Human Growth and Development Class

The letter informing parents about the Human Growth and Development Class will be sent home on Friday.  YOU ONLY NEED TO RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE LETTER IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR CHILD TO PARTICIPATE.  

Please help!

Dear Parents,

Here is the sign up information for our class booth at the Spring Festival.  Thank you to the four parents who have volunteered to work our booth.  Thank you Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Frison, Ms. Broadnax and Mrs. Jackson!!! 

We still need a few more volunteers at all of the time slots except from 10:00-11:00.  

Please let us know which time slot you are available to work.  

-- Sat, 5/2/15 10:00AM - 11:00AM at Springwood : Bozo Buckets, • Each player throws 6 balls and tries to get them in the bucket • 0-5 = small prize • 6 – large prize - Kateenah Hunter/Ms. Frison
-- Sat, 5/2/15 11:00AM - 12:00PM at Springwood: Bozo Buckets, • Each player throws 6 balls and tries to get them in the bucket • 0-5 = small prize • 6 – large prize – No one
-- Sat, 5/2/15 12:00PM - 1:00PM at Springwood: Bozo Buckets, • Each player throws 6 balls and tries to get them in the bucket • 0-5 = small prize • 6 – large prize - Letina Broadnax
-- Sat, 5/2/15 1:00PM - 2:00PM at Springwood : Bozo Buckets, • Each player throws 6 balls and tries to get them in the bucket • 0-5 = small prize • 6 – large prize - Melissa Jackson 

field trip fees, progress alerts

Last call for field trip money on Monday!!  $6.00

Don't forget to send in the permission slip.  Please write a note giving your permission if you've lost it.  

Your child's progress alert was due today too.  If you are not sure if your child is eligible to go, check the progress alert. 

PLEASE SEND IN MONEY, PERMISSION SLIPS, AND PROGRESS ALERTS ON Monday! 

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Progress Alerts and Spring Festival sign-ups

Please sign and return the two stapled reports being sent home today.  If your child will be out for Take Your Child to Work Day, please return the signed reports on Friday. 

Also, we don't have enough volunteers from our class signed up to work at our Spring Festival booth on May 2nd.

Which time slot would you like to fill?

10:00-11:00

11:00-12:00

12:00-1:00

1:00-2:00

Please send me an email to let me know if you haven't done so already. 

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support!

Help Me Understand AR

Remember this post about seeing you child's AR progress at home?  And this one about how AR is being tracked and assessed?

Sometimes you'll hear a student say, "I've met my points goal, but not my percentage goal."  Or maybe they say, "I have my percentage, but not my points goal."  WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Think about it as a grade.  The AR tests that students take are averaged together, just like other grades.  They need to have at least an 85%.   Points goals and book levels are determined by a test the students take.  Each of them have their own goal and book level based on their ability. (The students might describe their level as "colors I can check out."  Books are leveled by color to help students when checking out in the Media Center.)  This means that every child has a goal that they can reach!

Here's an example of having one goal, but not the other.  Don't forget...the ATOS book level tells you what level your child is reading on.  (In this example the child is reading on a 3rd grade, 3rd month level.  Meaning the 3rd month of the 3rd grade.  The absolute MINIMUM students should be at for this point in the school year is 4.7.)

Remember...this is all available on your phone or tablet!  It doesn't take a home computer to get this information!

Reminders

Please don't forget to let us know what time you can work at the Spring festival.

Don't forget to send in your child's Joe Budd money- It's due next Monday.

Take your child to work day is on Thursday!  Extra credit is available. 

Progress Alerts are going home on Wednesday.  Please sign and return.  

On track with AR

Congratulations to these students!  They have completed 47% of their AR point goal with an 85% or higher quiz average!  They earned a treat and received a 100% for one of their weekly AR homework grades. Please initial your child's AR tracking sheet and return it on Monday for the other weekly AR  homework grade.

Lessons in the Laws of Motion

We had a special visitor come to teach us about forces today!  Ask your child about the cool things they did and learned.

Here's an example of one of the activities.  

Take your child to work!

You are encouraged to have your child participate in Take Your Child To Work day on April 23rd.  A short assignment on what your child did/learned that day will be offered for extra credit in your child's Language Arts class.

Spring Festival Sign-up

Hello Parents!

It's Spring Festival time on May 2nd!  We need volunteers from our classes to work at the Bozo Buckets game.  

Who wants to fill these slots:

10:00-11:00

11:00-12:00

12:00-1:00

1:00-2:00

The materials should be provided, so all you have to do is take the tickets and hand the balls to the player to throw into the bucket.  Easy!

Ideally, we would have 2 parents for each time slot. Please let us know which slot you'd like to work.  

Thank you!

Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Lynch

Please initial!

Each week we track your child's AR progress.  The tracking sheet was filled out for the week on Friday, and your initials were required as homework.  Most students received a zero because the initials were missing.  Good job to the 7 students who got their parent's initials.  They received a 100% for their homework grade!

Upcoming Field Trip

This letter is coming home tomorrow to students with satisfactory behavior.  Please note that if your child receives a letter, but their behavior status declines prior to the trip, they may not be able to attend.  Good behavior is a necessity in order to go on this trip.  Please continue to encourage your child to be on his/her best behavior!  

Joe Budd Aquatic Center

April 10, 2015

Dear Parents,

            On May 4th/5th our classes will be taking a field trip to Joe Budd!  Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center (JBAEC) is located just outside Tallahassee, in the midst of a Wildlife Management Area, and provides an opportunity for students to learn about aquatic ecology in a natural setting. Students participate in a study of pond life and are provided with equipment and supervised instruction while they enjoy fishing in JBAEC's well-stocked 15-acre pond.

Having enough chaperones is crucial to any field trip. By actively supervising, chaperones can help to make sure our children are safe and add to the enjoyment of the trip.   If you can help out in this capacity, please indicate below.  We may need some chaperones to drive and/or ride in cars, as bus space is sometimes limited.  If you are willing to do this, please indicate that below also.  Thank you in advance!

            Students must have satisfactory behavior to be eligible to attend. 

Please encourage your child to dress in comfortable and appropriate clothes and shoes.  This particular trip will be entirely outdoors.  Please make sure that sunscreen and/or bug repellent have been applied before they come to school.  Hats and sunglasses are welcome on this day to provide additional sun protection.

We will leave school around 9:30 am and return around 1:00 pm.  The cost of this field trip is $6 per child.  All money and permission slips are due on or before Monday, April 27th.  We cannot accept checks.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher at 488-6225.

           

Rodriguez/Lynch – May 4th

Blake/Vaughn- May 5th

           

                                                                                    Sincerely,

                                                                                    The 4^rd Grade Team

My child,  ___________________________, has my permission to go on the Joe Budd field trip.

_____________________________________

Parent Signature

                        ____ I can chaperone.

           

____ I am willing to drive my own car, if needed.

Curious About Your Child's Progress?

Ever wonder about your child's progress/grades?

Everything is at your fingertips.  You can see every grade for every assignment your child completes (or doesn't turn in) by logging into Pinpoint.  With this resource available, as well as graded work being sent home,  we do not send regular grade communication other than Progress Alerts and Report Cards.  The same information we would provide you is available from the parent side of Pinpoint.  If you ever want it printed out, we are happy to send that home.  Just ask!  (Don't forget to tell your child to give us a handwritten note...sometimes they forget.  We promise that we aren't ignoring you!)

Make is easier on yourself and sign up for email subscriptions!  Grades will be sent to you weekly, daily or when they fall below a certain level (that you choose).  It's up to you what you receive.  You will need to renew these subscriptions when the next school year begins, and for the 2nd semester in January 2016.  (If I'm being completely honest, I never log into Pinpoint because the email I receive each Thursday gives me everything that I need to know, down to the assignment name and the score earned, for my 2nd grader. -Mrs. Lynch)

The "Stay Informed" tab at the top of our blog will give you step by step details on setting this up.

No computer?  No worries!  It's phone and tablet friendly.

If you need your child's unique login information, please ask!  We'll send it home or respond to your email!

lyncht@leonschools.net
rodriguezc@leonschools.net

How can I check AR at home?

Want to know if your child is "on track with AR?"  Here's a quick and easy way to find out.

Click here.

Enter your child's student ID number.  It can be found on the Report Card near their name. Also, they know this 9-digit number.  If your child doesn't know what you mean by "student number," ask them, "what is your 171 number?"  They'll recite it quicker than you can type it.

The password is their first and last initial.

You will see other things on the screen when you log in, but here's the important part.

Below you see a student that is on track with points, but has not met the percent correct.  Students must have an 85% correct AND have 35% of the points they need by Friday to be considered making appropriate progress.

You can also see your child's reading level.  In this example, the child is reading books at a "3.3 level."  This means the average book read is a book appropriate for a 3rd grader in the 3 month of the school year. This information is VALUABLE!  It tells you your child's reading ability.  Students should at least be at a 4.7 reading level with 85% on the quizzes taken.

We're So Excited FSA Testing is Over

We simply can't contain our excitement.

AR getting checked on Monday!

Mrs. Rodriguez will be out on Friday.  The AR tracking sheet will be checked on Monday instead.  Please remember to look at your child's sheet on Monday and initial it.