Miss Stephens' Survivors

September!

I  would like to thank everyone for coming to curriculum night last Thursday.  I know that we covered a lot of information in a short period of time!  If you still have any questions, please let me know and I will be glad to help.  I really enjoyed getting to meet all of the parents and talk with everyone!  I am looking forward to having a wonderful year with you and your children.  If you were not able to attend please read the packet that I sent home regarding our classroom and sign and return the bottom portion of the packet.

I wanted to let everyone know where we are at the beginning of September.  We are finishing economics and will take a test on what we have learned this Friday.  In math, we will learn about algebraic expressions this week , multiples, prime numbers, and hopefully start multiplication by the start of next week.  We will test on lesson 2 in vocabulary on Tuesday and will get the lesson 3 words on Thursday.  In science, we will continue with water and begin predicting weather by the end of this week or the beginning of next week.  In social studies, we will review map skills for about 10 days before we begin Native Americans.

I also wanted to thank Mrs. Lehman and Mrs. Markanda for volunteering to be our co-room mom's this year!  They are already hard at work planning some wonderful activities for our classroom.  A HUGE thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to send in ice cream items for our budget celebration in Social Studies.  The children have really been working hard earning money in the classroom and understanding how to budget their money in order to purchase what they want on Friday.

Again if you need anything at all, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at Erica.Stephens@cobbk12.org and I will get back to you as quickly as I can.  Thank you for a terrific start to the school year :)

Miss Stephens

Welcome to 4th Grade!!

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all of our new 4th grade students.  We have an exciting, but challenging year planned .  The first week of school will be spent going over school and classroom rules as well as trying to establish a regular schedule in the classroom.  We will start math and health on Wednesday and will add more curriculum areas throughout the week.  We will go over this schedule and many other important things at the curriculum night on September 4th!  During the next couple weeks of school, we will be conducting several reading assessments.

Some things that you can expect to see this week that will continue throughout the year:

• Green communication folders will be sent home each night.  Please check the contents of these folders. We will check these folders each morning so this is a great place to send notes and other correspondence.
• Math - Expect to see math homework each night.  We will start the year off with understanding place value to the millions.
• Spelling - Students will bring home their first spelling list this week.  We will focus on these words throughout the week in class with activities and writing assignments.  Homework will go home on Monday and be returned on Thursday.  There will be a spelling test on Fridays.
• Vocabulary - All 4th grade students will be using Wordly Wise Vocabulary this year.  We feel that vocabulary is an important component of our curriculum as it encourages students to apply word meanings, think critically, and discover word relationships. Students will usually have one night of vocabulary practice each week.
• Health - This week will will conclude our short health unit on the "Challenge of Friendship."  Students will bring home a study guide next week for their first quiz!
• Social Studies/Science - We will begin this year studying Economics in Social Studies and Water/Weather in Science.
• Reading Logs - This year's reading log will come home on Mondays and will be checked the following Monday.  Please initial each night the minutes read, and whether the book was read to or read by the student.  Reading logs are required at Mtn. View. Each student needs to read 120 minutes every week.

I'm sure after reading this you might have many more questions.  Hopefully I will be able to answer these on curriculum night.  If you have any questions feel free to email myself or Miss Takash at any time.  We look forward to a wonderful year!

Thanks,

Miss Stephens

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Erica.Stephens@cobbk12.org      Stephanie.Takash@cobbk12.org 

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all of our new 4th grade students.  We have an exciting, but challenging year planned .  The first week of school will be spent going over school and classroom rules as well as trying to establish a regular schedule in the classroom.  We will start math and health on Wednesday and will add more curriculum areas throughout the week.  We will go over this schedule and many other important things at the curriculum night on September 4th!  During the next couple weeks of school, we will be conducting several reading assessments.

Some things that you can expect to see this week that will continue throughout the year: