Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update

Parents,



Science test. Students will have a test over Slow Changes of the Earth tomorrow. Most students did the practice test in class today, but can do it again as often as they want for extra practice.  Anyone who did not finish it should finish it at home.
Social Studies History test and Spelling test - Students took a quiz over the second half of our history today in class.  Please look for this quiz today to see how prepared your child was.  Students then took a Quizizz over both the first and second parts of our history.  Tomorrow they will take one test over all of this.  Students may continue to take these practice quizzes through Google Classroom, or the links below.  Students also took a practice test over their 20 spelling words today.  The results of this are being sent home.  Some students may be asked to have their signed and returned.

REMINDERS:
  • Friday, March 24 - Grades will be finalized in Powerschool.
  • Friday, March 24 - Last Day before Spring Break.  School resumes on Monday, April 3.

HOMEWORK

MATH - AM Practice

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 12% by Friday
  • Spelling test Thursday - Unit 4 Week 1
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - Test Thursday
                    A link to the practice test is here. 

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update - 3/15/17

Parents,

Pi Day Challenge.  Wow! Ms. Ryan and I were so impressed with all the students who tried this challenge!!  Check Class Dojo later for some pictures of everyone who tried.  Here were some of the top students and the number of digits they memorized:
  • Paxton (86)
  • Ben (53)
  • Jackson Y. (53)
  • Addie B.(52)
  • Anna (52)
  • Bella (49)
  • Trace (40)
  • Aubrey (40)
  • Braden (40)
Testing:  Please remember to encourage a good night's rest and eating a healthy breakfast tomorrow.  Tomorrow is ELA test #2.

Snacks - In order to make testing times work, schedules have been changed this week.  One big change is our lunch time.  We eat an hour later this week (switching with 3rd grade's time) and students are bound to be hungry before lunch.  We would like to encourage students to bring a healthy snack on the non-testing days.  Cheese is provided on test days, and this should help.


REMINDERS:
  • Thursday, March 15 - ELA test #2
  • Friday, March 17 - Spirit Day WEAR GREEN
  • Friday, March 17 - End of the 3rd quarter
  • Wednesday, March 22 - Pizza reward lunch for students earning 200% of their 3rd quarter AR reading goal.

HOMEWORK

MATH - none

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 100% by Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - Bill Nye Erosion worksheet (video shared in Google classroom)


--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Updates 3-14-17

Parents,

Dine Out Night.  This is tonight at Chowder's N' Moor.  We had incorrectly listed it as being Thursday in yesterday's e-mail.

Pi Day Challenge.  Today (3/14) is Pi Day.  To celebrate math and have a little fun, students have been challenged to memorize as many digits in Pi as they can.  They each were given a sheet with the first two hundred digits to use to study. The top four students in each homeroom will be rewarded with a slice of one of Mrs. Pransky's homemade pie.  (see below😋)


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Testing - The students will be taking their second ELA test tomorrow.  Please help your child to be well rested and well nourished on the day of the test so they can perform at their best.  It is also wonderful to send your child off to school with an encouraging word.

Snacks - In order to make testing times work, schedules have been changed this week.  One big change is our lunch time.  We eat an hour later this week (switching with 3rd grade's time) and students are bound to be hungry before lunch.  We would like to encourage students to bring a healthy snack on the non-testing days.  Cheese is provided on test days, and this should help.


REMINDERS:
  • Tuesday, March 14 - Chowders N' Moor
  • Wednesday, March 15 - ELA test #2
  • Friday, March 17 - Spirit Day WEAR GREEN
  • Friday, March 17 - End of the 3rd quarter
  • Wednesday, March 22 - Pizza reward lunch for students earning 200% of their 3rd quarter AR reading goal.

HOMEWORK

MATH - AM Practice (This went home on Monday)

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 100% by Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 3-8-17

Parents,

Pizza party - Mr. Pransky's class has earned a pizza party due to having the most parents buy from JoJo's Pizza at the last dine out night.  We will have the pizza party this Friday, March 10 so no need to pack a lunch that day.  We also could use drinks if someone is interested in sending some juice boxes or pouches in.

REMINDERS:
  • Friday, March 10 - Pizza party (Mr. Pransky's homeroom)
  • Monday, March 13 - ELA test #1
  • Wednesday, March 15 - ELA test #2

HOMEWORK

MATH - AM Practice

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 88% by Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 3-7-17

Parents,

AIR testing.  This is a reminder that we will have two of our State tests next week.  We will take an ELA (English Language Arts) test on both Monday and Wednesday.  Please help to make sure that your child gets to bed early the night before the tests, and has a good breakfast the morning of.  This will help make sure that your child will perform to the best of his/her potential.  The Math and Social Studies tests will be in April.


Jumanji - We have been doing an author study on Chris Van Allsburg.  This Friday we will be watching Jumanji, which is based on one of Van Allsburg's book.  This movie is rated PG.  If you have any concerns about your child watching this movie, please send me an email.


REMINDERS:
  • Tuesday, March 7 - Pint-Sized Heroes Blood Drive after school
  • Monday, March 13 - ELA test #1
  • Wednesday, March 15 - ELA test #2

HOMEWORK

MATH - Learn Zillion

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 88% by Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Daily Updates - 3-1-17

Parents,

Volunteer.  Miss Ryan won't be here on Monday so I could still use one (or more parent) to fill in for our STEM project next Monday, March 6 from 1:30-2:30.  We'll be doing the cardboard chair build with Mrs. Dressel's homeroom.  Please contact Mr. Pransky if you are interested.

Social Studies - We are halfway through our history unit and will take a quiz on Friday over the vocabulary and major events we have learned so far.  Your child is bringing home a domino game today that can be used to practice for this quiz.

Science.  In Science we are learning about slow changes of the earth, namely, erosion, weathering, and deposition.

REMINDERS:
  • Thursday - Spirit Day in honor of Dr. Seuss.  Wear red and white, wear crazy socks, or dress like a favorite Dr. Seuss book character.
  • Thursday - Jo Jo's Dine Out Night.
  • Movie Night rescheduled for this Friday night.
HOMEWORK

MATH - AM Practice

READING - none
  • AR Goal: 77% by Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES - none

SCIENCE - none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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