May 16-20, 2016

This is a super busy time of year; make sure you know what's happening so you are prepared and ready!

• Field Day is on May 17th this week! PTSA is sponsoring a lunch for those students staying on campus during lunch. Please check with me if you plan on taking your son/daughter off campus for lunch. Make sure your child has sunblock and appropriate clothing (no dresses / skirts / sandals, etc), as this is an active day! Also, please remember a water bottle!

• We have a field trip to Lookout Mountain on May 18th, this week! Please be prepared with sunscreen and a sack lunch as we will being eating lunch there, and will be outside for a portion of the trip! Lookout Mountain has informed us that we CAN have parent volunteers, and we need three volunteers per class.

• Owl pellet dissections are on May 23rd. Each class would like 4-5 helpers. This is a wonderful, hands-on lab. If you are able to help, please contact your homeroom teacher

• The wax museum was a wonderful success! Students did a fantastic job researching their person of choice, and the presentations were great! Well done, everyone!

Dates to Remember:

• May 17 - Intermediate Field Day
• May 18 - Lookout Mountain Field Trip
• May 23 - Owl Pellet Dissection
• May 25 - Fourth Grade Class Picnic, 10:00-12:45

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Literacy - Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

May 2-6, 2016

• Flex Day Testing is this week and next week! If you haven't signed up, please do so as soon as possible via SignUpGenius. If you don't remember your time slot, please check the SignUpGenius, linked below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084fa4ac2ea5fb6-may2016

• We have a field trip to Lookout Mountain on May 18th! Keep an eye out for permission slips going home in Friday folders, please return them with $3 as soon as possible!

• For our biography projects, student's final presentation will be our “wax museum” presentation and a written biography, on Wednesday, May 11th at 8:50 - 9:45 a.m. Students will come to school dressed as their notable person. School clothes need to be brought to school to be changed into for the remaining day.

• The coming weeks are going to be incredibly busy, and will be going by quick, so please be prepared and aware of what's happening!

Dates to Remember:

• May 6 & 9 - Flex Day Testing (by appointment only)
• May 11 - 4th grade Wax Museum
• May 11 - 4th grade Musical
• May 17 - Intermediate Field Day
• May 18 - Lookout Mountain Field Trip

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Literacy - Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

April 25 - 29, 2016

• Students have done amazing through all the PARCC testing! Thank you so much to parents who donated snacks throughout testing!

• We have a field trip to Lookout Mountain on May 18th! Keep an eye out for permission slips going home in Friday folders, please return them with $3 as soon as possible!

• For our biography projects, student's final presentation will be our “wax museum” presentation and a written biography, on Wednesday, May 11th at 8:50 - 9:45 a.m. Students will come to school dressed as their notable person. School clothes need to be brought to school to be changed into for the remaining day.

• The coming weeks are going to be incredibly busy, and will be going by quick, so please be prepared and aware of what's happening!

Dates to Remember:

• May 6 & 9 - Flex Day Testing (by appointment only)
• May 11 - 4th grade Wax Museum
• May 11 - 4th grade musical
• May 17 - Intermediate Field Day
• May 18 - Lookout Mountain Field Day

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Literacy - Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

April 11 - 25, 2016

• As we continue to do PARCC testing, any snack donations for the kids are greatly welcome! Graham crackers, fruit, goldfish crackers and similar snacks are great options. 

• Students have persevered through PARCC testing so far and been doing wonderfully! The math portions of the test are April 19th through 22nd.

Dates to Remember:

• April 15 - Young Writer's Conference
• April 20 - Early Release (dismissal at 1:00 pm)
• May 6 & 9 - Flex Day Testing

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Literacy - Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

Science - After learning about the interactions between both living and non-living elements in ecosystems, read about some of the world's biomes at this website:

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html

Choose one biome. Now choose one animal that lives in that biome. Write the animal you selected in the center of the paper. What elements (both living and non-living) are in this ecosystem? Draw these elements around the edge of your science sheet and connect them to your chosen animal with a line. Write the interactions on the lines going from your chosen animals to the other elements in this biome. 

Bonus: Include lines between the other elements and how they interact together!

April 4-8, 2016

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful spring break!

• As we continue to do PARCC testing, any snack donations for the kids are greatly welcome! Graham crackers, fruit, goldfish crackers and similar snacks are great options. 

• Students have persevered through PARCC testing so far and been doing wonderfully! The math portions of the test are April 19th through 22nd

Dates to Remember:

• April 15 - Young Writers' Conference
• May 12 - 4th Grade Wax Museum

Literacy - Weekly Reading Log (150+ minutes)

Math - Please log into IXL.com and complete sets P.17, P.19, P.20, P.21, P.22, and P.31.