June 1, 2010

Dear Parents,

The end of this school year is bittersweet for me. Although I am happy for summer and to see such growth in all of your children this year, I am also very sad for them to leave fourth grade. Your children are a very bright and enthusiastic group who really treat each other with such love and kindness. They really are a special group and I have LOVED being their teacher. Thank you for sharing them with me this year.
In Religion this week we will learn about the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. They will discover that our job as Christians is to love completely, just as Jesus does.

Last week’s geometry test is in this packet. Please review it with your children. This week we will learn how to graph ordered pairs of integers, negative and positive numbers. There will not be a math test this week.
Your children have shown incredible improvement in their writing ability since the beginning of the year. This week your children will bring home their writing folders that contain the final drafts of all the formal writing assignments that they have completed this year. Take some time to review it with your child and celebrate his or her successes.
In Science we learned about how magnets interact with each other and our Earth. This week we will how magnets and electricity work together to make electromagnets.

On Tuesday, June 9, we will be going to Las Palmas Park. I want to extend a special thanks to all of you who volunteered to help at our picnic. Since we have some extra money left over in our fieldtrip fund this year (thanks to all of you that came to our 4th grade Bingo nights), lunch will be provided to all of your children. Our room moms, Sally Cincu and Renee Fujii, have arranged for a pizza lunch with juice and/or water and plenty of choices for dessert. We will have fruit and otter pops for snacks.
As I mentioned in last week’s letter, there is a creek and a water sprayer so dry shoes may be helpful. Your child should also bring a towel, sunscreen (please apply this before your child comes to school), and dry clothes to change into at the end of the party. Please label all clothing items clearly.

Please send your child’s 4th quarter goal card into school by Wednesday of this week. Thanks again for all of your support. If you have any questions or concerns please drop by, or e-mail me at triciaheis@aol.com.

Sincerely,
Tricia Heissenbuttel