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

Grading Scale

• 90 – 100 = A• 80 – 89 = B• 74 – 79 = C• 70 – 73 = D• 69 or below = F

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

Questions?

Curriculum slides for reference follow

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

Science

• Water• Weather• Force and Motion (simple machines)• Light• Sound• Space• Ecosystems• Protective Adaptations