Thursday, December 16, 2010

Holiday Celebration and Dirty Santa Game

Hey Parents,

You're all watching the skys and the bottom of the News so you know that winter weather is here. Just wanted to let you know that if we are going to school tomorrow (even with a delay) we will still have our celebration and dirty santa game.
Whatever you put on the permission slip to bring in is fine with me. I know that we already have plenty of chips and some drinks, so Cupcakes, brownies, Cookies, candy canes, etc, are greatly accepted...and devoured. :-)

If you're child does not plan on participating (which is totally fine) then I will send them to the media center or computer lab to have some fun on their own.

Please be safe while you're out and about. If you don't need to leave the house....STAY INDOORS.
All my best,
Mr. Gordon

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Homework for 12-15-10

Reading: 20 Minutes
Spelling: Drawing two meanings for your one spelling word.
Math: Page 131 Set A, Set B and Set D

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Homework for 12-14-10

Reading: 20 Minutes
Language Arts: Pg. 117 & 118--Vocabulary Review
Math: Order of Operation Worksheet
Social Studies: Finish Pages 50 - 53 Textworks 1-7

Dirty Santa Game is Thursday
Holiday Celebration (food) is Friday

Monday, December 13, 2010

Homework for 12-13-10

Reading: 20 Minutes
Spelling: Pg: 125 and 126. (Homographs: words that are spelled the same way, but they have different meanings. They may also be pronounced differently)
Math: pg: 86 numbers 10-18; Solve and name property for each problem.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Homework for 12-9-10

Here is the homework for today:

Reading: 20 Mins

Math: pg 121 Quick Check numbers 1-10

Spelling: TEST TOMORROW

Social Studies: pg 50 & 51 Textwork 1, 2, 3, and 4

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Dirty Santa and Holiday Celebration

Parents,
Some of you have seen the letter that went home about our Dirty Santa party. We will be doing the Dirty Santa game on Thursday and Friday will be our Holiday Snack. The snacks will be after our lunch period and we will be viewing "The Best Christmas Pagent Ever" during that time.

We are looking forward to a great holiday celebreation.

Homework for 12-8-10

Homework for Wednesday 12-08-10

Reading: 20 minutes

Math: page 111 numbers 5 - 16

Spelling: Create a sentence on the sentence strip. Be prepared to show it tomorrow.
Try to use at least 1 or 2 words in your sentence.

Social Studies: Draw Native Americ. Symbols for sentence.

Happenings this week 12-6-10

Hey there parents!

Our school year is moving fast and we are having to move just as quick. Here are somethings that we will be working on this week:

Reading: Our theme continues with "Rot." I think the kids will enjoy this cause it's about gross stuff and things becoming moldy and rotten. We are reading this to apply it to our theme of "Nature's Delicate Balance." We are also working on antonyms for our vocablulary and spelling. Antonyms are opposites!

Math: Our class is working on Order of Operations. It seems that the students are understanding this concept but we will continue to work on it throughout the week.

Writing: Our writing for the next couple of days, takes us into the world of Mad Libs. I have posted a link to the side that has TONS of online Mad Libs that your child can work with at home. Mad Libs are great for showing students Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs (among others). We will be doing a Holiday Mad Lib and then creating a final copy for posting in the hallway.

Social Studies: We are working on Natvie Americans in NC. We have reviewed the first lesson and are now looking at Native American symbols and how they were used to tell stories. We will be making buffalo hides out of paper bags and using them to draw our Native American symbols.

Spelling List for this week: Insult, compliment, silent, noisy, proud, ashamed, positive, negative, friend, enemy, predator, prey, build, destroy, divide, untie, inside, outside, comedy, tragedy, **brittle, **flexible

Monday, October 18, 2010

Happenings This Week...10/18--10/22

Hi Everyone,

We are close to ending our first quarter. Hard to believe that we've been in school that long and already have learned so much.
Here is what we will be looking at this week:

Field Trip: Friday we will be taking our 4th graders to Horne Creek Living Farm. If you have not paid the $6.00 fee or turned in the permission slip, please do so ASAP. Money must be turned in by Wednesday the 20th.

Reading: Imagine It Lesson 4- We will be looking at words ending in -ed and -ing. Our story this week will deal with Langston Hughes: Poet of the People. It is a play format, so the student will be able to read different sections. This also deals with our Concept Board "Risk and Consequence."

Math: We are reviewing all week for the upcoming end of quarter test. A great way to help is to review multiplication facts each night with your child. Multiplication is something we've been over in class so they are sure to see it on the test.

Writing: We continue on to our note taking activites and how to put those notes into a report format. The kids will choose their animal that they plan to research and present.

Science: We will look at plants and the fall leaves; answering the question, "Why do the leaves change their color?" The class has been doing a great job of note taking in their science journals. We have done a lot of discovery, and this is a great tool to use for review.

Spelling; The words for this week are: pleading, building, painting, finished, worried, unplugged, opening, insisted, controlled, leaving, danced, shedding, rating, striped, stripped, fitting, ringing, setting, bleached, curved.
Spelling test will be given on Friday. There will also be some sentence assignments this week.

**Please make sure you sign your child's planner each night. This ensures that you are seeing that the homework is getting completed. Any uncompleted assignments will result in a zero.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Breaking Apart our Multiplication

Hi Parents,
I wanted to post a visual for you guys to look at tonight for homework. We are currently working on Multiplication and there are many of us who are struggling with our multiplication facts.
We are moving into multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit. Below is the step by step process for doing an easier "Break Apart" method. I have taught them three different ways (one being the traditional "up and down" that we all learned back in the day).

Please review over this and look at it if you need assistance.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Using Dynamic Dominos

Here is what we worked on today using our Dominos.
This is a great way to work on multiplication and having something hands-on.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Upcoming items and reminders.

Hey Parents.

Just wanted to let you know of some things that are happening here at Gibson.

September 30: 4th Grade Curriculum Night from 6:00-7:00. It will be held in room 304. There will be a powerpoint presentation discussing the curriculum. Afterwards, if you have any questions for your child's specific teacher, there will be time.

Tutoring is starting. Some of you are getting a envelope with information on tutoring for your child. If you do not recieve on and would like for your child to be in the Tutoring Program, please contact the office with your request.

Scholastic Book Orders are due on September 30th. Please remember to make checks out to "Scholastic." They will not accept cash. The more books you get for your child, the better it is for our class.

That's all folks!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Creating your own Graphic Novel

Hey Friends,
Here is a great site for creating Graphic Novels. It's amazing and totally creative.
Take a look @

http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/

Enjoy!

Here's what's happening.....Week of 9/27/2010

Hey Everyone,
September is at an end. Hard to believe that we have been in school for a full month and have covered so much. Here is a run down of what we will be looking at this week:

Reading: We have started our Imagine It book. The series covers a lot of reading, writing, vocabulary and spelling. We have 150 minutes to cover the material so please remind your child that focus is essential for understanding and coverage. Our story this week will be from "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell.
Our theme is "Risk and Consequence" and how it can be positive or negative.

Math: Our math is covering multiplication. We have starting with Strategies for multiplying and will lead into multiplying 2 digit by 1 digit numbers. We will also review our estimation with multiplication and how it helps with solving the problems.

Writing: Our writing menu is up and running for the 1st quarter. The menu is a great way for students to take responsibility for their work as well as their writing. The due date is October 28th so please do not procrastonate till the last minute. Late work will not be accepted.

Science: Our class has started working in our Science Notebook. This is a great way for students to journal science concepts and illustrate to better understanding. The Science Notebook should not have any pages torn out. It is for student journaling only.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Finding the Median, Mode and Range using Skittles.....Yum!

Here is a data activity using our Skittles. The kids loved it!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Here's an idea of what Wordle.net can do!

Click on Image to get full size

September 20-24th...Look at what's happening.

Hey there parents,

We are quickly wrapping up the September month. It's crazy how fast things have moved this school year. We are doing a great job showing our Gibson PRIDE.
Here is what we're working on this week:

Reading: We have started our Imagine It series. This week, our class is looking at the "Getting Started" section. This is dealing with word structures, suffixes, and lots of writing.

Math: This week we are taking our previous knowledge and looking at data using Mode, Median and Range. This is a pretty easy concept but the word problems might cause some difficulty. We are going to work on this all week, using skittles and other candies to show our Line Plots, and our data entries.

Writing: This week our class is working on Note Taking. This is a new concept for us, since we are so used to taking information at face value. We are working on paraphrasing and combining knowledge to construct our own sentences.
**Thursday @ 9:00 is our first "On Demand" writing test.**

Here are a few links that we have used in our classroom:
Math: www.eduplace.com/math/
Language Arts: www.wordle.net ; this is a great site to use when creating word list and making them into art.

Remember to create Rigor in everything you do.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

What's Happening Sept. 13-17

Hi Everyone,
This is only our 2nd full week of school, so a lot of us are getting into the swing of a schedule and a routine. As this progresses, please remind your child to focus. We have some day dreamers in our class....it's time to wake up to some learning!

Here is a look at what we will be doing this week:

Reading: Our Imagine It books have arrived, but we are going to finish our chapter book, Frindle. The students seem to be discovering a lot about what kids their age can accomplish when they have determination. Next week we are starting our Imagine It book with all it's fancy bells and whistles.

Math: We are working on creating and reading Line/Bar graphs. The bar graphs seem to be pretty simple for students to understand. Our snag is when we have to organize data and make it into a graph. Setting up our graph is also a problem, so we will continue to work on this to help make it successful.

Writing: We are wrapping up our final copy of the "Picture Day" story. The students are going to have a "gross" illustration to add with their work. We will have these posted, so feel free to come on by and check out their work.

Social Studies: This week we are doing a mini-project in class on NC and it's three regions. Some of the work that students have to do is their responsibility. They must take the initiative to read and discover the information for themselves. This project will end on Wednesday and lead us into our 2nd mini-project, Making a Pamphlet on one of the NC Regions.

No Spelling/Vocab this week. We will start that once the Imagine It books are in use.

Please remember, that late work is not acceptable. If students loose an assignment, they need to be responsible enough to complete it. I will deduct one letter grade for each missing day. If it is never turned in, it is an incomplete and a zero.
Please get all work in on time!!!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Have a Great weekend.

Over the weekend, please remember to READ! We are working hard with creating rigor in their reading. Students can read anything....so long as they are reading and comprehending.

If you have not turned in packets of information, please see that it gets to us on Monday. A lot of those papers are needed in the front office for contacts, medical, etc.

As always, thanks for all you do in creating a great learning environment.

See you Monday!!!!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wednesday Folders and Progress Reports

Dear Parents,
Today is the first day that our Wednesday Folders are coming home.
Inside you will find school-wide information and student work samples from the previous week. Please return the stapled work. I will keep this in a folder for review if there is ever any discrepancy.

Since we have only been in school for a short time, there has not been that much work to put in the folders.
Also, work that is graded has not been put into the NCWISE grading system. It is basically just for you to see the progress of your child and where help may be needed.

Progress reports are also coming home today. You do not need to return them. They are for your records. I have a copy here at school incase you ever need to know the progress of your child.

Thanks for everything you do to make this a successful 2010/2011 School year.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Weekly Update Sept. 6-10

Hi Everyone,

I hope that all of you had a great holiday break and didn't do too much labor on the holiday. We are jumping right in this week and working hard. Our Imagine It books are in, but we are still waiting for them to be coded for distrubution. Here is a look at what we will be working on for this week.

Math: Ordered Pairs. I have explained to the students about Ordered Pairs and how it is like the game, Battleship. "Over and Up" is the key phrase. We are also looking at how to find points, and creating shapes with Ordered Pairs. This is really a higher level Dot-to-Dot.
**I have given students a CD that has some background music. They are learning rhymes that can help them remember steps in Rounding and Ordered Pairs. Using music is a great way to learn things.

Reading: Since we are still waiting for our Imagine It books, we are going to start reading from Frindle, by Andrew Clements. This is a great starting book for our class. It relates to their age level and shows them that all things can be accomplished when they are persistant.

Writing: We will be finishing our first narrative entitled, "Picture Day." The students are working hard to make the story their own work.

Social Studies: We are still working with the regions of NC. We will be specifically looking at Location and Cultural aspects of the regions.

We are going to hold off on spelling this week. There may be some vocabulary activities for them to do, but nothing for them to memorize.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Great Start to the School Year!

Hey Gibson Friends and Family,
Just wanted to let you guys know that we have had an amazing start to our 4th grade school year.

Just a few reminders:

Please remind your child to follow our Gibson PBIS policy. Review it at home if necessary.
Remember that each night your child should be reading for at least 20 minutes.
Constantly work on multiplication facts- this is going to help with our math later on in the year.

Have a great Labor Day.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Here's What We're Doing...August 30-Sept. 3

Hello everyone,
I hope that all of you had a great weekend.
I am please to announce that we have had a fantastic start to our 2010/2011 School year. The kids are working hard and are showing their Gibson PRIDE!!!!! Awesome Job, guys!


Here is a quick look at what we will be working on this week:


Math: Finding the Place and Value of numbers, comparing numbers and putting them in order. We are also going to be working on Rounding/Estimating. This is a hard concept for some students so we will be practicing A LOT.


Reading: Since we still have not received the Imagine It reading series for our classes, we are working on "The Twits" by Roald Dahl. The students really enjoy reading this because it has funny plots and twist to the story. We will hopefully have this chapter title finished by the end of the week.


Social Studies: Our social studies is focusing on the 3 regions of North Carolina. We are also looking at the geography of NC and how it's different from where we live.


The spelling list for this week will focus on using -ed and -ing suffixes. We will also discuss root words and the changes that have to be made for them to make sense.
LIVED, LIVING, RATTLED, RATTLING, STUDIED, STUDYING, TRAVELED, TRAVELING, CHANGED, CHANGING, APPEARED, APPEARING, RACED, RACING, HOPED, HOPING, WRAPPED & WRAPPING.

AR is up and running so please encourage your child to READ, READ, READ!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Homework for August 26th

Hey Everyone,
Here is a little bit of what we're doing for homework. Next week will start our bigger routine with homework/planners and updates to the blog.
We have had an awesome first couple of days. Our class is very well behaved and is showing GREAT Gibson P.R.I.D.E.

Homework for tonight is:
Reading: 20 Mins
Math: 10 expanded/standard problems

Couple of things to follow:
Please make sure homework is done in pencil.
Remember to PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR PAPER.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Gearing up for 2010/2011

Hello parents and upcoming 4th graders.

I hope that all of you are enjoying your summer with relaxation, reading and just all around fun. The new school year is approaching and I know that some of you have seen the supply list at local Targets and Walmarts. Some of the items on the supply list are not needed in class:
This year please send with your child:
1 box of colored pencils (They last longer than crayons)
4 glue sticks
2 packs of loose leaf paper (wide rule)
1 pack of # 2 pencils
1 box of tissue
1 pencil pouch / zippered or box
2 pocket folders
3 ring binder, 1 inch (White with the Clear sleeve in the front)
1 book bag/back pack (no wheels)
Hand sanitizer (Purell/Dial/GermX)

I have purchased notebooks for each student for their writing, so they do not need any extra notebooks in class. Any extra notebooks, crayons, etc. should be kept at home so students will have access to supplies if they forget items at school.
The 3-Ring Binder will be the student's primary use. They will be able to keep a lot of papers orgainzed and hopefully not loose them.

I am looking forward to a productive year full of learning.

See you soon!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

end of year.

I hope everyone has a great Summer. remember to rest up and read. Find something you're interested in reading and get hooked.

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Monday, June 7, 2010

End Of the Year!

Hi Everyone.
Well, We've Made It!!!!!

It's hard to believe that on August 25th our students came in as beginning 4th graders and now, they are preparing to leave as prepared 5th graders. Even though this is the last week of school, there are still a few activities that our class will be involved in.

Reading: We are going to work on Mystery at Biltmore House this week. I am not sure if we will wrap up the story by Thursday but we will give it our best.

Math: We are going to work on some of the higher multiplication problems as well as division. This is something that students will be doing in 5th grade, so a little extra wouldn't hurt.

Science: We are continuing to look at Force and Motion. I am planning on doing some demonstrations with the class to help illustrate the concepts.

Spelling this week is going to be taken from our Wordbuilder activity books.

As always, thank you for your help in making our students successful.

Friday, June 4, 2010

End of School is June 10th

Dear Parents,

As we draw closer and closer to the end of the school year, our students are getting more and more "energized." Please help us teachers remind our students that the last day of school is officially June 10th. We have some exciting things lined up for the end of the school year, but students are still required to follow the PBS rules set by Gibson Elementary.

Thanks for you support in this matter,

B. Gordon

Monday, April 19, 2010

This week April 19-23

                Hello everyone.

I'm sure that most of you have noticed that your child is bringing home information regarding the upcoming EOG. 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes are doing a count down to the EOG in preperation for the test. Each day we will be working on a topic from Reading/Math.

Currently, we have 19 days until the EOG.
Along with this, the students in 3rd-5th grades have signed a Student Contract which is shown below. This contract is asking for students to give 100% in preperation for the EOG. We will review over this contract daily so please do the same at home.



Reading: We are finishing up our Sister's Grimm story. I am pleased that the class has found a new series that they are interested in.

Writing: Our class is wrapping up our third story entitled "Mr. Potato Head." Just as a reminder, our stories are modeled up on the smartboard so everyone is following along and creating the same theme....but we work to put it in our own words.

Math: We will continue to work on Math EOG Prep as well as new concepts in Probability and outcomes. At home, it would be awsome for you to continue to work with you child on math facts. Simple division and multiplication will greatly help in their understanding.

Wordbuilder: We have started "acting out" our words. Each week, Wordbuilder starts us on new root words. Our job is to apply the suffix or prefix to he root word to recreate something new.
Our prefix for this week is "SUPER--" which means "Over or above; beyond."

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The Week of 3/1/2010

Hi Everyone,
Another week and we are at the beginning of March. We have a lot of things on our plate right now and we are gearing up for a lot of working. So....here goes:

Reading: We are still working on Bud, Not Buddy and the kids have discovered the turning point. We are also dealing with Comparing and Contrasting characters, setting, etc. The students will be introduced to metaphors and similies this week. We are tying that into our writing.

Math: We have journeyed into the world of decimals. We are also tying the work these decimals into Fractions. This is going to provide the students with extra fraction experience as well as working with calculators to figure out changing fractions to decimals.

Writing: The next couple of weeks, the students will be working with their Young Author Day books. These are the same type of books that the students did in 3rd grade. They are the author and illustrator so their creativity is key to this process.

And that's it. It doesn't seem like much but our days fly by way too quickly and time is something that we cannot get back.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Water Water Everywhere....except in Hati

Hi parents,
Just a reminder to please send in bottles of water for Hati. We are collecting this bottles at the front office and in the classroom.

Thanks for you support.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Week of February 22-26

Hi there,

I hope ya'll had a great weekend and rested up for some more exciting learning.
This week will be somewhat of a recap from last week. Here's what we're doing:

Reading: We will continue working with Bud, Not Buddy in our Teacher Directed Reading. The kids seem to love the little antics that the character "Bud" gets into. We are also tying in The Great Depression for social studies; learning about what kids would do during that time period and how things have changed since then.
We will also be starting some EOG prep reading on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We will be working on stratigies for finding information in the reading.

Math: We will work on Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and then continue with Adding, Subtracting and Reducing fractions. We will continue to take notes and practice problems. Please encourage your child to take good notes to review at home.

Science/Writing: We are working on Report Writing for our content piece. I am modeling how to write for the next couple of days. The students will start their piece by choosing their own particiluar animal. This will lead us into our Animal unit for science. Again, note taking is going to be the key to their learning.

Spelling List for this week: cinder, circle, cardinal, cereal, cycle, concert, dancer, celebrate, twice, dangerous, strange, ledge, damage, geography, gentle, signal, regular, sugar.

**Progress Reports were sent out last Thursday and some students have not turned in assignments. Please review over what your child has not turned in. It is their responsibility to get their work to me.

Monday, February 15, 2010

The Week of Feb. 15-19

Hi Everyone.
I hope this finds everyone reading it well and eager to start a new week at Gibson!
We have a lot of things coming up and not a lot of time so being focused and prepared is essential to our learning.
Here's what we are getting in to this week:

Reading: Our class just wrapped up the Chocolate Touch. We enjoyed learning a little about chocolate and tasting it. We have moved on to Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. I LOVE THIS BOOK. The characters are so lifelike and funny that it's hard to put done. Please ask your child what he or she has read so far.

Math: We are starting on Adding and Subtracting fractions. I know that this sounds like a HUGE ordeal, but really it's quite simple. The add and subtracting also allows us to practice more reducing fractions. In "addition" (no pun intended), students should continue to work on their multiplication facts. This will help greatly with fractions.

Scholastic Studies Weekly: We are going to start using the Scholastic Magizine for our Science as well as social studies. It is very kid-friendly and has some interesting articles that they can relate to. I will be collecting them at the end of the week so please make sure they are taking good care of them.

Spelling this week deals with the "aw" sound--also, bought, cough, almost, false, officer, soft, stalk, halt, faucet, saucer, caution, lawyer, awesome, stall, crawl, awful, because.

Friday, February 12, 2010

February 15th, 2010

Hi Parents,
Just letting you know that we will be having school on Monday the 15th. This is a snow make-up day so we won't be missing any Spring Break...as of right now.

Enjoy your weekend.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

New Look on Reducing Fractions

Hi everyone. Our class discovered a pretty cool and easy way to reduce fractions.
Look at the image below to get a general idea.






















Reminder: It may not work for all of the fractions....
so be careful.

Signing the planners

HI there!
Just a reminder to PLEASE SIGN OR INATIAL STUDENT PLANNERS EACH NIGHT. This way I know that you, the parent, have seen the student's work and know that they have completed the assignments.
Thanks,
Mr. Gordon

Monday, February 8, 2010

ATTENTION!!!!

Report Cards have been sent home with student planners (2/8/10). Please make sure you review over your child's grades/conduct.
Only return the Report Card Envelop. The Report Card is for you to keep.

Re: The week of 2/8/2010

Hi everyone,
It seems like ages since we've been here at school, what with the weather being nasty and cold. I hope all of you are staying warm and working hard. Here are the things we will be working on this week.

Reading: We are continuing our Chocolate Touch Theme. Later this week we will be writing to different chocolate companies to see if they would send us any freebies! Free is good! The students are also noticing the difference in certain types of chocolate. We are working on Inferring with the information that we know. This is helping us to make an educated guess.

Math: Fractions are the name of the game this week. We are working on reducing fractions as well as finding missing numerators and denomanators to make our fractions equivalent. We will hopefully be playing a fraction math game later this week to help us better understand comparing fractions.

Writing: Our writing menus are out and the students are going to start working on those. We are also working on our in class Young Author's Books. This is a project that we will do in school. The Writing Menus will be done in class as well.
Writing Menus are due: March 23

Spelling this week focuses on changing singluar words to plural form by adding an --ves, --ies, or --es
The words for this week are: leaf, leaves, wolf, wolves, potato, potatoes, roof, roofs, family, families, library, libraries, journey, journeys, hero, heroes, ditch, ditches.

Please Remember that all assignments are due the next day. If assignments are failed to be turned in, then it is the student's responsibility to make it up and turn it in to me.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Please Check out Adopt-a-Classroom to help out our class.

Hello everyone,

I have recently posted a "wish list" to Adopt-A-Classroom.org.
The steps are pretty simple:
1) Just go to the website, http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/
2) Pick our 4th grade classroom.
3) 100% of your donations go toward the teacher
4) I can purchase the resources for classroom.

  • Teachers spend an average of $1,200 of their own money each year purchasing materials for their classroom.
  • Every teacher affects 3,000 students in their professional lifetime.
  • 50% of teachers leave the profession within the first five years.
  • Teachers cite lack of support as the top reason for leaving their profession.

Again, If you feel the urge to contribute please check out http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/

Thanks for all you already do to help our children succeed.

Monday, January 25, 2010

For the week of January 26th, we will be serving...

 Hi Everyone,
This week we are getting into some "tasty" work. The students will be starting the reading unit comparing and contrasting certain types of information. What better way to do that than with CHOCOLATE! Here's how this week will be broken down:

Reading: We are starting The Chocolate Touch and relating it to the history of Chocolate. We are also going to tie-in letter writing with our story. The students are going to write letters to different chocolate companies requesting any form or information that they can give us. (hopefully free samples, YUM!)

Math: Fractions are the name of the game. We are working on identifying fractions, comparing and ordering them. There will be a little bit of multiplication involved but it's nothing that the students can't handle.

Social Studies: We are working on moving from the Civil War and Reconstruction to New Challenges NC faced as a new state. We will look at World War I, The Great Depression, and WWII.

Reminders:
Thursday is will be our Den Dollar Store day.
Thursday, January 28th: McTeacher night at McDonald's on University Pkwy.
               

***Congrats to the following AR Goal Winners!***
--Kamille, Jordyn, Kamesia, Stephanie, Tre', & Jasmine
GREAT JOB!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Progress Reports!!!!!

Attention!!!!!!

Progress reports are stapled in your student's planners. You do not have to return them to school, but please review them and discuss with your child ways to improve his/her grade.

Thanks!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Week of January 19-22nd

Hello everyone, It's been quite awhile since the blog has been up and running. BUT...we are back in action and ready to keep you posted as to what we are doing in class.

Reading: We are in the middle of Secret of NIMH but we are also going to start reading The Chocolate Touch. We are reading this with the each 4th grade class. It's a short book that's going to introduce the students to the history of chocolate and what can become of a character when they over induldge.

Math: We are going to start working on FRACTIONS!!!! I like to make math hands-on when it comes to fractions so there will be a lot of in-class, mini-projects that deal with their math concepts. Fractions take up half of the 3rd quarter so we will have plenty of time to get this under our belt.

Writing Project: When we get back on the 26th, our 3rd quarter is going to start off with learning about Chocolate and how certain candies were created. The project is not a huge one but it is going to count as a writing grade. The students will work on this in class and with Mrs. Charpentier in Media.

**Upcoming Events: Jan. 28th--Gibson Store
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