Sparks' Notes
12-01-14
What We Are Learning This Week
Great Expectation Life Principle: Courage
Math: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction (Homework)
Writing: Historical Research
Reading: Expository Text
(Homework: Read 20 minutes a night)
Language: Adverbs, Quotations, and Contractions
Spelling: Vowel + r
(Homework: Spelling Contract - 40 points)
Science: Properties of Soil, Weathering, & Erosion
Social Studies: Colonization of Texas
Be sure to check out our YouTube channel for helpful math & spelling videos!
Library on Tuesday. Don't forget your books!
Community Friday at 2:00. Don't forget your supplies!
Chromebook Care
- Chargers should be plugged in straight on with the rounded end of the adapter facing up. Trying to go at an angle can break the charger or Chromebook itself.
- Please be sure to keep case free and clean. Stickers and moisture can damage devices.
- Determine a fixed spot to plug in your Chromebook EVERY night so that it is charged and ready to go the next day. We have found that this step is crucial to keeping your Chromebook working properly. Keep your charger in your laptop bag when not charging.
- Make sure you bring your Chromebook every day. This is an essential school supply, not an extra.
You've Won the Homework Lottery!
Congratulations to these students for showing responsibility! Each will receive a scratch-off Homework Lottery Ticket.
Chase, Maryori, Cody, Danny, Kayla, Kaylin, Talia, Sydni, Celeste, Belle, Emily, Aidan, & Kylee
Important!!! Be Sure to Join Us On:
Edmodo - Our Communication System & Protected Learning System
Go to www.edmodo.com.
Have your student sign in. (Username and password are inside front agenda cover.)
Scroll down the left side of the page until you see Parent Code. Write this code down.
Logout (upper right corner, click on “Me” and select Logout).
Go to www.edmodo.com and select “I’m a Parent” (under blue box that reads “I’m a Teacher”).
Enter your student’s code and set up your account.
Make sure to go Account (upper right corner, click on “Me”) and select "Settings". You can select to have email or text alerts for specific items.
Congratulations to these students for already signing up their parents!
*****Emma, Jesse, Chase, Maryori, Cody, Kayla, Kaylin,*****
*****Talia, Sydni, Celeste, Belle, Malik, & Aidan*****
On our Edmodo site, you can see:
Daily agenda (planner/calendar)
Homework links (Folder->Classroom Information)
Student progress
Assignments
Subject area links
Classroom pictures
Morning Reading Tutorials
Students who are attending both reading and math may simply alternate days.
If you student did not get a green permission slip and you feel s/he might benefit, please let me know.
Morning Math Tutorials
Students who are attending both reading and math may simply alternate days.
Permission slips will be in this week's Tuesday folder. If you student does not get a permission slip and you feel s/he might benefit, please let me know.
After School Tutorials
Parent Homework
Please do the following with your child:
Check and sign agenda nightly.
Check and sign reading log nightly.
Check that math and spelling homework are completed nightly.
Make sure that your child's computer is charged nightly (check that charger is plugged in correctly) and with her/him each moring as s/he leaves.
Look through Tuesday folder and sign and return the next day (keep the work).
Check out our YouTube Channel for helpful videos.
Sign & return progress reports (every three weeks) and report cards (every nine weeks). A clean copy with be sent home for you to keep.
This Week's Spelling Skill and Rules
Each child needs her/his own set of earbuds or earphones to listen to the spelling test on Friday.
Skill: Vowel + r
- harsh
- startle
- scarce
- spare
- square
- hairy
- upstairs
- cheer
- appear
- weary
- weird
- dirty
- thirst
- thirteen
- worth
- worn
- worse
- lure
- current
- return
Spelling tests will be in cursive. Students will be allowed to write in both print and cursive for about six weeks as we transition to this new skill. I have created and posted cursive handwriting video tutorials in Edmodo in the Handwriting and Homework Links folders as well as on our YouTube channel.
Dates to Remember
Friday, Dec. 12th
Fourth Grade Field Trip to State Capitol in Austin
Tuesday, Dec. 16th
Choir Performance at 6:00 pm
Thursday, Dec. 18th
Polar Express Day (Reading in Our PJs!)
Friday, Dec. 19th
Holiday Party at 10:20 am
Early Release at 11:20 am
Dec. 22nd - Jan. 5th
Winter Break
Thursday, Jan. 8th
Report Cards Go Home
Friday, Jan. 9th
Second Nine Weeks Awards Assembly
Special Notes:
- Curriculum Night presentations are located on the campus website at this link.
WANTED: Used Dryer Sheets
WANTED: Old Smart Phones or Tablets
WANTED: Old Scrabble Tiles
Michelle Sparks
Lunch: 11:20-11:50
Recess: 11:50-12:05
Email: msparks@leisd.ws
Website: www.edmodo.com/mbsparks
Location: 2600 Hart Rd, Little Elm, TX, United States
Phone: (972) 294-1670 172
Twitter: @mrssparks502