Reading Recommedations

Borrowing recommendations from : "This Lunch Rox" blog, here are a few 4th grade reading recommendations for the school year. A few of these are discussed as well as offered in our library at West Lane. A couple of them I also have in my classroom library. 

Please take a look at them and decide if you'd be interested or not. If you type the book title into BN.com, you can read the Synopsis. 

Enjoy the last couple of weeks of summer! Less than 3!!!!

http://thislunchrox.com/2012/06/summer-reading-stars/

Remind 101

Very excited to share a new app that I will be using this year in my classroom for communication to parents/students/families/etc. This app is called Remind 101. It's a texting service to help remind persons about tests/homework/events/etc. that is going on the classroom and/or school.

I hope that families will utilize this service. I'm looking forward to sharing it with other teachers and administrators.

https://www.remind101.com/

Open House at West Lane Elementary

Open House for West Lane Elementary will be August 12th from 5-6 p.m. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

http://www.jacksonr2schools.com/WestLaneElementary/Default.aspx

Classroom Under Construction

Only a month until the first day of school! WHAT??!!! Where did this summer go? I've been in working in the new classroom for three afternoons simply unpacking and painting my bookshelves black. I'm getting pumped up for this year. It will be my 4th year teaching and it will be FANTASTIC!

Here are my goals within the next couple of weeks:
1. unpack all of my junk
2. get organized
3. begin to think about personal goals (at least 3)
4. focus on function, not looks
5. get excited about my new room

Here are few pics of the room under construction. I have a surprise that I'll be posting in a few days.