Mrs. Whitworth's Class - Team 33

Mrs. Whitworth's Class - Team 33
What a good looking group!

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Happy Sunday afternoon,

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and got to spend lots of time outdoors.

All parents should have received the yellow packet of Flat Rock information (Oct. 12-13).
  • All registration forms and money due by 9/8/17
  • Please notify if your child will need a scholarship of up to $30 asap
  • All background checks and VIP training must be completed by 9/12/17
  • All medications to be administered by teachers must be confirmed and submitted to Mrs. Treibec, our school nurse, by Friday, 10/6/17. Parent chaperones will administer their own child's meds as needed. A letter from her went home on Friday
This week brings our first spelling test, tomorrow. The students will also receive their new list that will be written in their assignment book. All the kids seem to like the spelling activities they are doing in class during our language arts block. We took our first short reading test on Friday, but the grades haven't been entered into the gradebook yet. That will happen in a couple of day. In reading this week we will be doing a Reader's Theatre and presenting it in front of our class. This play focuses on using pauses when we read. We will also continue to work on our Personal Narratives during our center time.

In math we will continue to work on place value to the hundred thousand, rounding, and estimation. Tuesday will bring addition into the mix. We will continue to work on two-step story problems also.

This week the kids will be meeting with Miss Burns the last hour of the day to work on science. I will be traveling to Mrs. Moore's class to teach Social Studies.

Thursday morning brings the Colts Camp to Needham. The third and fourth graders will be out in the field from 10:30 to 11:45. This is always a fun time for the kids. If you volunteered to help with this, thank you so much!

As always, if you have any concerns, please get in contact with me. Together let's make this the best year for your child.

Mrs. W.:)

In addition to the math sites I sent last week, here is one more to use:
www.abcya.com

Compass Learning can be accessed from home too. 

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Happy Thursday

Wow, what a fast week we've had here at school.  We had the eclipse on Monday and finished up all the NWEA testing on Wednesday. In between, we're working on math, reading, and social studies. The kids have been working very hard to learn what is being presented to them in class.

In math this week we have worked on rounding numbers to the hundred thousand and estimation. We have learned two different ways to estimate: front-end estimation and close-to estimation. Ask your child if they can tell you the difference between the two ways to estimate. In reading we have been learning about personal narratives and have been brainstorming ideas about themselves that they can write about. Some of the students have begun working on their rough draft. The final project, after it has been edited and proofread, will be typed on the chrome books.

During the last hour of the day we have begun Social Studies and are learning about Indiana's economy, geography, weather, and natural resources. Next week they will either be writing with Mrs. Bennis and Mrs. Moore, or meeting with Miss Burns to learn science. We are doing a weekly rotation so all the kids experience each of the subjects.

Hope to see many of you tonight at 6:30 in the cafeteria for the Flat Rock informational meeting.

Some math websites that might help with the nightly practice are:
www.mathplayground.com
www.multiplication.com
http://xtramath.org (you need to sign up, but it is free of cost)

Sunday, August 20, 2017

What's Happening

Good Evening.

We are finally able to post a blog with the class picture.

Tomorrow we will begin Spelling. This year we are doing something different with the spelling curriculum. Instead of everyone having the same list each week, the kids are ability grouped. The kids were given two pretests. Then words were entered into the computer program and based upon the results they are grouped according to the words they got correct. The program the fourth grade is using is called Words Their Way.

In math this week we will continue working on place value to the  hundred thousand, rounding, comparing two numbers, and number lines.

We will be introducing Personal Narratives this week in Reading. We will be dividing into groups to help meet the needs of all the students.

Tomorrow is the Solar Eclipse. Permission slips were sent home with interested students to view the eclipse with glasses brought from home. The rest of us will be in the gym watching the eclipse on the NASA site. If you wish, your may pick up your child after lunch to view the eclipse at home. They will not be counted absent if picked up early.

Thanks for sharing your children with me. It has been a great first 8 days of school. 

Parent information meeting for Flat Rock is this Thursday in the cafeteria beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Please contact me if you have any questions.
School phone # 317-738-5780
email: whitworths@franklinschools.org

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Welcome Back

I'm so excited to begin this new year with you. Can't wait to meet all of you and your parents on Meet the Teacher Night, August 7th, from 6:30 - 7:30. See you then!