Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update

Parents,

Math Facts.  Attached are some practice pages to work on multiplication facts.  Any students who have not passed multiplication in Math Facts in a Flash are being asked to stay in recess until they pass one level each day.  Strong fluency with basic facts is helpful with understanding factors, multiples, prime, and composite numbers.

Reminders: 
  • Donuts with Dads  - Nov. 9-11
HOMEWORK:

Math:  AM Practice

Science: None

Reading: ELA sheet
  • AR goal by Friday - 33%
Social Studies: none

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Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update - 11-2,16

Parents,

Want to practice using Math Facts in a Flash at home?
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Science.  Students will have their second test this Thursday over Plant and Animal Life cycles.  Students have a paper study guide and flash cards to review.  They can also do the practice test on Moodle or play a game of Kahoot to review as well. 

Reminders:
  • Thursday, November 3 - Dine Out at Pizza Hut
  • Friday, November 4 - Mother/Son dance
  • Friday, November 4 - Scholastic book orders due - class code: GJLYC
  • Tuesday, November 8 - Teacher Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
HOMEWORK:

Math:  None

                Study for test Thursday over Plant and Animal Life Cycles.  

Reading: None
  • AR goal by Friday - 22%
Social Studies: none

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Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update - 11-1-16

Parents,

Math.  We have been learning multiplication concepts the past two weeks.  The 4th grade expectation is for students to be able to identify multiples of numbers 2-10 and factors of any number less than 100.  Later this week we will learn to identify prime and composite numbers.  The key to learning these skills is often fluency with basic multiplication facts.  Starting next week any students who have not mastered multiplication will be asked to stay in for part of recess to practice these facts.

Want to practice using Math Facts in a Flash at home?
Log in with Home connect.
un: lastname_firstname
pw:lunchcode

Science.  Students will have their second test this Thursday over Plant and Animal Life cycles.  Students have a paper study guide and flash cards to review.  They can also do the practice test on Moodle or play a game of Kahoot to review as well. 

Reminders:
  • Thursday, November 3 - Dine Out at Pizza Hut
  • Friday, November 4 - Mother/Son dance
  • Friday, November 4 - Scholastic book orders due - class code: GJLYC
  • Tuesday, November 8 - Teacher Professional Development Day - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
HOMEWORK:

Math:  AM Practice

Science: Study for test Thursday over Plant and Animal Life Cycles.  

Reading: None
  • AR goal by Friday - 22%
Social Studies: none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Updates - 10-26-16

Parents,

Red Ribbon Week -   Tomorrow's theme is "Sock It to Drugs".  Wear a crazy socks to show your spirit and stand up against drug abuse!
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Book Orders - Book orders were made available to students last week.  I plan to use any bonus points earned from orders to buy additional sets of books for our "Book Buddy" library.  Scholastic's website offers a wide selection of books that can be ordered, and they are searchable in many ways, including by AR level.  I also have coupons availble for a free $5 or less book with an order of $10 or more.  Please let me know if you'd like one.  To order online use our class code: GJLYC

Reminders:
  • Wednesday, October 26 - grades available in Powerschool
  • Monday, October 31 - Fall Parties
HOMEWORK:

Math:  AM Practice

Science: none

Reading: none
  • AR goal by Friday - 11%
Social Studies: none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Updates - 10-25-16

Parents,

Red Ribbon Week -   Tomorrow's theme is "Put a Cap on Drugs".  Wear a hat to show your spirit and stand up against drug abuse!

Pizza party.  Tomorrow is the pizza party for students who doubled (earned 200% of) their AR goal for the quarter.  These students don't need to pack.
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Book Orders - Book orders were made available to students last week.  I plan to use any bonus points earned from orders to buy additional sets of books for our "Book Buddy" library.  Scholastic's website offers a wide selection of books that can be ordered, and they are searchable in many ways, including by AR level.  I also have coupons availble for a free $5 or less book with an order of $10 or more.  Please let me know if you'd like one.  To order online use our class code: GJLYC

Reminders:
  • Wednesday, October 26 - grades available in Powerschool
  • Monday, October 31 - Fall Parties
HOMEWORK:

Math:  Learn Zillion video 3 and 4 and complete pages (LZ782 and LZ783).  These are linked in google classroom for easy access.

Science: none

Reading: none
  • AR goal by Friday - 11%
Social Studies: none

--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Team Mindcrafters Daily Update - 10-19-16

Conferences - It is time to sign up for parent teacher conferences which will be held on Mon. Nov. 21 and Tues. Nov. 22.  Unfortunately, Mrs. Dressel and I do not have enough time slots to accommodate meeting with each family in both homerooms individually.  Consequently, we are dividing up the students that we feel would most benefit from hearing from each of us.  In some cases this means you will conference with your child's homeroom teacher, and in other cases not.  Please know that Mrs. Dressel and I will be exchanging information prior to conferences so that you will receive information about your child's performance in all subjects.  (In some cases, parents may be getting conference requests from both of us.)  In addition, whenever possible, we will also try to involve Mrs. Gutierrez and Mrs. Pokrzywa in these conference times.  (Mrs. Dammeier will schedule her conferences separately.)   Look for a conference sign-up e-mail from either Mr. Pransky or Mrs. Dressel to follow this e-mail.  Please feel free contact us if you have any questions about this.    
 
Leaf Study.  We are learning about plant classification and will be classifying trees and leaves for the next couple Science lessons.  I have asked the students to bring in a leaf small enough that it can fit in a sandwich baggie by Friday. Students may bring in more than one as long as the leaves are from different trees and they fit in the bag.

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Reminders:
  • Thursday, October 20 - music program
  • Friday, October 21 - Spirit Day - Wear AW Blue & White
  • Wednesday, October 26 - grades available in Powerschool
  • Monday, October 31 - Fall Parties  Mr. Pransky sign-up Mrs. Dressel's sign-up
HOMEWORK:

Math:  Accelerated Math

Science: Bring in a leaf for Friday

Reading: none
  • AR Goal for Friday = 100% of AR goal for quarter
Social Studies: none
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Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Team Mindacrafters Daily Update - 10-18-16

Fall Party - DATE CORRECTION - Our Fall Party will be on Monday, October 31, NOT on Friday the 28th.  So sorry for the confusion!

STAR Reading Tests - Students took a STAR reading test today so that new goals can be set for the second quarter.  Please look for a report that was sent home.

Ohio Trip Projects - We have been working on a project to end our Geography unit.  We are presenting these tomorrow and Thursday.  However, several students are far behind.  They have been asked to work on these at home tonight.

Reminders:
  • Wednesday, October 19 - end of the quarter
  • Thursday, October 20 - music program
  • Friday, October 21 - Spirit Day - Wear AW Blue & White
  • Wednesday, October 26 - grades available in Powerschool
  • Monday, October 31 - Fall Parties  Mr. Pransky sign-up Mrs. Dressel's sign-up
HOMEWORK:

Math:  Learn Zillion Video #1  &  #2 (enter codes:FJ5GH5B & ZC646ED)

Science: none

Reading: none
  • AR Goal for Friday = 100% of AR goal for quarter
Social Studies: none
--
Shane Pransky
Whitehouse Primary
4th Grade

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