Homework 12/14

Reading
Read 25 minutes

Spelling
Sort 13 test tomorrow

ELA
Santa's New Suit-read the letter and decorate the suit anyway you would like (This must be done by tomorrow).  You will be writing a persuasive paragraph explaining why Mrs. Claus and Elvin the Elf should choose your Santa Suit later in the week.

Math
Edmodo Snapshot

Weekend Homework

Homework

Reading

*Read 25 minutes Friday and Sunday
*Practice "The Year Santa Got Mixed Up" readers theater (We will be picking parts next week)

Spelling

*Quizlet Sort 13 Learn

Math

*Practice Division

Milestone

The milestone scores from last year are coming home today.  There is a letter describing the milestone.  It is located inside a white envelope inside of their green folder.

Santa Shop, Holiday Brunch, and Homework 12/9/2015

Santa Shop 

We will be going to the Santa Shop tomorrow as a class.  If you would like your child to purchase anything, please send them to school with money.  I will not allow students to call home for parents to drop money off.


Scholastic Reading Club

Today, I sent home a flyer for scholastic reading club.  Orders are due by December 30th.  Please click the link below to shop and enter our class code: P8VPW

(I only accept orders made online, please do not send checks or money in for books).

Scholastic Reading Club

Holiday Brunch

Our class Holiday Brunch will be next Wednesday, December 16th from 10:30 to 11:30.  Please visit the signup genius to contribute, if you can.

Holiday Brunch Sign Up

Homework 12/9/15

Reading

read for 15 minutes

Spelling

sort 13 learn

ELA

Kidblog

Math

Division word problems worksheet

Science

Chapter 4: Read Lesson 1, 2, and 3 

Answer Questions 5 ad 6 for each of the lessons on a separate sheet of paper.

Specials tomorrow

Ms. K: Music

Fab 4: Art

Talent Show Update and Homework

Talent Show

Mrs. Mills has been raving about the amazing talents that our Teasley tigers, of all ages, have displayed during auditions last week!  Audition results will be posted on the Teasley Talent Show blog sometime soon; be on the lookout!

Teasley Talent Show Blog

Homework 12/8/2015

Reading

Read for 25 minutes

Spelling

Sort 13 learn for 15 minutes

test Monday 12/14/15

Language Arts

Kidblog due Friday

Math

Division word problems worksheet (3 muti-step questions) 

Science

Read chapter 4 lessons 1 (What is sound?), and 2 (What is light?)

Due Thursday: Answer questions 5 and 6 (located under GPS wrap-Up and lesson review) for each lesson.

P.S. As a side note, students will not be able to bring home their opinion writing rough drafts or final copies to work on it.  I have given the students a fair timeline to complete their work, and it all must be done in class.  Please do not ask your child to bring home their rough draft, as I will not grade any papers that leave the classroom to be worked on.  This is to improve their work efficiency as well as their independence, and ability to collaborate with their peers.  Thank you!

Homework and classwork week of 12/7

Classwork

Reading-we are reading a scholastic news.  In class, students must complete 5 close reading questions as well as the "Be a Quiz Whiz" multiple choice activity.

Math-Students are continuing to practice their division strategies, but have begun moving into word problems where they will need to interpret the remainder.  

Writing-Students will complete their rough draft of their opinion writing by Friday.

Science-Light and Sound

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Homework 12/7/15

Reading-Read for 25 minutes

Spelling-Sort 13 Learn

English Language Arts- Kidblog due 

Math-OA.3/NBT.6 Division word problems worksheet

Science-Read chapter 4, lessons 1 and 2 (What is sound? and What is light?)

Homework 12/4/15

Reading

Read for 25 min Friday and Sunday. Read Undercover Bookworm for quiz on Monday

Spelling

Sort 12 learn test on Monday

Math

Practice division skills

Science

We began looking at light and sound today (chapter 4) students need to look through chapter 4 of the science textbook online, and become familiar with the vocabulary for this unit.

Monday's specials

Ms. K: PE

Fab4: PE

Enjoy your weekend! 😁

Homework 12/3

Reading

Read for 25 minutes

Spelling

Sort 12 Learn

Writing

OREO graphic organizer

Math

Front Row Level 29 assigned 

for 15 minutes

NBT.6 assessment over strategies 

tomorrow (Friday 12/4)

Homework 12/2/15

Tonight's Homework

Reading

Read for 25 minutes

Spelling

Sort 12 Learn (Test on Monday 12/6)

Language Arts

Kidblog

Math

NBT. 6 Journal-All MUST be completed by tomorrow 

(NBT.6 Test on Friday)

Tomorrows special

Ms. K-PE

Fab 4-PE

Talent Show

The following students are auditioning for the Talent Show.

Kameron H

Maiya K

Lara D

McKayla K

Marcal Sykes

Hines H

Allen W

Siddharth D

Lakia P

Reminders

Tomorrow is Teacher Tales at Barnes and Nobles!

Please join us on December 3rd, to ring in the holiday season!   Teasley teachers and staff will read some of their favorite holiday books to students.  If you buy a book during this time, a teacher will gift wrap it for you, free of charge!  A portion of the proceeds will be given back to Teasley.  Teacher Tales will be held at Barnes and Noble, located at 2952 Cobb Parkway, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Be on the look out for a flyer that tells you when certain teachers will be reading and wrapping!

Homework and classwork for week of 11/30

Classwork

Math

Students are working on division.  View my previous blog post for videos and examples on partial quotients.  It is very different from standard algorithm.

Reading

This week, we are working on constructed response questions in class.  We worked on annotating the article today, and will be looking at the article again tomorrow.  Tomorrow, we will also look deeply at questions, and use the RACE strategy to answer the questions.  Students will have a quick check assessment on Thursday or Friday which will require them to answer 3 constructed response questions about the passage we are reviewing in class.

Writing

We have started our research and graphic organizers for our opinion writing.  We will be starting our rough draft's on Thursday.  Please check in with your child and ask them what they are writing their opinion piece about, some of them are very interesting and unique!

Science

We just finished our unit on force and motion.  Students took a pop quiz on Monday, so be on the look out for those grades.

Homework 12/1/15

Math

Odd numbers on the two worksheets in the students math journal

Writing

finish their research for their opinion writing (place the information in their writing journal brainstorming web)

Reading

read for 25 minutes

Spelling

Sort 12 (the students will be tested on Monday, 12/6)

Happy Thanksgiving From Our Family to Yours

 Thanksgiving Break is November 23-27.  

There will be NO SCHOOL.

The Tiger Trot has raised over $17,000!!! 

Thank you for donating and supporting our students at the fun run today.  We had 21 out of 23 students register for the Tiger Trot, and as a class we have raised $260!!! I am so proud of our class.  Remember, we have until December 2nd to turn in donations, so share your child's donation page on social media.  All of the donations are going to support our STEM program here at Teasley.

Holiday Hearts Program

Our program started on Tuesday, November 17th.  This is how it works.  If you would like to help one of our Teasley families at Christmas, choose a heart from the holiday hearts tree that is located near the cafeteria.  Purchase the gift listed on the heart.  You will need to wrap the gift and attach the heart to the gift.  Return the gift to the counselors by Friday, December 11th.

Teasley Spirit Night

Mark your calendar! There is a spirit night 

at Panera Bread on Tuesday, December 1st.

School Tours

There will be school tours on Thursday, December 3rd at 8:15 a.m.  This is a great opportunity for future Teasley families to hear from the Teasley staff and walk around the school.

Teacher Tales

Please join us on December 3rd, to ring in the holiday season!   Teasley teachers and staff will read some of their favorite holiday books to students.  If you buy a book during this time, a teacher will gift wrap is for you, free of charge!  A portion of the proceeds will be given back to Teasley.  Teacher Tales will be held at Barnes and Noble, located at 2952 Cobb Parkway, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Be on the look out for a flyer that tells you when certain teachers will be reading and wrapping!

Santa Shop

Tuesday, December 8th, kicks off our annual Santa Shop.  Our students get the opportunity to purchase gifts for family and friends.  Look for the Sign up Genius coming soon.  Volunteers are needed to help our student shoppers.

Homework Over Break??

NO WAY!!! Have a wonderful week off with your family and friends.  I will NOT be checking my email over break, so all e-mails or work related questions will need to wait until after we return.

See you back on November 30th!

Helpful Hints for at Home

Here is a great article that will guide you in the fourth grade curriculum.  There is a section for each of the core instructional areas.  In Cobb County, we use the common core standards for reading,writing and math.  This article gives pointers to parents on how to best help your child meet the 4th grade, common core standards.

The Guide to 4th Grade

Reading:

  

This week, we have been focusing on reading comprehension strategies in class.  With this, we have continued to talk about how an author uses reasons and evidence to support a particular point (opinion) in the story or article.  This is a standard that we go over many times throughout the year with students.  Students have been exposed to each of these strategies this year, and we will continue to work on them in class.  It is also important that your child is practicing these skills while they read at home.  One way to use this chart at home, is to have your child stop during their reading and show you how they work through one of the strategies.  One example is to have your child think aloud during a confusing part of their book.  This helps students to better understand the text, so that they can more accurately answer questions about the book.

Writing:

We have moved on to opinion writing (be on the look out in ParentVUE for informational writing grades).  Today, students were asked, "Should kids eat candy, why or why not?"  We completed a T-Chart in their journal to depict the reasons for each opinion.  You would be surprised how many of them thought kids should not eat candy!  One way to help them with their opinion writing is to ask your child questions that require them to give their opinion, but don't stop there!  Ask your child the 3 reasons why they feel the way they do (we call these their subtopics).  Then, have them using evidence to support their reasoning.  This is important, so that when we get into writing their essay's they will know how to formulate not only and opinion, but the reasons why as well. This also ties in nicely to everything we are working on in reading. 

Here is a really great article that gives some suggestions of how to help your child at home with their common core writing.  

Writing Article

Math:

As we wrap up our unit on multiplication, we are jumping right in to multi-digit division. This unit is much easier for students who have memorized their multiplication facts and can relate multiplication and division. Students who do not know their facts will have difficulty and will probably feel some frustration. Please help avoid this by practicing multiplication facts with your child.FAIR WARNING: over the past few years, any confusion with this standard was directly related to students using strategies that were not taught in class. Please do not attempt to teach them the traditional algorithm, as it truly impacts their grade and understanding of what is being taught in class.Students will not learn the standard algorithm, nor will be tested on it, until 6th grade. If they are struggling with their homework, please send a note in to me and let me know.

4.NBT.6: Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Thinking Prompts:

• What is the relationship between multiplication and division? Provide examples to show your thinking.

• How does knowing 5 x 5 help you to solve 75 ÷ 5? Explain.

• How many different ways can you solve 84 ÷ 6?

• If the quotient is 15, what could your possible dividend and divisor be?

• How does changing the value of your divisor affect the quotient? (e.g., 350 ÷ 5 vs. 350 ÷ 50?)

• Using the digits 4, 9, 7, and 5, create a division sentence with the greatest possible quotient.

• Which division strategy (partial quotients, rectangular array, area model) do you think is best? Justify your answer.

DIVIDE 3 DIGIT NUMBERS TUTOR

** THERE ARE MANY TUTOR VIDEOS ON THEIR ONLINE MATH TEXTBOOK, AS WELL AS ON OUR MATH EDMODO GROUP, UNDER FOLDERS. 

Music:

After Thanksgiving break, students will be tested on their recorders.  Students have their recorders and need to be studying at home.  The music for them to practice can be found at http://www.musicatteasley.com/

Have a wonderful week, and a Happy Thanksgiving!

The Tiger Trot

The Tiger Trot is a healthy fundraiser that all students will run in on Friday, Nov. 20. We're asking parents to register their child at www.thegetmovincrew.com and share the online link with family and friends to ask for pledges to support our school.  Cash and checks can also be turned in at school.  

Our goal is 100% class participation!  All classes who achieve this goal will get a popsicle party and the teacher will get 10% back in an Office Max gift card.  All students who turn in at least $10 will get a pedometer on race day.  Thank you to top sponsor A+ Pediatric Dentistry of Atlanta!   Check out our other sponsors at www.teasleytigerpaws.com!

Students may dress in athletic attire on Nov. 20th to participate in the Tiger Trot and we will not collect $1.  It is a free dress down day!!  :)

The Teasley Talent Show is coming up!

Teasley Talent Show permission slips are now available!  Forms can be found in the media center or on the new Talent Show blog http://www.cobblearning.net/teasleytalentshow/.  We are looking for singers, dancers, musicians, magicians, MC’s, gymnasts, comedians, etc.  The more creative the act, the better!  All permission forms are due by 2:45 on Friday November 20^th.  No late forms will be accepted.  We already have a few surprises planned for this year, so you won’t want to miss it!  Check the Talent Show blog regularly for more updates and information!!

4th Grade Learning Frameworks

For your information, the link below will bring you to the 4th grade, Cobb County Academics page.  This will tell you the different teaching and learning frameworks for fourth grade.  Each subject is broken down by the quarter so that you know what the kids are learning during each quarter.  I hope this helps some of you assist your child at home.

4th Grade Cobb County Learning Frameworks

Force and Motion

Today, our science Friday was all about force and motion.  We were able to watch some videos, and look through our science textbooks.

Here are some video's about force and motion:

Study Jams - Force and Motion
Study Jams - Newton's 1st Law of Motion (Inertia)
Study Jams -  Newton's 2nd Law of Motion (Acceleration)
Study Jams - Newton's 3rd Law of Motion (Action and Reaction)

After watching some of these fabulous videos, the students had to fill in the lyrics to a force and motion rap, using context clues. We practiced our rap with Mrs. Beason's Class.  Student will be memorizing their rap this weekend, so have them perform for you, and learn about force and motion.

Then, we got into our Fun Friday experiment, Football Forces.  Students created paper footballs, and experimented with different force to determine the motion.  Below are the important take always that students should have after today's experiment.

Key Question: How does force affect the change in position of a paper football?

Connecting Learning: 

1. What are pushes and pulls?  What is their purpose?
2. How is flicking a paper football related to force and motion?
3. Does an object always move when a force is applied?  Explain your thinking.
4. To move the football downfield,what force did you use?  How did you decide how much force to apply?
5. What are you wondering now?

Picture Retakes

Picture Retake day is coming on Tuesday, November 3.  

Retake day is for:

RETURNS -Students who purchased a package but were not happy with the quality.  The entire package must be returned on Retake day.  Please be sure to fill out the back of the picture envelope with your student's information.  The pictures will be reprinted in the same background as was originally ordered.

ABSENT STUDENTS-Students who were absent on the first picture day and need a picture to go in the yearbook.

NEW PURCHASES-Students who want to buy a package of the retake day picture.  Order envelopes are available in the front office.

REMINDER-Students should be in STANDARD ATTIRE.  These pictures will be used in our yearbook. 

Thank you!!

Fall News and Updates

Important Upcoming Dates and Reminders:

October 30- Dress Down day and Sock Hop

November 4 - PTA/PAWS Meeting

November 13 - All Pro Dads

November 20 - Dress Down Day and the Tiger Trot

November 23-27 - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Reading: 

We have been working with main idea, supporting details/text evidence, inferences, thick/thin questions, restating questions, and text structure  over the past 9 weeks. We are continuing to practice using inferences to draw conclusions (explicit and implicit questions).

RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences  from the text.

While at home, have a conversation with your child AFTER they have read. Make sure you use open-ended prompts and allow them time to fully answer.Ask, and get your children to answer THICK questions:

Ask, and get your students to ask each other THICK questions

• What if…?
• How did…?
• Why did…?
• What would happen if…?
• What caused…?
• What might…?
• How would you feel…?
• What character traits describe…?
• Why do you think…?
• Why is…?

Open Ended Book Discussion Points 

• Write what you know about this topic ~ the setting, the situations in pictures. . . .
• Make a prediction. What clues helped you? Read the first page. Do you need to revise your prediction?
• Write questions you have about this text.
• Read the first page. Does the author make you want to keep reading?  Why or why not?
• Do you think this story COULD happen in real life? Why or why not?
• Where does the story take place? What makes you think so?
• Do you have any connections ~ is the author, illustrator, or subject matter familiar to you?
• What questions do you have so far? Were previous questions answered?
• Describe in detail what you think the main character or setting looks like. (Visualizing) What adjectives and adverbs in the story helped you visualize?
• Which words are you stuck on? Did you figure out their meanings? What are the meanings?
• If a character is telling the story, who is it? Describe this character.
• Does the main character remind you of yourself? Compare and/or contrast.
• What are some clues of how the main character is feeling?
• What are some reasons that the main character does what he/she is doing?
• How does the story make you feel and why?
• What problem does the main character have? How do you predict will he/she will solve it?
• Is the story what you thought it would be about? If not, what surprised you?
• Summarize what has happened so far. Use detail.
• If you could talk to the main character, what would you say?
• What obstacles does the setting provide that the main character must overcome? Would this story work in another setting?
• Is there an antagonist (someone who provides an obstacle) to the main character? What details lead you to say this? 
• CHARACTER TRAITS: In a word, describe the main character. Support this one word using specific actions of the character from the story.
• Was the author trying to teach a lesson? If so, what was the lesson?
• Would you recommend this book to others and if so to who?
• What unanswered questions do you have?
• Tell what the problem was, and how the character solved his problem.
• If the story happened to you, how would you feel?
• Were you surprised at any parts? Which parts?
• What advice would you have given the main character?
• Which character did you like most and why?
• Which character was most like you? How?
• Describe how the character changed from beginning to end of the story.
• What was the climax of the story?
• Summarize the ending.
• What 5 questions would you ask the author? Pick one, and write how you think the author might answer it.
• What was the author’s message?
• How would the characters’ actions change if there was a different setting or time period?
• Did the characters change during the story (round) or stay the same (flat)?
• Describe 2 events that portray the character’s personality.
• What scene would make a good trailer for a movie? Would this book work well as a movie?
• If you eliminated one of the characters, how would the story change? Why?
• If you were the main character, would you have done things differently? What? How? Why?

AVOID LITERAL QUESTIONS.  WE CALL THESE “THIN” QUESTIONS.  

These do not require much thought.

Writing

We have been working on informational writing.  With out informational writing, we have put a specific focus on creating a thesis with supporting details, using domain specific vocabulary, and writing complex sentences.  Students rough drafts must be completed by tomorrow, and we will be publishing our Native American Tribe writing next week.  Please read over your child's writing with them tonight, and help them in any areas that are lacking meaning or fluency.

W.4.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

W.4.2A Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

W.4.2D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

Please email me with any questions you might have, and I look forward to meeting with each of you for our rescheduled conferences.  Happy Thursday!

Conferences, Red Ribbon Week, and Recorder Information

Conferences

New conference forms will be sent home tomorrow.  I am only able to hold conferences on Thursday's and Friday's until about 4 O'clock.  This means that some conferences will be a few weeks away.  If you would prefer a phone conference, I will be able to call you much sooner, and can call on any day during my planning time (1:15-2:05) or after school.  If you would prefer this, please indicate it on the form that is sent home, or send me an email.  I will be as flexible as I can to accommodate your needs.

I look forward to meeting with each of you!

“Teasley Friends Don’t Let Friends Bully or do Drugs!” 

October 26 – October 30, 2015

Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign that is observed (annually) in October in the United States.

In honor of Red Ribbon Week and National Bullying Prevention Month, Teasley has an exciting week of activities planned for our students and staff to help us to remember to be happy and healthy. We want this week to be fun and educational, so we also encourage families to use this opportunity to discuss healthy lifestyle choices and safety with their children.

• Monday-“Red Ribbon Day”:

Wear red and red ribbons today to show your promise to live a healthy lifestyle.  (Ribbons will be given to students at school)

*Bring a Healthy Snack to school

• Tuesday- Teasley is United Against Drugs And Bullying: 

Wear your Teasley Tiger spirit wear today to show  Teasley is united against drugs and bullying!

*Make a new Teasley Tiger Friend today!

• Wednesday- “Team up Against Drugs”: 

Wear your favorite team shirt.

*Stand up for someone if you see them being treated mean or unfair.​

• Thursday- “Sock-It to Drugs and Bullying”:

Wear a pair of crazy or mismatched socks 

*Bring a pair of new socks to help someone in need!

• Friday- “Look at what I can be if I stay Drug and Bully Free”:

Bring $1 to support our PAWS foundation and you can wear an outfit to show a future job. (No costumes please)*Students sign the pledge that our school is no place for hate

Resources:

1. http://www.ncpc.org/topics/drug-abuse  National Crime Prevention Council; "Tips, information, and publications aimed at preventing substance abuse"

2. http://www.timetotalk.org  The Partnership for a Drug-Free America; "Time To Talk provides easy-to-use guides and tips to help you have ongoing conversations with your kids to keep them healthy and drug-free."

If you have any questions about Teasley’s celebration of Red Ribbon Week, contact your child’s teacher or counselor (Sherise Harris, grades K- 2;Corinna Oliver, grades 3-5).

Recorder Orders

This gentle reminder is for RECORDER ORDERS. The deadline to order these is October 30th.  Mrs. Mungin will not accept payments after that deadline.

Please click on the below link for information on the recorder AND for final payment/ordering options. :) 

THANKS!

http://www.musicatteasley.com/#!about2/c1j