Hi Families, We can't believe the last week of school is upon us! To celebrate, fourth grade will be doing Classroom Campground curriculum based activities. Students will be allowed to bring in one sleeping bag or blanket as well as one small stuffed animal per person. (please no pillows) Students may also bring in simple pop up or easy to assemble tents. Items for Classroom Campground should be brought in on MONDAY ONLY and will be sent home on WEDNESDAY. For fun, we will be making trail mix (goldfish, pretzels, and m and m's needed) and smores mix (graham cracker cereal, mini chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows needed) in class to tie in with the Classroom Campground theme. If you can send in items, please email your child's homeroom teacher directly as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your help. (if your child cannot eat those items, please send in special snacks). Also- students may bring in yearbooks for a special signing day on TUESDAY. And lastly, there will be NO BYOT for the remainder of the year. Hope to see you at the End of the Year party THURSDAY at 12:00. Thank you for an amazing year! Kara Merck
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Hello Parents and Students,
Friday we had some much fun at WOW day and tie-dying t-shirts for lemonade stand day! This week we will continuing to work on a Project-Based Learning assignment. Students have chosen a big directed question to research and create a project around. Some examples are: "What would happen if dinosaurs lived today? or What would the U.S. be like if the Confederates had won the war?" I can't wait to see what students come up with! We have a lot of fun activities some up, please see the upcoming dates below. Also, we have seen a decline in positive behaviors across the entire forth grade. To remedy this, fourth grade teachers and administration have taken some measures to ensure that we have a wonderful rest of the year. Please talk with your child about what the behavior expectations are at school. We have gone over what we expect and have discussed consequences. I believe we are going to have a wonderful last month of school! Upcoming Dates to Remember May 2-STAR Reading Assessment May 4-Reading Placement Assessment May 6-STEM Day (We will have fun STEM activities in our classroom) May 12-13-Guidance Counseling with Ms. Redding May 13-Economics Extravaganza May 18-Lemonade Stand 12-2 May 19-Field Day May 23-Battle of the Books for 3rd and 4th grade May 26-Last Day of School Hello Parents and Students,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I got to see my niece and nephew, Olivia and Maddox! This week we will be continuing with the Georgia Milestones Tuesday and Friday. Please see the link below for a sign-up genius for Lemonade Stand Day. Please click the sign-up for more information about Lemonade Stand Day and how to sign-up for donations and volunteer spots! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0844A5AC2CA6F85-lemonade I hope everyone has a great week! Hello Parents and Students, Welcome Back from a hopefully wonderful and refreshing week off! I enjoyed spending time with my new nephew and sister. I also went to the Braves game this weekend, unfortunately my Bravos didn't win. I hope everyone comes back refreshed and ready to do some review before testing on Wednesday. The testing schedule was emailed out by Mr. Allison, and I have attached some really cute pictures of my nephew. :) Since we don't start testing until Wednesday I am giving one extra day for Wolfie's Challenge. Kara Merck Field Trip Reminders:
Here is a note from Zoo Atlanta: We are looking forward to your upcoming Zoo Atlanta NightCrawler adventure scheduled for Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Please arrive and park in our Cherokee Parking Lot located at 800 Cherokee Avenue SE and park near the C-5 Education Conservation gate , which is found on the last page of the attached information packet (this is attached). Our instructors will meet you at this gate at 6:00 pm. Please note, your cars will not be parking INSIDE the zoo, but a security guard will monitor your vehicles throughout the night to secure the parking lot. Please do not leave any valuables in your car or vehicles. Please read over the following reminders carefully:
Happy Friday Parents, We are completing Wolfie’s Challenge again this year! Wolfie’s Challenge is a way to prep students for the Georgia Milestones. We have created quizzes for students to complete. The form (attached) is coming home in Friday Folders. Students are challenged to complete at least 20 or more practice quizzes at home and/or in school. We also have some updated Zoo information about where you are to park, pack, etc. If you are a chaperone we will give you your group information and badges when we arrive to the park. Here is a note from Zoo Atlanta: We are looking forward to your upcoming Zoo Atlanta NightCrawler adventure scheduled for Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Please arrive and park in our Cherokee Parking Lot located at 800 Cherokee Avenue SE and park near the C-5 Education Conservation gate , which is found on the last page of the attached information packet (this is attached). Our instructors will meet you at this gate at 6:00 pm. Please note, your cars will not be parking INSIDE the zoo, but a security guard will monitor your vehicles throughout the night to secure the parking lot. Please do not leave any valuables in your car or vehicles. Please read over the following reminders carefully:
If your child has allergies or needs any other medication please fill out the authorization form (attached) and send the medication into the clinic no later than Tuesday March 29th. Please let me know if you have any questions about the zoo trip. We are excited for another amazing trip to the zoo! The 4th Grade Team
Hello Parents and Students,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I had the opportunity to go meet my nephew in Jacksonville, Florida! He is absolutely adorable. This week we will continue to work on book report projects. Students will be presenting and creating QR codes in class. If your child brings his or her device to school it would be nice if he or she could have a QR code reader on his or her device. The one I like the most is called QR Code Reader and Scanner. It is free. We will continue on reviewing and working on Narrative Writing this week. Students will work through the entire writing process this week. Students have reading 25 minutes each night, study island (student's choice), and vocabulary tic-tac-toe board. Please let me know if you have any questions. The zoo trip is next week if there are any questions about that as well please see the handouts and PowerPoint from last week or please email me if you have any questions. Thank you and have a great week! Kara Merck Hello Parents and Students, This week we are reviewing Narrative Writing! Students are working on their introductions today! Students also will practice typing answers like they will do for the GMAS. Students will create a book project this week starting on Wednesday on the book of their choice. Students will have 8 choices of projects to do and will record themselves presenting their project. Once students have completed their presentation they will create QR codes for their project. Students will then watch each others presentations. Homework this week is reading every night, completing any SRC assessments that students still need to do (Wednesday is the due date), Scholastic News, and vocabulary tic-tac-toe. Zoo Information: I am attaching a Zoo Information PowerPoint and PDF of information that will be helpful getting prepared for the zoo trip on Wednesday March 30th-March 31st. It is at the bottom of this blog post. Students will also be bringing home a bight green paper about the zoo TODAY! :) If you have any questions after reading the handout and PowerPoint please let me know. Thank you, Kara Merck ![]()
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Inference, Comparing First and Secondhand Accounts, and more Inferencing with Constructed Responses!3/7/2016 Hello Parents,
Our week started with inferencing about the people who went West! Students watched a video clip and used their knowledge + the information from the video to inference. Students created their own opinion on Extreme Waterslides today in writing. Later this week we will discuss narrative writing with evidence and elaboration. We will also be working on Georgia Milestones type questions and responses this week! This week is a short week. Students will attend Monday-Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are teach work days. Please see below for some information about the Zoo. Thank you and have a great week! Dear Parents, If your child is going on the Zoo Field Trip and has night or day medication that needs to be taken, please fill the form out that is attached. If you already have a form filled out for medication in the clinic, then you do not have to fill out the form above. If you have any questions please contact our school nurse, Ms. Hotchkiss: [email protected] Also, if you are chaperoning and haven't gotten your background check yet, please make sure you go between the specified times which are from 9-11 and 2-3 on Thursday and Friday. Fulton County Schools Police is at 6201 Powers Ferry Rd NW Atlanta, GA 30339. The charge is $44.25, in the form of a money order. Thank you, Fourth Grade Team Hello Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! In reading, we are continuing with comparing and contrasting themes in Traditional Literature. We will discuss Point of View and comparing and contrasting different Point of Views using the George Washington VS King George III book. We will continue with Georgia Milestones Practice by constructing responses based on two texts. In writing, students will learn about progressive verbs and elaboration. Students will learn and have practice on the elaboration in informational, opinion, and narrative writing. See our homework page for updated homework for this week. Also, if you aren't already, please follow me on Twitter: @MrsKaraAMerck! I try to update it every few days with pictures of things we are doing in class. If you haven't visited our class Wish List yet, please click on the WISH LIST at the top right hand side of the page. Thank you for everyone who has bought pencils, timers, color pencils, ect from our Wish List! The kids love when we get new items for our classroom. I hope everyone has a great week, and if you didn't binge watch Fuller House on Netflix yet... you should! :) Thank you! Kara Merck |