Friday, April 26 Schedule

Dear parents,

There is a SCHEDULE CHANGE this friday!

8:00-8:30ish Mavs Mentors

9:40-10:30 Specials

11:00-11:30 Lunch in cafeteria

11:30-12:00 Recess

Thanks for letting us  keep you in the know :)

-Fourth Grade Teachers

Texas Day and othe reminders

Hi Parents!

Please look below for information on Texas day next week!  PTA is providing snacks for the grade level- goldfish.  It will be a day filled with fun and learning!

Please look at the volunteer sign up sheet below if you are interested in coming into to help with Texas Day.  Texas Day is different from Party days so please sign up if you can help the day run smoothly.  Due to space, we ask that only parents volunteering should plan to join us. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f45a4ad2ca13-4thgrade1

Please make sure to return the pink paper will your child's 5h grade camp information by Friday, April 26th.  This is very important so that the 5th grade teachers can begin preparing for next year.  Your child should also be coming home today with a purple paper to start the process of getting ready for the next school year here at Mathews. 

Finally-be on the lookout for a white paper too!  Students are welcome to apply to sit on a fourth grade student panel.  Please contact Mr. Steele or Mrs. Powell if you have any questions.

-Your Fourth Grade Team

Keeping you in the know

Dear Fourth Grade Parents,

Please read below to find information about STAAR days schedules, fifth grade camp, and the lost and found.

STAAR Schedules- No visitors on 4/8 and 4/9

Recess Schedule:

10:00-10:30 Third Grade

10:30-11:00 Second Grade

11:00-11:30 Kindergarten

11:30-12:00 Fourth Grade (If done testing)

12:00-12:30 First Grade

12:30-1:00 Fifth Grade

Lunch Schedule:

10:30-11:00 Third Grade

11:00-11:30 Second Grade

11:30-12:00 Kindergarten

12:00-12:30 Fourth Grade

12:30-1:00  First Grade

1:00-1:30 Fifth Grade

Specials Schedule:

7:50-8:40 Second Grade

8:45-9:35 Kindergarten

9:40-10:30 First Grade

11:50-12:40 Third Grade

12:50-1:40 Fourth Grade

1:45-2:35 Fifth Grade

Lost and Found

Cold spells by and large should be behind us, yet we still have a large amount of clothing and other items on our lost and found tables.  Our partner, World Wear Project, is offering a bonus if Mathews meets or exceeds 3500 pounds of donated items during the month of April.  Please have your child check the lost and found by the end of the month.  If items are unclaimed then we will be donating them to a good cause!

5th Grade Camp 2019

Mathews 5^th grade Adventure Camp for 2019-2020 will be November 4^th – 6^th.

Open house will be April 14^th from 2-4 PM for 4^th grade parents and students to visit.  

Writing STAAR reminders

Happy Monday!

This week is Book Fair week!  The kids are so excited.  We also have our STEM and Family Festival night on Wednesday, April 3 from 6-8pm!  Please come join us!

Next Tuesday we have the first STAAR test for fourth grade.  Please make sure that your child gets a good nights sleep and a healthy breakfast in preparation.  We highly recommend that you send your child to school with a jacket, healthy DRY snack, and water bottle that does not sweat and has a securely sealed top.  We want students to be their best on this big and stressful day. 

Please reach out to your homeroom teacher if you have any questions.

-The Fourth Grade Team

Texas Day!

Fourth Grade Families-

It is almost time for Texas Day in 4th Grade!  Save the date, Thursday, April 18th to help make the day a success.  

Opportunities to volunteer are below.  

Volunteer Signup

Thank you for all that you do!
-Fourth Grade Teachers

A Message from Mrs. Toler

Dear Parents,

Please click on the link below to read a message from Mrs. Toler about an optional program that you may attend.

Thanks!

The fourth grade team

Symphony Field Trip

Greetings Parents!

We hope you are having a lovely, relaxing and memorable spring break! Ms. Greenblatt is in Iceland chasing waterfalls/the norther lights, climbing glacier ice caves and exploring black sand beaches!   Mrs. Mosbarger celebrated her birthday and being Irish!  Mrs. Dowd's Aggies are home from break and her niece, and family, from Hawaii are visiting later in the week....Aloha, ya'll!

Symphony-Tuesday, March 19

Here is some information about our field trip to the symphony and a few days where we have a slight schedule change. 

Dress Code

This year we are lucky! Spring picture day is on the same day as the symphony!  Please make sure that students are wearing nice attire. This means no athletic clothing will be allowed. Please also try to refrain from wearing jeans.

Lunch and Snack

Students must bring a lunch from home on this day. We will be eating in our classrooms when we return from the symphony. The cafeteria will be closed by the time we return to school. To help students appetites please try to send a snack on this day so we can eat it before we load the busses.

Schedule

Specials 7:50-8:40 (class pictures)

Block 1 8:40-9:40

Block 2 9:45-10:45

Symphony Field Trip 10:45-12:45ish

Lunch 12:50-1:20ish in fourth grade classrooms

Block 3 1:25-2:40

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, March 19- Picture day AND Fourth Grade Symphony field trip
Thursday, March 21- Math MAP testing
Friday, March 22- Report Cards go home
Tuesday, March 26- Reading MAP testing
Wednesday, March 27- Science MAP testing
Monday-Thursday April 1-April 4: Book Fair Week
Tuesday, April 9-actual STAAR Writing Test
Thursday, April 18-Texas Day

Wednesday and Thursday March 20 and 21 Lunch/Recess

We will have a slightly modified schedule on this day. We will have lunch and recess at a different time. Our lunch will be from 11:00-11:30 and recess from 11:30-12:00. The rest of our schedule will remain the same. 

Thank you for reading!  Please reach out to your student's teacher if you have any questions, comments, concerns or praises!  Have a wonderful rest of your break week!

-The Fourth Grade Team