Sparks' Notes
09-14-15
Fourth Grade Trip to Austin
Chaperones - Notes will be coming home on Tuesday to those that have been randomly selected to be chaperones. Thank you so much!
Cost: $90 per child - Due Sept. 25th (If finances are an issue, please communicate this.)
Transportation: Chartered coach
Meals provided.
Friday, Nov 6, 2015, 05:45 AM
Texas Capitol, Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, United States
What We Are Learning This Week
Great Expectation Life Principle: Excellence
Math: Addition & Subtraction Strategies
Science: Matter
Social Studies: Regions of Texas
Writing: Setting Up Writer's Workshop
Reading: Character & Setting Up Reader's Workshop
Language: Parts of Speech & Simple Subject & Predicate
Library is every Tuesday. Don't forget your books!
1. Read a minimum of 20 minutes nightly and complete reading log.
2. Play math games for 20 minutes nightly and complete log.
3. Practice vocabulary words. Test on Friday.
You've Won the Homework Lottery!
Maria, Addison, Emily, Amina, & Doris
If your child is not showing you the completed reading and math log night, ask to see it. If it is forgotten at school, feel free to bring him/her back to get it. I am here until 5 on most days. I've also included links to the homework above. Thank you so much for doing your part as a parent to help your child develop successful. lifelong habits!
This Week's Vocabulary Words
Each child will be tested on Friday. Students are expected to be able to use these words in sentences. These are words we use day-to-day, so a functional use is critical to learning and understanding.
- greater than – being of a larger amount or total
- operations - mathematical processes used in equations
- definition – the explanation of a meaning
- predict -to estimate what will happen in the future
- freeze - to turn liquid into solid
- melt - to change from solid to liquid
- evaporation - process of vaporizing liquid to gas
- condensation - process of a gas cooling and forming a liquid
- determine - to figure something out, to set or fix
- detail - an important piece of information that supports the topic
- plot - main storyline or pattern of events
- sequence - the order of things that are connected
- revise - to change and make better
- insert - to add
- draft - an early version or rough sketch
- organization - the logical order of ideas
- edit - to correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in writing
- table - a set of columns or rows to organize data
- equivalent - something that has the same value or importance
- less than - having a lower value
You can practice these words on Vocabulary Spelling City at: http://edmodo.spellingcity.com/Benjabc123/
Parent Homework
Please do the following with your child:
Check and sign agenda nightly.
Check that reading homework and log are completed nightly.
Check that math homework and log are completed nightly.
Look through Tuesday folder and sign and return the next day (keep the work).
Dates to Remember
Tuesday, Sept. 22nd
PTA Meeting 5:45 pm
PTA Bicycle Rodeo & Ice Cream Blast 6-8 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd
Homecoming Parade
Monday, Sept. 28nd
PTA Reflections Contest begins
Destination Imagination Awareness Meeting at Zellars
Tuesday, Sept. 29th
Curriculum Night for PreK - Second Grade
Thursday, Oct. 1st
TACO Talk 6:30 am
Lifetouch individual student pictures
Friday, Oct. 2nd
Clowns on Fire
Friday, Oct. 9th
Early Release
WANTED: Used Dryer Sheets
WANTED: Playing Cards
WANTED: Old Scrabble Tiles
Michelle Sparks
Lunch: 11:20-11:50
Recess: 11:50-12:20
Email: msparks@littleelmisd.net
Website: www.edmodo.com/mbsparks
Location: 2600 Hart Rd, Little Elm, TX, United States
Phone: (972) 947-9452 41502
Twitter: @mrssparks502