I had the best time meeting most of you on our 1st annual Welcome Walk and Meet the Teacher Night. I could not be more excited to begin a new year with such a wonderful group of students. During the first week of school we will spend a lot of time setting up expectations and building community. In math we will begin our place value unit. This year we will add, subtract, compare, order, and round numbers all the way up to the hundred millions place. Place value is an essential building block for the rest of the fourth grade content. Please work with your child nightly to ensure he/she grasps this concept. In science we will begin setting up our science notebooks which will be used during scientific inquiry for the rest of the year. We will also discuss safety. A safety contract will be sent home during the first week for you and your child to sign. This week in language arts we will discuss how to choose books that match our levels and interest us. As a class we will be reading and discussing The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. After the readings and discussions students will be asked to write a response. Fourth grade social studies is all about Texas history. We will begin our study by reading and analyzing maps of Texas. Homework this week will include nightly reading for at least 20 minutes and a name poster. Please make sure to record the time your child has read and initial in his/her agenda every night. The name poster assignment will be discussed in class on Tuesday and due Friday. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your support!!
Mrs. Drain
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