Update for 4/27 - Field Day info.

Magis-Graves____ (3)

Red team

Daniel

Beck

Warren

Jake

Paulina

Samantha

Alejandra

 Blue team

Amira

Ansley

Camryn

Matthew F

Kaylie

Carson

Nolan

 

Green team

Katherine

Lou Lou

Brady

Simms

Jace

Matthew N

Remy






Ainsley

Good Morning,

    

Field Day is coming! Field day will be on May 12th and 13th this year! The first day of field day will be from 8:30-12:00 and the students will rotate to 30 different stations that day. The second day of field day is from 10:00-11:15 and 1:00-2:00. The first section will be a relay race for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Please come join and watch the students race! The second part of the day will be the awards ceremony for the race and the sportsmanship trophy and there will be a faculty volleyball game. 

      I have split your class up into 3 teams. (Red, green, and blue) The students must wear a t-shirt of their team color, athletic shorts, and tennis shoes on the first day of field day and the second day of field day is a free dress day. I divided the teams up based on athletic ability to help in making the teams as fair as possible but please feel free to change any of your students! Please announce these teams this week and begin to remind the students of their color teams as we close to the big day. Again, please let me know if there is anything I can do to help in any way. Thank you!

 

Rachel Hutcherson

Physical Education

Spalding Drive Elementary

http://pehutcherson.weebly.com/ 

Update for 4/11

     Dear Parents,


     I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break!!  Milestones testing begins tomorrow so please make sure your kiddo gets a good night's sleep and has a larger breakfast with protein tomorrow since we probably won't be eating snacks until 10:30.


      Our Milestones schedule is:  Tuesday, 4/12   Reading and Language
                                                     Thursday, 4/14  Writing
                                                     Monday, 4/18  Math
                                                     Thursday, 4/21  Science
                                                     Monday, 4/25  Social Studies


       In class we will be reviewing concepts studied this year.  We will not be giving homework over the next three weeks since we want the students to run and get their wiggles out in the afternoons and rest.  However, please feel free to encourage your student to get on iReady, Study Jams, or Brain Pop at their leisure to review reading, math, government, economy, habitats, adaptations, fossils, minerals, rocks, soils, magnets, and heat.


       If you would like to send snacks in for the class on testing days, we now have 22 students.  Any nut-free snacks are welcome.  :)  Thanks for your support!!


      Jenny M-G

Update for 3/14

      Dear Parents,

      I will be sending home this review sheet with your students in paper form soon.  It's a great way to review for the Milestones and will earn your kiddo lots of Dojo points if he/she reviews every section and checks it off!

     Thanks so much for your support!

     Jenny M-G

       www.Studyjams.scholastic.com  is a great way to review for the CRCT!  Below is a checklist to help you keep track of your activities.  This checklist is due April 21.  Please have your parents sign to confirm that you have completed at least 25 activities for full credit.

Science Activities:                                               Student Name _________________________

Plants – plant adaptations                                

Animals – animal adaptations                          Parent signature _________________________

Ecosystems – Changes in Ecosystem

                         Food Chains

                         Food Webs

                         Aquatic Ecosystems

Landforms, Rocks, and Minerals – Igneous Rocks

                                                               Metamorphic Rocks

                                                                Sedimentary Rocks

                                                                Soil

                                                                Minerals

                                                                Rock Cycle

                                                                Fossils

Energy, Light, and Sound – Fossil Fuels

                                                  Natural Resources

                                                  Current Electricity

                                                  Heat

                                                  Renewable Fuels

                                                  Electricity

                                                  Magnetism

Scientific Inquiry – ALL

www.studyjams.scholastic.com

Math Activities                                         Student name __________________________

                                                                     Parent signature _________________________

Numbers : 

                    Place Value

                     Number Lines

                     Order Whole Numbers

                     Estimate Whole Numbers

                     Integers

                     Expanded Notation

Addition and Subtraction:

                       Estimate Sums and Differences

                        Relate + and –

                        Addition with Regrouping

                        Properties of Addition

                       + and – without Regrouping

                       Subtraction with Regrouping

Multiplication and Division

                       Multiplication

                      Single Digit division

                      Relate Multiplication and Division

                       Divisibility Rules

Fractions

                     Fractions

                     Equivalent Fractions

Math update for 3/14

Dear Parents,


     Just FYI, in addition to the fabulous iReady that you are having your kiddos work on at home, here are some additional IXL assignments that will stretch their thinking.  Thanks as always for your support!


     Jenny M-G     


Mixed Operations

1. M.8Addition and subtraction word problems
2. M.9Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division word problems
3. M.10Interpret data in tables
4. M.11Multi-step word problems
5. M.12Missing operators

Equations and variables

1. O.1Identify equations
2. O.2Solve for the variable: addition and subtraction
3. O.3Solve for the variable: multiplication and division
4. O.4Solve for the variable: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
5. O.5Write variable equations to represent word problems

Logical reasoning

1. Q.1Guess the number
2. Q.2Largest/smallest number possible
3. Q.3Find the order
4. Q.4Age puzzles
5. Q.5Find two numbers based on sum and difference
6. Q.6Find two numbers based on sum, difference, product, and quotient

Update for 3/7

Dear Parents,


        Our Magnets test is this Wednesday and textbooks and journals will be coming home tonight.  We will be working on the Chapter 5 Review in class today and I will e-mail you the correct answers as usual later today.  The chapter spans pages 190-219 in the textbook, but your child does not need to read all of it - we have read and done the investigations in class.  He/she can review the sections that may still not be crystal clear and can use the illustrations to reinforce the vocabulary ( magnet, attract, repel, magnetic, electromagnet, generator, and temporary magnet).  Please let me know if you have any questions!


       In math, we are in our last unit - Time and Measurement!  This week's HW is IXL on Time (S.1-S.10).  Thanks in advance for all of your support!


      Jenny M-G

Update for 3/1

     Dear Parents,

     In math, we are finishing up Unit 5 and will have our test this Wednesday, 3/2.  In science, we are continuing our Magnets unit and the test is on the calendar for next Wednesday, 3/9. 

     We will be getting into our last math unit on Measurement and Time and our last science unit on Heat next week.  The essential questions for these units are:

Telling Time… ● What strategies can I use to help me tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes? ● How can I use what I know about number lines to help me figure out how much time has passed between two events?

Liquid Volume and Mass… ● What happens when your units of measure change? ● Why is it important to know the mass of an object? ● In what ways can we determine the mass of an object? ● What units are appropriate to measure mass? ● How are units in the same system of measurement related? ● What strategies could you use to figure out the mass of multiple objects? ● What are some ways I can measure the liquid volume?

Graphing and Data… ● · How are tables, bar graphs, and line plot graphs useful ways to display data? ● · How can you use graphs to answer a question? ● · How can surveys be used to collect data? ● · How can surveys be used to gather information? ● · How can graphs be used to display data gathered from a survey?

S3P1. Students will investigate how heat is produced and the effects of heating and cooling, and will understand a change in temperature indicates a change in heat. a. Categorize ways to produce heat energy such as burning, rubbing (friction), and mixing one thing with another. b. Investigate how insulation affects heating and cooling. c. Investigate the transfer of heat energy from the sun to various materials. d. Use thermometers to measure the changes in temperatures of water samples (hot, warm, cold) over time.

Our High Tech High Touch in-house field trip on Heat is scheduled the week after spring break.  It’s hard to believe that we are so close to done!

     This Friday, 3/4 is Dr. Suess Day so your child is welcome to wear his/her favorite pj’s.  We can’t wait to see all the cuteness!  Also, please remember to keep sending in your Box Tops.  Thank you for all of your support!

Jenny M-G

Update for 2/24

Hi Parents!

      Jenn Lott and Amy Schneider here from the PTO with important information below about two BIG upcoming events!

 

BINGO!

We look forward to seeing everyone this Friday evening for BINGO night! Chairs Catherine Fuss, Paige Zaparaniuk and Julie Franklin have been hard at work planning this awesome annual event. They are in serious need of some additional BINGO prizes - small stuff you can pick up from Tuesday Morning, 5 Below or Marshall's would be much appreciated so that as many kids as possible can win Friday night! If you haven't bought your tickets yet, click here!

 

https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ec3v0cxr578879e3&oseq&c&ch

 

 

AUCTION!

We wanted to make sure you are all aware that our bi-annual fundraising event, the PTO AUCTION, is coming up Friday, March 18 starting at 7 pm at Heritage Sandy Springs. This year's theme, "Celebrating Our Past, Inspiring Our Future," is a nod to Spalding's 50th anniversary as a school in 2016. The PTO hosts this event every other year and our goal this year is to raise money for arts and music education at Spalding!

 

Each family received a hand-addressed invitation today in one child's backpack. Please be on the lookout for it. The invitation contains a link to purchase tickets, though you can also click here and buy right now! http://spaldingdrivepto.schoolauction.net/auction2016

 

    Ticket Prices are as follows:

    Silver - $30.00/person

    includes one drink coupon per person

 

    Gold - $45.00/person

    includes two drink coupons per person, 10 minutes of extra bidding time and a VIP parking pass (for the first 30 cars to register).

 

 

More Auction Information

Spalding parents, Some thank you's to send out.... 

Auction Chairs: Kibbe Horne and Megan Tucker are chairing the Auction this year, with help from 

Silent Auction Committee: Heather Berry, Kacy Homans and Amy Schneider and the 

Beautiful invitations: designed by Moya Minns, with two gorgeous new logos celebrating Spalding's 50th anniversary designed by Sugandah Rosenhaft and Sean Day. 

 

Auction Raffle

As you know, tickets for the Restaurant Raffle, the Auction's bi-annual companion event, went home last week. If you need additional restaurant raffle tickets, just let us know and we will get more out to you! Restaurant Raffle chairs Anne Duhig, Bobbi Rapp and Amie Burt have secured over $1,200 in restaurant gift cards for this perennially popular fundraiser. If you see any of these parents at school, be sure to say hello as they are working super hard to raise money for our school! Remember that to encourage your child to sell 10 tickets for a free dress day! 

 

Jenn and Amy