Week of September 25

Sunday Schedule:  Week 2, Day 1

Upcoming Events and Special Notes:
Please make note that grade four students will resume MAP testing on Sunday, September 25 finishing their third and final test with math.  To help your student do their best with testing, please make sure they get a good night of sleep and a healthy breakfast!

Grade four students have class photos on Tuesday, September 27.  Students will wear a clean TAISM polo for photos.  (This will be a Day 3 on the calendar so 4AN does NOT have PE that day and will not have to worry about attire.)

Be sure to continually check the Upcoming Events list to the left as events will be continually updated in the Upcoming Events section of the 4AN blog!  More information in this section as events draw nearer!  

Students came home with Math Problem Sets and Exit Tickets today.  If you did not see them in your student's backpack, they may have just forgotten them in their mailbox.  If that is the case, you will see them next week.  These come home throughout the course of the year so I ask that you take a look at a few notes about the use of these in our classroom.  Please note:  Problem Sets are used in class as practice with various strategies.  Students work on these independently as well as with a math partner; they fuel great math conversations among students!  These are not always completed in class and do NOT need to be completed and returned to me.  These are typically checked over during the course of in-class work time (you will notice that I check them at the top when I check in with your student about their work).  Exit Tickets are what I mark and review with students to determine how well they are understanding concepts after having practice with strategies on the Problem Sets.  You will see these marked by me and misconceptions addressed.  Ask your student to explain their Exit Tickets to you!  Better yet, ask them to teach you what they've learned!  You'll be amazed by some of the strategies they use!

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