Team Mindcrafters daily update, 9/10

Parents,

Birthday Treats. If your child has a birthday during school feel free to send in a treat on that day. The teachers would like to ask that you please provide napkins and have everything pre-cut if needed. Remember also that that we do not have kitchen items at our disposal so please send in anything needed to serve your treat. Its always best to keep treats simple to keep the disruption to a minimum.

Online Reading Series:  Reminder, students need to read the story for this week by tomorrow. If they are going online to read, click on the link below (recommend bookmarking it!) and then they will use the information on the sticker in their take-home folder to login. THIS DOES COUNT TOWARDS THEIR 20 MINUTES OF NIGHTLY READING:)

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

Back to School Bash.  Pre-order tickets forms went home.

Dine Out Niight.  Fundraiser is Monday, September 15th from 4-8 at Local Thyme in Whitehouse.  15% of sales go to the Whitehouse Parents Club.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

Read story The Princess and the Pea

20 minutes of nightly reading - Goal is 33% by Friday

MATH:

none

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

practice vocabulary cards

crossword puzzle on back of newspaper

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

:-)  Mary Beth

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 9-9-14

Parents,

Birthday Treats. If your child has a birthday during school feel free to send in a treat on that day. The teachers would like to ask that you please provide napkins and have everything pre-cut if needed. Remember also that that we do not have kitchen items at our disposal so please send in anything needed to serve your treat. Its always best to keep treats simple to keep the disruption to a minimum.

Online Reading Series:  Today all students were able to login to their account and enter the access code. They also had a little bit of time to explore the site. Students who return the pink slip indicating that they do not have Internet access will be able to bring home a book tomorrow night to read the weekly story.

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

Free T-shirt.  There is an order form for a free t-shirt for your child sponsored by the AWAKE program.  Please put your child's name and shirt size on the form and return to school this week.

Back to School Bash.  Pre-order tickets forms went home today.

Dine Out Niight.  Fundraiser is Monday, September 15th from 4-8 at Local Thyme in Whitehouse.  15% of sales go to the Whitehouse Parents Club.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

20 minutes of nightly reading - Goal is 33% by Friday

MATH:

Watch Learn Zillion video #4 and complete the last two pages in your packet

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 9-8-14

Parents,

Online Reading Series:  Coming home today is a letter from Mrs. Dressel.  One item in that letter is information about online access to our new reading series, and a slip that needs to be signed and returned at the bottom.  Students now have accounts to access.  They can login through the link at the bottom.  The first time they login, they will need to enter the following access code: 3WCB-D2PJ-5MDO (note: the last character is the letter o, not the number zero).  Here is where they can login: 

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do

Free T-shirt.  There is an order form for a free t-shirt for your child sponsored by the AWARE program.  Please put your child's name and shirt size on the form and return to school this week.

Back to School Bash.  Pre-order tickets forms went home today.

HOMEWORK:

READING:

20 minutes of nightly reading - Goal is 33% by Friday

MATH:

Brainy Monster Math worksheet

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

How to use Renaissance Home Connect

Hi parents,

I hope you had a great weekend.  I wanted to put together a video to show you how to use Renaissance Home Connect.  Its a great way to keep up with what your child is doing in AR, AM and Math Facts in a Flash.  If nothing else, I highly recommend signing up for e-mail notifications at the link listed below.  See the video contents below for things demonstrated in the video.

How to use Renaissance Home Connect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1HN6m3SAVI&feature=youtu.be

Home Connect link:

https://hosted174.renlearn.com/103310/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

Video Contents

:45     How to log in to the site

1:55   How to set up e-mail notifications

3:02   How to see how your child is doing on AR (Accelerated Reader) quizzes

3:19   How to track your child's AR percentage

3:30   Explanation of how weekly AR goals are set for each child

5:00   How to look up books from home or the library to find out if they are AR, what the level is, and number of points it is worth

5:38   How to see how your child is doing in AM (Accelerated Math)

6:02   How to score  and reprint an AM Practice at home

8:13   How to see "worked examples" to help with math homework

9:10   How to see progress in Math Facts in a Flash

9:53   How to practice math facts in Math Facts in a Flash at home

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 8-4-14

Parents,

Math Facts.   Your child can login to Home Connect to practice Math Facts in a Flash at home, use flash cards, web games, or mobile apps, or use practice sheets to prepare. However your child likes to practice, please do it!

Book orders.  Due TOMORROW if you are ordering from the flyer.  Otherwise, you can order online at https://clubs2.scholastic.com/  through Saturday.  I plan to submit our class order on Sunday.  Our class code is: GJLYC

HOMEWORK:

READING:

Part of Speech worksheet

20 minutes of nightly reading - Goal is 22% by tomorrow

MATH:

none

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

--

Mary Dressel

Whitehouse 4th Grade

Office Phone 419-877-0543

Team Mindcrafters daily update, 9/3

Parents,

TAP - The Tutoring Assistance Program (TAP) is a free one-on-one tutoring program offered by the Zion Lutheran Church just down the road from the school.  Volunteers from the church have work with children from 3:30-4:45 on Wednesdays.  The time begins with a 15 minute snack and beverage and then 1 hour of adult-led tutoring.  Students can work with their tutor to complete homework, read together, study for tests, or work on skills that need practice.  If you are interested in this free program for your child, please contact your child's homeroom teacher so they can send you more information.

Math Facts.   Your child can login to Home Connect to practice Math Facts in a Flash at home, use flash cards, web games, or mobile apps, or use practice sheets to prepare. However your child likes to practice, please do it!

Back to School Bash.  A flyer about this will come home either today ortomorrow.

Book orders.  Due Friday (Sept. 5)  You can order online at https://clubs2.scholastic.com/  Our class code is: GJLYC

HOMEWORK:

READING:

20 minutes of nightly reading

Goal is 22% by Friday

MATH:

none)

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

worksheet, study cards

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

:-)  Mary Beth

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update 9-2-14

Parents,

TAP - The Tutoring Assistance Program (TAP) is a free one-on-one tutoring program offered by the Zion Lutheran Church just down the road from the school.  Volunteers from the church have work with children from 3:30-4:45 on Wednesdays.  The time begins with a 15 minute snack and beverage and then 1 hour of adult-led tutoring.  Students can work with their tutor to complete homework, read together, study for tests, or work on skills that need practice.  If you are interested in this free program for your child, please contact your child's homeroom teacher so they can send you more information.

Math Facts.   Your child can login to Home Connect to practice Math Facts in a Flash at home, use flash cards, web games, or mobile apps, or use practice sheets to prepare. However your child likes to practice, please do it!

Back to School Bash.  A flyer about this will come home either today or tomorrow.

Book orders.  Due Friday (Sept. 5)  You can order online at https://clubs2.scholastic.com/  Our class code is: GJLYC

HOMEWORK:

READING:

20 minutes of nightly reading

Goal is 22% by Friday

MATH:

Place value Worksheet (both sides)

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:

none

Visit the team website to learn more about cool fourth grade activities.

http://teammindcraft.blogspot.com

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade