Mrs. Cummings' Classroom Blog

It is with great pleasure that we finally announce the new addition to the 4th grade team. We have hired Mrs. Lisa Johnson. She has 10 years of experience teaching and is returning to Hayward from Sioux Falls, SD. She has a true passion for teaching and is very dedicated to student learning. Please stop by her classroom on 10/1 from 4pm-7pm and welcome her to the HIS! We are very happy to have her with us on the Fantastic Fourth Grade Team! :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. The weather should be fabulous, so please enjoy it! Please remember that conferences are on Monday 9/29 and Wednesday 10/1. Double check your time to ensure it works for you. I am excited to see all of you!

THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE LIME GREEN SHEET YOUR STUDENT BROUGHT HOME MUST BE TURNED IN BY OCTOBER 10TH. IF YOU OR YOUR STUDENT HAS LOST THIS SHEET PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL GET YOU A NEW ONE. EVERY FAMILY MUST FILL THIS OUT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE IMPACT AID FOR THE SCHOOL. THANKS!

I have told the students that they do not have to fill out their assignment notebooks tonight due to the fact that I did not make copies for more pages in their assignment notebooks. Oops! The day got away from me. I will have these copies with me tomorrow. Please do remind your students to please study their Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing packet for the test TOMORROW!!! They should also do their math sheet 1-9 if they did not finish that. Thank you!

By now you should have gotten a white sheet that tells you the time of your child's parent/teacher conferences.  These will either take place 9/29 or 10/1 from 4-7pm. Please write this important date on your calendar. I will try my hardest to stick to the schedule as it is very tight this year and having only 15 minutes to talk we will have to do it quickly. I can keep this promise with some help from you as well. Please be on time, please be ready with questions or concerns, and please set up a time with me prior to the conferences or after the  conferences if you have something bigger to talk about or would like to talk longer than the given times for the conferences. I am available in the mornings (7:45-8:00) by phone, email or in person and the same goes for the afternoon (3:15-4:00). I also have prep every day at 10:00am and can usually be found in my room. Thank you for your help and cooperation in this matter. :)

There was a lime green sheet sent home for Impact Aid. Please fill this out as best you can have your student return it to me or the office no later than October 10th, 2014.

What's going on in room 406!?  Good Afternoon Families, It has been a busy, busy 4 weeks here in fourth grade. We have hit the ground running with all of our academics. Below you will find an update on math, ELA, and writing.  In math we are working through the Unit #1 dealing with place value, adding and subtracting to the millions place. I will be sending home a parent letter which will show you the different strategies we are learning. Please look for that in your child's blue assignment notebook/folder. It should help with any questions or  concerns your or your child are having.  Each unit comes with quick quizzes that are to be administered at certain points of the chapters. These quizzes are 5 questions (not totally 5 points) and are a quick snap shot of your student of how they are doing with the material thus far. These quick quizzes are graded. We have had two so far of the three that need to be taken in Chapter #1.  In ELA we have...