Fantastic Fourth Grade: November 2014

Friday, November 21, 2014

Happy Thanksgiving

Last week in class our students participated in a readers theater about the First Thanksgiving! We even shared our work with Ms. Rinderle's class and watched as they presented a readers theater on Squanto's Squash. It was so fun and informative! We wanted to share all of our hard work with you so below you will find a few pictures that we took during our performance.

Cast:

Squanto: Azmir

Englishwomen/Pilgrim 1: Erica, Jayda

Englishman/Pilgrim 2: Awtry, Christopher

Narrator 1: Sania, Arielle

Narrator 2: Brandi, Laiyla

Narrator 3: Demitria, Stephanie

Narrator 4: Ira, Kamani, Malcolm

Narrator 5: Jennings, Isaiah, Damon

Narrator 6: Kyndal, Lulu

We hope you enjoy and had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Holiday Hearts

Our annual Holiday Hearts program is underway at both campuses!! The Holiday Hearts program provides gifts for some of our Teasley families during the holidays. Please stop by either campus to pick up a heart with a gift item! The hearts are located on the bulletin board across from the cafeteria-MAIN and on the bulletin board next to the cafeteria at PRIMARY.

Here's how it works:

You select a heart from the bulletin board.

You sign the clipboard indicating the heart you took.

You purchase and wrap the gift. (PLEASE attach the heart to the gift)

You return the gift to the counselors. Main campus-Mrs. Oliver/ Primary Campus-Mrs. Harris

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Mrs. Oliver-Teasley Main- corinna.oliver@cobb.k12.org or Mrs. Harris-Teasley Primary- sherise.harris@cobbk12.org

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Talent Show!

We are gearing up for the Teasley Talent Show! The talent show is a HUGE event every year that showcases the fabulous skills of our very talented students. The deadline to turn in permission slips for auditions has been extended to Friday November 21^stat 2:45. We would love for our students to show off their unique talents by participating.

Permission forms are available outside Mrs. Mills’ door at both campuses and should be returned to her room or mailbox. Information regarding audition dates, guidelines for acts, and all other information can be found on the permission form.

If your child needs assistance in getting a form or if you have questions, please e-mail Mrs. Mills at Jessica.mills@cobbk12.org.

Grading Scale

The grading scale for 4th grade and beyond is as follows:

(A) 90-100

(B) 80-89

(D) 70-73

(F) 69 and below

Please remember to check ParentVUE throughout the week, for updated grades, comments, missing assignments, etc. In the past, your child has been assessed on a standards based report card. In fourth grade, students receive percentages on assignments. These scores are averaged to determine your child's grades. Please be aware there there is no correlation between the standards based report card and the traditional scale. Non-academic factors affect grades, such as participation, attendance, late work, ability to follow and decipher directions, precision to detail, etc. The grades that students receive, starting in 4th grade, will depend upon the degree to which they meet the communicated expectations.

Behavior Colors

In my class, students have the opportunity to move their clips up and down through out the day. All students start on Green, and I consider this positive behavior. Anything green and above, is great behavior and students are rewarded with megabucks which they can use to purchase certain cards. These cards include fun extra activities like being able to take your shoes off in class. Anything below a green is not encouraged, as it means students are needing to be redirected more then once throughout the day. The colors are in the following order.

Pink - Super Student

Purple - Great Job

Blue - Good Choices

Green - Ready to Learn (Students start here)

Yellow - Think About It

Orange - Teacher's Choice

Red - Parent Contact