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Welcome to Open House!Mrs. Shannon Sides
Fourth shannon.sides@cobbk12.orgwww.cobblearning.net/sidesaliens
While you wait for everyone to file in, read the mad lib your child made you. Don’t worry – you will get even with your own crazy mad lib!
Before you leave make sure to complete…
• Mad Lib list sheet (adjective, verb, etc.)• Form from Mrs. Frey with addresses if you
know the information
Homework and Agendas
• Agenda – check daily to keep updated on homework – no signature needed
• Agenda is done over the weekend-copied from the blog
• Practice multiplication facts.
• Read 20 minutes nightly.
Thursday Papers and Central Intelligence Folders
• Scored papers and school fliers go home on Thursday in Central Intelligence folders.
• Some papers may need to be signed and returned.
• Please only keep papers from “Papers to Keep” pocket.
How Do I Know How My Child Is Doing?
• Look over Thursday papers and help your child with areas that they might have missed some questions. Be aware of the grades.
• Weekly reports will indicate if a child is struggling with an academic concept
• Synergy, our online gradebook, will be accessible very soon. Passwords to come.
• Progress reports sent home for signature
Reading Logs and AR
• Students should record number of minutes read each day on their reading logs.
• Reading logs are to be signed every Thursday night
• Accelerated Reader Incentive Plan- the students are ENCOURAGED to take AR tests.
• The students who earned 20 points the first nine weeks will be invited to a
READING CELEBRATION.
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl and Book Club
• Two exciting opportunities to get your kiddos reading
• HRRB- read books from a list of award winning books and write questions about them-then you compete in a quiz bowl- VERY FUN!
• Book club- read a book and meet with a small group of kids to discuss and enjoy the story
• Both groups offered by the MEDIA CENTER
Scholastic Book Club
• Students will be given the opportunity to order books from Scholastic at very reasonable prices.
• I will send home flyers, but you can always go online and order books.
• ONLY online orders will be submitted• NO CHECKS should be sent to school –please
pay online
Our Daily Schedule
7:15-7:45 Morning Work7:45-8:45 Math8:50-9:35 Specials9:35-11:50 Reading/Language Arts
(snack)11:50-12:10 Math (part 2)12:15-12:45 Lunch12:45-1:00 Recess1:00-2:00 Social Studies/Science
FOOD!!!
• ONE ALLERGY KNOWN-pine nuts• We have snack right after specials at 9:40.• Please send in a snack – believe me the kids are
hungry• Also send in water bottles- it is a more efficient way
to hydrate then kids leaving the room to go to the water fountain!
• Birthday treats- please let me know in advance and try to make the treat easy to pass out
• LUNCH 12:15-12:45
Transportation
• If there is a change in your child’s afternoon transportation, it must be done in writing to the school before the end of the day.
• Please use official CCSD bus pass for changes in bus transportation.
• DO NOT email changes – the internet might be down or I might be so busy I don’t get to check in the afternoon
Important Dates
• BOOK FAIR –this week –ends on Monday the 18th
• Trained Parent Volunteer Training Monday, August 18th, 1:00-1:30
• Night in the Parking LotFriday, August 22nd 6-8
• First field trip to Cobb Safety VillageMonday, August 25
From the Nurse
• Please re-confirm any allergies, medical problems, etc.
• Please stop by the clinic to update your child’s clinic card, if necessary.
• Please remember that ALL medications need to be checked in at the clinic by a parent.
From the Attendance Clerk
• Absent & Not Taken to the Doctor – Please send a note from the parent stating the dates and illness.
• Absent & Taken to the Doctor – Please send in a doctor’s note.
• Tardy – Please send in doctor’s note, dentist’s note, or dated note from parent.
From PTA
• Sail Into Reading fundraiser Starts August 21st-Sept. 3rd
• Students read a number of minutes and get sponsors to raise money
• PTA does soooo much for the kids, teachers and parents—LET’S GET BEHIND OUR PTA
andREAD!!!
Online Textbooks and Resources
• Students will keep password list inside Central Intelligence folder in last pocket
• You have one to take home and keep by the computer
• Frequently used resources 1) IXL- www.ixl.com2) Spelling City- www.spellingcity.com3) Vocab website- vocabularyworkshop.com4) Sites listed on blog
Math• Place value, rounding, decimals• Multiplication (4 digit x 1 digit, 2-digit x 2-digit)
• Factors, Multiples• Long division with 1-digit divisors• Measurement (length, mass, capacity, time)
• Geometry (angles, 2D figures, symmetry)
• Algebra skills (use of variables, symbols)
• Problem Solving• Fractions (order, equivalence, +, -, x)
Reading & Language Arts
• Vocabulary Building: workbook• Spelling program: Words Their Way.
Tests are usually on Fridays.• Guided Reading: small groups• Shared Reading: 4th grade level with
skill work• Writing: Writer’s Workshop, individual
student-teacher conferencing
Social Studies
• Economics • Map and Globe skills• Native Cultures • Early Exploration• Colonization• American Revolution• Government• Westward Expansion
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