Introduction Letter: Future 4th graders

This is an exact copy of what was sent home with each 3rd grader on Wednesday. Thanks!

Dear Incoming Fourth Grade Students,

I am very excited to teach you in the 4th grade and look forward to seeing you in August. Some of you I already know from partner reading when you were in Ms. Rockey’s class.

Over the summer if you will be going anywhere special, please take a FLAT MAX with you and have your photo taken with him. We will use this for mapping activity when we return. Even if you do not go someplace special, you can still take photos of any ‘adventures’ your FLAT MAX experiences with you! In July I will travel Route 66 from Santa Monica to Chicago. I will be sure to take some FLAT MAX photos along the way to also share. You can e-mail your photos to me or bring in a real copy if you like. This also will be part of an in-class project during our fourth grade year.

Please study your multiplication and division flash cards. When we start in the fall, we will learn to solve problems like this: 45 x 23. After that, problems that are three digits, like this: 978 x 548. If you have to think for a long time about 3x5 and 3x4 and 2x5 and 2x4, then 45 x 23 will be too hard. 10 min. a day will get you in great math shape!

You are encouraged to read, read, read! 20 minutes a day is appropriate, but more is better. Comic books, magazines, novels and chapter books, all are great choices. If you are so inclined, keeping a journal is also a good idea.

Next year I will use my married name, Mrs. Bair.
Please feel free to contact me via e-mail over the summer. mgbair@yahoo.com and/or check out the 4th grade blog at www.saicfourthgrade.blogspot.com

Parents, if you are interested in getting a head start on your service hours, please let me know, I have a few jobs available already. Early in the summer, I can arrange to be here for you to work on service, and again possibly on August 6-8th.


Thank you,



Ms. Gleeson, M.Ed.
coachgleeson@yahoo.com
www.saicfourthgrade.blogspot.com
415. 648. 2008 x 24