Mr. Saucier’s Class notes September 18, 2026

We had a busy week working on some writing and working with place value and comparing numbers. Everyone did great with their math testing this week and we celebrated Constitution Day on Thursday! 

Reading: This week we focused on reading different personal narratives and identifying character traits, sensory details, and working on paragraph writing. 

Math: We spent the week learning and working with place value and looking at comparing and adding numbers. 

• Field Trip: We will have our first field trip to Great Bay Discovery Center on October 2, 2026. Slips went home this week, please return ASAP. 

• Parent Communication Rooms: I am using the communication platform with the district called Rooms. This can be accessed by using the district SAU54 app. Please log in and check it out, if you have questions please email me at saucier.d@sau54.org or send a note in your child’s agenda book. 

• Grading- Our district uses a competency based grading system. If your child receives a “C” that means they are competent and at the level 4th graders need to be at. We will discuss more as I send more work home, but I wanted to make sure you knew that the “C” is a good grade. If your child has an “NYC” meaning not yet competent grade that means we are continuing to work on those skills to get to the C level. Please let me know if you have questions. Homework and some class work is counted as completed or not with a check, check plus, or check minus and reflects on students' work skills grades. Also, with the pathfinder math model I will be using, math will be graded on a 1-4 scale. We will discuss this at parent conferences in November. 

• Scholastic News: These orders have been sent home, please take a look and order books online. It helps me buy new books for the class as well. Order by September 25th. 

• PTA Fundraiser: Please help sell some items and raise money for our PTA. This goes until October 9th. 

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, September 23, 2026- Instrument open house 4-6pm at McClelland School

Friday, October 2, 2026- Great Bay Field Trip

Friday, October 9, 2026: Early Release 12:15 Dismissal 

Monday, October 12, 2026: No School Columbus Day 

Mr. Saucier’s Class notes September 11, 2026

Just like that we have finished the first two weeks of the school year. This week everyone did a nice job working on school expectations, doing our first reading and math lessons, and starting our dibels. Monday we will take our beginning of the year math assessment. 

Reading: This week we began our unit on personal narratives. We learned about the parts of a paragraph and wrote about memories in school. 

Math: We spent the week working on routines and expectations for math. We worked with rounding and adding numbers. 

Parent Communication Rooms: I am using the communication platform with the district called Rooms. This can be accessed by using the district SAU54 app. When on the app there is a section titled rooms, when you go into this section you should automatically be entered into Mr. Saucier's class. You can see announcements, information, and message me privately here. Please log in and check it out, if you have questions please email me at saucier.d@sau54.org or send a note in your child’s agenda book. 

Math Pathfinders: I will be piloting an adjusted way to teach math this year. This model will focus on the math skills and I will teach overall skills then work with the class in smaller groups to show me what they know. Please see the letter in this folder which goes into more detail about this. 

• Field Trip: We will be taking a field trip October 2nd, I will need parent chaperones that were finger printed last year and went on a trip or school event. Can you please let me know if you were finger printed last year? If you submitted the volunteer form for this year the SAU office will be in touch when you can get finger printed. 

• Constitution Day: We will celebrate and learn about the US Constitution on the 17th. 

• Scholastic News: These orders have been sent home, please take a look and order books online. It helps me buy new books for the class as well. Order by September 25th. 

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, September 16, 2026- PTA 6:00pm

Wednesday, September 16, 2026- Instrument open house 4-6pm at McClelland School

Thursday, September 17, 2026 - Picture Day

Mr. Saucier’s Class notes September 3, 2026

Well the first week of school has come and gone already. We had a great week learning about each other and getting to know how 4th grade works. Your students are coming home with a Friday folder. This folder will be sent home every Friday with work students have completed and any notices or paperwork that needs to be returned. I will also send home class notes weekly which will include information about our week and announcements for upcoming events.

Band: Today we had an assembly about the band program, please check out the forms your student came home with and let me know if you have questions about signing up. 

I-ready Diagnostic: Our class will work on our I-ready diagnostic on September 14th. This is our beginning of the year math checkin to show us where they are at. Please help your students get ready for this with a good night's sleep and breakfast. We appreciate your help with this. 

Forms: Thank you for completing the forms that were sent home this week. If you did not have a chance to complete these please do so and send in next week. 

Parent Communication: I will be using the district platform Rooms for communication this year. You can access this through the SAU54 app. Please find information on the ERS school website or email me at saucier.d@sau54.org. You can also always send a note in your child’s agenda book with any questions or concerns. 

Birthday Celebrations: Due to food allergies, our school has a no food treats policy for birthdays. Families are welcome to send in non-food treats. Please let me know if you have questions. 

PTA: Their first meeting is Wednesday, the 16th at 6:00pm. 

Upcoming Events:

Monday, September 7, 2026- No School Labor Day

Tuesday, September 8, 2026- No School-Teacher Workshop

Wednesday, September 16, 2026- PTA 6:00pm

Thursday, September 17, 2026 - Picture Day

Welcome to Mr. Saucier’s 4th Grade Class!!!! 

My name is Mr. Saucier and I am so excited that we will work together in 4th grade at East Rochester School. I hope your summer has been full of time outside to enjoy nature, time with family, and a few friends. I will want to hear about your summer when you return so enjoy, relax, and be ready to share. 

I have enjoyed my time off with my family camping, swimming, and relaxing. I wanted to share a bit about myself. I just finished my 17th year teaching and my 8th at ERS. My wife Erin and I live here in Rochester with our daughters, Hannah and Peyton. We have two cats named Scout and Oreo who keep us busy. I can not wait to meet you and learn more about you and your family as well this year. 

I am sure you are getting excited for the start of a new school year. 4th grade is always a great year for students and I am so excited for the fun activities we will get to do together. I know you are excited to get supplies for the year so here is a list of what you will need:

1 Box of 12 - #2 pencils

1 box of 12 or 24 colored pencils 

1 Folder for homework (This folder will go home every day)

Zipper pouch for pencils (optional)

1 pair of headphones- for use with chrome books (headphones if you are able, the earbuds do not stay in the student’s ears.)

Other helpful items: 

1 box of tissues, 1 roll of paper towels, 1 bottle of cleaning wipes, 1 bottle of Hand sanitizer 

 (I provide some folders and supplies such as markers, rulers etc. The last 4 items on the list are to help keep our classroom a clean and healthy environment. Please do not get pencil boxes- they do not fit in the desks.) 

Enjoy the end of summer, our first day of school is Tuesday, September 1, 2026.  If you have any questions please reach out to me saucier.d@sau54.org.  

Sincerely, 

Mr. Saucier