The first week of school is a week of learning how we will be learning how to learn. Its a mouthful, but that is what our mission this week boils down to. Your students will be learning (mostly re-learning) the procedures that will define their day-to-day in fourth grade at Archway Trivium East. They may come home very tired and maybe even a little discouraged at how much there seems to be, but you needn't worry. Your students will very quickly become comfortable in the community of learning we are striving to create these first few days. This WeekWe will be learning our class procedures throughout the week, and the content lessons won't start until we have achieved excellence in performing those procedures. There will be review lessons later in the week checking the students for skills expected to have been learned in 3rd grade, and revealing any gaps that need to be filled before we dive into 4th grade content. Again, your students may come home beleaguered this first week. Learning procedures is hard, especially if they are new, but once we have these out of the way we can start the real learning and discovery that this year promises to unfold. If there are any supplies your child still needs to bring, make sure you get them in this week! Starting next week the students are going to need Prince Caspian and their composition notebooks every day. Upcoming AssessmentsThere will be a couple of assessments this week that will help me identify where your students are leveled in Math and Reading. These will not be counted for a grade and are merely tools for me to see if there are any gaps that need to be filled before we jump into 4th grade content.
These lessons will be on Wednesday and Thursday. Comments are closed.
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