2023-2024

I’m so excited to be teaching 4th grade this year. I look forward to working together with students and families for a fun and successful year! Your students will have many opportunities to grow academically as well as become more successful in their lives.

At Jackson, we’ve added a ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ to the our school day. This allows students time to think, reflect, and practice strategies that will help them be the best student, friend, family member and citizen that they can be.
Our Counselor, Mrs. Kisler, and our Social Worker, Mrs. Ruiz, are also available to assist should the need arise.

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Jackson is proud to be an AVID Elementary School for more than seven years. This means that students experience school through teaching and reinforcing higher level thinking. Students develop the academic habits they will need to be successful in middle school, high school, college, and beyond. Your child will continue to learn about organization, study skills, communication, and self-advocacy.

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Our Curriculum will follow the Colorado Academic Standards. If you are curious as to what skills we will be working on this year, the 4th grade standards are posted on the D11 website: https://www.d11.org/Page/5151

READING
The best way to become better readers is to read EVERY day (weekends and holidays too!).
Students are expected to read daily for a minimum of 30 minutes at home. They can read from any types of books, magazines, cookbooks, directions, and/or newspapers.

Here are some things you can do to help them.
1. Give students a variety of reading opportunities: reading alone, reading aloud to someone else, having someone read aloud to them.
2. Ask your student to tell you about what they’ve read each day.
3. Have your student read the directions for a recipe to you while you cook.
4. Choose a “Reading Buddy” that they can read to. This can be a stuffed animal, or a family pet, a sibling, or a poster of their favorite character.
5. Create a “Family Book Club” where everyone shares what they’ve read and what they think about it!
6. Turn on the closed captioning for the TV and put the sound to mute.

MATH
Students are expected to practice math for 15 minutes every day, including weekends and holidays. (Any Math homework counts for this time!)

Here are some things students can use for math practice:
1. Practice adding money from a piggy bank or wallet. Help make the grocery list and use the ads to make a budget.
2. Practice telling time and using timers. How long do they have to wait until bedtime? until dinner?
3. Play board games or card games. This helps build problem solving strategies.
4. Help measure ingredients for a meal, or plan and cook the meal. With supervision, of course!
5. Practice adding, subtracting and multiplying numbers on paper or online. There are several fun websites and apps that help students practice math facts. They can also make and decorate their own flash cards.

I will send home notes and reminders using the ClassDojo app. You can easily contact me through this app.
Our principal will send messages and information this way too.
Once downloaded, be sure to turn on the notifications so you don't miss important school information.
This app is a very convenient method for communicating, but if you would prefer written, phone or email communication, that is also an option!

(719) 328-5800 School Office
(719) 328-5853 Classroom - please leave a message since I don't answer the phone while we're learning during the day.
katherine.essick@d11.org

I believe that students can and will make the right choices when given the opportunity.
My discipline practices follow the teachings of Jim Fay and Foster Cline.  Information on their philosophy can be found at www.loveandlogic.com. 

There are many fantastic articles on this website for parents that help make your life just a little bit easier. I highly recommend taking some time every now and then to read some of them. They are great reminders of all the good things we're doing with our kids!
There's even a weekly newsletter that you can have emailed.
https://www.loveandlogic.com/pages/newsletter

Thanks in advance for your support and partnership to make this a successful year!