Wilson's Warriors & Adams' Angels

CRUNCH TIME!!!

                                                                        What Lies Ahead

"I think the one lesson that I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."  Diane Sawyer

CRCT testing will begin next week.  We are confident that we have prepared your child for what they will face on this state standardized test. Please DO NOT stress your child out about this test. We are just asking that you help us by making sure your child gets to bed at a reasonable hour (8pm) each night, get a healthy breakfast and dinner, drink lots of water, and play OUTSIDE for an hour or two after school to relieve stress and energy. We will provide you help in providing no homework for the week of testing except for 30 - 40 minutes of reading each night at bed time.

Things to remember:

• ALL WORK will be completed in cursive

• continue to check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework

• continue to ensure that your child reads their required AR books each week

Academics for:

April 14th - April 30th

Writing: Persuasive Writing - your child will write a paper persuading their audience to feel a certain way, do something, or believe something about the Rain Forest.

Reading: All Reading Strategies - literary elements, main idea, compare contrast, inferencing, and sequencing

Language Arts: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root words

Health: Disease - we will do a unit on infectious and non - infectious diseases

Science: Ecosystems - your child will learn all aspects of the ecosystem and how they work together

Social Studies:Revolutionary War - your child will learn about the Revolutionary War and the formation of the United States and the new government

Math: Problem Solving - this nine weeks will be spent applying the knowledge gained throughout the year to real world problems and solving them.

Your child should continue to read 30 – 40 minutes each night. Your child should be reading fluently at this point, and comprehending at a high fourth grade level, preparing for fifth grade. Take time to listen to your child read and ask them questions about what they read to you to check for fluency and comprehension.

FYI

• field trip to Georgia Youth Museum April 15th ($FREE

• CRCT testing April 23rd - 29th

• Wilson's & Adams' moving on ceremony May 10th  $20 (money due by April 30th)

   

The children have been working extremely hard preparing for our moving on celebration. You will not want to miss this program. There will be food, fun, and excitement. Please set aside a few hours on Saturday, May 10^th, so Mrs. Adams and I, and our students can honor you for a wonderful year.  All are invited, please bring all immediate family members, as well as cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, friends and whom ever you would like to share this special moment with.

Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org

Angela.Adams@cobbk12.org

678) 594 - 8059

THE END IS NEAR!!!

The Year is Winding Down With Much Academics Ahead

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."    Diane Sawyer

We have entered our last nine weeks of school.  While it's easy for all of us to get a little lax with our work habits, this is the time when we all need to apply ourselves and stay focused on the end.

Things to remember:

·        check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework assignments

·        homework is given every Monday and is to be returned every Friday

·        please check and sign homework packet or it will be considered late

·        3 - 5 AR test are expected to be taken and passed with 80% or higher by each Thursday

·        donations are appreciated and accepted throughout the year, and we are always in need of CUPS, tissue, snacks, hand soap, pencils, craft supplies, etc.

Academics for:

March 17th - March 29th

Writing: Persuasive Writing- your child will be writing a paper to persuade an audience to do something  or feel a certain way on something they are passionate about (engaging the reader, sensory detail, excluding extraneous information, and closure),  and their presentation.

Reading: All Reading Strategies (literary elements, main idea, compare contrast, sequence, and inferencing)

Language Arts: Adjectives, Types of Sentences, Adverbs, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Rootwords

Health: Diseases - we will do a unit on infectious and non-infectious diseases

Science: Ecosystems - your child will learn all aspects of the ecosystems and how they all work together by building a rainforest with four layers.

Social Studies: your child will learn about the Revolutionary War and the formation of United States and the new government

Math: Problem Solving - this entire nine weeks will be spent taking all the knowledge gained and applying it to the real world problem solving.

We are extremely passionate about teaching children how to become fluent readers who comprehend everything they read.  Please assist us in helping your child by ensuring that they are consistently reading at least 30 minutes every night.

FYI -

• EVERYTHING - classwork, and homework will be completed in CURSIVE!!!!!!
• field trip to the Georgia Aquarium on April 3rd $17
• Spring Break April 7th - 11th
• CRCT testing April 23 - 29
• field trip to the Georgia Youth Museum on April 15th $free
• Wilson's & Adams' moving on ceremony May 10th $20

<Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org>                                    

<Angela.Wilson@cobbk12.org>

Dowell 678-594-8059

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

We are in full swing now!!!!

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."    Diane Sawyer

Half the year is behind us, and now it's time to pack it in and grind it out to the end. We have great things ahead of us. We will take one day at a time and give our best to make this school year one of the best ever.

Things to remember:

·        check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework assignments

·        homework is given every Monday and is to be returned every Friday

·        please check and sign all homework packets or it will be considered late

·        3 - 5 AR test are expected to be taken and passed with 80% or higher by each Thursday

·        donations are appreciated and accepted throughout the year, and we are always in need of CUPS, tissue, snacks, hand soap, pencils, craft supplies, etc.

Academics for:

January 22nd thru February 1st

Writing: Informational Writing- your child focus on doing a research paper on a topic of their choice. They will be responsible for an outline, researching, collecting data, and writing a polished piece on their topic. They will be graded on their research and data, final copy paper that includes....(BME), focusing on all standards (engaging the reader, sensory detail, excluding extraneous information, and closure),  and their presentation.

Reading: Inferencing - your child will be able to make inferences on different events that take place in life and in the stories they read

Language Arts: Verbs - we will cover all areas of verbs (i.e. regular, irregular, tenses, adverbs etc.)

Health: Diseases - we will do a unit on infectious and non-infectious diseases

Science: Forces and Motion - Light - we will cover the characteristics of light

Social Studies: your child will learn about colonization of the Americas

Math: Fractions - we will be covering mixed numbers, improper fractions, adding and subtracting fractions

We are extremely passionate about teaching children how to become fluent readers who comprehend everything they read.  Please assist us in helping your child by ensuring that they are consistently reading each night.

FYI - We will be going to full cursive at the 41/2 week mark of this nine weeks, we will have an in house field trip on February 12th, year books are on sale, treasure books can be ordered, and cap and gowns can be ordered.

Kudos :

• The Franklin family for their donation to the conference week luncheon for teachers
• The Allah family for their donation to the conference week luncheon for teachers

<Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org>                                    

<Angela.Wilson@cobbk12.org>

Dowell 678-594-8059

Only these sites

Here are the sites you may visit to do your research on your colony. Do not venture away from these sights.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial

http://kids.yahoo.com then type COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE SEARCH BOX

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/a/colonylist.htm

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/colonial.html

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

Rockin' and Rollin'

We are in full swing now!!!!

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."    Diane Sawyer

Thank you to all of those who attended a conference. We are excited to get this second nine weeks started now that parents and teachers are working in unison to help the children become better learners. We will have many events and activites taking place from not until Christmas Break so please stay tuned.

Things to remember:

·        check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework assignments

·        homework is given every Monday and is to be returned every Friday

·        please check and sign all homework packets or it will be considered late

·        3 - 5 AR test are expected to be taken and passed with 80% or higher by each Thursday

·        donations are appreciated and accepted throughout the year, and we are always in need of CUPS, tissue, snacks, hand soap, pencils, craft supplies, etc.

Academics for:

November 5th thru November 16th

Writing: Narrative Writing - your child will take what they have learned about paragraph writing and apply that to a piece of narrative writing; creating a story that has at least five paragraphs with a beginning, middle and an end (BME), focusing on all standards (engaging the reader, sensory detail, establishing literary elements,  closure, etc.)

Reading: Inferencing - your child will be able to make inferences on different events that take place in life and in the stories they read

Language Arts: transition words - you child will learn different words to include in their writing to transition from one paragraph to another and from one sentence to the next.

Health: Nutrition - your child will be learning the components of the food chart as well as how to follow it to have a well balanced diet

Science: Forces and Motion - your child will be learning all about the six simple machines

Social Studies: your child will learn about colonization of the Americas

Math: long division with 2 digit divisors

We are extremely passionate about teaching children how to become fluent readers who comprehend everything they read.  Please assist us in helping your child by ensuring that they are consistently reading each night.

FYI - November 13th and 14th field trip, High Touch High Tech will come to our classroom and allow the children to participate in hands on science activities. The cost is a $9.00 donation

Kudos:

•       The Fate's for tissue and kleenex
• The Mazagwu's for water machine donations
• The Lomax / Harris family for snacks and copying
• The Benjamin / Smith  family for snacks
• The Moore's for water machine donations
• The Alonzo's for donated baked goods
• The Franklin's for bandaids and hand sanitizer

<Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org>                                    

<Angela.Wilson@cobbk12.org>

Dowell 678-594-8059

Time for Science

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.

Popcorn will be sold for 50c a bag.

Henry Hudson

Here is a website with information on Henry Hudson.  Just click on the link to go directly to the website.   Scroll down to Henry Hudson. Click on one of the first three links below the paragraph to read more information.

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/alpha/h.html

What country was he from?

Who paid him to explore?

Why motivated him to explore?

What was he looking for?

What did he discover?

TEACHING AND LEARNING IS FANTASTIC

To teach is to learn and to learn is to teach!!

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."    Diane Sawyer

We are excited about all the wonderful learning that is going on in our classroom. When children are learning, they then become wonderful teachers to one another. We have a community environment in our classroom where children feel safe to be themselves, share with others when they feel successful, and ask for help when they do not.

Things to remember:

·        check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework assignments

·        homework is given every Monday and is to be returned every Friday

·        please check and sign all homework packets or it will be considered late

·        3 - 5 AR test are expected to be taken and passed with 80% or higher by each Thursday

·        donations are appreciated and accepted throughout the year, and we are always in need of CUPS, tissue, snacks, hand soap, pencils, craft supplies, etc.

Academics for:

September 17th thru September 28th

Writing: Narrative Writing - your child will take what they have learned about paragraph writing and apply that to a piece of narrative writing; creating a story that has at least five paragraphs with a beginning, middle and an end (BME), focusing on four standards (engaging the reader, sensory detail, establishing literary elements, and closure)

Reading: Main Idea and Compare/Contrast - your child will be able to identify the main idea of a story as well as compare and contrast important events in a story in whole group reading and small group guided reading.

Language Arts: conjunctions - your child will learn what a conjunction is, when they are used and to incorporate them in their writing to create complex sentences

Health: Health, Hygiene, and Fitness - your child will work on a project that is due around the first week in October. They are working on lessons dealing with skin care, teeth care, vision and hearing, and fitness.

Science: Weather - we are learning about how to predict the weather and all the instruments required to predict weather and what they are used for

Social Studies: your child will learn about French and Dutch exploration

http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/french.php

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

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/excartier.htm

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

Math: subtraction across zeros

We are extremely passionate about teaching children how to become fluent readers who comprehend everything they read.  Please assist us in helping your child by ensuring that they are consistently reading each night.

FYI - September 28th field trip to Red Top Mountain. Each child will need to have a signed permission slip to attend along with a $9.00 donation.

Kudos:

·        to the Allah family for donating snacks, to the Alonzo family for a donation to the water machine that bought cups, to the Benjamin family for snacks, and to the Harris/Lomax family for donating time to copy, file, sort, and organize for Mrs. Adams and I.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email Mrs. Adams or Ms. Wilson at anytime.

<Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org>                                    

<Angela.Wilson@cobbk12.org>

Dowell 678-594-8059

Email Notification Service

Parents
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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!

THE SPLASHING IS IN FULL FORCE

WONDERFUL 1ST WEEK!!!

We are splashing into learning!!!

"I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention."    Diane Sawyer

Our 1st day of school was packed full of fun.  Our goal was to WOW your child and get them motivated about learning.  We had a week full of testing. We are excited to have completed all that daunting yet important business. We are excited for the rest of the year.

Things to remember:

• check and sign your child's agenda daily for behavior and homework assignments
• homework is given on every Monday and is to be returned on every Friday
• please check and sign all homework packets or it will be considered late
• 3 - 5 AR test are expected to be taken by each Thursday
• donations are appreciated and accepted throughout the year, and we are always in need of (tissue, snacks, hand soap, pencils, craft supplies, etc.)

Academics for the weeks of:

August 20th - August 31st

Writing: paragraph writing - your child will write one paragraph with at least five sentences with ten or more words per sentence - one main idea sentence with four supporting sentences - focusing on three standards (engaging the reader, sensory detail, and excludes extraneous details)

Reading: Literary Elements - your child will be able to identify the four parts to literary elements of a story in whole group reading and small group guided reading.

Language Arts: adjectives and nouns- know what adjectives and nouns are and identify each in any genre of literature and writing.

Health: nutrition food chart

Science: scientific method and science safety

Social Studies: your child will learn and know the characteristics of the five U.S. regions, and map skills

Math: place value

We are extremely passionate about teaching children how to become fluent readers.  Please assist us in helping your child by ensuring that they are consistently reading each night.

FYI - we are working to have 100% participation in our PTA. The fee is $5, so please join our PTA to make Dowell a great place to learn and grow for children by supporting our PTA.

Kudos:

• to all parents who have made donations to our class

If you ever have any questions or concerns please feel free to email Mrs. Adams or myself Ms. Wilson at anytime.

Shantike.Wilson@cobbk12.org                                     Angela.Wilson@cobbk12.org

Dowell 678-594-8059