It's hard to believe it is the first week of October! It has been a beautiful adventure thus far, and it has only just begun. This month my hope is to focus on Kindness and character development. Through conversation, read-aloud stories, and reflections I hope to inspire kindness across all aspects of our school day. I hope you can support your fourth grader by modeling kindness as well, and sharing out about all moments - LARGE and small.

I apologize for missing a weekly update! I decided to officially get a "S'more" account, and had finished my "free trial." You can expect to see all of our weekly Bennett Bulletin's here.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 3: 4pm-Close: the PTO is hosting a restaurant night at Vitales. You must bring your flyer to be turned in at Vitales so Ada can receive the 10% proceeds.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6 1:00pm;

Walk with the Dogs Event - students will walk from Ada Elementary to the Ada Fire Station to celebrate their fundraiser event for Ada. All students will wear their new Walk with the Dogs shirts!

This week is Forest Hills Central Homecoming Week! Please show school spirit by taking part in our Homecoming Spirit Week!

As we build our stamina during Reader's workshop, fourth graders are practicing good reading habits. These skills are modeled during our read aloud and then practiced independently in their own books.

Common Core mathematics supports the need for students to become independent problem solvers. We are working on persevering through problems, and having this mentality helps build their confidence in the content.

Make sure to practice:

Subtracting 3/4 digit numbers - including with zeros! We have been reviewing, and this is still an area of concern for some.

Monday and Tuesday 2:40-3:30 - Social Studies with Mrs. Redmond

Wednesday and Thursday 2:40-3:30 - Science with Mrs. Wheeler

Technology - 4th graders have completed two major digital citizenship lessons so far! One about being a digital citizen, and another about safe passwords!

Every night students are expected to share their agendas with their parents. Please take time to discuss what went on during the school day! I would love if you could initial or sign every night to ensure your 4th grader is being held accountable.

Students are expected to read EVERY NIGHT. (R.A.L in the agenda means "Read at least...")

**The school district policy is that students be given 10 minutes of homework per grade level each night; 40 minutes for 4th graders.

Students are expected to complete the following every night:

• Read

• Math Facts (+,-, x, /)

• Any work from class that was not finished during school

What a wonderful experience! 4th graders were able to listen to musicians, learn about their instruments, and even try out the instruments themselves!

4th graders were the teachers while helping their kindergartener use accountable talk to learn about one another.