Dear+Parents,

Dear Fourth Grade Parents,

This year in our classroom we are instituting a new homework helper! The help will come in the form of a blog. For those of you who are unclear on the subject, a blog is a website that allows users to comment back and forth with each other on a specified topic. The users will be yourselves and the students.

Here's how it will work: I will post the homework assignments along with due dates a couple of days in advance. The children will be able to use the blog as a reference to see what they have to complete. They will also be able to ask questions if an assignment is unclear, or talk to their peers to get ideas for projects. You, as parents, are of course welcome to do the same. I will check the blog regularly to answer any and all questions or comments. We will be the only people capable of viewing the blog.

We hope you, as parents, can see what is going on in our classroom and take time to even add your own comments and opinions to help your child's learning. We think this is a great way for students to do work from home, as well as share their thoughts and ideas with other students. We have high hopes for this new blog and we are very excited to being using it to benefit students, as well as give you as bit of an inside look at your child's classroom and progress!

Since we like to make sure that everyone is on board with the project, we are going to be holding an after school meeting for parents to attend with their children. The date has not been set yet, but the goal is to show a PowerPoint presentation to go over everything we will be doing with the blog. This way you learn it at the same time as your child learns about it so you can help each other understand when the blog finally comes out. This is also the time to present questions and concerns about this exciting new idea.

Hope to see you at the meeting!

Thank you for you time, The fourth grade teachers