Tea on Friday, a long tradition for Room 17, warms and refreshes the young scholars of the fourth grade. Division dominates the Math lessons this week and next as we move forward, while continuing to review multiplication facts and learn to subtract with renaming or borrowing.

Join us for "Back to School" Night next Tuesday, September 24th, from 6 to 7 PM here in Room 17. We'll talk about a few projects and curriculum pieces, but mostly it is a chance for us to meet and check out the classroom.

In the meantime, have a good weekend!

Off to a great start, Room 17 fourth graders began the second of week of school yesterday. Right at the moment they are working hard on Math facts and subtraction with borrowing. While a lot of the first days is filled with review work in Reading and Math, it won't be long until the more challenging work begins. In fact, the kids are already learning to write and essay on their favorite dessert, and there will be more information and an example of such an essay soon. In the meantime keep doing the daily homework Reading assignment, and try to bring in a few current events from the newspaper, radio/television, or internet.