Hello to all of our "4H" families! I have finally been able to enter in the classroom email addresses for our new group for this year. If you find that you would prefer receiving my updates and notes to any additional email addresses for your family (or if you would like me to delete any addresses included on this list), please do let me know! I am happy to adjust this list so it is most convenient for you. I will also put this note on the main page of our classroom blog (see the address below my name), in case you might not get this email but are able to see the blog page. All of my newsletters will be emailed to you as well as copied onto the blog page (apologies for getting my notes twice, in many cases - just trying to cover all bases!).
I have much news to share with you, and I have been anxious to begin communicating with you. I promise not to bombard you with everything all at once. I will start with the most immediate items. First of all, I can't tell you how thrilled I am to be getting to know your 4th graders. We are off to just an excellent start - this is a wonderful group! Everyone agrees that our days are flying by so far, and it appears all are enjoying our activities and lessons. I am very conscious of making optimum use of every minute we have together each day - there is so much to learn and experience this year! As we go through these first weeks, I will fill you in on how we handle the content for each subject of the day. I welcome any questions from you - anytime!
As you saw from the order forms that came home last Friday, we have the opportunity to order our first books from Scholastic Book Clubs (new name this year). I will send home forms each month. This year I want to begin doing our orders online - and parents have the chance to order online as well, instead of ordering through me. You will need a "class activation code" if you place your own order - and our class will still be able to earn bonus points from your orders to get more books for our classroom library. The website is: https://orders.scholastic.com/MFRC8
(the last 5 digits are the activation code for our class). Let me know if you have any problems doing this - I am learning, too. You can still send in to me at school your check to Scholastic Book Clubs with your order form, if you prefer.
In 4th grade we actually have TWO field trips in October already! We like to attend the World Dairy Expo each year at the Alliant Energy Center grounds, because it ties in so well with our study of Wisconsin and a major industry in our state. This event is always during the first week of October, and we haven't been informed yet if our tour this year will be on October 1st or 2nd. I will let you know as soon as I know! I will be looking for any number of chaperones who would like to join us, so think about coming - we go for 2.5 hours in the early afternoon. I've told our students that they will never see such clean and pampered cows anywhere else - ever! Our school district also provides all 4th grade classes the opportunity to take a trip to nearby Pope Farm Park for two hours during the week of October 14th - again, I will let you know the date and time assigned to us as soon as I find out. Naturalists, historians, archeologists, and geologists all meet us there to lead us in classes and hands-on activities about Wisconsin history, native people, landforms, rocks, etc. I will let you know when I am ready to collect chaperone names, but I wanted to give you a heads up about the possibilities coming up.
I will stop here, and please stay tuned for more information very soon. If you'd like to send me a quick reply that you received this email okay, or if I need to know any changes, feel free to email me. I look forward to communicating closely with you throughout the year so your student has the best 4th grade year possible. Sincerely, Melanie Hannam
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