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Mrs. M. Spencer's Fourth Grade Website
Mary Spencer
J. WALLACE JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Zip Code: 70583
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Mrs. Spencers Weekly Agenda



May 7-11, 2012
 

Class Philosophy:

As a class, we will...Never Settle for Less than Our BEST!


 

Important Notes: 

·         Checks are not accepted after May 1st at J. Wallace James. Please send cash only. A receipt of payment will be rendered as proof of payment. Thanks

·         We would like to thank the following people for sacrificing their free time to chaperone us on our economics field trip…Ms. Culpepper, Mrs. Montet, Ms. Moten, Ms. House, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Alleman, and Mrs. Hector. We hope you enjoyed your time with us and thanks for making sure we displayed STAR behavior (Safe-Thoughtful-Accountable-Respectful). Who knows…there might be a chance for us to do it again this year ;-) .   

·         CONGRATULATIONS to our new Accelerated King and Queens

King Chase, King Danny,

Queen Emmie, & Queen Kylen

          These FOUR students had the highest AR average for the month and

          received a monetary reward!

·         Weekly progress report will go home on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Papers have to be returned on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 or a note must be given to the teacher from parents stating that the papers were viewed.

·         Field Day will be Friday, May 11th.

·         The fourth nine weeks involves many projects in my class. Students are required to pay attention in class, complete class and home assignments, and turn in final projects on time. All projects are MANDATORY and will be included on the fourth nine-weeks grading session.

·         Mark Your Calendars: Fourth Grade Award Day is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, 2012 @ 10:00am. The ceremony will take place in our classroom (W13).

·         Students last day is May 24, 2012. Please monitor weekly agendas and school calendar.

·         The class webpage can be accessed at http://www.schoolnotes.com/70583/spencer.html Please save the site as one of your favorites. If you want to receive instant notification of updates, add your email information to my   “Notify Me” list.

·         This agenda is a projected schedule of events for the week. Activities and dates depend on progress made during the week. In other words, this agenda is subject to change. Thank you in advance for your flexibility.

 

 

 

 


English Language Arts:

(includes reading, grammar, writing, & spelling)  

·         Read 20 minutes every night. Parents must sign reading log each night.

·         Book Clubs

·         Reinforcement of various reading skills

·         Daily Language Review/ Proofreading

·         Comprehension Assessments

 

 

 Math:    

·        Review and Enrichment of fourth grade math skills.

·        Minute Math activity sheets are now graded.

·        Word Problems

·        Basic multiplication and division facts

 

    

 Science:         

·        Introduction to organ systems of the human body

 

 Social Studies:        

·        Economics

·        Inventions: Students are responsible for developing a product to “sell”. This invention cannot be something already in existence; however, students can take a current product and improve it’s capabilities by at least 50%. This will be recognized as a “new” invention. Each student will be required to present a 30 second commercial advertisement of his/her invention and a model (NOT A PICTURE) of the product must be present in the commercial. Rubrics will be used to grade each section of this product.

·        Inventions: Name of idea is due on Tuesday, 5/8/12.

·        Invention Poster is due on Friday, May 11, 2012.

·        Invention and Commercial are due on May 17, 2012.

 

 


Questions/Concerns:

·        Contact me at mdwilkins@lpssonline.com or 521-7700

Remember: Be a STAR!

Safe *Thoughtful *Accountable *Respectful


NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN YOUR BEST!

Daily Schedule

 

TIME

 

SUBJECT

8:00-8:15

Morning Duty in Pod

8:15-8:45

Preparation and Bell Work

8:45-10:15

ELA

10:15-10:45

Science / Social Studies

10:45-11:15

PE (Burzynski)

11:15-12:15

Math

12:15-12:35

Math Reinforcement

12:35-12:55

Lunch

12:55-1:20

Recess

1:20-1:35

Con't of Science/Social Studies

 1:35-2:05

 French / Extended Academics

2:20-3:05

Electives

3:05-3:30

Basic facts/Fluency Enrichment




 







Daily schedule may change.



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