Larkin

Constitution Games

http://www.texaslre.org/preamble_intro.html

http://www.texaslre.org/branches_game.html

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/LIN_QUZ.HTM

http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/USQuizzes/Constitution1.htm

http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html

http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/images.htm

http://www.nccs.net/constitution/index.html

February 8

Hello!  Mrs. Wooton and I enjoyed seeing you all at your conferences.  Thank you for all of your help and support! 

It is hard to believe that we are half way through the nine week grading period.  We will be sending home progress reports to students who are making a C or having behavior concerns.  They will be sent home on Wednesday.

High Tech, High Touch -  This is an in-school science field trip.  Our day is next Monday.  If your child has not brought back the permission slip, he or she will not be able to attend. 

The students will be out of school on Monday, February 18 and Tuesday, February 19.  They will return to school on Wednesday, February 20.  Enjoy your long weekend!

Parent Surveys-  Parents are picked randomly in 4th grade to receive a parent survey.  If you receive one of these, please fill it out and return it to school.

UPCOMING DATES:

2-13: Progress reports home

2-18 and 2-19:  NO SCHOOL

2-29:  Spirit Day

3-4: Stevi B's Pizza Night

3-4: EARLY RELEASE

3-6:  Parent Resource Night

3-7:  Spring Pictures

December 17, 2007

Happy Almost Winter Break!

I am sorry that so much time has passed between postings.  Since so many other memos have gone home and the info. located on the behavior sheet, I have accidentally put this on hold. 

This 2nd nine week grading period is coming to an end.  We have been working very hard this nine weeks.  We are trying to complete our tall tale books.  We will be having conference week when we return from our winter break.  They will be held January 22-January 28.  Look for the conference form to come home when we return to school.

Thank you for all of your support with our field trips this year.  We have had great trips and experiences!  We look forward to a couple more trips in 2008!

ALL STUDENT LIBRARY BOOKS ARE DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18.

Our 4th grade party will be Friday, December 21.  Our class is responsible for providing 6-packs of Coke and Mountain Dew.  PLEASE send these in by Friday.  Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their drinks!

Friday is Dowell Spirit Day!  Wear your Dowell Dolphin shirts and show your spirit!

Please remember that all students are out for winter break starting Monday, Dec. 24 and return to school on Tuesday, January 8.

Mrs. Wooton and I would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season and a happy new year!

October 15, 2007

I hope everyone is doing their rain dance!  We desperately need all we can get!

AR Goals for the 1st nine week grading period-  We had 11 students make their AR goals for the 1st nine weeks!  That is awesome!  We will have our AR celebration soon!

FALL FESTIVAL!  This Friday, October 19, 2007, Dowell is having our Fall Festival.  You may purchase tickets ahead of time for $5.00 a person.  Yes, adults need a ticket to enter.  The price to get in the night of the festival increases to $6.00 a person.  Purchase ahead of time!  It's going to be AWESOME!

Fire Safety is going well.  The fire fighters will not be coming this week or next.  Please have your child tell you what was learned in fire safety.  Please make sure you and your family have a fire escape plan!

Early Release is this Wednesday, 10/17/2007.  Students will be dismissed at 12:20.

Report cards will be sent home next Monday, October 22, 2007.  Please sign the signature card and return it in the envelope.  You keep the report card.

The Book Fair is next week! 

Dates:

10/17- Early Release

10/19- Fall Festival 5:00-8:00 PM

10/22- Report Cards sent home

10/26- Spirit Day

10/30- Fire Safety

11/1- Fire Safety

11/5- No School

11/6- No School

11/8- Fire Safety

          PTA/ Primary Science Night

Science Across the Grades

For K-2 Grade Students

Please join our primary grade levels for our 1^st Science Night!

Thursday, November 8, 2007

5:30-6:30 Dinner (pizza & soda)

6:00-6:20 PTA Meeting

6:20-7:00 Science Experiments

(For science experiments please go to your child’s grade level hall.)

Dowell’s Student Council will be selling a slice of pizza and a coke for $2.00.

Explorer Websites

Magellan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exmagellan.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org?J002678F/magellan.htm

http://www.studyworld.com/ferdinand_magellan.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/magellan.html

Dias:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572862/Bartolomeu_Dias.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9030289/Bartolomeu-Dias

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/Indexd.shtml

Email Notification Service

Parents
The service that we use to automatically notify you when the blog is updated has changed their terms of service in such a way that an ad will begin showing up at the bottom of the email that comes to you. Your email address is still not being shared with anyone other than the school! The mere placement of advertising in school communications is of concern to us, especially since we have no control over what the ad may be.

We are exploring other means of providing this service to you at this time. For now, we ask your patience as we work through the concern. In the meantime, if you receive an ad that is objectionable to you, we would appreciate your notifying the school, and holding onto it so that it may be forwarded to proper personnel.

Thank you for your patience!

September 10

Thank you to everyone that came to Open House!  Mrs. Wooton and I enjoyed speaking with everyone. 

There is something that we forgot to mention at Open House and that is the grading scale.  The students enter the A-F grading scale this year.  The scale is as follows:

100-90= A

80-89=  B

74-79=  C

70-73=  D

69-0=  F

This Friday marks the halfway point of this grading period.  Mrs. Wooton and I will only send out an academic alert if he/she has a C in an academic area or if behavior is a concern.  If your child receives an alert please sign the bottom portion of the slip and return to school.

On Friday, September 28, 2007, the 4th grade will be attending a field trip to Red Top Mountain.  The children will get to experience life during colonial times.  It's an awesome field trip!  Permission slips will be coming home soon.  Please send in the money ASAP if you haven't already prepaid.

UPCOMING DATES:

9-11:  Stevi B's pizza night

9-14:  Academic alerts sent home

9-19:  EARLY RELEASE

9-28:  Red Top Mountain Field Trip

August 27, 2007

Well, we have had an awesome first two weeks!  The students are beginning to get back into the "swing" of school.  It's a big step going from 3rd to 4th grade.  The students find themselves being much more independent during 4th grade and it can be quite a transition.

Thank you for getting your child all the necessary supplies for school.  If your child does not have a 5 subject notebook, please see that they get one.  Your child will be taking notes through out the year in this notebook as well as keeping papers, etc.  Also, thank you for the band aids, tissues, etc. that were donated to the class.

We have jumped into our subject areas with both feet.  We are currently studying:

Math- Place Value from the hundredths to the millions

English- Types of sentences

Language Arts- Narrative literature and writing

Social Studies- Map skills and US regions

Science- Weather

April 20, 2007

Yeah!!!!  CRCT testing is complete!  Parents, thank you for your help and support during this long, hard week of testing!

It is hard to believe that the school year is coming to a close, but we still have lots to do!

Way to go Bryan!  He was the top cookie dough seller for the entire school!

AR- The students are feverishly working on meeting their 4th nine weeks AR goals.  In fact, Alise and Magall have met their goals!  Way to go!  All library books will be due to the media center on May 11.  Please encourage your children to be reading at least 30 minutes each night.

Field Day- 4th grade Field Day will be held on Tuesday, May 15th.  Time to be announced.

Academic Alerts will go home on Thursday, April 26.  They are  to be sent home on the 27th, but I will not be here.  I like to talk to the children before sending home the alerts, so I don't want a sub to pass them out.

We have  PTA on Thursday, April 26.

Please continue to send in pictures and/or money.

The last day of school is May 25, but I'm sure your children are well aware of this date!!!

March 26, 2007

4 MORE DAYS!

Spring Break is right around the corner, but spring fever has hit hard in the classroom!  I hope everyone has a restful and well deserved break. 

Congratulations to Jazmin, Meyer, Abigail, Christopher and Magall for meeting their AR goal for the 3rd nine week grading period!  I rewarded them with a voucher to purchase something in the book fair.  I hope they enjoyed shopping!

It is hard to believe that we are in our last nine week grading period of the year.  This school year has gone quickly, but we have one more large hurdle to clear.  Yes, you guessed it, the CRCT!  We will be taking the test two weeks after we return from spring break.  I stapled in each child's agenda a username and password so they may practice for the CRCT online at home.  You simply go to Dowell's homepage and scroll down past the pictures.  You will see a link to click on the practice for the CRCT.  Good luck!

Upcoming Dates:

4/16-4/20- CRCT Testing

4/26- PTA

4/27- Academic alerts sent home

5/15- 4th and 5th Field Day

5/25- Last Day