Upcoming Events
There will be many fun activities for you and your child to participate in. Hope to see you all there!
- Technology Night - March 31st. Please see attached file for details.Download Technology night
There will be many fun activities for you and your child to participate in. Hope to see you all there!
Hopefully everyone is returning to school well rested and ready to work. It's hard to believe that we entering the second half of the school year! With the second half of the year brings the CRCT, and we will be working hard for the next three and a half months to prepare for it! Below I have included the link to the student CRCT study guide from the Georgia Department of Education. Please review this with your child as the questions are a great review and will help your child tremendously in preparation for the CRCT. Pleasae be aware that it is 80 pages if you are going to print it out!
The students will be dismissed 2 hours early the week of January 26 - 30th to allow for parent teacher conferences in the afternoon. You should have received a conference form from your child with the conference date and time on it.
Below are some great ways to help your child at home!
Read with your child each night and discuss what was read.
Check your child's agenda each night and go over any homework that was assigned.
Go over graded work that is sent home.
Practice double-digit multiplication problems and long division problems as these are two of the most important and most difficult skills learned this year.
Practice math word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Study multiplication facts. (ALL students at this time should know all of the multiplication facts 0-12)
Students can play any of the online games listed on my blog to help review specific skills.
~Thank you for your continued support! Please contact me should you have any questions!
Welcome to the 2nd nine weeks of school! During the 2nd nine weeks we will be studying the following:
Social Studies - Native Americans
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/DifferentTribes/groups002.htm
Science - Weather (finishing up), force, motion, light and sound
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/index.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/machines/simple_machines.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml
Math - Long division, measuring angles and analyzing 2-D figures
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shape.htm#Coordinates
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/solid_figures/
http://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/measuringangles/preview.weml
Language Arts - Traditional Literature, writing responses to literature, adjectives and adverbs
** I have included several fun websites for the students to explore on the topics we will be studying.
Other News:
Our field trip to Red Top Mountain will be on October 16th. The students must purchase a lunch from the cafeteria at school or bring their own.
Report cards will be going home October 17th.
Keep studying those multiplication facts!
Thank you for your continued support!
Our class is well underway to a very successful year! We are very lucky to now have Mrs. Lundeen, a student teacher from Kennesaw State University, in our classroom until Thanksgiving! She will be helping us on our pathway to success!
In Math we are finishing up our Place Value unit and moving on to learn about graphs and multiplication. Please keep studying those multiplication facts! Below are some really fun websites to help in learning basic facts and other math skills. Check them out!
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/mathasmd.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm#math
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/by_subject/multiplication/mul_games.htm
Progress Reports
Academic alerts for students who have lower than a B in any subject will be sent home Wednesday, September 16th.
PTA News
You can now check PTA news and updates on www.dowellpta.org.
Dowell Spirit Night
Where: Texas Roadhouse - Hiram
When: Thursday, September 11th
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
***Spirit night will take place the second Thursday of every month EXCEPT October.
Dowell Math Night
We will be holding our annual Math Night at the Publix on Dallas Highway on Thursday, October 9th. Hotdogs, drinks and treats will be available for purchase. If you waear a Dowell t-shirt you will be eligible to win a prize! All students must be accompanied by an adult to be able to participate. The schedule for the night is as follows:
6:00-6:45 Family names N Z 6:45-7:00 PTA Meeting 7:00-8:00 Family names A
Open House is this Thursday, August 21st from 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.! We look forward to seeing you!
Grades K-2 - 5:30 - 6:15 p.m.
PTA Meeting - 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Grades 3 - 5 - 7:30 - 8:15
***To help alleviate congestion in the parking lot, please take advantage of the shuttle service that will run between Church of Christ on Macland Road to Dowell Elementary. The shuttle will start at 5 p.m. and will run every 10 minutes. Students who are younger than Kindergarten will not be allowed to ride the bus.
Thank you for your continued Support!
Welcome to 4th grade! This is my first year here at Dowell Elementary, and I am very much looking forward to a great year! This is my fifth year of teaching and my fourth year of teaching 4th grade. I grew up in New York and attended college at Niagara University for both my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and my Master's Degree in Special Education. Upon finishing my masters, I moved to Georgia and began my teaching career. During this past year I completed my Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Needless to say, I love it here in Georgia, and I have had an extremely positive experience since moving!
I am really looking forward to working with the 4th graders this year as we will be learning many exciting and interesting things throughout the year! Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns.
We will be studying the following topics during the first 9 weeks of school:
Math - Place value (hundredths - millions), algebra, graphs, multiplication and division.
Writing - Narratives, writing process, types of sentences (declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory) and nouns.
Reading - Narratives and poetry to include theme, story elements, figurative language, making inferences, identifying foreshadowing clues, using context clues, use of a dictionary and thesaurus, homophones (their, there, they're - too, two, to), antonyms and synonyms.
Science - Water cycle and weather.
Social Studies - Economics, map skills, and Native Americans.
Health - Emotional/Mental Health.
Recent Comments