Mrs. Anson's 4th Grade Class

It’s my favorite time…Parent-Teacher Conferences! I can’t wait to meet with you on Tuesday, Oct. 23 and Thursday, Oct. 25. We are using Bloomz for the signups. Please go to your Bloomz app and sign up for a spot. We will stick to the schedule, so make a note of your time. If you cannot make it to any of the times, I am also available before school on Friday, Oct. 26, so email me and we will make that work.

If you have not signed up for Bloomz, our class code is BZPXEE.

Parents are more than welcome to come and watch the book reports! We are doing the book reports every day at 1:00 this week. We will start right at 1:00 and give each student 5 minutes. We’d love to have you visit. (You can scroll down two posts to see which day they are presenting.)

Here is our Mindset Monday quote:

Some kids want to post videos on Seesaw for their book report. Here is the Seesaw code:

Book reports are here!

Yesterday we pulled random sticks and signed up for book reports. Below are the days the students signed up for, so please make a note of it. Book reports are always so much fun. Remember, they don’t have to write anything. Just tell us about what they read in a creative way. Click this link to find ideas if they haven’t done it yet.

Mon, October 8:
Bryton
Noah and Andrew (team)
Roger
Aubree
Mattie

Tues, October 9:
Kaylee B
Charlee
Jason
Jessica
Adalai

Wed, October 10
Kaylee M
Quintin
Rory
Zoey
Leiona
Kairi

Thu, October 11
Tyce
Zavian
Jak
Brindyl
Will
Aaron

Thanks, parents!

Yesterday I sent some homework home with students. The Unit 1 Review pages are just for fun. Students can do that for practice if they choose. The Multiplication packet was something we did in class, and I would like them to finish it. If they do not bring it back to me, it will have no effect on their grade. I only sent it home because we didn’t get all the way through it. 

I just want to reiterate that the students are working VERY hard all day at school, so I am not sending much homework home. Believe me, they are working double time on math and ELA at school, so they deserve a rest when they get home! On the few occasions I send packets home, they are not required to bring them back.

I submitted the book order for September, so if you ordered a book from Scholastic in September you will get in next week. If you order books now, they will be added to the October order. There are some really great deals right now for books. (I bought “The Hunger Games” for $1!) 

Please check with your students that they are getting their book read for the book report. I have encouraged them to do slide shows and videos for their book reports, and I have shown them some examples. Encourage them to get going on that project! There are some great ideas on the book reports page.

It seems that Bloomz has not been working very well this year. From now on if you want to contact me, please just send me an email at nanson@questac.org. I get my emails directly to my phone so this system should work out fine. Don’t forget you can call directly to my class by calling Quest and dialing extension 138. Thanks!

Parents, this year Quest students will be performing a Christmas play at Ogden High School.  Tryouts will be held on Monday, September 24, 2018. Students in grades 3-5 may try out by clicking the link below for the signup sheet. 

Hello, parents!
We have two special days planned for 4th grade this month:

• Thursday, Sept. 20, we will have the Living Planet Aquarium coming to our school to talk to the 4th grade about the water cycle and do scientific experiments.

• Thursday, Sept. 27, we will travel by school bus to This is the Place, and spend the day learning about Utah pioneers. We will visit an old schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop, ride a train, push handcarts, and more! I need permission for your child to attend, so please fill out the permission form here. 

We all have different strengths and weaknesses, but the most important thing is that we DO OUR BEST! That will be our theme for next week, and our focus for Mindset Monday.