Week 29

Happy Friday!!!

After Spring Break in…

Grammar: Commas

Reading: Character traits/feelings

Writing: Paired text writing

Social Studies: New Nation

Math: Measurement

Reminders:

-          There is no school next week (April 3^rd-7^th).

-          Milestone testing begins on April 19^th.

I hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break!!!

Week 28

Good afternoon,

I hope you all had a great time at our VIP Tea. Considering the fact that I have never done this before and did not know what to expect, the kids did REALLY well. I am very proud of them and how hard they worked.

Next week in…

Grammar: Adverbs

Spelling: NONE

Reading: Poetry

Writing: Milestone Practice

Science: Ecosystems (TEST THURSDAY! Study guides went home yesterday.)

Math: Geometry

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Week 27

Good afternoon parents!

The kids had so much fun during Science Day today. I hope they tell you all about it what they did and learned!

Next week in…

Spelling: Sort 23

Grammar: Greek and Latin roots and affixes

Reading: Retelling vs summarizing texts

Writing: VIP

Science: Ecosystems

Math: Review 3^rd 9 weeks material- Post-test on Thursday

Reminders:

-          Please make sure your child is continuing to work on their VIP project at home. You may guide them (and provide a little artistic assistance), but they should be doing the work. Don’t let them fool you if they tell you that you “have” to do something!

-          Students should be working on their poster (no tri-folds please). This should include their VIP’s name, their birth and death dates, pictures, and captions that explain the pictures and tell about their VIP. They should also be working on their shoe box which is where their questions will go, their OPTIONAL souvenirs to hand out during the VIP Tea, and begin thinking about how they are going to dress up as their character. Use as much as you can from home!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  If you have any questions, please let me know!

Week 26

Good afternoon!

TGIF!!!

Next week in…

Spelling: NONE

Grammar: Ordering adjectives

Reading: Inferencing

Writing: VIP project

Social Studies: American Revolution- test is on Thursday March 9^th

Math: Order of operations and line plots

Reminders:

-          The breakfast challenge starts next week! If students go to breakfast next week, they can get a punch on their card. If they go to breakfast all 5 days next week, their punch card will be put in a drawing to win a Kindle Fire! They are giving away 8 of them, so go enjoy breakfast at Bullard! They are doing a special breakfast for moms and dads next week as well (I sent that email out earlier).

-          The Gimme5 Campaign starts for 4^th and 5^th grade tomorrow. All donations go to support the Cobb County Foundation. We want to beat 5^th grade and have the highest amount of participation and donations! Information went home in the Thursday folders.

-          Science Day is Friday, the kids will be doing science experiments and other fun stuff! It is going to be a blast!

-          Please make sure your child is working on their VIP project at home. The top of the permission form that you signed has everything on there that needs to be completed at home.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Week 25

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! Thank you so very much to everyone who donated paper! It will be so nice to not have to purchase any with my own personal money. You all are so generous!

After the break in…

Spelling: There will be a new list of words given on Monday.

Grammar: Helping/Linking Verbs

Reading: Inferencing

Writing: VIP Research

Social Studies: American Revolution – test will be the week of March 6^th

Math: Decimals and Fractions

Reminders:

-          We are off next week for Winter Break- woohoo!

-          Science Fair Projects are due on March 1^st .

-          Please sign and return progress reports if you haven’t already. They went home yesterday in the Thursday folder.

-          Please sign and return the VIP slip if you haven’t already.

-          The week of February 27^th is Dr. Seuss week! The dress up day descriptions are on the Bullard Website.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.

I hope you have a great weekend and safe travels over the next week!

Week 24

It’s Friday!!!!

 

Next week in…

Spelling: NONE

Grammar: Verb tenses

Reading: Author’s purpose and claim

Writing: Paired text writing

Social Studies: American Revolution

Math: Fraction and decimal relationship

 

Reminders:

• We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Tuesday. The class will have a small celebration from 1:30-2:00.
• Science Fair is due March 1^st.
• There is no school the week of February 20^th through the 24^th
• Project information was sent home with your child today- VIP Project. Please look over the letter that was sent home and sign and return the bottom portion as soon as possible. Please keep the top portion to refer back to as they complete the project. If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

The kids have been working so hard to prepare for the Milestone, and they are blowing me away! I am pushing them a lot and I’m sure they think I am so mean, but I tell them all the time it’s because I love them and I want the best for them! Their hard work is paying off and the improvements they have made, especially in reading and writing, are unbelievable. They should be very proud of their work!

 

I believe that is all for now, if you have any questions about anything, please let me know!

 

I hope you enjoy the beautiful weather we are supposed to have this weekend!

Week 23

Good afternoon!

I hope you have all had a wonderful week!

Next week in…

Spelling: NONE

Grammar: relative pronouns

Reading: comparing and contrasting relative pronouns

Writing: character writing (this is due on Friday)

Science: NONE

Social Studies: American Revolution

Math: multiplying fractions (test next Friday over chapter 9- adding and subtracting fractions, adding and subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying fractions)

Reminders:

-          The Writing Fair writing is due to me Monday morning. I cannot accept any writing that is turned in late. They have a strict deadline.

-          We are having our Valentine exchange on February 14^th. There are 25 students in the class so please make sure there is one for every child if they decide to participate (only those who give Valentines can receive Valentines). They should only sign their name, they do not need to be addressed to individual students. This helps save time when passing them out! The students are not required to have a decorated box, however, I know as a kid I enjoyed decorating a box so they are definitely more than welcome! If they do not decorate a box, they must have a bag of some sort to collect their Valentines.

-          Please make sure you child is completing their TenMarks math homework. This is going to be something that is assigned each night. There will be 10-20 problems assigned each night to review concepts that have been taught throughout the year. If I feel like your child needs more practice with one concept, I will have them practicing that concept.

-          The kids have been writing it in their agenda each day, but many of them did not have their summaries that they were to complete at home. I reminded them that they need to do the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then to “brainstorm” what they will write in their paragraph which should be at least 5 sentences. (This is only for those students that I have for reading.)

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!