News From Room #152
Mrs. Swain's 4th Grade Class
Meet Mrs. Swain
Bio
My husband and I moved to Noblesville Indiana in 2012. We have nine year old twin boys. I have spent the last 15-years as an elementary and middle school teacher. I started out my career teaching 4th and 5th grades in Dallas, Texas. We later moved to Battle Creek, Michigan (my home town) where I spent five years teaching elementary and middle school technology classes and managing two school libraries. Shortly after the twins were born I went back in the classroom and spent another five years teaching 4th grade. The 2013 school year was my first full year as a teacher in Anderson Schools. Back then, I was hired last as a Reading Interventionist for Eastside Elementary. I have spent the last three years working as a district instructional coach. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with your child!
Education
B.A. English/ Concentration in Education, Albion College, Albion, MI
M.A. K-12 Educational Administration, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Email: lswain@acsc.net
Website: http://es.acsc.schooldesk.net/Erskine/tabid/59685/Default.aspx
Location: Erskine Elementary School, West 60th Street, Anderson, IN, United States
Phone: (765) 641-2099
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ErskineElementarySchool/?fref=ts
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Our Classroom
Our classroom rules and consequences will stay the same; I will let the boys and girls know what my expectations are if they are DIFFERENT from what they have been doing in class.
I have changed some prizes for the school-wide S.T.A.R bucks so tell your kiddos to check over the lists posted around the classroom.
We could some kleenex and #2 pencils in the classroom- we are down to just a few.
Homework
Our Class
We presently have 25 students in our class. They look like a great group of kids!
(Here is the first 16)
Our Class, cont
I am doing my best to learn names quickly.
New Technology Coming to Room #152
- What We're Learning In Class -
English Language Arts/Reading
* Students will start new reading groups when we return. Please make sure that your children are reading every day at home. My boys like to read for 15-20 minutes before they turn their lights at bedtime. It doesn't have to be a chapter book-- magazines, non-fiction books, or any other type of print is awesome and builds reading muscles!
Science and Social Studies
Math
* Kids will get to explore equivalent measurements in our 'hands on' learning area this week; we will work to measure liquid with cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.
* We start Math Workshop this week. This is where we will rotate through math activities (Meet with the teacher, hands-on explore/math game, IXL/EDM math websites, and partner problem solving).