Dear fourth graders,

I hope you are having a wonderful, exciting, and restful summer! I cannot wait to hear all about the adventures you have been on and the fun things you have done these past months. I truly look forward to getting to know each and every one of  you.

I love to teach. I am so lucky getting to do what I love everyday. When I am not teaching, I like to swim, explore, do yoga, go for runs, read a book on my porch, visit Cape Cod, boogie board, help my family, and hangout with my friends. I swam on Amherst Tritons Swim Team and Amherst High School swim team when I was younger, and was captain my senior year. I love to swim laps in a pool or across Puffers Pond. I love to try new things and explore new places. Cape Cod is one place that I frequently return to; I love it there. I especially love getting to boogie board in the large ocean waves.

This year will be filled with fun, excitement, and learning. You will learn to type faster and more accurately, fluently multiply multi-digit numbers and add fractions, write multi-paragraph essays with topic sentences, read and analyze complex texts, bounce light rays, grow garlic, map the United States, find locations based on their longitude and latitude, and much more. We also spend time in the greenhouse with Dawn.

I look forward to seeing you soon!

Sincerely,

Ms. Griswold