Wow! This week is flying by. So far we have had an amazing week and I am enjoying working with all of my students! You are fabulous!!!!! The past couple of days have been spent learning procedures and expectations as well as getting to know each other and having some fun too. We have really emphasized the importance of our "classroom family" over the last couple of days. In addition, we have read several books about accepting each other, working together, and being ourselves. I hope that everyone has had a chance to share some of these stories with your parents.

Parents, I would like to encourage you to ask your child about their day. If your child tends to have a difficult time talking about or remembering their day, it may help to share your daily best and worst event or activity. This is a great way to stimulate conversation and keep in touch with your child. It also gives you a chance to share your best and worst with your child because they love to hear about your day too!

I can't wait for tomorrow. Everyday is a new adventure in learning :)

Welcome Back

Wow! I can't believe that another school year is starting already! I am so excited to work with all of my fabulous students and their families! We are going to have a lot of fun this year, and we are going to learn a lot of new things. Please be sure to wear tennis shoes on Monday because we get to have P.E. on our first day :) Come to school ready to get to know me and your classmates because I have a lot of fun activities planned so that we become comfortable with our classroom family! Remember that tonight (Thursday, August 12th) we have "Meet the Teacher" from 4:00-5:15. I am looking forward to meeting you and your families!

Please remember to also check our class website for more detailed information including a calendar, great links, Working With Words information, parent information, and much more.

I can't wait for Monday! Enjoy your last weekend of summer!

Love,
Mrs. Golmen

Summer Time Fun!

I hope that you are all enjoying your summer! I'm having some fun with the family, but I'm also working hard to get ready for the upcoming school year! I hope that you are also preparing for the upcoming year by making sure that you are reading and working on multiplication facts! Knowing your multiplication facts is extremely important in 4th grade, so please spend some time over the summer practicing and learning! Some fun and easy ways to practice are:

• Make up songs or raps to go with multiplication facts
• Make flash cards and practice with friends or family
• Use a deck of cards and compete against friends or families by each drawing 2 cards, and the person with the highest product (answer to a multiplication problem!) gets to keep all of the cards!

In addition to practicing math facts, it is a great idea to continue reading throughout the summer. A big reading focus in 4th grade will be reading chapter books from start to finish, and if you continue practicing reading over the summer, you will be in great shape when the new school year starts.

Let me know if you have read any great books over the summer, and I will try to read them too so that we can talk about them in the fall! I'm looking forward to the upcoming year :)