Welcome to 4th

Grade!
2017- 2018

Dear Parents/Guardians, Homework

I am very excited to begin the new Every night each student will be expected to read a
school year and cant wait for the just right book for at least 30 minutes. Once they
have completed this time they are to record it on a
opportunity to get to know each of your reading log, putting the title, page numbers read,
children. It is my sincere wish to make this and amount of time spent reading. Students should
school year a wonderful learning also respond to their reading each night. If your
experience for your child. In class students child is struggling please refer to the reading log
will be learning about Math, Social reference sheet which should remain in their folder.
Studies/Science, Health, Reading and At the end of the night I ask that a parent please
sign the reading log to ensure that it is being
Writing. completed. On the weekends students should
I would first like to take the time to continue to practice their reading and will be
introduce myself. My name is Kelly expected to complete weekend news. For their
Sacchinelli. I graduated from Sacred Heart weekend news students can write about anything
University with my Masters in Elementary they did over the weekend.
Education and received a Bachelors in
Psychology from Emmanuel College. This Students will also be given math homework on a
daily basis and either Social Studies or Science
is my fourth year teaching 4th Grade at homework at least once a week. All homework
Wexler-Grant and I am excited and thrilled will be used as extra practice to confirm the
to get the year started! students understanding of the lesson earlier that
Throughout this next year students will day or week. Students should be practicing the
have many opportunities to use basic math facts of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division every day. No
technology to enhance their education homework will ever be given unless the
experience. Please if students have students were taught how to do it during the
access to technology at home encourage day!
them to show you what they are working
on in google classroom. I also will be We encourage parents to check their childs
tracking how students are doing in class homework folders each day. Notes will go home
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