Welcome to Fourth Grade!!!

Hello! We wanted to provide an opportunity to speak to our families about the transition from Third to Fourth Grade. We will be honest to say that the transition this year will be challenging for all students with more demands to be independent, organized, and involved with the content and the daily tasks and assignments. However, we find that once they build their stamina and resiliency while using brain power throughout the day to complete tasks and assignments will allow this transition to occur sooner than later. The teachers have extensive experience and will support your student(s) during this transition, along with your help supporting and encouraging your child(ren) as they attend daily.

We are so excited for this coming year and cannot wait to meet your child! Listed are ways to connect with the expectations of fourth grade and what you can do this summer to ensure a smooth transition into this grade level. Have a great summer and see you in the Fall!

Hi! I’m Miss Reed! I teach ELA and social studies. This is going to be my third year teaching at Violet Elementary. I have had the opportunity to get to speak with some of you in the hallways and cannot wait to get to know you better next year! A little bit about me is I love traveling, spending time with family and playing with my dog Roo. I am looking forward to meeting you all next year!

Hi my name is Jenny Magistro. This will be my 23rd year teaching in Pickerington and teaching 4th grade. I grew up wanting to be a teacher and I love working with kids. I have two children of my own. My daughter, Tommie, just graduated from Capital University and my son, Jackson, will be starting his freshman year at the University of Cincinnati this fall. I am blessed with a huge family and I love spending my time with them. I am excited about the upcoming school year.

Hi! My name is Dawn Rundell and I will be starting my 25th year of teaching this fall. I have been with Pickerington School District for my entire teaching career. Both of my daughters went through Pickerington Schools. I love teaching math and I am passionate about my math instruction! When not teaching I enjoy spending time with my family, playing softball and visiting any place with a beach! I look forward to meeting all of my new students this fall!

Hi! My name is Kevin Topy and this will be my 23rd year teaching 4th grade at Violet. Prior to teaching in Pickerington I taught for a few years in South-Western City Schools and taught 3rd and 4th grade. I love teaching and instilling a love of math into my 4th graders. I have a son who is almost 17 who will be a junior at Northridge High School in Licking County. When I'm not at school I love watching my son play and march in the various instrumental bands that he's in or sing in his choirs, work out in the yard and flowerbeds, and find a good shady spot to read a great book.

Hello!

My name is Lora Skirpan and this will be my 30th year of teaching students with disabilities (21 of those years have been teaching in Pickerington). In my spare time I like to ski, travel, horseback riding, going to or watching sporting events (Go Steelers!), playing golf (just learning), and spending time with family and friends! I have 2 Olde English Bulldogs, Lexi 9 years old and Gia who is 3 years old that I love spending time with!

1. Continue to use iReady Reading throughout the summer, which will continue their practice in the areas of Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Comprehension-Literature, Comprehension-Informational text. It is so important to have your students reading during the summer months to ensure the continued development of their reading skills, which includes: reading fluency, prefixes and suffixes, and multisyllabic words (i.e., uncommon, determination).

• At-home Reading Activities from iReady
• Support Independent Reading
• Writing and Language Practice
• Fundations Prefix and Suffix Practice

Continue to use iReady Math throughout the summer to ensure that your students maintain their understanding of Numbers and Operation, Algebra and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, and last Geometry. Zearn is also a valuable tool to ensure that your student stays connected with the math standards and skill practice. Counting up to a million, place value for large digit numbers, along with adding and subtracting large digits with regrouping and unbundling. All of this practice will help them transition into fourth grade math.

• Third Grade Math Review
• Multiplying by one digit Practice
• Dividing by one digit Practice
• Fraction Practice
• Geometry Practice

Email: dee_copas@plsd.us
Website: https://www.pickerington.k12.oh.us/violet-elementary/
Location: 8855 Education Drive, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: (614)-548-1500
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Twitter: @VioletElem