Important Dates
8/30 6-8PM Bruster's Night
8/31 9AM-2PM Field trip to Fire Safety Village
9/2 Spirit Day
9/5 No School~ Labor Day
9/7 Firefighter visits classroom
9/9 3rd-5th Book Exchange
9/9 Spirit Day
Standards
Math ~ We will continue working on our place value standards (whole numbers through millions). In addition, students will describe situations in which rounding numbers would be appropriate and determine whether to round to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand. Next week students will compute using the commutative, associative, and distributive properties. We will work in guided math groups to reinforce and introduce these standards.
ELA~ Students will begin guided reading this week with either Ms. Collier or myself. Then next week they will switch teachers. This will help both of us to get to know all of the students. We will also start independent centers this week. Standards that will be addressed include using word segmentation to spell words correctly, use the four basic parts of speech, and summarize main ideas and supporting details from non fiction text. In writing we will continue working on our personal narrative and go through the entire writing process.
Spelling words
Week of 8/29 (Open and closed syllables and inflected endings... VCV, VCCV, VVCV) noted, posing, proving, skimming, grabbed, shouted, braided, floating, painted, cheated
Week of 9/6 (Long vowel patterns in accented syllables) speaker, flowing, brightly, crayon, delete, dispute, define, remote, invade, polite
Social Studies and Science~ We will conclude our social studies unit on maps and landforms this week. Next week we will introduce our water standards in science!
Kids Corner
This is your first week of centers. If you finish your work then you can play one of the learning games below! We will leave early Wednesday morning to visit the Fire Safety Village. Remember that we are guests and should be ready to be good listeners and learners!
A lesson on common and proper nouns http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/nouns.asp
Adjective adventure~ http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/adjectives.htm
Practice those spelling words here http://www.spellingcity.com/
Well, our first week is over and we are ready to kick it into high gear. We have gotten to know each other, set our routines, set up our notebooks, done all of our pre-assessments, and started learning some of our standards. Thank you for sending in all of the paperwork so quickly!
This week we will begin our Fire Safety program. The firefighters will come into our classroom on Wednesday to introduce the unit. We will leave campus next Wednesday (8/31) to go to the Fire Safety Village. Please return the permission slips as soon as possible! Then the following week the firefighters will come back to visit our classroom. Expect fire safety homework during the next few weeks.
Thursday night is Skate Night from 6-8PM and Friday is Spirit Day! Also, on Friday we will attend a character education program called The Ned Show. This program focuses on character, motivation and encouragement and the presenters use yo-yos throughout the show.
Weekly Standards
Math~ Students will further develop their understanding of how whole numbers and decimals are represented in the base-ten numeration system by identifying place value and equating a number in standard form (32,418) to its expanded form (30,000 + 2,000 + 400 + 10 + 8).
ELA (English Language Arts)~ Students will go through the entire writing process on a personal narrative. We will determine meanings of words and alternate word choices by using a dictionary or thesaurus. In reading, I will be recording fluency rates and we will address the standard of reading with a rhythm, flow, and meter that sounds like everyday speech.
Spelling~ Sort 1 focuses on syllable juncture. We will look at our spelling words and split them at the syllables and discuss why that gives it a long or short vowel sound.
Words for the week of 8/22: climate, humid, treaty, freedom, season, react, metric, comet, profit, transmit.
Social Studies~ We have started working on our maps and globes standards. This week we will focus on historical maps, product and resource maps, world maps, and economic maps.
KIDS CORNER
Now that the first week is over we are ready to get moving on those standards. Here are some games that will go along with our standards.
Golf Place Value Game http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=496&engine=5
Value of the Digit http://www.softschools.com/math/place_value/teaching_place_value/
Spelling http://www.spellingcity.com/
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! I am very excited for yet another wonderful year! This is my 11 year at Keheley of which I have taught Kindergarten through 4th grade. I have also taught 5th and 6th grade summer school at other schools in Cobb County. Although I have loved all grade levels, fourth grade is a special year because children really come into their own. We move from 'learning to read' into 'reading to learn' and that is so exciting. I differentiate the material to meet the needs of all learners in small groups through guided reading and guided math in addition to whole group instruction. I expect all students to follow our classroom constitution and to treat each other with respect. Rest assure that I will take extra special care of your child. I hope to see all of you at Open House on August 18th! Feel free to email me at any time Brandy.Mitchell@cobbk12.org .
Kid's Corner
Hi guys~ this spot is just for you! I hope you are anticipating a fabulous fourth grade year! Here are some sites to practice the standards we will be working on the first week but you can always check out the games in my other Kid's Corners (on the sidebar).
Place value game http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/maths/mc/qww4.htm
Magical Capitals http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/capitalization.htm
Spelling games http://www.spellingcity.com/
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