Dear 4th Graders and Families, My name is Mr. Bruff and I’m looking forward to being your 4th grade teacher! This will be my third year at the Bowman School and I am so eager to have a great year. I will ensure that every student continues learns in a safe environment. I will also encourage every student to push themselves to the top of their academic comfort zone and try something new. This school year will be filled with interesting themes. We will study crayfish, research the many regions of the United States and provinces of Canada. We will read many different genres in our reader’s workshop. This year we will build upon what you have previously learned in math to begin studying decimals and algebra. You will also be doing lots of writing in different genres. We will do lots of stories, essays, poems, and personal narratives. In fourth grade, there will be daily homework Monday-Thursday nights. This work will typically be independent reading, assigned writing in a reader’s or writer’s notebook, and math practice. Please begin to think now about where and when these 45 minutes of work will take place each night. A quiet, organized space will maximize your child’s ability to complete the work independently. This year the expectations is that your child will be learning: to manage time, be more organized, and how to fulfill responsibilities by completing these assignments. The first assignment you will have this year will be to write a short story about your favorite memory the summer you entered the fourth grade. You will need to bring this to school with you on the first day. You will see my story at the end of the letter. Please be sure to remember to include details that make your story as interesting, unique and exceptional as you are! You can include who you were with, what made the event special, why it was different from everything else you did, and your thoughts and feelings. If you would like to contact me, my e-mail address is [email protected]. I will begin to check this e-mail regularly the week of August 24. Please also check out the class website for more information about the upcoming school year, mrbruffsclassroom.weebly.com. I look forward to meeting you all on the first day of school, Tuesday, September 1st! I hope that you enjoy the rest of your summer! Sincerely, Chris Bruff
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In this coming of age tale, we see Tarlan, Elodie, and Algulphus more often referred to as Gulph fulfill a prophecy. After being whisked into safety they all have their own harrowing tales of survival. One's a prisoner in plain sight, another is a glorified gypsy (traveling minstrel), and another grows up in the frozen wastes of a long forgotten realm. The story quickly moves along and we are thrown into each characters POV and where they are in the world. As Tarlan, Elodie and Gulph follow their destiny, each has their world turned upside down. Relax, I won't put in any spoilers. Let's just say the rug gets pulled out from each of them and their eyes are open to the world and they are faced to make big decisions that will impact the future of Toronia. Overall, I thought Crown of Three was a good book. It was refreshing to see a thirteen year old actually act as the gullible thirteen year old that they are. It was even better to see that they weren't awesome at everything just because they are fulfilling a prophecy. Too often in children's fantasy novels, the main characters are experts with the sword, the bow, leading people, they rarely make mistakes and leave the battlefield unscathed. So it was nice to see characters struggle, it seemed realistic and it kept me reading. Link to request book through Cary Memorial Library Other similar titles worth reading in case you've already read Crown of Three.
Below is the official summary for the book Crown of Three by J.D. Rinehart. Keep up the summer reading. Remember, Brufftopians prevail when they work hard.
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