1. August 29, 2012
Dear Student and Parents,
I am so excited to start the year and I hope you are feeling the same! We
are in for a WILD journey.
This is my 9th year teaching 4th grade. Before that, I was the media
specialist here at Shirley Hills for 7 years. I love reading, computers,
learning, and laughing. I have a blog that can be found at http://4-
1mrshenkelsclass.blogspot.com/. When you visit it, you will find schedules,
links to the 4th grade blog, and lots of stuff from last year. I am looking
forward to adding more this year.
Tuesday we will go over fourth grade hopes and dreams. From these, we will
set up class expectations and general guidelines. I’ll be sending home more
information once we finalize it together as a class.
I am almost positive we are about to start one of, if not your best year of
school. We will be reading great stories, explore the regions of the United
States in Social Studies, investigate the properties of water and magnets
and electricity in Science, tackle a our new Math series, and to top it all off
Wolf Ridge in May. Whew!!!
Remember to call or email me if you have any questions or information that
you would like to discuss. I also would like to start an email group so if you
could return the attached sheet, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Kristi Henkels
952-491-8436
henkelsk@westonka.k12.mn.us

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