Entries from September 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Field Trip Reminder

We are heading out on one more “sand” field trip tomorrow. Please make sure that your child wears shoes and socks for this field trip and dresses in layers. Each person will also need a sack lunch. We will be having our lunch at Coast Guard Park. Thanks for all your [...]

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Off to a Great Start!

Things in fourth grade are going well! It is so much fun to come to school each day and work with these kids.
I just wanted to make sure you could see some photos of just a few things that have been going on here at school. The bank was open for [...]

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

What a Week!

We had a fantastic first full week of school! I feel like we have really had a chance to bond and get to know one another! We are going to have a great year!
I really enjoyed getting to meet many of you at the Open House. Thank you for taking the time [...]

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Dune Day!

We had a great day at North Shore Beach last Friday for our first field trip of the year. We studied some amazing natural resources that we have right in our “backyard”. The students had opportunities to try experiments, build sandcastles, and even do some yoga!
A big thank you to all of our [...]

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing weekend! We have a busy week coming up. Check here for some upcoming events and pictures of the fun that we are having. Yes, we are learning too! I will be posting pictures from our first fantastic field trip, last Friday… We have [...]

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Thirst Quenching News

We had another fabulous day today… To name a few activities…we had a snowball fight (ask your child), we learned some more great facts about each other, we wrote letters to our teachers from last year, and we took a “coffee” (or juice) break to just read the news (Time for Kids)… Here [...]

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

The Team

Here they are! Aren’t they the best? The new “Team Smits”!
Okay….they can be goofy too! You have to have fun….right?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

They are the Best!

I have an incredible group of students…. I can tell already!
We had a great first 1/2 day and I cannot wait to spend some more time with them to get to know them. I just had to show a couple of pictures. I will post more soon…
I will probably brag about them [...]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

The Time is Here!

Welcome Back Team Smits!
I am so excited to have you as a part of my class this year! Please [...]