Our First Full Week!

     What a great first 3 days was had in the PBL 4th grade classrooms!  Your child had the chance to participate in so many fun community building activities.  This week the PBL classes will be diving into the curriculum to help your new fourth grader grow academically.  

     On Tuesday, August 25th, we will be kicking off our very first project, I Am Awesome, which will take place between the dates of 25 August to 15 September.  During this Social Studies based project your child will discover more about themselves and who they are and how they relate to specific Native American groups.
The four C's will be focused on during this project, collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.  This project contains both individual and team assignments to be completed by students.  We are very excited to see what your child creates.  

     In Math the classes will be focusing on multiplication and division using enVision Math.  Your child was provided a workbook, so please be sure that they are keeping track of it.  In English and Language Arts, there will be a review of nouns and an exploration of theme.  There will be a quiz in ELA this upcoming Friday, August, 28th.  

Reminders:

-The month of September is Attendance Awareness Month!   Pontiac Attendance Awareness Flyer

-Please ensure that your child is reading 20 minutes each  night and  completing their Reading Response 

 Notebook (RRN).

-Remind your child that any work that is sent home in their  red homework folder is  very important and  needs to be  completed. 

-4th grade will be going on a field study Tuesday, September  8th, to the Lexington County Museum to take part in the  Native American Program that is offered.  Please return  permission slips as soon as you possibly can!  Lexington County Museum: Native American Program Information

-Don't forget to follow us on Twitter to see what is happening in the  PBL classrooms! PBL Twitter 

~Loren Grimm and Ashley Saullo~

Pontiac Elementary:

"Where knowledge is nurtured 

and character blooms."

Welcome Back Pontiac Parrots!

Hello Fourth Graders and Families, 

     We are so excited for you to be joining our classrooms for the 2015 - 2016 school year.  Students will be immersed in a Project-Based Learning (PBL) classroom in which students will learn the 4th grader curriculum by creating a meaningful question to explore, an engaging real-world problem to solve, or challenging students to design something within their collaborative groups.  We will be integrating 4th grade Math, Science, Social Studies, Writing and ELA standards which will be utilized to complete meaningful projects that impact others while meeting the essential components of PBL.

     All of the 4th grade classrooms will be implementing AVID (Advancement Via Independent Determination) to promote student success in college and career readiness.  Your child will succeed in the AVID Program through writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading.  Your child will be provided with a binder to be able to practice with their organizational skills which will remain at the school and a red homework folder for any assignments.  On Friday, August 21, 4th grade students will come together to construct their binders so that the entire grade level will have the same set-up.  

     For the first three days of school, your child will be practicing procedures and will have the the opportunity to get to know their teacher and fellow classmates so that the classes can establish a classroom community in which meaningful and engaging learning takes place in a safe environment.  We want for all students to have the chance to learn in their own way and be willing to open up to new ideas.  We are very excited for the school year to begin and hope that you are as well.  We cannot wait to begin our journey through 4th grade!

Miss Saullo and Miss Grimm at
Back to School Night!

Links:

August Lunch Menu

PBL Twitter

 ~ Loren Grimm and Ashley Saullo ~

Pontiac Elementary:

"Where knowledge is nurtured

and character blooms."