Today is Zachary’s birthday, and we did some fun celebrating!  Zachary brought in doughnuts!

Zach’s mom came in and surprised Zach with birthday, and jaguar balloons!  She (Zach’s Mom) got jaguar balloons because Zachary loves the jaguars, and his parents are good friends with the people who work there.

Our next birthday coming up is Evie’s!  Her birthday is November 20th, 2001!  Four days after that is Zoe’s birthday!  She will be in London for her birthday on November 24th, 2001, Thanksgiving!

Thanks for reading!

Be sure to read all of the posts below.  Our students updated this week’s blog by writing about all that we worked on this week.  Next week is “Back to School Night” on September 22.  I hope to see everyone there.  The class has worked hard preparing a video for all of our parents.  We are currently working on factors & multiples in Math.  We will be starting our next story The Horned Toad Prince next week in Reading.  We have been learning about subjects and predicates, main idea and also cause & effect during our Language Arts block.  We will be introducing our next big project on Florida some time next week with Ms. Hernandez.

We have had another fabulous week in 4th grade!  I am so impressed with the efforts of our class this week.  Each student really worked hard on their ‘script’ writing assignment.  This has been an exciting “TEAM” activity for all of us and we are looking forward to filming next week.

We started our chapter on Estimation in Math.  Our class did a fabulous job rounding numbers up to a million.  They are ready for their quiz next Tuesday!  We also reviewed some of our “Money” math skills to prepare everyone for the opening of our store today.  Their excitement was quite overwhelming for our opening day!  We chose a banker, a cashier and an economist!  Each of them worked very hard.  Be sure to ask your child all about it!

We read the story Lewis and Clark and Me during reading this week.  We learned some new vocabulary words and the class completed an open book test today.  We also started Unit 2 in Wordly Wise and they seem to really be comprehending the meanings of these words and using them correctly in class.  We will have our Wordly Wise test next Tuesday.

The students have now had their Book Report folders for a full week.  They should be thinking about the first Genre they want to read and have the name of their book chosen by next Friday.  They each have a detailed list of books on their reading level.  If there are any questions, please email me.

I hope to see all of you Monday evening for our Singapore Math Parent Night starting at 7:00 PM.  It will be very beneficial to you.  You will have a better understanding of how we are teaching math this year and hopefully be able to reinforce these practices at home.

Have a great weekend and Shabbat Shalom!

Check out the pictures of Liam as our first Banker for our class store.

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We had a fabulous first week of school in fourth grade.  We spent a lot of time going over all of our rules and procedures.  The children should have a clear idea of how our classroom needs to run in order for us to be productive.  Beginning on Monday, we will be utilizing our behavior chart.

We chose our first “Team Teitelbaum Jobs” and the class voted on salaries for each one.  We will choose new jobs next week.  Be sure to ask your child what his/her job was and how much they earned during week one.  Many students earned other credits for their good behavior and/or for modeling our classroom rules effectively.

The class shared their summer projects which were all very creative.  Number the Stars definitely made an impression on this class.  Everyone took their AR test on Friday.  Ask your child how they did.

We started working on the first steps of our new Singapore math program.  The class completed a “problem of the day”(POD) each morning and we began our mental math activities on Thursday. Friday was our first complete Singapore lesson.  The class really did a fabulous job.

We will begin our first Reading story Because of Winn Dixie next week.  Our first Spelling Test will take place on Tuesday, August 30.  Most Spelling Tests will be administered on Fridays.  We will have our first Wordly Wise test on Wednesday, August 31.

Look out for our homework to be posted on Sunday, most likely in the later part of the day.  Remember, there are often minor changes throughout the week which are announced during class.

Ask your child what their bonus word is?  They need to write it down on a piece of paper with its definition.  We discussed this “mystery” word in class.

Shabbat Shalom!  Have a great weekend!

Dear Parents and Students of the Fourth Grade,
We hope you have had a wonderful summer!  We are so excited that school is starting back next week and we look forward to a great year together!  We hope to be seeing everyone at the “Meet and Greet” this Thursday anytime between 1:00-3:00 PM.  We are upstairs in Room 200 for General Studies and Room 209 for Jewish Studies.  Feel free to bring your books and workbooks to school that day.  Please make sure you have your name written in all of the books. We have all of your other supplies on your desk waiting for you!
We can’t wait to get to know all of you and your families.  Let’s have the BEST year ever!!