My name is Mrs. Ness and I'm so excited to be your fourth grade teacher this year! One thing you'll notice about our classroom when you come to meet me at Meet-the-Teacher is how many books we have in our clasroom library! This is something I've worked very hard at to provide lots of awesome choices for reading for you this year.

My goal is that if you don't already love reading- you will by the end of fourth grade! So I hope you come prepared to learn about all your favorite topics from our amazing books!

As you can see our library is organized in bins of similar books (biographies, series, adventure, etc.). Inside those bins you'll find books of all different levels. This year you will master finding books that are just the right fit for you so you can find books that interest you and that help you become a better reader.


I just recently bought more books for our library, so hopefully those will all be labeled and organized by the first day of school.


Leave a comment and tell me: Do you like reading? What is your favorite book? Did you read any good books this summer?
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Students are really enjoying their mystery books. Here they are showing off their detective skills!

Reading: We have recently started a new read aloud with the class. We just finished reading Snow Treasure, and have begun reading Number the Stars. This book is also historical fiction. The story is about a young girl named Annemarie. The story takes place in Denmark during the time of the Nazi invasion. We began this book last week and it has created great teaching and learning opportunities.

Along with reading Number the Stars we have begun Readers Theater. We just completed our second week and it is great! The students are given a script on Monday to read over and practice. On Wednesday we give them their roles and the students practice their parts with the groups. This has really helped with fluency and getting the students to project their voices and speak in front of others. We will be beginning our third week starting Monday. Ask your child to read aloud to you and see how great he/she is able to read with fluency.

Writing: We are just about finished with our Essay unit. The students have all completed their first draft of their essays. I am now conferencing with each student individually to help them improve their writing in one way. Ask your child what he/she chose to write about and encourage him/her to share their essay with you.

From, Ms. Peavey