Wii or Playstation

Hello,

Here are the results of an informal poll of our fourth grade students. Interesting data I must say!!

How many of you have your own cell phones? 17 out of 44
How many of you have your own laptop? 7
How many of you have access to the Internet? 41
How many of you have a Nintendo Wii? 22 half of our class

Play station 3? 6
Play station 2? 16
Nintendo Cube? 13
XBox 360? 12
PSP? 15
DS? 28
GameBoy? 30

How many of you play Club Penguin? 15
How many of you play Webkinz? 32

The students got all fired up and start shouting out different websites and games that they love to visit.

What does this have to do with reading?

Everything!

More to come!!

Red Reading/Writing Folders Needed

We are in need of 22 additonal red folders, (3 prong 2 pocket) for our Reading and Writing work. Leave us a comment if you are able to donate these to our class so we don't duplicate needed donations.





We already have reservations for Chet the Traveling Bear over the Winter Holiday. Please let us know if you have future travel plans and would like to reserve Chet. You do not have to travel far, it could be a special place like Grandma's house.

The PTA Fundraiser Entertainment Books will go home today. They ran out and now we have enough for our class to send home. They fundraiser will be due September 8th.

Thank you,


Mrs. Constande, Ms. Anderson, Mrs. Sani

Traveling Chet

Traveling Chet

Dear Families,

We have a class mascot named Chet! He loves to travel and is looking for some interesting travel destinations this year. Please let me know if you will be going somewhere and would be willing to host a visit with him. All you would need to do is email or write down about your trip with Chet and take a few pictures if possible. I will post it on his blog for you at http://travelingchet.blogspot.com/ The kids will get to enjoy his adventures and learn from him all year long.

If you have family members that live or travel in interesting destinations, Chet can also travel to them for a visit. If you would be willing to take him along or sponsor his visit to your families, please let me know.

Thank you,

Ms. Anderson, Mrs. Constande, and Mrs. Sani

andersons2@duvalschools.org

Ticket Tuesday

We have had a blast the last two days giving out Success Tickets. The students earn a ticket for such things as being helpful, answering a question, participating in a discussion, not giving up on a difficult assignment, or just being polite. Sometimes Ms. Anderson gets a little carried away and gives tickets out in groups of five or even ten at a time. We draw tickets on Tuesday and students go to the Treasure Chest pick a goodie. This is a great way to "catch students making good choices." What fun!!

We also started our seed list in our writing journals today. Ask your child what 3 seed ideas they wrote about. Reading Diagnostic Testing began today as well.

Science text books were passed out and students were introduce to the first lesson about our universe. Ask them what they learned today.

Thank you to the parents that already sent in the needed folders. We appreciate you quick response. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Remember we have an Early Release Day tomorrow, Wednesday, August 27th. Make sure your child knows how they will go home, especially if it is different than a typical school day.

Welcome Back!!

We are so happy to be back in school together. We were quite busy today, working on math diagnostic testing, decorating Science Journals and Writing Journals. We even started Daily Oral Social Studies, DOSS. Ask your child what they learned today in DOSS. Do they remember the largest lake in Florida? Your child received our first newsletter today. We will try to send this home every Monday. It is full of important information. Our students know how to get your attention so you will really read our newsletters. "Mama mama mama this is important!!" Sound familiar.

We are in need of a few folders. If you could help us out we need:

• 8 blue, 8 black, and 8 yellow folders, 3 prong with 2 pockets.

Thank you all so much for EVERYTHING you have already sent in. We are very appreciative and know how much you support your children. Thank you again.

PS I can't wait to try out our new Web Cam!

Tropical Storm Fay

Tropical Storm Fay certainly has a mind of her own. Looks like we will stay home Friday as well. Please be safe and take care of your loved ones.

Wonderful First Day!!

What a wonderful day we have together in fourth grade. We started with an assembly that relates to our theme - Around the World in 180 Days!! We watched a beautiful slide presentation and listened to fascinating stories by Bruce Junek who, with his wife, bicycled around the world for two years! Make sure you ask your child about the beautiful photographs that they saw.

Please send in all supplies as soon as possible. Each child is also asked to bring in a water bottle and a healthy snack daily. We look forward to a grand year! Let the adventure begin.

Fourth Grade Orientation

What a wonderful Orientation we had today. We are so excited about our year together in fourth grade. It was very nice to meet our new students, their parents , siblings and grandparents. We look forward to an outstanding year. We can't wait to get started next Monday!!

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Oh La La Help Needed

Each year, we have been so fortunate to have a few parents ask us how they can help the classroom in a greater sense. Some parents have time they’d like to donate, others would prefer to donate additional supplies. All of these donations are greatly appreciated! Here are a few ideas of ways you can contribute more to your child’s experience this year.

Volunteer Opportunities

• We appreciate help on Friday afternoons stuffing the “Friday Folders” with communications, flyers, newsletters, etc. If you are available to come in for an hour or so to work on these folders, please let us know.
• Early in the year, we love help with special a classroom project. The students will create their own, special, personalized writer’s notebook. These need to be covered in clear contact paper to preserve them throughout the year. This is a great short-term volunteer opportunity that parents can help with at home or in the classroom.
• We like to give my students and their families the opportunity to place book orders through Scholastic book clubs. If you would like to assist us in placing these orders from home, please let me know. We’ll be happy to have you trained. (This job does not require time in the classroom at all. Orders can be placed by phone or internet.)
• Every classroom needs a reliable room mother and chaperone parents. If you would like to volunteer for one or both of these roles, please be sure to speak to Ms. Anderson, Mrs. Constande or Mrs. Sani.
• We love a few good volunteers to turn to when it comes time for special class celebrations!
• Occasionally, we need assistance with laminating projects. Volunteers are appreciated to assist with the actual laminating process and/or cutting out the finished product.
• There will be many opportunities throughout the year for “short term” volunteer opportunities, too. Chets Creek traditions such as literary pumpkins, fall festival, holiday auction, arts extravaganza, end of the year celebration and many more require lots of parent support and are excellent ways for your to get involved without making a long-term commitment.

Donation Opportunities

• 8- 10 blue, black, and yellow folders, 3 prong with 2 pockets
  
• file folders
• portable CD players with headphones
• labels for printer (shipping and return address size)
• reams of white copy paper
• reams of white card stock
  
• gift cards to Amazon, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble (great source for classroom books)
• gift cards to Michael’s, Target, Wal-Mart, Joann’s, Office Max (great sources for special projects throughout the year)
• cardboard or plastic magazine file boxes
• candy
• healthy snacks (We like to keep these on hand for students who didn’t get breakfast/lunch.)
• juice boxes/bags
• kid-size water bottles
• Lysol Spray
• Cinnamon and/or Vanilla Air Freshener
  
• Each year we’ve found that some of our students are unable to purchase their own supplies. If you’d care to donate duplicates of folders, notebook paper, pencils, soap, hand sanitizer, baggies, wipes, etc. that would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance for all your help throughout the year. We know this is going to be a wonderful year!