A Great First Day

We had a great first day today!

Wait.... what??? You didn't hear?

Maybe your conversation went something like this when your child got home:

You: How was your first day?
Child: Good
You: What did you do?
Child: Stuff

If you find discussions about your child's day not going very far, these suggestions might help. You may not learn about the content your child learned, but you will get to hear about the really important parts of our day.

If you like these suggestions and want to see more, you can check out the rest of the questions, created by Leslie Means, by clicking here.

Open House Excitement

It was great to see everybody at our Open House on Thursday afternoon! And when I say everybody, I mean everybody; it was a packed room!

I'm hopeful that I got to see everybody and answer any questions that I might have had, but if there's still something on your mind please feel free to drop me an email. I will be checking email Sunday morning (August 26), so I will get back to you at that time.

While coming to Bear Creek can be very overwhelming (for parents and for fourth graders), there are still plenty of exciting things to look forward to. Take a look and see what everybody is most excited about when it comes to starting fourth grade on Monday!

Welcome to the Bair's Den

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Bair's Den! I'm looking forward to have each of you in my class, and I'm very excited to see what this school year has in store for us. It's my hope that all of you will very quickly enjoy the new adventure that is Bear Creek. Please check back here often to see what is happening in our classroom. There is also a page that will help you review the math skills we are learning in class!

All 4th graders each lunch from 12:40 - 1:10, so students are welcome to bring healthy snacks to eat in the morning. I do frequently have snacks for those students who forget or cannot bring their own, and I do appreciate any donations. Favorite snacks in the past have included pretzels, goldfish, cheez-its, and fruit snacks.

Our daily schedule for my homeroom students (students assigned to me for math and science in the morning) looks like this:

9:00 - 11:25 ~ Math and Science with a bathroom and snack break in the middle
11:25 - 12:10 ~ Special
12:10 - 12:40 ~ Clinic / bear time
12:40 - 1:25 ~ Lunch and recess
1:25 - 3:30 ~ ELA classes with Mrs. Horner or Mrs. Towsen
3:30 ~ Dismissal

Our special schedule follows a 6 day cycle and looks like this:

Day 1 ~ Phys Ed
Day 2 ~ Library
Day 3 ~ Technology
Day 4 ~ Phys Ed
Day 5 ~ Music
Day 6 ~ Art

Students will also have the opportunity to play and instrument, and those schedules will also follow a cycle day schedule once they are set by Mrs. Emery and Mr. McLaughlin.

As you can see, we do have Phys Ed the first day of school, so don't forget to wear your sneakers or bring a change of clothing with sneakers if you have a special outfit already picked out for the first day!

I can't wait to begin our year together!