Learning Targets and Important Information

Learning Targets for this week.  Additional resources can be found on our edmodo page

Math - 4.NBT.3 Rounding numbers (Test on Friday, August 26, 2016)

Reading - Reading is thinking, Characteristics of Genres

ELA - Writing a paragraph, Word Sort 3 (Test on Friday, August 26, 2016)

Science -  Water Cycle (Test on Friday, August 26, 2016)

Picture Day is Tuesday, August 23rd.  Students are to wear standard attire.

THE TIGER UPDATE

-The Tiger Fund Drive has launched! Please support the PAWS Foundaiton with a tax deductible donation that supports educationsl initiatives for all Tealsey Tigers.  Visit www.TeasleyTigers.com to make your Tiger Fund donation and to learn more about the PAWS Foundation.  See atached flyer for more information!

-Our first Spirit Night of the year will be on August 25 (5-7pm) at the Paces Ferry Chick-Fil-A.  Come out to support Tealsy and enjoy a night off from cooking!

-Please join us for the first PTA General Meeting of the 2016-2017 school year on Tuesday, August 30 at 6:15 in the Cafe.  Come learn more about PTA's plans fo the year and hear from our Principal, Ms. Mansfield on the "State of Teasley".  Elections for our School Council will also take place that evening.  We look forward to seeing all PTA members there!

-An informational meeting about the "Opportunity School District" bill on this year's ballot will be held on September 8 from 6-7 pm at Campbell High School. See attached flyer for more information.

Notes from Coach Homansky:

Teasley Jogging Club

Tealsey Jogging Club is a 5K training program designed to teach students the value of hard work and effort not only training the body, but the mind as well.  The club will be on Monday afternoons from 2:30-3:45 and is open to 3rd through 5th graders who show good character in all aspects of their life and meet their academic standards in the classroom.  in order to be considered for jogging club students must fully complete the attached application in pen/pencil along with their/parent guardian signature.  Each application will be looked over by a panel of staff members along with feedback from their current and past grade level teachers.  Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Mr. Homansky.

Rise and Shine Morning Exercise

What better way to start the day than breaking a sweat?  Rise and Shine morning exercise is designed to get your student active and moving before even stepping into their homeroom.  The doors of the gym open at 7:20 am and close at 7:35 with all students being released to class at 7:45.  Students must eat breakfast before coming to Rise and Sine.

Rise and Shine morning exercise will begin Monday, August 15th and is open to the following grade levels on the following days:

Monday: 4th and 5th morning miles

Tuesday:  2nd and 3rd morning miles

Wednesday: Kindergarten and 1st morning miles

Thursday: 3rd, 4th and 5th Boot Camp

Friday: K, 1, 2 Boot Camp

Back to Football Friday

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?  Teasley's Physical Education department is proud to partner with the NFL and their PLAY60 program to bring to you BACK TO FOOTBALL Fiday on September 9th.  Back to Football Friday is a school wide event that encourages students to get active and excited about the upcoming football season.  Students are encouraged to wear their favorte NFL football gear.  During their specials time the students will participate in football related stations testing their throwing, catching, kicking, punting, and speed/agility.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.  If you are interested in volunteering we would love to have you.  Please visit: http://signup.com/go/faQPcy to help facilitate a station.  Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Coach Homansky at eric.homansky@cobbk12.org.

Remind and Google Form

Please fill out this contact information form if you haven't already done so

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfzb9dgiK3NRJ-gZNjAJjGLZXNnzaav27dWRr4P4ycMVw38w/viewform

There are still a few parents who are not part of my remind group.  This  is a safe way for me to text all parents with class updates, as well as independent updates.  To join, please visit the link below, or follow the directions on the picture.

remind.com/join/mskraft

(click to enlarge)

Chorus Invitations are Coming Soon!

“SING SING SING"

With the 

TEASLEY TREBLE TONES CHORUS

2016-2017

Invitations for membership will be sent via email in the next few days.  

Please be on the look out, your child may have been invited.

Membership will be granted to the first 100 kids who sign up.  

Note:  Chorus is by invitation only.  Membership to chorus is based on behavior, participating in homeroom and music classes and showing the best Teasley Tiger Pride with the use of the Teasley 10 throughout the school day."

Google Form - Important Student Information

Please complete the following form, if you have not done so already.  This was at meet and greet.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfzb9dgiK3NRJ-gZNjAJjGLZXNnzaav27dWRr4P4ycMVw38w/viewform

Thank you!

Learning Targets

We have gotten off to a great start to the third week of school.  Here is what we will be studying this week.

Reading - Building stamina and close reading for comprehension

Writing - building/writing a strong paragraph and building writing stamina

Math - 4.NBT.2 writing numbers in standard form, word form and expanded form as well as comparing numbers

science - The water cycle.

There are many resources for these topics in the students journals, textbooks, and on edmodo.  Please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

Open House

Thank you to all of the parents, and students, who were able to make it to open house tonight, we had a wonderful turnout.  For those of you who were not there, or those of you who were not able to see the whole prezi, here is the link so that you can view it on your own

http://prezi.com/whqpohgqr4mm/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Enjoy! and please let me know if you have any questions.

Girls on the Run Registration Starts Tomorrow!

(Click to Enlarge)

First week of school and open house

Good evening parents,
We have made  it through the first week of school and I can already tell we have a wonderful group of kiddos in room 302! Each day they are getting back into the swing of school, and learning how to be independent fourth graders who are taking responsibility for their actions. With that being said, we still have a long way to go in order to be the best role models at Teasley. Please talk with your children about the importance of listening to the oral and written directions.  This is an area that many of us struggled with this week, and an area that everyone can improve upon. Remind your child that when the teacher is talking, it is imperative that they listen because it  may be important directions or procedures. With that, it is important to note that if students are talking over me while I give directions, I will not repeat my directions for them. I will only repeat directions if students have a hard time understanding them, and they were respectfully and actively listening the whole time.  They must be listening at all times.

Fourth grade is a big jump from third grade in many ways. It is important for students to build their independence. Please help your child at home by slowly reminding them less and less to do their HW. our hope is for them to remember on their own. This will help with making sure that students are completing their class work and assignments without reminder because I will not be able to remind students individually each day.  It is important for students to explain and justify answers and be able to tell why something is reasonable. Their math journal will have AWESOME resources for this that you can use at home.

Homework is another area that is greatly increased in amount and intensity. With that being said, I do not want the students to be spending hours on end doing homework, they are kids after all! One way to help ensure that student s are not spending hours on homework is by making a login cheat sheet for them to place next to or on their HW device.  We slowly add a new internet site, or two, each week for students to use for homework and practice. At first assignments will be for me to make sure that students know how to log in and find tools, as you may have noticed with our Edmodo assignments this week. Next week, I hope to add moby max and then front row towards the end of the week. These are both math sites that we will use daily, in class and for Homework.

This is a huge adjustment for the students, but I have also noticed over the past three years that it might be an even bigger adjustment for parents. (It's always so hard when they get older, isn't it?) This year is the first year your child will be receiving cumulative percentage grades instead of a 1, 2, or 3, on a standard. Please keep in mind that standards based grades DO NOT TRANSLATE TO PERCENTAGES. If your child received all 3's last year, that does not mean that they will necessarily make all A's and B's In class. Our grades test not only the content, but also the independence level of students, and their ability to follow directions for any given assignment. Also, there will be an opportunity for students have 1 make up test opportunity, per test taken. This will only be under certain circumstances, which I will explain more at Open House on Tuesday, I hope to see you there!

Our agenda for open house includes the following
* About Ms. Kraftschik
* Contact information (magnets!!!!)
* Behavior (clip chart) mega bucks/check books
* Expectations of incoming fourth grade students
* 4th grade requirements
* Supplies
* Snack/lunch
* Birthday treats
* Schedule
* Grades/parenVUE (this is soooooooooo important!!!)
* How your child will qualify for a retake exam (NBT.1 example?)
* 2025 Facebook group(thank you AMAZING parents for putting this together, it's great!)
* BYOD
* Weekly jobs ( community of respect/ responsibility)
* Question from you to me

I hope to see you all on Tuesday for a wonderful and informative open house 😀

First Day of School

Hi Students and Parents! We just completed our first day of 4th grade and I'm so excited to have each of you in my class this year!  Here are a couple of notes from today:

•  Students are coming home with a folder from Cobb County that hasA LOT of information that needs to be filled out and returned to school.  There is a checklist stapled to the front of the folder and all paperwork needs to be returned by Friday, August 5th.
• Students have homework today, which includes signing up for our edmodo group, and exploring spellingcity.  Please make sure that students only create one login for edmodo.  They will use the same information to login each time.  Also, please remind your child that Edmodo is NOT a site for social conversations.  It is strictly for educational purposes.  If students create more then one account, or if they post social things like "how are you today?" or "I miss you already." They will be removed from my group.  This is to make sure that everything is appropriate for school.
• If you havent done so already, please fill out this google form, https://goo.gl/forms/oK2x2WyQtcXuejRF3, which includes important information about you and your child.  This will make it easy for me to contact you when needed, since all of the necessary information will be in one place.
• Also, If you haven't joined my remind group, please do so by following this link, remind.com/join/mskraft .  Remind is a safe way for me to communicate with parents, and it also allows me to send out quick reminders of upcoming events, that will go directly to your phone.
• We will start setting up our interactive journals tomorrow, so if you were unable to bring in the composition notebooks today, please bring them in no later than Tomorrow.
• We have Music tomorrow

I hope you all had as much fun today as I did! See you bright and early tomorrow!