Week One Down!

Thank you to all you great fourth graders and fourth grade parents for making our first week of school so successful. I applaud each one of you for getting to school on time and coming to school ready to learn. We kind of eased our way into a brief introduction of many academic areas, so I think we are ready to go full force next week. We have been learning about different kinds of graphs, worked hard on addition mad minutes, enjoyed learning about Utah State Symbols on our laptops, read "Tanya's Reunion" while making connections to our own family reunions and wrote a story about being an M&M (Marvelous and Magnificent) Kid. The weeks ahead will continue to be filled with excitement. We will begin a three week long unit in Social Studies on maps. I encourage you to talk with your child about the great things they are learning. Please don't forget to READ, READ and READ each and every night---then fill in your fact/feeling each day. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION--LET THE LEARNING BEGIN!

Just a little side story:

On Monday, our first day of school, the kids came in from their lunch recess and said there was a house on fire near the school. Mr. Theobald shortly thereafter made an announcement letting us know that the air quality was bad because of the fire and wanting everyone in for the remainder of the day. About 2:30 that afternoon Mrs. Horsely, an aid at the school, came into our classroom to ask me if my house was okay because of the fire in Corner Canyon in Draper. We then learned it was a fire on the mountain, not a house. Knowing nothing of the situation I immediately called home and spoke to my daughter. I thought I would share the pictures that she was taking as she was watching the situation from our back deck. I know the kids all went home worried about "Mrs. Morrison's house", but we are all so glad that the winds continued to blow to the north away from our house. We won't forget the smell from the fire we smelt even inside the school building. This is one current event we won't forget about our "first day of school."

Homework in Fourth Grade

Each night your child will come home with their planner.  All homework that needs to be accomplished that evening will be written in the planner.  Please sign your child's planner EACH night.  If the child did not finish the homework, please still sign the planner and indicate which homework was not completed.  Thank you for all your support from home.  As we work together, great things will be accomplished this year.  I look forward to meeting each one of you at our Back to School Night on September 11th at 7:00.  Please check your child's planner each night for other important notes and information.

First day of school!

We had an incredible first day of school.  Once we got all the jitters out first thing in the morning, we were ready to face the day.  We began at the flag pole with the raising of the flag. What an awesome scene that was.  From there, we never quit all day long.  We enjoyed a getting to know you activity with M&M's, got our notebooks with our planners all organized, read some back to school poems, met with all of fourth grade and Mr. Theobald to talk about school rules and expectations, enjoyed a great lunch and recess, played Back to School Bingo with popped popcorn, filled out a "getting to know you survey" on our new laptops and wrote about our "first day in fourth grade."  Wow!  If your fourth grader came home tired, you will now know why.  A big thnk you to all the great parents of these children.  They all came ready to learn and eager to work hard.

Ready and waiting for my new fourth graders!

Check Out Our Classroom

After spending many hours in our classroom, I think it is finally ready for the arrival of some new fourth grade students. Click on the link below to take a tour of our classroom. Hope you enjoy it. Send me a comment and let me know what you think! Please just use your first name only!

Meet the Fourth Grade Team

There are two teachers on our fourth grade team this year--Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. Winzenried. Mrs. Davies teaches the fourth/fifth grade split. We do lots of fun activities together. Our year will be filled with many activities from learning about Utah History to exploring many science units such as weather, rocks, soil, fossils and Utah environments. However, we can't forget all the exciting concepts we will introduce in math. We are looking forward to another great year.

Engaged Classroom Training

I had the opportunity of attending the engaged classroom training this week. I have had so much fun learning about the new technology tools that are available to me and my students. I can't wait to see what we produce this year as we work on our mobile lab tops, digital cameras and more.