Box Tops & Labels for Education
Don’t forget to send in your Box Tops and Labels for Education each week! The PTA is doing a contest each month to see which class and student has the best participation! We want to win : )
From Mrs. Nadir: International Night will be March 23rd from 6 to 7:30. We have a site this year you can use to sign up. The link is here: newprospectes.wixsite.com/internationalnight There will also be flyers at the front desk if you want your student to pick up one!
Remind: In order to keep everyone updated and in attempt to reach the parents quickly, we are going to use Remind. It is an app/web based program that allows us to message you with reminders. We will still make sure things are written in their agenda but this allows Ms. Moore and Miss Wilson to get a hold of parents quickly. Please use this link to join: www.remind.com/join/e6a67g
Reading
This week we finished our character studies unit! We took our quiz on Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel. Next week we are moving onto poetry and drama. We will have a test on Friday the 3rd on this material. Please don't fret! We will be putting all kinds of stuff in our interactive notebook and sending home all activities we complete in class. They will be more than prepared for this! Fables, Folktales, and Myths will follow after that. We will be starting to review for milestones during the month of March as well.
PLEASE make sure your kiddo is reading at home!! Remember that one of the best ways to help your kiddo become a better reading is by having them read every night. Some students haven't been filling out their reading log which tells us they haven't been reading. Please make sure you have your kiddo read about 20 minutes a night. Since I can never remember to give out a reading log, there is one attached here on the website.
Writing
We wrapped up current writing unit this week. Next we are going to be reviewing the poetry and drama standards in terms of writing. That way we will be covering the material in as much depth as possible. This way we can also spend some time grammar and other writing skills.
Spell Check
These go with our Words Their Way books. We will send home 10 to 12 words each week. We will post them here under the spell check tab (Click Here) as well as sending the list home with each kid. We will take a pre-test each week to see what the kiddos need to study! Please let us know if you have questions or concerns. :)
Science/Social Studies
We started our Heat unit this week in science. Their vocabulary cards were due yesterday. Please make sure they are studying those as we will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday the 2nd. Their test will follow that. We will announce that date once we decide on a date.
Please make sure you are sending those plastic tops and coke cans so that they can make some recycled projects in art! We need all different colors!
Quizlet:
Here is the link to the quizlet. This will allow the kiddos to practice their vocabulary anytime and anywhere. quizlet.com/latest If you don't want to create an account, you are welcome to use the login of: WilsonNPES and the password is panthers16. This way you can access all the study cards without making your own account. Please let me know if you have any issues with this. If you'd like to join with your own account, please use this link to connect to our homeroom: quizlet.com/join/e2Yfg5ZJb
Math
We started learning about fractions. We talked about naming, identifying, and writing fractions. We will have our test before spring break. Be on the lookout for that date. After this unit, we will begin reviewing for milestones as well. We can not stress enough the importance of the kids learning their multiplication facts. This will be so important on the milestones and during math in 4th grade. 4th grade math teachers expect that students come in knowing their multiplication facts. So please keep practicing :)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE still continue practicing multiplication facts. We can not stress how important it is to know these facts. Everything is building off of those facts. We have noticed that many kids aren't studying their facts! Area is so hard for them when they don't know their facts. We really need the kids to be studying those facts. The more successful they are with their fluency, the easier the rest of the year will be. We will be giving the kiddos plenty of tools and strategies to help make them successful but please know that we need your help as well.
A note from Mrs. Robson about Milestones:
Don’t forget to send in your Box Tops and Labels for Education each week! The PTA is doing a contest each month to see which class and student has the best participation! We want to win : )
From Mrs. Nadir: International Night will be March 23rd from 6 to 7:30. We have a site this year you can use to sign up. The link is here: newprospectes.wixsite.com/internationalnight There will also be flyers at the front desk if you want your student to pick up one!
Remind: In order to keep everyone updated and in attempt to reach the parents quickly, we are going to use Remind. It is an app/web based program that allows us to message you with reminders. We will still make sure things are written in their agenda but this allows Ms. Moore and Miss Wilson to get a hold of parents quickly. Please use this link to join: www.remind.com/join/e6a67g
Reading
This week we finished our character studies unit! We took our quiz on Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel. Next week we are moving onto poetry and drama. We will have a test on Friday the 3rd on this material. Please don't fret! We will be putting all kinds of stuff in our interactive notebook and sending home all activities we complete in class. They will be more than prepared for this! Fables, Folktales, and Myths will follow after that. We will be starting to review for milestones during the month of March as well.
PLEASE make sure your kiddo is reading at home!! Remember that one of the best ways to help your kiddo become a better reading is by having them read every night. Some students haven't been filling out their reading log which tells us they haven't been reading. Please make sure you have your kiddo read about 20 minutes a night. Since I can never remember to give out a reading log, there is one attached here on the website.
Writing
We wrapped up current writing unit this week. Next we are going to be reviewing the poetry and drama standards in terms of writing. That way we will be covering the material in as much depth as possible. This way we can also spend some time grammar and other writing skills.
Spell Check
These go with our Words Their Way books. We will send home 10 to 12 words each week. We will post them here under the spell check tab (Click Here) as well as sending the list home with each kid. We will take a pre-test each week to see what the kiddos need to study! Please let us know if you have questions or concerns. :)
Science/Social Studies
We started our Heat unit this week in science. Their vocabulary cards were due yesterday. Please make sure they are studying those as we will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday the 2nd. Their test will follow that. We will announce that date once we decide on a date.
Please make sure you are sending those plastic tops and coke cans so that they can make some recycled projects in art! We need all different colors!
Quizlet:
Here is the link to the quizlet. This will allow the kiddos to practice their vocabulary anytime and anywhere. quizlet.com/latest If you don't want to create an account, you are welcome to use the login of: WilsonNPES and the password is panthers16. This way you can access all the study cards without making your own account. Please let me know if you have any issues with this. If you'd like to join with your own account, please use this link to connect to our homeroom: quizlet.com/join/e2Yfg5ZJb
Math
We started learning about fractions. We talked about naming, identifying, and writing fractions. We will have our test before spring break. Be on the lookout for that date. After this unit, we will begin reviewing for milestones as well. We can not stress enough the importance of the kids learning their multiplication facts. This will be so important on the milestones and during math in 4th grade. 4th grade math teachers expect that students come in knowing their multiplication facts. So please keep practicing :)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE still continue practicing multiplication facts. We can not stress how important it is to know these facts. Everything is building off of those facts. We have noticed that many kids aren't studying their facts! Area is so hard for them when they don't know their facts. We really need the kids to be studying those facts. The more successful they are with their fluency, the easier the rest of the year will be. We will be giving the kiddos plenty of tools and strategies to help make them successful but please know that we need your help as well.
A note from Mrs. Robson about Milestones:
- We are pleased to announce that a refreshed Experience Online Testing Georgia website is now available with a demonstration test for each of three grade bands – grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and high school – with sample items from each content area. While the 3-5 and 6-8 grade bands will contain Science and Social Studies items, please be reminded that these two content areas will be assessed in grades 5 and 8 only. The primary purpose of this website is to provide exposure to the online platform that students will utilize when taking the Georgia Milestones tests. The highlight of this year's refresh of the site are examples of multiple-part, multiple-select, and evidence-based selected-response items. As communicated, these item types will be operational beginning with the Winter 2016 End of Course (EOC) administration in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics and with the Spring 2017 End of Grade (EOG) and EOC. These item types will be field tested, for the first time, in Science and Social Studies in Spring 2017 for both the EOC and EOG. Items that are field tested do not impact the scores of students. In addition, questions 1-5 will illustrate the Reading & Evidence-Based Writing section of ELA. Using a Chrome browser only, enter the following link to access the site: http://www.gaexperienceonline.com/