Hey Parents and Students,
I hope everyone has had a great week! Have a safe and fun Halloween weekend. I am traveling out of town and will not be at school on Monday. This week students learned about Latin and Greek root words. Students wrote stories and sentences on their desks using the root words they have learned. Students used what they knew about the Greek allusions and myths and are creating products. Students will continue to work on these projects next week. Next week students will read different science and social studies articles. Students will use the information from these articles to complete a choice board. The students did a great job on their musical this week! It was incredibly entertaining! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Kara Merck
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Hello Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Last week we started on Greek Mythology and the allusions. We will continue with Greek Mythology and the allusions this week. Students will take their vocabulary quiz on the allusions on Friday. Students do not have a vocabulary packet this week. We are continuing with Opinion Writing this week. Students will start their piece on a topic of their choice. Students are also going to learn about Greek and Latin roots in more detail this week with VOLT MAN. They always enjoy learning where the words come from. A few reminders: It is RED RIBBON week! Monday-Wear Red Tuesday-Wear favorite sports team Wednesday-Wear wacky socks Wednesday at 9AM students will perform their play for the school. Thursday-Wear Camo Thursday at 6PM students will perform their play for parents. Friday-Wacky Wear I hope you have a great week! Kara Merck We started our Drama unit this week. Students received a reader's theater play. The students will practice the play in class, create props, and make a background. Students will put on their play on Wednesday of next week-10/21. Students wrote a letter to a military service member. I will be sending these off to the Bert Show, a radio show. They will then in turn send them off to a military service member during the week of Thanksgiving. We also started opinion writing today! It is so interesting to see what topics the students come up with. Next week after students put on their plays, we will start on Greek Mythology and the allusions.
Reminders: Next week is ITBS testing, no visitors until after 12 everyday. Students will be practicing for their 4th grade musical during school. Musical is on October 29th! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Kara Merck Hello Parents and Students,
I hope everyone has a great 5-day weekend! We had some awesome professional development today on rigor. I can't wait to implement some of the things I learned in our lessons in the next few weeks. Conferences are being wrapped up tomorrow. It has been a joy to meet with everyone and put some faces with names. This past week we wrapped up loose-ends for the first quarter. Report Cards will go out next Friday. So be on the look-out for those! Next week we start on Drama, Reader's Theater, and Writing Letters to the Troops. Students will get to perform a Reader's Theater with their groups using what they learn about Drama. Will be being participating in Bert's BIG Thank You again this year. Students will write a letter to a military member thanking them for their service. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Kara Merck Hey Parents,
I hope everyone had a great week! I know I did! My weekend is busy with Braves Game (in the rain), babysitting, and the Falcons Game! :) This week we worked on Theme and started on Theme in a Bottle Projects. Students are taking a book they have read and creating a bottle and letter based on that theme. Students are also working on publishing their narrative writing. They have such creative minds! Next week is a "wrap up week." Students will continue to work on their Theme project, their narrative writing, and any work that I am missing from them. Students will continue to read and take SRC assessments as well. Conferences are continuing next week... below are the dates and times. Wednesday October 7, 2015 2:40-3:00-Lala 3:00-3:20-Open 3:20-3:40-Open 3:40-4:00-Sanderson 4:00-4:20-Ferro 4:20-4:40-Jacobs Friday October 9, 2015 7:40-8:00-Evers 8:00-8:20-Lalwani 8:20-8:40-Harrington 8:40-9:00-Lampert 9:00-9:20-Heald Thank you so much! Have a wonderful weekend! Kara Merck |