Important Reminder
The Media Center will be open this summer on the following dates:
June 2nd and June 4th 10:00 a.m. until noon.
June 9th and 11th 10:00 a.m. until noon.
June 16th and 18th 10:00 a.m. until noon.
Students will be able to check out books and take Accelerated Reader tests that will count for next year.
5-4-3-2-1, or better yet 4-3-2-1, WAHOO!!!!!!!!
Friday May 23rd End of Year Breakfast!
I would love to have a breakfast to share with my students on the last day of school. We will be having plenty of ice cream and sweets throughout the day, so I thought some good ole fat and protein would help us (me) survive the last day. If you could send a morning favorite in, that would be great. I was thinking some mini bagels with cream cheese and jelly, croissants, pigs-in-a-blanket (Mrs. Duggins will send these) and anything else you would like. Of course we can have some doughnuts or sweet treats,I just didn't want it all to contain sugar, your children are already sweet enough:)! Remember students will not be able to take anything home on the bus the last day, so if yo do send something be sure and put it in something disposable. I will ask Mrs.Dinnan to send this via e-mail as well, so we can correspond when necessary.
Thanks again for all you do!
Mrs.Brown
To get ready for our "Freaky Friday" Mother's Day Fun, the movie "Freaky Friday" with Jamie Lee Curtis and Linsay Lohan will be on the Disney Channel, Sunday at 8:00p.m. Watch and remember what is to come May 9th, 12:00 to 1:00 and what life could be like!
Smiles,
Mrs. Brown
If you need to schedule a large item pick-up to be donated to the Foundation Garage Sale,
Please call Patti Lavender: 770-552-1162
We are planning to schedule pick-ups for Sunday afternoon, April 27th, but we may be able to make other arrangements.
Hello to you all! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful day, as I am. I wanted to first say thank you for making my birthday a special one. With all the sweet cards, cupcakes,flowers,gifts, and my great gift certificate to Hallmark (love it!!!!).One couldn't feel more appreciated. Again thank you so very much.
Now on to this coming week. Here comes the CRCT! As the letter stated to you all, the first day of testing is Wednesday and will continue on Thursday, Friday and Monday and Tuesday of the following week. Make-up tests will be given Wednesday of that week as well. Reading will be first,then Language Arts, Math, Science and finish with Social Studies. I will begin testing at 8:15 each day. PLEASE, please be on time. Each day the students will take one section of the test, have a 10 minute break and then finish the 2nd section. After testing they will have about 30 minutes of some down time so they can relax and talk about the test. Then they will head to lunch, recess, Specials and end with some review for the next days test. I will not be giving spelling homework or a spelling test this week. I feel they have enough on their plate with testing. I know they are all going to do a great job as I have told them. They just need to focus and give it ALL they have. Please do help them get a good nights rest, and in the morning a healthy breakfast that will hold them over. Lastly I am going to list a few dates for you to remember.
4/26 Garage Sale Drop Off 9:00 to 3:00.
4/27 Garage Sale Drop Off 1:00 to 4:00.
4/30 Progress Reports go home.
5/1 PTA mtg./Performance at 6:30.
5/3 GME Foundation Garage Sale 8:00 to 3:00.
5/9 Mother's Day "Freaky Friday"!!!!! 12:00 to 1:00.
5/13 Writers Tea 10:00 to 10:45.
As always, if there is anything you need please be sure and let me know.
Thanks for all you do,
Mrs. Brown
Garrison Mill has recently established a Foundation whose purpose is to provide resources above and beyond what the County and the Garrison Mill PTA is able to provide. Please visit their web page to find out more about who they are, what they do, and help support their first fundraising event. You can visit them at: GME Foundation.
Hello and happy Monday to you all. I would like to first thank all of you for attending your child's conference and for all your help in making sure your child is successful. I told them just how fortunate they are to have you.
At this time we are working on quite a few things. In the computer lab we are completing our circle story " If You Give a Penguin a Pizza..." We will be sharing it with you via e-mail or on my blog. I will be sure and let you know. We are starting Unit 18 in spelling and working on adjectives, simple nouns, verbs , and adverbs in Shurley English. In writing the students are learning how to write a persuasive paragraph. Last week they began by trying to persuade me to get a class pet. Their writing had to include the pet, how the responsibilities would be managed, as well as safety and cost. In Social Studies we are doing a Readers Theater play on " The Statue of Liberty". In Guided Reading we are finishing up the book "Georgia" and students will be completing their report this week. In math we are continuing with division. We will have our Chpt. 11 review test tomorrow and the chapter test Wednesday. We will then begin Chpt. 12, division facts 2 and 5 and 3 and 4. In science we are finishing our study on Heat. Our center rotation for the next 3 weeks will consist of a heat investigation for science, creating the Statue of Liberty in art, reading comprehension on "A Capital City, Washington, and District of Columbia for social studies,comparing maps and globes for manipulatives,The story of the young "Martin Luther King Jr. at the listening center, daily fact practice(add/subtract/multiply/divide) at the math center,and for the writing center the students will refer to a picture and write a response to it. We will also be making a Valentine gift for our 2 groups of Book Buddies. If you could possibly send a bag of treats to help fill their gifts, that would be very appreciated.
Lastly, I have a few reminders for you.
2/5 "Smile Power" program for 3rd grade
2/6 Early Release. Dismissal is at 12:20. Please be sure to let me know how your child will be going home.
2/7 We will have Media Center story and check out.
2/12 High Touch High Tech
2/14 Progress Reports will be sent home.
2/18-19 School holidays for students.
2/26 Chattahoochee Nature In School Field Trip.
As always, if there is anything you need or have any questions please e-mail and let me know.
Thank you again for all you do.
Mrs. Brown
Hello, hello! Only 10 more days to go! Yes I am excited as I am sure you all are too. I know the children are.
One very important note- Our class Winter Celebration is Thursday the 20th from 12:30 to 1:30. Please make a note. It is down as Wednesday the 19th, which is incorrect!!! If you have any questions just let me know.
More important information- "Cobb County elementary schools have been given permission to delay the distribution of report cards from the current published date (January 11th) to the dates that coincide with conferences in January ( January 22-28)."
Academics in the classroom- The last two weeks of school we will be finishing our chapters on multiplication and will begin exploring division when we return. We will also begin our multiplication timed tests this week. Our reading groups will continue working on reading and locating information within the text. In writing we are working on Informational Writing. Each student is to choose a topic of information they are interested in learning about. We will utilize the Media Center and classroom resources to acquire our information. The students are to read 2 books and one other source of reference when doing their writing. They will use a Thinking Map to help compile their findings. After writing a draft, they will edit and then publish. Please remember to sign and write a short response to your child's journal writing. We are trying to write every Tuesday and Thursday, but many aren't returning their journals from the Tuesday writing, to go on to Thursday. It is very important for you to look at the writing. Also if you could please have your child write a short response to the books they are reading for their logs. Any guidance and encouragement from you is a great help. In Language Arts we will continue reviewing daily homophones/homographs, antonyms/synonyms, root or base word-prefix/suffix, nouns-singular-plural-possessive/verbs/adjectives, subject/predicate, contractions, and of course capitalization and punctuation including end marks, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks. In science we are learning about magnets and will finish with our unit on Georgia's government.
As always if you have any questions or need me for any reason, please e-mail me and I will get back with you within the day.
Thank you for all you do,
Robin Brown
October 28th, 2007
I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful, cool weekend. I know I am. It's hard to believe we are already in the 2nd nine weeks of school. What I want to do is give you a run down of what we will be covering during this period.
Reading-students will need to read and comprehend informational text. They will need to include the author's use of informational conventions (charts,maps,diagrams,illustrations,and captions as some examples) in reading informational text to understand. Students will be reading a variety of informational texts during Guided Reading and will record key conventions so they can then write and include the convention in their informational writing.
Writing-students will write informational text by using multiple resources to gather information for a research project. After reading three informational resources and using a visual organizer to gather designated information on a topic, they will then use this organizer to write a 4 paragraph informational report.
Math-students will finish Unit 4 subtraction with and without regrouping. They will practice skip counting as a way to begin exploring strategies for developing multiplication fact fluency. The next unit we will begin building concepts and fluency in multiplication and division.
Science-for the first half of this 9 weeks the students will learn about soil. This will include understanding texture, particle size and color play a role in making soils different. Soils are different depending on their physical location. That water and wind can change rocks and soil over time. That soils are a by-product of rock. For the last part of this 9 weeks, students will learn about magnets. This will include understanding that magnets have north and south poles. That the earth is a magnet. And that magnets use invisible forces to to attract and repel objects.
Social Studies-students will learn about Government and Their Community. We will learn about economic and civic components of local government. This will include understanding taxes,rights and privileges,rights of people/laws and consequences. We will also continue learning about maps and globes.
Spelling-Language Arts-we will continue with Unit 9 in Sitton Spelling and a new unit will follow weekly. Five new words come home on Mondays and the spelling rule for that week come home Tuesday, so they can practice throughout the week. We will also continue with Shurley English vocabulary and English rules.
Please know if you have any questions or concerns please e-mail me at robin.brown@cobbk12.org, or send a note in your child's agenda.
A few notes and reminders- Tuesday is High Touch High Tech, please have your child wear his/her class t-shirt.
REMINDER
FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS- If your child arrives after 7:55 a.m., you must sign the child in at the P.T.A. desk in the lobby. - No transportation or dismissal changes after 1:45. |
