October 27-31

Hooray for Halloween!

Hello All,

We completed Galileo testing! The kids were spectacular. This week we will be writing a lot. We will be writing some poetry and a For Sale advertisement for a Haunted House. It should be fun! 

The Halloween party will start at 12:30 on Friday. The students may change into their costumes during lunch. They may not wear face paint OR masks to school. Please make sure that your child's costume is school appropriate or they will be asked to change back into regular clothes. (Basically, no scary costumes. I trust your judgement on that.) The school parade will begin promptly at 2pm, all are invited! Please come. You may take your child home after the parade. I hope everyone has a fun and SAFE Halloween. 

Holiday Marketplace....The fourth grade team uses class money as a reward and discipline tool. Every week each child is paid for their class job and rewarded money for good behavior. At the end of the quarter we want to give them an opportunity to "spend" their hard earned money. We have decided to hold a holiday marketplace. This will allow each student to practice using their leadership skills and take pride in themselves. I have talked to the class and handed out permission slips this week. They were to talk to you  (they will need your help) to decide what they could make to sell at the Holiday Market. The goal is for them to make inexpensive crafts to sell and buy. It will be a great little lesson in business. I would like as many students to make a craft as possible. They have to come up with the supplies for the craft and make the craft at home. All items MUST be hand made. Pinterest is a great site that I like to use personally for craft ideas. There are lots of fun ideas there. Here are a few:

The kids are so excited and I think this will be fun for them. I will not be assigning a book report for December so they can work on their market place goods instead. They will get to shop ALL 3 classrooms, set the price for their items to be sold, plan their "shop", and be in charge of selling their goods and handling incoming money. A great learning experience and fun for ALL! I can't wait to see what they think up. The permission slips are due Monday. I may hand back slips for kids to re-think their ideas. We talked about demand the other day and what a consumer would actually like to buy. A lot of students wanted to draw pictures and although that is a good idea, I asked them if they would want to spend their money on a picture? Or would they want to buy a treat or a gift for their family members or themselves instead? I asked them to think about what they would want to buy and then think of an item to sell that would be similar to that. Their goods are to sell for the entire fourth grade so they should provide at least 30-40 items as a team or 15-20 per person. 

Market place permission slips are due Monday.

Market place will be Friday December 12, 2014

12:15-12:45- set up shops

12:45-2:30- shop and sell

Thank you for your help and support!

Ms. Tidwell 

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