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Dear Fourth Grader,
Welcome to fourth grade! We hope you had a wonderful summer
and are looking forward to this year as much as we are. You will
spend the majority of the day with your homeroom teacher. Every
other day, you will switch for either Social Studies or Science.
This year Mrs.Persons and Mrs. Cooper will teach Science, while Ms.
Piatek and Ms. Bedard will teach Social Studies. Having different
teachers for Science and Social Studies is good preparation for
middle school,where you will have a different teacher for each
subject.
We're sure that you might want to begin some back-to-school
shopping,so here's a list of what you can bring with you to school on
your first day:
1.A healthy snack (pretzels, cheese, fruit, veggies and dip, a cereal
bar) Please, no heavily sugared items such as candy, soda, cookies or
cake.
2.A bag lunch or lunch money (you will get your lunch cards back, so
that your parents may deposit money on them as well)
3.One two-pocket folder for homework
4.One 4 or 5 color pack of highlighters
5.A notebook size WEEKLY agenda book to write homework in daily
6.One three-ring pencil pouch (no pencil boxes, please)
7.Pencils:Please no mechanical pencils. Make sure pencils do not have
glitter or a plastic overlay on the outside as this kind of pencil
will ruin the class sharpener! Last, if you can, label them with your
name.
8. A recent photo of yourself for a display.
Please do NOT bring a zippered trapper keeper. There is very limited
space in our room and the trappers don't fit in our cubbies.
Backpacks on wheels do not fit in the cubbies either, so please avoid
buying them. Your snack, lunch, homework folder, and reading book
should all fit nicely in a shoulder backpack or bag. We will give you
color-coded folders for each subject. You will keep these folders in
your three-ring binder which is provided by your teacher.
Pre K to 4th grade students and their families are invited to
our Open House Monday, August 31, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM in
order to see your classroom and find your seat and cubby. We look
forward to seeing you then or on the first day of school, Tuesday
September 1st by 8:30.
With warm regards,
The 4th Grade Team
Ms. Bedard
Ms. Piatek
Mrs. Cooper
Mrs. Persons
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