Monday, May 6, 2013

Dear Parents/Guardians,

My name is Miss Hodgins and I am your child’s new PGL teacher. I am very excited to be a part of such a lovely class and school community! Prior to becoming your child’s PGL teacher, I most recently taught Grade 4 at St. Stephen.

This past week was very busy for your child as he/she continued to work on his/her Open Project and began to research a myth about gifted students for the Myth Busters assignment. Over the next few weeks, students will complete and present ongoing projects and assignments as well as new assignments (including: Open Project, Myth Busters assignment, Digital Camera assignment, etc) which will include the use of technology as well as creating a poster on bristol board. We will also continue with the incorporation of our Catholic faith in our everyday studies.

As another way of incorporating 21^st Century Learning into our classroom, our class now has a blog. The blog address is http://misshodginsblog.blogspot.ca/. Each day one or two students will update the blog page for their given day (for example, Monday’s group will update the Monday page, etc). I will update the blog’s homepage with important information and reminders. I will also update the “Games” section of the blog with fun educational games that your child may wish to play at home. If students have a game that they would like me to add to our blog, they may send me the link and I will post it if I feel that it is educational.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,

Miss Hodgins