Scrapbook/Journal

Thursday 3/23/2017: Red Mountain Field Trip

Thursday 4/14/2017: Speech Memorized by this date

Friday 4/21/2017: Scrapbook/Journal Due (Res

Tuesday 4/25/2017: Wax Museum Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 4/26/2017: Wax Museum for Parents 9:30-10:30

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Important Person in Alabama History Scrapbook/Journal

Due Date: Friday, April 21st Plenty of time will be given

at school to research, the journal will be completed at home.

A scrapbook is a fun way to remember important things that happened. Your job is to first research your person by finding the information you need for each page and then make a scrapbook of the person you are researching using the information you found. It should look like it was actually made by your person, depending on when your person lived, you could make it look old! You can use strips of leather to bind it, with the help of an adult burn the edges of each page, use a wet tea bag to stain the pages, roll the page up with a rubber band and put in the dryer for a few minutes. You can google other ideas.  Remember I showed you some examples of scrapbooks in class. Please let me know if you have questions!

Color, cut, paste, create, draw, type- be creative when making a page! Remember all of the author’s crafts we have learned in writing: strong leads and endings, transition words, adjectives and adverbs, similes and metaphors, repetition, etc.

The scrapbook must include the following items:

1. A cover which includes:
• Title of the scrapbook
• Picture of your person
• Your name
2. A title for each page.  Except for page 3, each page should be written in paragraph format.

    Page 1- (2 paragraphs) 1st paragraph-Introduction (3-5 sentences) 2nd paragraph-Where and when were you born? Did you have any brothers and sisters? What did your parents do? In this section talk about how your life began, what were you like as a child ( 5-7 sentences)

   Page 2- (1 paragraph) What would people admire you for? What questions might people from today ask you?  What else would people want to know about you? (5-7 sentences)

   Page 3- A picture of your person-a caption about your picture and a famous quote from your person.

   Page 4-  (1 paragraph) This section should include information about your life as a grown up. Did you go to college? Did you get married? Where did you live? Did you have any kids? Tell about your life, things you did (5-7 sentences)

   Page 5- (1 paragraph) Where and when did you die? Why did you die? Do you have a memorial, where is it located? (3-5 sentences) If you are still alive: Where do you live now, what do you do now? (3-5 sentences)

     Page 6- (1 paragraph) Why are you famous? What have you contributed? Did you invent anything? In this section you should talk about why you are famous, what did you do to make yourself famous and how you were important to the development of our state and and/or our country. This will be the bulk of your facts about your character. (7-10 sentences)

• All work in your scrapbook must be done by YOU! Parents may assist with ideas,  and proofread for mistakes, but they may not write it for you, type it for you, or do the work/research for you.

Seuss

Thursday 3/23/2017: Red Mountain Field Trip

Thursday 4/14/2017: Speech Memorized by this date

Friday 4/21/2017: Scrapbook/Journal Due (Res

Tuesday 4/25/2017: Wax Museum Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 4/26/2017: Wax Museum for Parents 9:30-10:30

*Check our calendar for other important dates.

The kids are enjoying our QR Codes for Dr. Seuss books. They wanted me to email you the link because they would really like a copy for home if you are able to print. If you can't print, and your child would like a copy, please let me know and I'll print it from here. Thanks!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/18g4dvA0tOZudbbu50c3EtrUupcGmGkPqIvUwJtOYErs/edit?usp=sharing

We are almost out of pencils, please send in 24 sharpened pencils with your child by Monday of next week. Thanks!

Just a little bit about what is going on in class: Reading-Our CAFE goal this week is "fluency-I can read smoothly," last week we learned how to infer the meaning of characters and what is going on in the story. Ask your child to show you how he/she can prove that they know how to use those skills. Writing-We are busy studying, critiquing and writing reviews on Dr. Seuss books . Math-Fractions, fractions and more fractions. Content-We have just finished studying about the rivers in Alabama, Native American tribes, The Trail of Tears and The Creek War. We are now learning about a sad and difficult time in our state called slavery and soon we will begin studying the Civil War. Ask your child to show you their person and project for Black History Month. Some of us even did a Facebook page for our person. Soon we will be choosing another famous person from Alabama to do a REALLY big project on. We will also create a journal for this person and have a Wax Museum! More information will be coming home soon.

E-News

Monday 2/27/2017: Book Fair this week

Tuesday 2/28/2017:

Wednesday 3/01/2017:

Thursday 3/02/2017: Curriculum Night 5:30-7:30

Friday 3/03/2017:

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The kids are enjoying our QR Codes for Dr. Seuss books. They wanted me to email you the link because they would really like a copy for home if you are able to print. If you can't print, and your child would like a copy, please let me know and I'll print it from here. Thanks!! https://docs.google.com/document/d/18g4dvA0tOZudbbu50c3EtrUupcGmGkPqIvUwJtOYErs/edit?usp=sharing

We are almost out of pencils, please send in 24 sharpened pencils with your child by Monday of next week. Thanks!

Just a little bit about what is going on in class: Reading-Our CAFE goal this week is "fluency-I can read smoothly," last week we learned how to infer the meaning of characters and what is going on in the story. Ask your child to show you how he/she can prove that they know how to use those skills. Writing-We are busy studying, critiquing and writing reviews on Dr. Seuss books . Math-Fractions, fractions and more fractions. Content-We have just finished studying about the rivers in Alabama, Native American tribes, The Trail of Tears and The Creek War. We are now learning about a sad and difficult time in our state called slavery and soon we will begin studying the Civil War. Ask your child to show you their person and project for Black History Month. Some of us even did a Facebook page for our person. Soon we will be choosing another famous person from Alabama to do a REALLY big project on. We will also create a journal for this person and have a Wax Museum! More information will be coming home soon.

A message from Susan Norris:

Hey guys!  I have attached a 1 minute video for a summer 2 week program called MoTowne Productions. My son, Timothy, has participated in MoTowne for 5 years now....and HE LOVES IT! MoTowne involves students grades 3 - 12 - all over the Birmingham area!  

This program is similar to Summer Show Offs, however it is an auditioned group.  Auditions are coming up in March.  

Thank you!

Susan Norris

https://youtu.be/x9Kc2AOQh6o

Valentine's List

Thursday 2/02/2017: Picture day

Friday 2/03/2017: Club Day at 1:15

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Our class will have a small Valentine's celebration and exchange cards the morning of the 14th. Please make sure your child makes their own Valentine's cards to pass out to the class. ;)

Brenna

Gabriela

Paige

Ania

Madison

Nalla

Payton

Taykiyah

Astryd

Maiya

Marial

Victoria

Kayla

Esmael

Brandon

Adrian

Storm

Evan

Grant

Samuel

Adityapaul

Preston

Uriah

E-News

Monday 1/23/2017: Finish Arbor Day Writing rough draft if not done

Tuesday 1/24/2017: SSC PTO School spirit night at Chick Fil A at the Grove 4:30-8

Wednesday 1/25/2017:

Thursday 1/26/2017: Muffins and Math k-2 at 7:30 in large conference room, AEA in the conference room 9-2

Friday 1/27/2017:

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Just a little bit about what is going on in class: Reading-Our read aloud is Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Ask your 4th grader if he/she would drink from the spring and explain to you why or why not! We have been learning through Weekly 4 all year and we are adding CAFE to our reading time this week. We are continuing to use our Story Works to learn and practice our reading skills. Click here to learn more about either of these learning times in our class.  Writing-We are working on our Arbor Day essays, the kids should be finished with their rough drafts and ready to publish tomorrow. Feel free to look them over and give your advice, we are entering our essays into a contest. Rules for the contest are on Google Classroom.  Math-We are still learning about fractions. Help me out by reiterating to the kids to find the unit fraction first. For example, if they are trying to find 4/6 of a whole or a set, find 1/6 first. I'll email an optional study guide for our quiz.  Content-We have learned about the regions of Alabama and will have a quiz on them on Thursday! Spelling counts. Next we will be exploring the major waterways in our state. We will also be learning about animals and focusing on animals in our state.

As always, thanks for your support. We have a great class! ;)

E-News

Phew! Glad everyone stayed safe during our wintery days! And back to spring weather by the end of the week. What a crazy part of the state we live in. Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year!! Thank you again so much for all of my treats and goodies before the holidays! I had a great time using all of my gifts during the break!!

Monday 1/16/2017: No School

Just a little bit about what is going on in class: Reading-In between mid year assessments we will be studying persuasive writing. For the next few weeks we will be doing mid year assessments. You will see a few less signed papers coming home. Writing-We are working on a class topic in persuasive writing, "Should we give our Halloween Candy Away?" Next we will each select our own topic to write a 5 paragraph persuasive essay! We are also just about finished with an essay about our New Year's Resolutions, ask your child to show you!   Math-We have just started fractions. Be looking for a "How to Help at Home" flier to come home via email.  Content-We are learning all about Alabama. This will be a long unit lasting until the end of the year! We are starting with map skills the regions of our state, landforms in each region and also about the animals that live in our state. The kids have started a virtual Alabama notebook, we are researching and slides in our notebook each day. We are posting in homework which slides should have been completed each day so please touch base with your child and make sure he/she is keeping up daily.

E-News

12/12/2016 Bring in a wrapped, new or gently used 4th grade book for our book swap.
Class Spelling Bee-Study Words Here


12/14/2016 Poetry Presentation 9-10, Class party 10-11:30

12/15/2016 Pajama day-bring one small pillow or stuffed animal.

Friday 12/16/2016 dismiss at 11 a.m. Board Game Day. Bring ONE board game that you know how to play!

Class Pictures:

Pre-order your child's 5x7 classroom group picture today! Also available is a fourth grade level group picture!  The pictures are $7.00 each. The deadline for pre-ordering is December 16 if you would like to receive the picture before the Holidays. You can still place orders after the Holidays if you prefer. As a fundraiser for our school, SSC receives 100% of sales!!

Online payment is preferred at www.myschoolfees.com. There is NO FEE for paying online by check. However, there is a 3% convenience fee charged for using a credit card with a minimum fee of $1.00 (VISA is not accepted). Otherwise, you may send ​check or cash ​payment to the school ​(correct cash amount - we cannot make change). Please make checks payable to SSC.

Thank you for supporting our school with this memorable fundraiser. If you have any questions, please call the school office at 439-3000.

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You're Invited! 

Our class will be memorizing and performing holiday poetry for you on Wednesday, December the 14th from 9-10 then our class party will follow from 10-11:30  This will be a very informal time just to be together and celebrate the season! If you cannot attend the poetry presentation, please make sure someone comes to watch your child. It can be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, or a neighbor. Let me know if you cannot find anyone to attend and I should be able to help. The children will be acting out winter poetry and will need to dress up/bring props to “show” their poem. Poems need to be memorized by December 9th. Parents are invited to stay for our holiday party but if you can’t, we understand.

Our student teacher, Haley Sims, is doing her full week of teaching this week, this will also be her last week with us. The following is from her. :)

This week in Math we will begin learning more about geometry. This week will be filled with polygons, angles, and seeing geometry in the world all around us! We will specifically be looking at triangles when learning about acute, obtuse, and right angles. In Science we are researching alternative forms of energy compared to fossil fuels. Each student signed up for an "expert group" and will be researching forms of alternative energy related to water, the sun, or wind. Later in the week we will get to make waterwheels similar to what we saw at DeSoto Caverns recently! Reading this week is all about poetry. We will be looking at several different styles of poetry and practicing it on our own. While we are focusing on poetry, we will also be learning more about adverbs. 

I have had an incredible experience getting to teach your children the past 5 weeks both part-time and full time during my last week! I couldn't have asked for a better class of students during this experience. South Shades Crest will always hold a special place in my heart because of your children!

-Miss Sims