Dear Families,

If you walked through our 4th grade space this week you would have seen painting, printing & pasting on trifolds, and hot glue guns, hammers & ipads employed to bring ideas into reality.  You would have heard 4th grade peers, high school helpers, and OES faculty from other departments collaborating with and advising 4th graders.  You would also have noticed frustration and false starts mixed with the satisfaction of jobs well done. These are busy times in 4th grade as students devise ways to share their learning from research projects. Especially striking is the manner in which 4th graders are helping each other, acting as co-teachers to encourage, advise and provide feedback.  

Next week students will continue to work on their projects and prepare short collaborative pieces to launch the March 22 event. Our 4th grade teaching team is very proud of the independence and perseverance our students show as they seek to share their learning.  Please talk over the plans of your children for their “Response to Research.”  While our hope is that this work is done primarily at school, we appreciate your support at home in gathering materials and providing help.

Please read on for important details to put on your family calendar for the weeks ahead:

• Please go over the homework sheet coming home on Monday with your child.  It includes details on International Fair projects and presentations.  

• We hope you will attend International Fair on March 22 (a late start Thursday) at 9:15 am. The children will present an ‘Opening Ceremony’ in the Performance Commons (bottom floor of the new LS building), we will walk over to the gym to view projects and displays until 10:50, when the kids head to recess.

Thank you,

The Fourth Grade Team