Mrs. Cecil's 4th Grade http://kentuckyclassroom.org/cecil Just another Kentuckyclassroom.org weblog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress en 11/19/08 http://kentuckyclassroom.org/cecil/2008/11/19/111908/ http://kentuckyclassroom.org/cecil/2008/11/19/111908/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:11:18 +0000 cecil http://kentuckyclassroom.org/cecil/2008/11/19/111908/ Don’t forget that next week we will be out of school on 11/26, 11/27, and 11/28 for Thanksgiving.

We have been discussing KY culture in the 1800 and 1900’s in Social Studies and we will be going outside to find natural fabic dyes in the next couple of days. Our next chapter will begin KY in the time of Civil War.

In Language Arts we have been reading several different novels and working on figuarative language.

In science we have begun weather and math grade adjustments will be coming home today based on the students test grades.

DON’T FORGET: KENTUCKY SCRAPBOOKS ARE DUE DECEMBER 12, 2008!!!!!  THEY MUST BE ORGANIZED IN THE ORDER OF THE RUBIC. THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED LATE.

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We are working very hard to finish our first portfolio piece. We have also been participating in many interesting activities in Social Studies. We have had a “mock” trial to understand the Judicial Branch of government and we also got to vote in a real voting booth on Monday and graphed our 4th grade election results!!

Upcoming Dates

KY Scrapbook Due Dec. 12

Veterans Day Assembly Nov.11

Mid-Terms Go Home Nov. 18

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1. Halloween Happening Basket- We still need many items for the basket. All items must be in no later than Ocotober 10th. No late entries will be accepted. All the item must be NEW!!! Out theme is Farm Fun and our theme colors are green and yellow. Please help us out!

2. We will be going to the State Capital and Governor’s Manison on October 21st. More info going home next week.

3. Halloween Happening on October 24th. Come out for a fun family night.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

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We have been working very hard on letter writing this week. Next week will continue our letter writing unit.

In social studies, we will begin chapter 3. The Kentucky Scrapbook was assigned this week and is due December 12, 2008. Everyone seemed very excited and many students have already begun. If you have questions, please email or call.

Our food drive is going well, continue to send in those canned goods. I am also in the process of calling to schedule conferences so if you haven’t heard from me yet, you will soon!

Upcoming Dates

Sept.25 Open House 6-7

Sept. 26 No School (District Day)

CONGRATULATIONS TO WILLOW AND DALTON FOR BEING OUR FIRST “PRINCIPAL’S PRIDE” WINNERS!!!

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Parents-

Please take a look at our Community Service Project!!!

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Parents-

Please take a look at our Community Service Project!!

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Our Brillant students have been working so hard!! Today in Social Studies we participated in an activity where we created a “trading post” and students had to barter for goods they would need on the frontier of Kentucky. We had a blast!!!

We are also reading a story about the sinking of the Titanic and the students are sooooooo interested in this topic.  Ask your student what is their favorite part…

FYI 

The AR top ten list has been posted so take a look.

I will begin calling this week to schedule parent conferences.

Early Release Sept. 17th

Open House Sept. 25th

No School (District Day) Sept. 26th

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We have lots of work to do this week in 4th grade. In Language Arts we have been working on grammar drills,  drawing conclusions from what we read, paragraph writing, and the study of early Kentucky, just name a few!! Next week we will be reading a story called Grandfather’s Journey. We will also continue our study into Kentucky with the introduction of settlers and the problems they faced. We will continue to perfect our paragrapph writing and work on parts of speech.

Don’t forget to read every night to reach your 12 AR point goal.

Upcoming Dates To Remember

Sept. 3rd Fundraiser Kickoff

Sept. 10th High Attendance Day

Sept. 17th Early Release

Sept. 25th Open House 6-7

Sept. 26th No School

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I will still be checking my email daily so please contact me if you need to. I have posted the first newsletter, so take a look at the link!

See you soon!

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A new school year is just around the corner and we have many exciting things planned. I will be sending home welcome letters and supply lists on 7/17/08. Please look over them carefully and try to have all supplies by the first day of school.

Important Dates

Meet and Greet Aug. 7  6:00-7:00

1st Day of school Aug. 14th

This website is a great way to see what is going on in our classroom and I update several times a week . All upcoming news and events will be posted here as well.

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