Stafford's Scoop

Hi Parents,
This is a fun week. The students have earned a "Special Chair Day" by accumulating enough ROAR tickets for the month of September. Therefore, this Wednesday you may help your child bring a special chair from home to sit in ALL DAY LONG! The only thing I ask is that you be able to get the chair to and from school on Wednesday. If your child doesn't have a special chair or you don't have time to bring one, I have plenty here that he/she can choose from.
A Peek at our Week:
Math: All of 4th grade is taking benchmark assessments to make sure that they can add and subtract according to the Colorado State Standards. You can follow up more with your math teacher. My class is continuing to work on Unit 3 and learning how to write logical explanations for their math work.
Reading: We are starting three novels that are Book Bowl Books: Tuck Everlasting, Mick Harte Was Here, and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Your child will do most of the reading in class, but he/she will have comprehension questions at night. This will help everyone participate in Book Bowl. Make sure your child is working toward his/her AR Goal. The quarter will end in couple of short weeks.
Spelling We are on Unit 6 in spelling (Long o and u sound). In grammar we are working on Complete Subjects and Predicates.
Writing: We are continuing to add good, solid E sentences (examples, events, evidence, elaboration to our paragraphs. We are conducting a benchmark assessment this week in paragraphs.
CORE: We are continuing to learn about Geology and the Earth.
Other News: I will be out of the building this week on Thursday and Friday. I'm not sure who the substitute will be. If you have any problems, you may contact any of my teaching partners or talk to me at the beginning of next week.
I would also like to thank everyone who bought a book for our classroom at the bookfair. WOW! We'll use them throughout the year for read aloud, group reading, and individual AR time reading. Thanks again.
Finally, I'd like to thank you all again for your support in and out of the classroom. You are helping to make our classroom run smoothly.
Fondly,
Liz