Our first full week of school is in the books! This week your students learned and reviewed school and classroom expectations. We will be practicing these expectations every day to ensure we create the best scholarly environment possible.
On Monday, we will be taking our first math quiz. Students can review this quiz by completing their math worksheet over the weekend. Next week, your students will be continuing the Chemistry lesson in science and the Geography lesson in history, and there will be quizzes in both of these subjects later in the week (date TDB, see student's daily agenda). We will also be starting our Spalding phonograms and rule pages, and we will be continuing reading "The Princess and the Goblin" in Literature.
If your family has yet to acquire a copy of "The Princess and the Goblin," please try to send your child to school with their copy on Monday. If you are unable to get one by Monday, please aim for them to have it at the earliest convenience.
Theory Time books are needed for all students for Music class. These books may still be available at Barnes and Noble or if not they can be found at Amazon (please make sure it is not written in if buying used). The book list with ISBN number can be found on the Archway Arete website. Please send this book in with your child by Thursday, August 16th. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact Mrs. Kaye at SKaye@ArchwayArete.org.
Parents, please note our restroom policy below:
- Students are encouraged to use recess, lunch time, and before/after school for any restroom visits or trips to the water fountain. These are our "Bathroom Hours."
- Before school- 7:20-7:50
- Recess- 9:55-10:10
- Lunch- 11:55-12:35
- After school- 3:05-pickup
- Students will be given two (2) emergency passes to be used during class time IF they have an emergency and are not able to wait until the next slot for Bathroom hours.
- Students are asked that if they have an emergency and need to go during class, that they do not ask to go during direct instruction time. Instead, they should wait until a group/independent working time or a transition. (This frees the learning environment from distraction and allows class to function more smoothly).
If your child has a medical condition or concern that requires them to use the bathroom more frequently (beyond Bathroom Hours and 2 emergency passes), please send me an email so I can work with your family to better accommodate them.
Mrs. LaVell and myself are working diligently in these first weeks to offer as many reminders as possible to students to use Bathroom Hours. Our goal is to work with our fourth graders to help them become responsible for their own time management, and to ensure they don't miss out on any of the fun learning in class!
Finally, many of you expressed interest in volunteering in our class. Thank you! I will be reaching out in the following weeks to touch base with some of you about ways you might be able to get involved with our class. If any of our 4C family members are interested in being our lead classroom parent, please send me an email directly so I know you have interest in the position. As I am a bit newer to the Archway Arete family, I would appreciate if you would also include in your email any past experience as a classroom volunteer or as a lead parent to help provide me with some background.
Thank you for a great first week and a strong start to the school year!
--Mrs. Conforti
