have a great week!
Mrs. Worrall
Language Arts
I have finished reading assessments, so we will soon begin our first class book, Mr. Popper's Penguins. I will also be helping students to continue to pick books at their personal reading level to read during Read to Self time and at home. I will be sending home a spelling activity most weeks for you to work on with your child. It will help give them extra practice and will help them on their spelling test.
Grading
I will soon be sending home links by email (or by your student if I do not have your email address) for my online grading system, called Engrade. You can use the link to keep track of your student's grades.
Important Dates
Monday, September 19th - Early Release Day (Students are done at 12.)
Wednesday, September 21st - Native American Celebration Mass at 9:00
Have a great week!
Mrs. Worrall
Monday, September 12, 2011
Our first full week of school!
Graded Work
Our first full week of school has started. Today I sent home graded spelling tests from last week. All graded work will be sent home on Mondays. I had the students write their new spelling lists in their planners for this week. I also asked them to write in any words that they got wrong on last weeks spelling list. Not everyone had a chance to do this, so please make sure your child does. Words will keep coming up throughout the year, so it will be helpful to them to practice the ones they got wrong.
Classroom Economy
We are starting our classroom economy this week. The class voted and decided we are the "4th Grade Rock Stars." Students will be paid for doing their jobs with "starbucks." They can also receive fines for misbehaving. They will keep track of their credits and debits in their bank book. At the end of the month they will be able to cash in their credits for starbucks, which can be used at our class store.
BASE Training (Safe and Sacred Training)
If you have not attended BASE training please try to make it to the training at our school this Wednesday at 5:30 in the Social Hall. This is good for 5 years and allows you to volunteer in the classroom and drive for our field trips. Anybody who might want to volunteer should come to this including grandparents.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Worrall
Our first full week of school has started. Today I sent home graded spelling tests from last week. All graded work will be sent home on Mondays. I had the students write their new spelling lists in their planners for this week. I also asked them to write in any words that they got wrong on last weeks spelling list. Not everyone had a chance to do this, so please make sure your child does. Words will keep coming up throughout the year, so it will be helpful to them to practice the ones they got wrong.
Classroom Economy
We are starting our classroom economy this week. The class voted and decided we are the "4th Grade Rock Stars." Students will be paid for doing their jobs with "starbucks." They can also receive fines for misbehaving. They will keep track of their credits and debits in their bank book. At the end of the month they will be able to cash in their credits for starbucks, which can be used at our class store.
BASE Training (Safe and Sacred Training)
If you have not attended BASE training please try to make it to the training at our school this Wednesday at 5:30 in the Social Hall. This is good for 5 years and allows you to volunteer in the classroom and drive for our field trips. Anybody who might want to volunteer should come to this including grandparents.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Worrall
Monday, September 5, 2011
Welcome!
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to fourth grade! I’m excited about starting a new school year, and I look forward to the opportunity to work with you and your child. There is some information I wanted to let you know about right away.
Weekly Blog/Newsletter
Every Monday I will be updating my blog with the week’s newsletter. This will contain any information you may need to know about the week or upcoming events. It will also include some information about what’s going on in our classroom. You can access my blog through the school’s website www.ourladycs.org If you do not have access to a computer please let me know, and I will print out a newsletter for you.
Snack
Everyday we will have a milk/snack break around 9:45. I would like each child to bring 1 snack to share with the class each quarter. It can be a snack that can be shared with the class multiple times such as crackers or fruit snacks. It can also be a fresh snack that we have right away such as carrot sticks or fruit. Please send a snack to share with your child as soon as you can for 1st quarter. Students can also bring their own snacks during this time if they get especially hungry or only like certain things. Students may bring a special treat to share on their birthday (or half birthday for summer birthdays) if they choose.
Planner
Each student in our school is required to buy a planner for $4. We will be using the planner in our classroom every day. I require students to fill out the planner each afternoon with what we did throughout the day. They will then use a marker to circle anything that needs to be done as homework. This is to make it easier for you to see what they have for homework but you can also see what else they have been doing. I also require students to get their planners signed by you or another adult or older brother or sister each night. This is to ensure that you are seeing what homework they might have and also to work on teaching responsibility. I appreciate your help with this! The planners are also a good place to write me notes, and there are times I may write you a note in it.
Homework Folder
In addition to their planner, students will also be bringing home a homework folder each night that I provide. This is where you will find any notes from the school, forms to fill out, or homework your student may have. I will be sending home all graded work on Mondays in this folder.
Field Trip
We have our first field trip coming up next Thursday, September 8th. We will be going to the Big Top Chautauqua. There is another note coming home today that tells more about this. I will be in need of parent drivers for this trip. Please check your schedules and let me know as soon as possible if you are able to drive.
School Dinner/Open House
We have a school dinner coming up which is also on Thursday, September 8th. It will be at 5:30 in the Social Hall. This is a time to come in meet other families, staff, and enjoy a wonderful dinner! Following the dinner there will be open houses at 6:00 in all the classrooms. The open house is a time for you to see what your child will be learning this year, ask me questions, and/or help me find out more information about you and your child. I look forward to seeing you there!
Homework
Each night I ask that your child reads a minimum of 20 minutes. Some nights I will assign the reading and other nights it will be a free choice. Reading is a very important skill and affects every subject, so it is important that this is something they are constantly working on. Your child may have other homework some nights if they do not finish their work during their work time at school. I try to provide as much work time as I can, so that I can work with the students if they have questions.
Please contact me if you have any questions, concerns, etc. I want to work with you to give your child the best education possible. Thank you for entrusting your child, God’s precious gift, to me. I will do my best!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sarah Worrall
715-682-7620
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