On Monday, October 10th, we will be attending the Fire Safety Village. Green permission slips went home earlier this week, and all but one student has turned it in.
Students need to wear standard attire, but please make sure that they are wearing pants, shorts, or leggings that are easy to move around in. There are a few activities that require bending, jumping, climbing, and rolling We will be eating lunch at the fire safety village, and students will need to bring lunch if they did not tell me earlier this week that they would need to buy a lunch at school. There were only 6 students who informed me that they would need to buy a lunch at school on Monday, these students were:
Taylor
Asiyah
Noah
Nevaeh
Brea
Jomar
If your child's name is not listed above, you will need to pack a lunch for them on Monday and they must bring their lunch in a disposable plastic, or paper bag. NO LUNCH BOXES. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Reserve Teasley Elementary School 2016-2017 yearbook.
"Early Bird" special = ONLY $28 for a HARD COPY!!!!!!
Prices will increase after December 20th. Order forms went home the week of September 6th. You may also purchase the yearbook online at www.TeasleyTigers.com for $29
Picture Retakes
Pictures came home today.
Picture retake day is Monday, October 10, 2016
Students must wear standard attire for their retake if you would like one.
Retake Day is for:
Returns - students who already bought a picture but were not happy with the quality. You must return the entire package on retake day. Please be sure to fill out the back of the picture envelope with your students information. The picture will be reprinted in the same background as was originally ordered.
Absent Students - Students who were absent o 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. (to order a package of the 1st day picture, please call the GCI portraits office at 770-428-3717)
We hope that everyone had a wonderful fall break! The year is going by quick and we are getting ready to start the second nine weeks already! The official conference week will be October 17-21, and we will be sending more information home on Wednesday with your scheduled conference time. Please remember that these are half days for students
Fire Safety Village
Our first field trip is scheduled for Monday, October 10th. Green permission slips went home today, please try to return them by Wednesday. Students who do not turn this slip in by Friday, will not be able to attend the trip.
For the fire safety visit, students must bring their lunch in a disposable plastic, or paper bag. NO LUNCH BOXES. If students have to purchase a lunch from school, they will have the opportunity to do so, but it is suggested that you bring a lunch if possible.
Students need to wear standard attire, but please make sure that they are wearing pants, shorts, or leggings that are easy to move around in. There are a few activities that require bending, jumping, climbing, and rolling
Learning Targets
Social Studies - In social studies, we will be working on Native American Groups which is integrated into writing. We also be time warping back explorers.
Writing - We will continue to work on informational writing. This week, we will be focusing on thesis statements and introduction sentences to our body paragraphs.
Language - This week in grammar or language, we are learning about fragments and complete sentences.
Math - In math this week, we are going to continue to work on area and perimeter using formulas. We will extend our learning this week by working on solving real world problems. At the end of the week, we will move into interpreting multiplicative comparison statements.
Reading - This week in reading, we are working on inference and explicit information. This is a HUGE standard in fourth grade. Students needs to be able to not only locate information, but use this information from the text, and their background knowledge to draw conclusions (inferences). Here is an informative video on inferring, and an example we did in class using toy story.
Many books have been returned to the library wet or
damaged and have incurred fines and charges.
Help your student keep library books in good condition.
Remember to keep water bottles and food containers out of
backpacks to prevent accidents.
I encourage you to read with your child over the Fall
break and visit the public library. Assist your child in choosing
appropriate and interesting books.
Here is the link to our Science Webquest on Weather. To research, you will be using Mackinvia to research. More specifically you will use the databases Britannica online, Worldbook discover, and pebble go science. Enjoy, and be sure to discover the least destructive severe weather!
Thank you so much to all of the parents who were able to make it to Magical Morning of Math today. It is always so nice to see parents working with their children, and to see their child's eyes light up when they see you walk through the door. As promised, I have attached the PowerPoint on Multiplication and Division strategies. I have also included the magic squares in case you wanted to print them out for practice at home. Enjoy and please let me know if you have any other questions about common core math.
Writing - Informative Writing/How do we use rubrics
Math - Addition and Subtraction using the standard algorithm
Science - Weather (On Friday)
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.
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.
