Mrs. Bosma

End of the year scoop! May 15, 2008

Dear Parents-

Field Day was great....a big thank you to all of the Moms who helped! Also, thank you for coming to the Portfolio Breakfast on Tuesday. It was great seeing you all here!

Here's some quick pieces of information pertaining to the end of the year.....

* Next week the persuasive speeches will be presented throughout the week. Please look in your child's planner for their exact day.

*On Thursday we will have our class party from 12:10-12:30. This will be an ice cream party in our room. At 12:30, we will go to the gym for the Fourth grade sock hop! Your child is welcome to dress up in 50's apparel. Also, on this day please make sure your child has a large bag to collect their art pieces to bring home.

****Auction- Thursday the 22nd- The biggest yet!!!! Please send in an item to be able to participate. The kids all have big bucks now!! This will be a great one!

It is so hard to believe only one more week! It has been a great year!!!!! Time definitely flies when we are having fun!!!

Have a great weekend,

Jennifer and Kendall

Updates May 8, 2008

Hi Everyone-

Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers and all the sweet cards this week. It was a special week!

Here's some quick scoop....

The Chattahoochee Nature Center was great today. It went with our ecosystem unit beautifully. We all had a great time. Due to our crazy schedule today we have postponed our Vocabulary test until Tuesday the 13th. I am sure you all are glad!

Next week, don't forget about our Portfolio Breakfast on Tuesday the 13th at 7:30-8:00. Please make sure you come with your child to school on Tuesday. You will sit in your child's seat, look through their work and have breakfast. Thanks to all the moms who have volunteered to bring in breakfast items.

Also, next Thursday is Field Day from 9:00-11:00. We would love to have volunteers to come help. Be here by 8:30-8:45 on the field if you would like to join the fun.

Thanks for sending back your registration forms. For those of you who included stamps, your report cards will be mailed to you. If no stamps were provided, just come up to school and pick up your childs report card on the 29th.

We earned all of the marbles today!!!!! (Better then losing our marbles....:)

Therefore, tomorrow we are having a movie celebration. The kids are invited to bring in a PG or G movie and a soda. We will vote on which movie to watch on the "big screen". They've done a great job at specials and they deserve a reward!!

Have a great weekend!

Jennifer and Kendall

Weekly Update- May 2, 2008

Hi Everyone-

Yeah! CRCT's are over!! The kids did a great job. We should have results in May and the report should be available to you sometime in the summer. We felt that the kids were really prepared for them.

Also, this week we have been full throttle ahead. We are learning about ecosystems and an in class group project will be going on next week. In Math, we have been working on the "Order of Operations" and we will be taking many grades over each new concept and reinforcements that we do, to gather an accurate snapshot of the kids math ability.

We are working on persuasive writing and there is a persuasive speech project coming home on Monday. We will have these persuasive speeches on the last week of school. This should be fun for the kids and it will help their public speaking skills.

Please make sure you have Tuesday, May 13th at 7:30am on your schedule. This is the morning that we will have our Portfolio Breakfast. You will get to sit in your child's desk and look through their Tiger Publishing (big thanks to Melina Smith and Lee Best!) and all kinds of neat work projects from the year. These are all things that you haven't seen before!! Thanks to all of you and Mrs. Hall for bringing in breakfast items for our breakfast.....including coffee....yeah!:)

Also, today your child will be bringing home a registration form for next year. Please fill this out completely...don't forget to look on the back and sign at that bottom...every year, I have to send these forms back home if there isn't a signature, so be sure to look for the signature line. Also, please include 4 stamps so I can mail home all the report card info at the end of the year.Each child will receive $200 in their checkbook for the prompt return of these forms on Monday.

Remember, next week we will be going to the Chattahoochee Nature Center field trip on Thursday. Please dress appropriately and pack a large lunch. We will be eating there with nature.

Next week an author study of Roald Dahl will start. Each child will read one of his books.

We are busy!!! It is hard to believe we only have a couple more weeks of school. Obviously, we aren't slowing down yet but we are having fun! Please have your child at school everyday....we are still in high gear.

Please send in a snack everyday....some kids get crackers from me daily!!!!!!( I am almost crackerless...no comments please:)

Back to your busy schedule...thanks for reading!

Jennifer and Kendall

Weekly Updates- April 17, 2008

Dear Parents-

Thank you for putting up with all of my emails lately. With all of the things going on right now, I will be sending them out frequently. Right now, we are really reviewing everything that we have learned so far to prepare for the CRCT's next week. CRCT's start on Wednesday and continue through Tuesday the following week. Today, Mrs. Staka has sent a note home with each student, so please look for it in your child's bookbag. PLEASE MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO HAVE YOUR CHILD AT SCHOOL EACH DAY AND ON TIME. Also, please try to get them to bed early throughout the week and have a decent breakfast in the morning. I am also asking that each child bring in 6 sharpened pencils by next Wednesday. The supply that our class has is not favorable for our sharpeners and the pencils are eaten up.

Also, I have been very impressed with the feedback that I am receiving from the kids about the CRCT math review. Thank you parents for working these problems with your child. It is giving them extra support and it is so beneficial. If you haven't jumped on board yet, please help your child every night from here on out.Thanks so much!! Remember these will be due on Tuesday.

Please send in pictures that are unwanted and or money for your purchase. Also please send in your permission slips for the nature center...asap.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Jennifer and Kendall

Weekly Updates 3/27/2008

Hi Everyone-

One more week before Spring Break, this is an amazing thought! This will be the last update before Spring Break. Any other reminders that come up, we will email you.

Here are some things that you need to know....

Planning Ahead-

• Hat Day- Thursday, April 3rd. Please bring $1.00 donation for Relay for Life if your child wears a hat.
• Wednesday, April 2nd is the 4th grade Writing Assessment- Please be here!!!
• CRCT testing- Wednesday, April 23 through April 29. Please try to have your child here on time for all days.
• Portfolio Breakfast- Tuesday, May 13 from 7:30-8:00AM. This is a drop-in time for you to come to school with your child, have breakfast and look through their work from the year.
• 4th grade Sock Hop on May 22nd from 12:15-1:30. We will have an ice cream social in our class and then the whole 4th grade will go to the gym for a sock hop. Kids will be allowed to dress up in 50's apparel.

Parents, we will need food donations for both the breakfast and the ice cream social. You will hear from Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Bondurant about this very soon. Thank you for your contribution.

We are in great need for Kleenex. Any donations would be appreciated.

Rachel, our student teacher from GSU will have her last day on April 17th. We are going to collect  $5.00 gift cards for her. Please consider sending one in from any store in the area and we will give her a "gift card tree" on the 17th.

Thanks for everything!!!!!Happy Spring break to all.... be safe, relax and have fun!!!!

Jennifer and Kendall

Updates/ March 13, 2008

Hi Everyone- Here's the scoop...

* Auction tomorrow! Please have your child bring a quality used item from home.  They have to bring an item to participate.

*Grading period ends tomorrow and AR goals for the 3rd nine weeks as well.

*Space test tomorrow. The kids have a study guide and a practice test which we will go over tomorrow before the test.

*Some children will be bringing home their "planet" stories for you to edit. Please don't change the structure of the paper but help with editing and punctuation only . They will do their finished copies tomorrow in class.

* On Monday, March 17, the kids will be doing their Talent Show in music. Please feel free to come by from 1:30-2:10pm to watch the talent show.

*Bookfair next week.

Please ask your child if they need to be "resupplied" with new pencils or dry erase markers. Some kids' supplies are dwindling!

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Jennifer and Kendall

Weekly Updates 3/6/08

Wow! Only one more week left in this marking period!

Here are the updates...Quick and to the point,

• Constellation projects are due tomorrow! The 2 turned in today were wonderful!!
• Space Test next Friday. The kids all have the study guide and we are working through it together
• In Math, we are working on decimals, writing, ordering and estimating. Please continue to practice your multiplication facts.
• Auction on Friday, March 14 after lunch. Please look for something to contribute to make our auction the best yet!
• Don't forget to practice your CRCT's online. I sent your ID and passwords a few weeks ago.Any questions, please email me.
• We are really needing hand sanitizer and anti-bacterial wipes. We really appreciate your donations!
• Picture Day on March 11- class and individual photos taken
• Next week is the play! We will try to have a light homework week.

Have a great weekend!

Jennifer and Kendall

Updates February 21, 2008

Hi Parents-

Short week! Thanks for watching the lunar eclipse. It was a beautiful night!

Today you will find your child's progress report for this past 9 weeks. Please sign and return this sheet tomorrow.

Tomorrow we will have the Arts and Education Day here at Tritt.We will be traveling to different stations around the school. The kids do not need to bring their bookbags, just their signed progress alert that they can put in their pocket.

Today, your child is bringing home information about the constellation project that is due Friday, March 7, 2008. Today, they chose their constellation to research. Please put this date on your calendar, so your child can work on their project and not rush it.

Have a great weekend!

Jennifer and Kendall

Updates February 21, 2008

Updates February 21, 2008