Grade 4 Newsletter
17 September 2004
v The magazine drive continues over the weekend. Grade 4 has not turned in many orders so far. Remember our field trips and special events are funded through this program. Monday is the last turn in day, so make those sales!
v Have you checked out the district’s website lately? Go to www.sad4.com and see what’s new.
v Fourth graders are having fun counting their merit dollars as they earn them. We will soon be having our first special event to spend some of them.
v In reading classes we’re learning about a girl and her family who’ve moved to California from
v Next week in writing class we will begin personal narratives (stories about ourselves). Families could discuss ideas for these stories over the weekend.
v In social studies we are learning about geography and what geographers do.
v Microscopes are magnifying student interest in science class!
v Math classes have begun Unit 2. Family letters explaining the unit went home earlier this week.
v Each fourth grade homeroom periodically sends book order forms. Often families can purchase books at more reasonable prices through these forms than at book stores. They also make great Christmas gifts, just send your order in a sealed envelope with student name on the outside by the return date!
v A note from the school nurse:
September is National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Month
Once again, it is that time for everyone to become knowledgeable about and alert to signs of head lice. The school nurse will check heads periodically and anytime that a teacher or a parent reports that a child is scratching his/her head.
Head lice travel from one child to another by head to head contact or sharing brushes, combs, hair clips or hats. They do not fly. They do not jump. They live on human heads and not animals. A louse is difficult to see in the hair but an egg (nit) may be more easily detected. The eggs look like dandruff, but cannot be flicked off the hair. Some eggs are brown; most are white. Check your child’s head often throughout the school year. Encourage him/her to put winter hats into the sleeve of a jacket and not to share the hat.
Whenever the school nurse discovers a case, a letter will go home to parents to alert you and to ask for your assistance in checking the children’s heads.The school nurse will discuss with you the steps necessary to eliminate this problem, should you discover it. Thank you for your help.