1. Welcome To Mr. Boatman’s 4th Grade Classroom!!!!
Hello parents and students. I am really excited to get to know all of the parents and students this year. This is the Welcome Back
newsletter, and subsequent newsletters will follow throughout the year to keep you informed on what your child is learning as the
year progresses. In my classroom I expect the students to stay focused, learn, and ultimately have an exciting and fun school year.
Students will have the opportunity to work on homework in the classroom, and whatever they don’t finish, will be sent home as
homework. I want my class to be a welcoming environment, so if you would like to volunteer, feel free to contact me.
Social Studies
Reading & Language Arts This week in social studies we will begin to
This week we examine a list of vocabulary discuss the history of the great state of Idaho.
words. Students will get a new list of Students will participate in a fun classroom
words every week, and be quizzed on them project of creating Idaho’s state flag. We will
also go over the general history of Idaho,
at the end of the week. Students will also
including state facts and important historical
have access to the classroom library. We events in Idaho’s past. Students will also use the
have begun to read Fantastic Mr. Fox, computer lab, to access relevant websites and
and soon I will have a homework articles in writing a report on the Constitution.
assignment, in which the kids draw a map
of how they would go from their house to
where they would go if they had to create
tunnels to their favorite or necessary
places in their neighborhood. We will also
watch a short clip of the Fantastic Mr.
Fox movie utilizing our classroom
television. With this technological
capability, students will be able to
compare/contrast a specific scene from the
Math
This week we will be learning about decimals and
movie with the book. fractions, using fraction blocks and plotting
decimals on a giant line plot. We will also be
using fake cash and change to represent how much
of a certain amount of change (fraction) compares
to a dollar (whole).
Science *Parents if you have any
concerns or questions
This week we will be learning about various reptiles. I have a few
lizards (kept in a tank) in the classroom, which is a fun way for Contact Information:
students to observe reptiles directly. Students will break into groups, Mark Boatman
do research on a specific reptile, create a poster representing the Phone #:
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reptile, and present that information to the class