Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-28-16

Parents,

Speech - If there is time tonight, your student might want to practice their speech since we will be recording it tomorrow. They will have time to practice it once or twice before we record tomorrow. 

Science Test - Students will have a test over Ecosystems and Fossils TOMORROW.  A link to the practice test is included below.  Students can also review by playing a fun Quizizz game.  Follow the directions below to play:

Go to join.quizizz.com and enter game code: 51523

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• spelling test tomorrow
• 22% by tomorrow
  

SCIENCE:

Test over Ch. 4 (Ecosystems)

Practice Test on Moodle due tomorrow

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-27-16

Parents,

Science Test - Students will have a test over Ecosystems and Fossils on Friday.  A link to the practice test is included below.  Students can also review by playing a fun Quizizz game.  Follow the directions below to play:

Go to join.quizizz.com and enter game code: 51523

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• finish ELA sheet and read story: Delivering Justice
• 22% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

Test over Ch. 4 (Ecosystems) is Friday

Practice Test on Moodle is homework by Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-26-16

Parents,

Science Test - Students will have a test over Ecosystems and Fossils on Friday.  A link to the practice test is included below.  Students can also review by playing a fun Quizizz game.  Follow the directions below to play:

Go to join.quizizz.com and enter game code: 51523

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

AM Practice

READING:

• firsthand and secondhand worksheet
• 22% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

Test over Ch. 4 (Ecosystems) is Friday

Practice Test on Moodle is homework by Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-25-16

Parents,

Reading - As students are starting over with a new AR goal for the 3rd quarter, I will be checking reading logs more often.  Students are expected to read every night and complete their logs.  Students may be asked to stay in for recess to read if they are not completing this portion of their daily homework, even if they are caught up with AR goals.  Reading every night is an expectation, and an essential part of reading growth and vocabulary acquisition.  

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• firsthand and secondhand worksheet
• 22% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

None.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update - 1-21-16

Parents,

Jo Jo's Dine Out Night is tonight! - Thursday, January 21

Grades are posted in Powerschool today.

Looooong Division.  We have been working on long division over the past couple weeks,  Most students are doing an awesome job learning this!  I have been sending home some extra practice pages that can be done at home for more review and can be returned for extra Class Dojo points.

"I Have a Dream" Speech - The students are starting a 2 week long assignment today modeling an "I Have a Dream" speech like MLK. We will be using Aurasma for this project. The Aurasma app will combine a picture they draw with a recording. We will be working on this in class but they will be asked to practice their speech at home. We will be recording their speeches through Aurasma on January 29th.

Reminders:

• Grades posted in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21
  

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• commonly confused words sentences
• 11% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

None.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Whitehouse Tech Club

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-20-16

Parents,

2nd Quarter Reading Rewards - Any student who went above their quarterly goal and reached 125%, 150%, or 200% will receive their rewards on Thursday.  A special congratulations to those who earned above 200% and will join me for pizza on Thursday - Jack Choma, Oakleigh Gross, Jaden Moosman, Melissa Smoyer, Zachary Bergman, and Elizabeth Elton.

"I Have a Dream" Speech - The students are starting a 2 week long assignment today modeling an "I Have a Dream" speech like MLK. We will be using Aurasma for this project. The Aurasma app will combine a picture they draw with a recording. We will be working on this in class but they will be asked to practice their speech at home. We will be recording their speeches through Aurasma on January 29th.

Reminders:

• Jo Jo's Dine Out Night - Thursday, January 21
• Grades posted in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21
  

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• commonly confused words sentences
• 11% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

None.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-19-16

Parents,

Reading and Social Studies - Due to the short weeks, both this week and last, we will be catching up in reading this week.  That means there will not be an ELA sheet or spelling list.  In Social Studies, we will begin our presentations tomorrow.  Please ask your child to practice his or her presentation for you.

2nd Quarter Reading Rewards - Any student who went above their quarterly goal and reached 125%, 150%, or 200% will receive their rewards on Thursday.  A special congratulations to those who earned above 200% and will join me for pizza on Thursday - Jack Choma, Oakleigh Gross, Jaden Moosman, Melissa Smoyer, Zachary Bergman, and Elizabeth Elton.

"I Have a Dream" Speech - The students are starting a 2 week long assignment today modeling an "I Have a Dream" speech like MLK. We will be using Aurasma for this project. The Aurasma app will combine a picture they draw with a recording. We will be working on this in class but they will be asked to practice their speech at home. We will be recording their speeches through Aurasma on January 29th.

Reminders:

• Grades posted in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21
  

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

AM Practice

READING:

• 11% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

None.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

On the web:

Team Mindcrafters

Whitehouse Tech Club

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-14-16

Parents,

New quarter.  A new quarter begins on Tuesday which means new goals in Reading and Math.  As in other quarters, students will be expected to earn 100% of their AR point goal in Reading by the end of the quarter.  This weekend is an awesome opportunity for students to do reading toward this goal.  Students will be expected to earn 11% by Friday, January 22.  In Math, students will be expected to show mastery of basic division facts by the end of the quarter.

Reminders:

• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• 11% by Friday
  

SCIENCE:

Watch Bill Nye Fossils video and complete worksheet

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

On the web:

Team Mindcrafters

Whitehouse Tech Club

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-13-16

Parents,

Spelling - Test is tomorrow since there is no school Friday.  Each Wednesday, students take a practice test and highlight the words they miss on their ELA sheet.   Please remind them that they need to be studying their spelling words every night, but especially those that are highlighted.

Reminders:

• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• Finish ELA sheet
• read story pg. 198
• Tomorrow's AR goal - 100%
  

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-11-16

Social Studies Project  Archive labels are due tomorrow.  Students will also be given a presentation day tomorrow.  Actual artifacts should not be sent in to school until the day your child is assigned to present.

Homework - Students have been given Tuesday and Thursday's homework, as well as the ELA sheet that is part of Wednesday's homework.  Should the weather tomorrow cause a delay or closing, students could use that opportunity to work ahead:) 

Reminders:

• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• Thursday's AR goal - 100%
  

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

finish archive labels (another copy attached)

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Soc. St. project - the sign an return form for the family artifact project is due tomorrow

Take a break from cooking tonight!  The Pizza Hut dine out is tonight! - mention your school and classroom 

Reminders:

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• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

None

READING:

• Friday's AR goal - 95%
  

SCIENCE:

Watch Bill Nye Biodiversity in Google Classroom and complete worksheet.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

None.

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

On the web:

Team Mindcrafters

Whitehouse Tech Club

Oops! Team Mindcrafters 1-6-16 - take two!

Sorry!  I accidentally sent the first email before updating the homework.  Please disregard and read this updated version.

Social Studies Project  Look for your child to be bringing home a letter explaining a project to kick off our history unit.  To make sure you are aware, your child has been asked to have you sign the bottom portion of this letter to return to school.  A copy is also attached.

Reminders:

• Pizza Hut dine out night - Thursday, January 7
• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• Finish ELA sheet
• Read story, page 178
• Friday's AR goal - 95%
  

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

signed project slip due by Friday

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-6-16

Social Studies Project  Look for your child to be bringing home a letter explaining a project to kick off our history unit.  To make sure you are aware, your child has been asked to have you sign the bottom portion of this letter to return to school.  A copy is also attached.

Math - The next few weeks we will be learning "long" division. 4th graders are expected to be able to divide numbers of up to 4 digits dividends by 1 digit divisors. We will be learning two ways to divide - the standard algorithm (the one you probably learned in school) and the partial quotient method (a method you've probably never seen before). We will be building our understanding a little bit each day. As students gain comfort with long division, we will also begin learning to solve problems using variables and expressions, another challenging topic.

Reminders:

• Pizza Hut dine out night - Thursday, January 7
• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

AM Practice

READING:

• Friday's AR goal - 95%
  

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

None.

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcracfters Daily Update - 1-5-16

Happy New Year!  I hope you had a restful holiday filled with time spent with the ones you love.  It has been great to see all of the students this week! As a parent of teenagers know it can be challenging to get your child back into school and sleep routines at home.  Thank you for all that you do to for help to make sure your child is ready to learn at school each day.

Math - The next few weeks we will be learning "long" division. 4th graders are expected to be able to divide numbers of up to 4 digits dividends by 1 digit divisors. We will be learning two ways to divide - the standard algorithm (the one you probably learned in school) and the partial quotient method (a method you've probably never seen before). We will be building our understanding a little bit each day. As students gain comfort with long division, we will also begin learning to solve problems using variables and expressions, another challenging topic.

Reminders:

• Pizza Hut dine out night - Thursday, January 7
• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updated in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

AM Practice

READING:

• Friday's AR goal - 95%
  

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

None.

--

Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

On the web:

Team Mindcrafters

Whitehouse Tech Club

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 1-4-16

Parents,

Reading.  This quarter students started out with an advantage in their AR goals by taking a quiz on The Lemonade War (which was actually read in the first quarter).  Although many students used this advantage to help them go far beyond their quarterly goal, some used this to slow down in their nightly reading.  Regardless of where students are in their goal, 20 minutes of nightly reading is still an expectation.  I will be checking reading logs for some students on a daily basis for a while to help them get back into the routine of nightly reading.  Today I met with each student individually to discuss their progress, and students who will be having logs checked have been made aware.  Thanks for your help in making sure that your child is reading nightly, and bringing you the log to sign.  Remember that THEY are to fill out the log, and just get your initials.

Reminders:

• Pizza Hut dine out night - Thursday, January 7
• End of quarter - Thursday, January 14
• Teacher Work Day (no school for students) - Friday, January 15
• MLK Jr. Day (no school) - Monday, January 18
• Grades updates in Powerschool - Thursday, January 21

HOMEWORK:

MATH:

none

READING:

• commonly confused words sentences (front side only)
  
• Friday's AR goal - 95%

SCIENCE:

none

SOCIAL STUDIES:

None.

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543