Ms. Varghese's Blog

Marvelous Monday 05-05-08

Good Morning!!

Only 14 days of school left!! Where has the time gone???

Language Arts: We will be doing an author study on

Chris Van Allsburg. I am hoping the students will learn a great deal from his books!!!  We have also been working on persuasive essays.  I am very proud, of  their efforts!!!

Math:  currently we are previewing fifth grade concepts.

Social Studies: Civil War

Science:   We will be previewing fifth grade concepts.

Vocabulary: We  began unit 9-12 today.  The test for these words will be on Monday, May 12.

IMPORTANT DATES:

May 12- Book Report are due

May13-Field Day

May 16-Pizza Luncheon

May 19 - Sparkles Afternoon ( Cobb Parkway location - parents must be present with their child )

Respectfully,

Drena Varghese

Fabulous Friday 05-02-08

Greetings to ALL!!

Just a few reminders:

May 5 - Talent Show

May 7 - Evening in the Garden

May 12 - Book Reports are due

May 13 - Field Day

May 16 - Civil War Test

May 16 - Fourth Grade Pizza Luncheon ( This is a TREAT from me...students need not worry about anything...all is taken care of!!)

May 20 - AR celebration " Extreme Recess and Coke Floats"

Social Studies Test- Friday, May 16 ( Civil War )

Fourth Grade End of the Year Party!!          

Sparkles Night( Cobb Parkway )- Monday, May 19 (4pm-6pm) Please email me to let me know if you will be attending!!! drena.varghese@cobbk12.org

Special Thanks for all the support and encouragement I have received this school year!!! What a memorable year this has been!!! The Fourth Grade Classs of 2008 ROCKS!!!

Terrific Tuesday 04-22-08

CRCT

Yes!  The time is here for your brilliant children to strut their stuff!  The students are well prepared for the test and are ready to show the test who's the boss.  Just a few things that you can do at home to help your child be even more successful next week:

1) Be sure to feed your child a healthy, nutritious breakfast.

2) Get your child to school on time-ride the bus!

3) Get your child to bed early.

4) Provide your child with at least two #2 pencils

5) Go to www.georgiaoas.org and take practice tests

The test will be administered first thing in the morning, and specials will be after testing.  Homework will only be to read for 20 minutes, so there will be no reason for your child to be late getting to bed.  If your child comes tardy to school, he or she will not be allowed to interrupt testing and will have to make up that part of the test on a makeup day. 

Special Thanks to our AWESOME room moms who have provided snacks for the students!!

Thank you for helping us do our very best! 

CRCT dates: April 23 - 29

Wednesday, April 23 - Reading

Thursday, April 24 - Language Arts

Friday, April 25 - Math

Monday, April 28 - Science

Tuesday, April 29 - Social Studies

Yes!  The time is here for your brilliant children to strut their stuff!  The students are well prepared for the test and are ready to show the test who's the boss.  Just a few things that you can do at home to help your child be even more successful next week:

1) Be sure to feed your child a healthy, nutritious breakfast.

2) Get your child to school on time-ride the bus!

3) Get your child to bed early.

4) Provide your child with at least two #2 pencils

5) Go to www.georgiaoas.org and take practice tests

The test will be administered first thing in the morning, and specials will be after testing.  Homework will only be to read for 20 minutes, so there will be no reason for your child to be late getting to bed.  If your child comes tardy to school, he or she will not be allowed to interrupt testing and will have to make up that part of the test on a makeup day. 

Special Thanks to our AWESOME room moms who have provided snacks for the students!!

Thank you for helping us do our very best! 

CRCT dates: April 23 - 29

Wednesday, April 23 - Reading

Thursday, April 24 - Language Arts

Friday, April 25 - Math

Monday, April 28 - Science

Tuesday, April 29 - Social Studies

MARVELOUS MONDAY!! 04-14-08

WELCOME BACK!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and restful spring break!!

CRCT

Yes!  The time is here for your brilliant children to strut their stuff!  The students are well prepared for the test and ready to show the test who's boss.  Just a few things that you can do at home to help your child be even more successful next week:

1) Be sure to feed your child a healthy, nutritious breakfast.

2) Get your child to school on time-ride the bus!

3) Get your child to bed early.

4) Provide your child with at least two #2 pencils

5) Go to www.georgiaoas.org and take practice tests

The test will be administered first thing in the morning, and specials will be after testing.  Homework will only be to read for 20 minutes, so there will be no reason for your child to be late getting to bed.  If your child comes tardy to school, he or she will not be allowed to interrupt testing and will have to make up that part of the test on a makeup day. 

Thank you for helping us do our very best! 

CRCT dates: April 23 - 29

Yes!  The time is here for your brilliant children to strut their stuff!  The students are well prepared for the test and ready to show the test who's boss.  Just a few things that you can do at home to help your child be even more successful next week:

1) Be sure to feed your child a healthy, nutritious breakfast.

2) Get your child to school on time-ride the bus!

3) Get your child to bed early.

4) Provide your child with at least two #2 pencils

5) Go to www.georgiaoas.org and take practice tests

The test will be administered first thing in the morning, and specials will be after testing.  Homework will only be to read for 20 minutes, so there will be no reason for your child to be late getting to bed.  If your child comes tardy to school, he or she will not be allowed to interrupt testing and will have to make up that part of the test on a makeup day. 

Thank you for helping us do our very best! 

CRCT dates: April 23 - 29

FABULOUS FRIDAY!!!!! 04-04-08

GREETINGS!!!

I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!

REST and ENJOY your time off!!!

This fourth nine weeks we will be focusing on the following concepts and topics:

Language Arts: Persuasive Writing and an Author Study

EQ: How do I read and understand the work of a particular author?

EQ:  How do I write a persuasive essay?

Math:  data, multiplying and dividing decimals, 3-D geometry, algebra and coordinate systems

EQ:  How do I compute with decimals?

EQ:  How can I gather and display mathematical information?

EQ: How can I identify and classify solid figures?

EQ:  How do I locate points on a grid?

Social Studies: Westward Expansion and The Civil War

EQ:  How were the western territories explored and aquired?

EQ: What were the causes and effects of the Civil War?

EQ: How was the U.S changed as a result of the war?

Science: Weather, Ecosystems and Adaptations

EQ: What are ecosystems?

Special thanks to our AWESOME room moms who coordinated our SPRING FLING basket.

Our SPRING FLING will be on Saturday, April 19 from 4pm-8pm.

CRCT TESTING

Testing will begin on Wednesday, April 23 and end the following week on Tuesday, April 2.

Information will be sent home about snacks during testing week.  If you are willing and able to send in items please contact Linda Peterson.

Information about our May Book Report was given this week.  Please have your son daughter select a book soon.  Report dates are filling up!!!

Below you will find a CRCT study guide link.

Please remind your children to take the practice CRCT tests online!

http://www.cobbk12.org/~murdock/information/crct/Studyguides/CRCT_Grade_4_Study_Guide.pdf

Respectfully,

Drena Varghese

TERRIFIC THURSDAY!! 03-20-08

Greetings!!

HAPPY SPRING!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to all our AR students who reached their goal!!

Special thanks to all the parents who generoulsy donated items to make this breakfast a success!!  You all are FABULOUS!!!

A SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO..........

MRS. STEPHANIE BROCK!! The Pancakes were AWESOME!

Mrs. Brock has been in our classroom every Tuesday morning as our official CHEERLEADER.

Just a few Thursday notes:

Our spring fling is just around the corner!!

Our wonderful room moms have come up with a great idea for our basket this year...BEACH TIME!!!

Please find below a list of items your child can bring in the next few weeks.  All items must be brought in by April 4.

Spring Fling Basket Items

frisbie
beach towel
mask w/snorkle
inflatable raft
beach ball
sunscreen
aloe
sunglasses
flip flops
sand toys
sun hat
kite

We plan assemble these items in either a large beach bag or a rolling
cooler.

CLASSROOM SUPPLY NEEDS

I am in need of the following supplies!! We are completely OUT of the following!!

• glue sticks ( we use these daily for our interactive notebooks )
• pencil
• notebooks
• kleenex boxes
• sticky notes for guided reading
• colored pencils

If you can help by puirchasing any of these....it would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Respectfully,

Drena Varghese

I hope all students are taking teacher assigned CRCT tests!!!

Here is another helpfulsite!!!

Download fourth_grade_math_guide_crct.pdf

FABULOUS Pi Day!!!!! 3-14

What an awesome day today was!!!

The students had a wonderful day exploring the world of Pi!!!  ACTIVE LEARNING was happening in our classroom!!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING PARENTS WHO DONATED PIES FOR TODAY'S CELEBRATION!!

Mrs. Landry

Mrs. Heckler

Mrs. Norton

Mrs. Hall

Mrs. King

Mrs. Abate

Mrs. McGaha

They were scrumptious!!! 

Today was the end of the third nine weeks.  Report Cards will go home on March 20th.

Our third nine weeks AR celebration will take place on March 18 at 7:30 am. A pancake EXTRAVAGANZA is in store!!!

I have assigned more online CRCT tests to your children.  They are required to have 1 completed by next Wednesday. 

In a previous BLOG entry I posted a site where you could print tests. Please check this out.

Have a super weekend!

Respectfully,

Drena Varghese

AR CELEBRATION!!!

GREETINGS!!

Our Fourth Grade AR celebration will be on Tuesday, March 18.  I need some parents to volunteer to bring in the following items for this event!!

• 2 cans of whipping cream
• 1 large container of sliced strawberries and blueberries
• 1 package of 8inch plates
• 1 package of disposable forks
• 1 bottle of syrup
• cooked bacon
• 1 package of napkins/wet wipes

If your son or daughter has reached their AR goal by Friday they will receive an invitation for Tuesday's Breakfast!!

Your response to these requests would greatly be appreciated.

Thanking you ALL in advance !!

Kind Regards,

Drena

Here are some sites for GRAMMAR PRACTICE!!!!http://duewest.blogs.com/holston/files/mrs__roesels_4th_grade_teacherweb_grammar_practice_park.mht

Please check Monday's entry for more CRCT practice site ( these are PRINTABLE)

Marvelous Monday 03-10

Great CRCT links

The following are printable study guides and practice tests.

http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?folderID=14730&m=links&ft=Student%20Guides

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/curriculum/testing/crct_keyterms_1_8.pdf

http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/uge/2006crctprint.htm

I hope these sites are helpful to you!!!

Wonderful Wednesday!! 03-05

Happy Wednesday to all my students and their families!

I can't believe we are now in the month of March!! WOW!!

Here are some things that will be going on in our classroom in the week to come:

March 3 - 7 : Book Fair continues

March 12 : Fraction Recipe Due ( Check your child's agenda for the details of this activity )

March 14 : "Pi Day" ( 3.14 day ...get it??~~~??~~~)

March 18 : AR Celebration BREAKFAST!! ( Students who meet their goal by March 14 will be taking part in a Pajamma Day/Breakfast to CELEBRATE their accomplishment )

Classroom Needs!!

We will be having fun filled activities and something sweet to eat in honor of Pi on March 14.

I am in need of 4 parents to assist me in purchasing pies or maybe even baking them!!.  If you are able to send in a pie for this activity it will be greatly appreciated!! Please contact me via email if you are willing and able.  I know the students will not be picky as to what kind.  I will provide the paper/napkins/forks.

Kleenex Boxes

Thanking you in advance for your assistance!!

Respectfully,

Drena Varghese

drena.varghese@cobbk12.org

MRS. KEASLER'S CLASS HERE ARE THE WEB SITES!!!

Have FUN with this WEB QUEST!!

http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/index.html

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html