Happy Halloween Week! I have just looked again at the pictures taken at our classroom holiday celebration - full of 4th grade mummies! I can't wait for you to see these great shots! (There will be a photo album for your to page through when you come for conferences.) While it just poured rain outside, it was an exciting time in room 117 on Halloween as we snacked on goodies, played Spooky Bingo, and lost several of our classmates as they became rolled up in toilet paper! Hilarious! Many, many thanks to the team of 'moms' who plotted and planned such a good time: Melissa C., Mary O., Michele P., Wendy K., Wendy A., Patty S., Lori C., Sara D. Thank you all for your generosity and creativity - wow! The kids won't forget this party!
What a contrast that was to our two very quiet mornings this week when we got a solid start to our WKCE testing. Our students are doing their best and I am very proud of them. Next week we will be testing only on Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon. The 3rd week will be similar, and I will keep you up to date on days and times. Thank you for your support at home!
Some notices about upcoming events: The School Picture Retake Day is Tuesday, November 5th. We have no school on Monday, November 11th (due to the two evenings on the 19th and 21st when we hold conferences). Beginning November 12th until December 6th, West Middleton will hold a contest for the most BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION collected by classrooms - so start saving and scrounging and snipping!! The PTO will provide the winning classroom with a pizza lunch (we like pizza!). By the way, if you can attend, the next WM PTO meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, November 13th, at 7 pm in the Library.
Also, you will soon see the November Scholastic Book Order forms come home. Included this month will be a Holiday Catalog as well. If any parent wants to order books as a surprise for gifts, just let me know and I can set these aside and get them to you. Ordering online is very helpful and quite easy! You will also see the flyer come home about our annual Scholastic Book Fair, held again in the school library. Different this year is the timing - the Fair days will coincide with the week of Parent Conferences - this will be so convenient for your family!
We continue to make steady progress with our math lessons. We are reviewing Unit 3 in 4th grade, and the final test will probably be Monday. Check the Homework Page on the classroom blog to be sure. After our 'Bold Beginnings' writing project and our 'Ghost Story' project, next week our Writer's Workshop leads us into a new unit on writing essays. Stay tuned for more details as we get into those next week. In Social Studies, we are finally going to be able to enter the Ice Age in Wisconsin.
There is always SO much to do in 4th grade! The days just fly by, and our group becomes closer and more cooperative and helpful with each passing week (also more sociable, which we are working hard to channel to the appropriate times!). It is such a pleasure to be together each day! More news soon! Melanie Hannam
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