Mrs. Carter's Fabulous 4th Grade Class
Welcome to our Classroom!
It is going to be a FANTASTIC year and I am so glad you are here. My name is Mrs. Carter and although I am new to Center Drive School, this will be my 11th year teaching 4th grade. We are going to learn so much together this year and I am really looking forward to getting to know everyone!
MY PERSONAL BIO:
We moved to Brewer last year and really enjoy living in this area. I absolutely adore my family ~my husband and two grown-ish kids~ along with our two dogs, the sweetest black lab you would ever meet and our precious rescue pup, our 'Alabama Street Mutt' 🙂
When I am not at school I am with them, either going on drives with my daughter when she's not working or away at college, or hanging out with my son and his one year old lab puppy. It's been a great summer but I am really looking forward to getting started at Center Drive School and getting to know my students and their families.
My favorites:
Hobby: Drawing and creating Candy: Skittles and Milk Duds Food: Pizza and Pasta salad Color: Blue Movie: Christmas movies Snack: Ice cream Drink: Ginger ale Singer/Band: Train, Matchbox 20, Luke Combs Author: Chris Van Dusen TV Show: The Office and other bingeable shows
Contact me here:
Email - j.carter@cdsedu.org anytime
Phone: (207) 825-3697 before or after school (or email me to set up a time to chat if you prefer the phone at a different time)
SUPPLY LIST:
Please have your child bring in a 1 inch WHITE binder
All other supplies will be provided in the classroom, however, if your child has some special coloring supplies that they would like to bring, that is absolutely fine, with a box or bag to store them in!
EVERY DAY SUPPLIES:
Book Bag
Lunch Box with a daily snack
Homework / Take Home folder to go between home and school ( I will provide the folder at school)
Water Bottle with a cover (Please no gigantic water bottles - too easy to spill, break, and don't fit well at their desks)
Behavior Expectations:
Our classroom follows the same expectations of the school. We will work hard right from the first minute of the first day to learn how to act responsibly towards ourselves, each other, and our school community.
RESPECT - Our classroom is a safe place to learn, grow, and make mistakes. We will treat each other with the kindness we would want from someone else.
RESPONSIBILITY - Our classroom is a place to be happy to come to each day and be proud of. We will take care of our supplies, our belongings, and take control of keeping our work areas neat and clean.
KINDNESS - Our classroom will be a place that we treat others the way we want to be treated.
HONESTY - Everyone makes mistakes and the sooner we own up to them, we can work to apologize, fix our mistakes, and move on. Each day is a new beginning.
HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS:
There will be a homework folder and a homework sheet that goes home every night. Please get used to checking their folder. It will be filled out here every day with anything they need to do that night.
This year, homework will consist of starting with 15 minutes of "reading" a free choice book every night. "Reading" consists of reading silently to themselves, reading out loud to a parent or sibling or pet, or even having something read to them. At this age, it is still just as important to hear things being read to them as it is reading something for themselves and it is fun to read together. They can also read magazines, comics or graphic novels, picture books or chapter books. I want this time to be enjoyable for them and to look forward to this time of the day reading things for enjoyment.
We will have other homework, but not every night, and it will start slow and build up. Fall is a busy time for families and they have been working hard at school all day. Any unfinished work from the day that wasn't finished in class will be sent home to finish that night.
OUR WISH LIST:
This will be the place that our Amazon wishes will be posted. Please know, this is just a list of things that would be fun for the classroom and is a list of things that are not needed, but wanted for things like learning stations, inside recess, and fun times.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/JR48EEDJZ11Z/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_3
Some things that our classroom could ALWAYS use is:
Ticonderoga pencils
Tissues
Paper towel
Individually wrapped snacks like pretzels, goldfish, granola bars, animal crackers
Hand sanitizer
SPECIALS SCHEDULE:
Monday - PE
Tuesday - Music
Wednesday - Art / Computer Lab
Thursday - Guidance
Friday - Library