Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Team Mindcrafters Weekly Update 9-5-17

Parents,

We hope everyone had a terrific Labor Day weekend.  Talking to the students, I heard about visits to the Fulton County Fair, camping, time at the lake and other fun activities with family.  We're excited to get back to learning again this week.

Math.  Students are currently studying place value up to the millions.  We are learning different ways to represent numbers such as expanded form ( ex. 3,204 = 3,000 + 200 + 4) and expanded notation (ex. 3,204 = (3 x 1,000) + (2 x 100) + (0 x 10) + (4 x 1).  Students have an account

Book Order - Thank you to those who purchased books from the recent book order.  With only a small purchase myself, we were able to reach the highest bonus point offer!  I was able to order over 80 new books for our library, including 13 new mini book sets for our buddy reading library!  Books should be in early next week.


Scholastic News - Students do have digital access to Scholastic News.  This comes in handy if your child was absent the day that the homework was handed out, or if your child wants to access additional resources (like videos) to accompany the articles.  The online version can also help your child to read aloud the articles.  We will go through these steps in class this week so that your child is familiar with the website.

  • Go to scholastic.com/sn4

  • Click "Log In" at the top.

  • Select "I am a Student".

  • Enter code: aw2026

  • Search for the correct issue, and open digital version to read.


T.A.P. - Some volunteers at Zion United Methodist Church are once again partnering with us to provide after school tutoring for students who could benefit.  This happens each Wednesday from 3:30-4:45.  Please contact us if you feel that your child could benefit, and would like some additional information. (Complete the attached form if interested)


HOMEWORK:

MONDAY

TUESDAY - AM Practice

WEDNESDAY - Learning Farm (an assignment will be there when they log in).

THURSDAY - Complete the back page of the Scholastic News and enter answers in Google Classroom.

REMINDERS:
  • Dine Out Night (Local Thyme) - Monday, September 11

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Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade teacher

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