June 4, 2015

Before we leave for the year, and all the fourth graders officially move onto middle school, I wanted to pause and thank everybody. Thank you for the students for all your hard work this year. I've really enjoyed learning together, and I will miss all of you! Thank you for the parents for working with your children. I appreciate the help they receive at home and your efforts to make sure the children do their best work.

One of the final things we did this week was create mind maps for each subject in school. Students took turning writing down everything they learned. As you can see from the very full pieces of paper below, they certainly learned a lot!

We've also had a lot of fun this week going on field trips to Humboldt Park and the Shedd Aquarium, and celebrating our ABC countdown with a water balloon toss.

Good luck to everyone next year, and please keep in touch! I'd love to know what new adventures you find.