Goniwiecha's 4th Graders 2023-24

                                                        Students interested in joining the Lincoln Book Club can find more information and sign up here .  Those interested in being our Student Council representative should bring in 2 posters this week. Speeches will be given on Friday and the voting will happen right afterward.  Laps for Lincoln : Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your generous donations! It was a blast seeing all the kids celebrate on Friday night!! Conferences : Please sign up here to schedule a conference with me in October. Remember your child needs to be present to lead his or her conference! Things to remember daily: water bottle  safe snack(in the package with the label please) good fit book with bookmark This week: Monday - Media Center Tuesday - PE; extra recess earned from Laps for Lincoln Wednes...

                                                                Laps for Lincoln:  Collection days are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday again this week. Positive behavior and donations are helping kids earn backpack charms like last year. The main event will be this Friday, September 29th from 5:00-7:00 at SJHS. Hope to see you all there! NWEA  testing is complete for the fall! We are using this information to set goals in our student-led conference slides that you will see in October! Student Council - Next week 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will hear about student council on the news. They will be able to complete a Google form if they are interested in running to be their classroom representative. The week of October 2nd-6th, interested students should make 1-2 posters to hang inside and outside of the classroom and...

                                                              Back to School Night is Monday from 7:00-7:30 . Here are the slides to view ahead of time. There are links to sign up for conferences and for field trips. Thank you for making the effort to attend! Laps for Lincoln: We will kick off our fundraiser this week! All students received a t-shirt thanks to our awesome PTO. Collection days are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday for the next two weeks. Positive behavior and donations will help kids earn backpack charms like last year. The main event will be September 29th at SJHS. Hope to see you all there! NWEA testing will continue on Tuesday, September 19th at 9:00.  Students will take the NWEA in math assessment. All testing will be completed by the end of the week. Please consider not scheduling appointments in the morn...

                                                            Wear red, white, and blue for patriot day in honor of 9/11/01 tomorrow! Thank you for the  classroom  donations! We have a long year, and your kindness is appreciated. Currently, we could use some extra snacks!  As a reminder, here is the  Safe Snacks List .   Apples, bananas, and cuties would be great too!  Several kids were without water bottles last week. They can leave it here each day and bring it home on Friday if they need to .     NWEA testing will begin on Tuesday, September 12th.  Students will take the NWEA in reading this week and math next week. We will begin testing each day at 9:00. We hope all testing is completed by the end of next week. Please consider not scheduling appointments in the morning during testing....

                                                          Happy Labor Day!  We had an exciting and successful first week of school! It's been wonderful getting to know each student and learning procedures to help build a stronger classroom community! Each student should have a "good fit" book in his or her backpack. 4th graders are encouraged to read for 20 minutes or more at home each night. Once the reading is finished, students need to record the minutes and pages read. Please sign your initials on the bookmark. The bookmark is not intended to be a reading log. Research does not support the use of reading logs to promote life-long readers. It's meant to track each child's reading rate to ensure they are finishing the books they start. This is one example of how students can earn "yards" and eventually score a touchdown! This is als...