Mrs. Johnson's Fourth Grade

Parents and Children (ages 6 months—4 years old) are invited to join us on:

Friday, November 15th at 8:45 am at

River Oaks Elementary for a pajama party!

Free Pancake Breakfast – Free book – Create your own bedtime routine – make a pillow

Wear your Pajamas and Bring your own teddy bear!

Join us to celebrate healthy living and learn about helping young children develop predictable routines.

Children, Parents and Staff will sing, play and engage in activities together from 8:45-10:00 am.

Please call or email to reserve your free materials!

(313) 827-4616 bassj@dearbornschools.org

Now that winter has arrived in full force, please send students to school with snow boots, shoes to wear in the building, hats, scarves and gloves or mittens. Unless it’s below 20 degrees or raining, the students have outdoor recess.
Students have reading homework every night. All students should be building up to at least 30 minutes of stamina.

In the spirit of giving back this November River Oaks School wants to help the homeless in our area. How we want to do this is by creating care packages filled with everyday essentials, but we can’t do it without your HELP!

We are asking each grade to bring in items to complete our Care Packages:

Kindergarten: Adult Socks

1^st Grade: Travel Size Tissues

2^nd Grade: Travel Size Toothpaste & Toothbrush

3^rd Grade:  Adult Gloves

4^th Grade: Travel Size Deodorant

5^TH Grade:  8oz Water & Granola bars

Each grade with the most donations by November 22^nd, 2019 will win a Pizza Party provided by the PTA.

Please help us reach our goal of 200 bags!

Hello Parents,

Tomorrow at 4:00 fall conferences begin. When possible, your child should attend the conference with you. It is important that he or she is part of the conversation also. We will discuss goals for winter and spring and well as your child’s progress so far. I am looking forward to seeing all of the parents tomorrow or next week. It would be awesome to have 100% attendance for conferences!

On Thursday, October 31st, students will be allowed to bring costumes to school.  Students will not be able to wear their costumes during the morning, but may put them on in the afternoon prior to our Halloween Parade at 2:15 PM.  Weather permitting, we will walk around the neighborhood of the school during the parade and then have time for class parties.  Parents are welcome to participate in the parade around the neighborhood, but must check into the office first in order to obtain a visitor’s pass. If it rains the parade will be around the inside of the school.

Notes about costumes:

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR COSTUMES TO SCHOOL. Instead, bring your labeled costume in a bag, with your student’s name on it.  Students will be able to change into their costumes in the afternoon. Students may NOT dress up as anything that contains, bloody looking, or would be considered scary for younger students who may be frightened by these costumes. Weapons or toys that resemble weapons are NOT permitted. Most classrooms will have their parties at 2:45 – 3:15, please check your classroom teacher’s blog for more information. A note is also going home today about this notice…
Thank you

Google Classroom

Some students are confused about using Google Classroom. They are already enrolled in my classroom. To get there, students should log in to their Dearborn Schools account. From there they can open Google Classroom through Clever. They can also open a new window, Click on the 3 x 3 Google Apps button in the upper right corner and open classroom.
Just in case, here is my class code: u4vkhtr

River Oaks Elementary is using this Parent Survey as a means to elicit your beliefs and opinions to help target areas for the school system to improve and areas to continue to be effective. The online survey will be available until 11/15/19. In order to complete the survey, please click on this link: Parent Survey Dearborn Schools Fall 2019

Please be assured that your responses to this survey will be anonymous and your honest opinions are appreciated. Thank you in advance for supporting our improvement efforts.

Sincerely, 

Joe Martin, Principal

Coffee with the Principal is Thursday, October 24 at 2:00 pm.

BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Parents and Children (ages 6 months—4 years old) are invited to join us on:

Friday, October 25th at 8:45 am at

River Oaks Elementary for a birthday party!

Cupcake Decorating! Free Birthday Gift! Free Mystery Prize!

Join us to celebrate our birthday and learn about helping young children develop pretend play skills. 

Children, Parents and Staff will sing, play and engage in activities together from 8:45-10:00am.

Please call or email to reserve your free materials! 

(313) 827-4616  bassj@dearbornschools.org

The first card marking is quickly coming to an end. We have just 3 short weeks left! Please remember to check your child’s planner every day after you have seen your child’s homework. Only 7 students returned math lesson 15 homework yesterday. The Module 1 math test is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 18. We will review in class on Thursday.
The students have reading homework every Wednesday and Friday. The directions are in their reading response notebook.
They have spelling homework every Tuesday and Thursday. The directions will always be written in the planner. Spelling homework is written in the spelling spiral.
Math homework is daily unless there is a note in the planner that there is no homework.

Parents, don’t forget that Friday, October 11 is a half day for students! Dismissal is at 11:45.