January 13, 2016
Dear
Students,
Yeah…five full days of school! Give yourself a BIG pat on the back if you
had 100% attendance this week! This is
the time of year when all kinds of germs are passed – strep, flu, and stomach
bug. I hope all of us can avoid those
nasty illnesses! I’m sad to report our
class attendance didn’t meet our goal of 97.2%.
We only had 96.1% attendance this week L What
will you do to strive for 100% attendance next week? Remember those students with 100% attendance
are in the running for a $10 Dominos pizza gift card!!!
I am excited to announce a new reading
incentive that will start next week.
Although our class is amazing with our reading logs, not every class at
NP can say the same thing L Here’s the
incentive…each week you read your 100 minutes, you place your name in the 4th
grade box. You will have 9 opportunities
to place your name in the box. At the
end of 9 weeks, ONE fourth grader will be drawn from the box to receive a $20
gift card to Books-A-Million Book Store J Have
you ever been to BAM? What did you do
while you were there? Did you purchase
anything? If not, what would you
purchase if you received the $20 gift card?
We finished fluency checks this week! Fluency is the ability to read at an
appropriate pace with few to no errors.
It is important to read fluently because the literature and information
you read will continue to get more difficult in each grade level. How
do you feel about your fluency? What do
you need to do to improve your fluency or to continue growing through the rest
of fourth grade?
Our math topic is still fractions. This week we learned about equivalent
fractions – creating them with tape diagrams and area models as well as writing
addition and multiplication sentences. How do you feel about fractions? Are you understanding the lessons or are you
lost in the lessons?
Our behavior was a little off this
week…partly because we are stuck inside due to weather, partly because of
changes in weather, and partly because we didn’t always choose to be proactive this
week. What will you do next week to show
you are a leader at NP?
Let’s end this letter on a positive
note. What is something you are super proud of yourself for this week? It could be something you did at school or
out of school. It could be something
that you were recognized for or it could be something no one saw!
Enjoy your three-day weekend!
Love,
Mrs.
Harrison
