Thursday, October 2

STUDY!  Test tomorrow over Lesson 3 Words.

Tuesday, September 30

COME JOIN THE FUN THIS SATURDAY

We worked hard today! We also had a lot of fun doing it!  Students really seem to be doing well with their Jingles on Prepositions and Prepostional Phrases! Today we focused on er and est words.  We learned that er is a suffix that can be used to compare two things and est is use to compare 3 or more things.
We also learned two rules for adding these suffixes:
1. change the y to an i
2. drop the e

If you would like to have a conversation with your child about their school day.  Ask them to explain these rules to you.  The review will also help with their homework.

ATTENTION: PLEASE COME JOIN THE FUN!!!
This Saturday is the Franklin Fall Festival Parade and Needham wants to be a BIG part of it.  Please plan on wearing as much purple as possible and joining us this Saturday at 12:30 in the Middle School parking lot.  For more information please see the PARADE FLYER.  We can't wait to see you there!!

Monday, September 29

There are lots of updates today.  I know this post is a little longer than usual, but please take time to read it carefully so you do not miss any important information.

UPDATES: 

This week is College-Go-Week. Tuesday we will dress for success. (It's picture day, so dress up.) Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we will wear college t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, jersys, etc.  I graduated from Indiana State Universiy with a bachelors degree and Indiana University with a masters degree. Please take time to talk to your child this week about your college choices and why you made them.  

Tomorrow is Picture Day!  In celebration of College-Go-Week we are asking that sutdents and Dress for Success!  Please send in picture order forms with you child. 

Johnson County Library Card Challege: We are in 1st PLACE!!!!
All students need to return the handout. If they do not have a library card, they need to apply. If they have one, they need to mark that and return the form. If your child needs a new form, just let me know we have extras! Check out how we are doing in the competition: http://www.pageafterpage.org/library-card-challenge/ 

Saturday, Oct. 4, is the Franklin Fall Festival Parade. We need students to walk with us to hold our school banners and show their purple bulldog pride. Parents and family members are welcome too!  We will meet at the Franklin Middle School parking lot starting at noon. Wear lots of purple! The parade will start promptly at 1:00. The parade route is approximately 1.1 miles in length and will end at Home Ave. and South Street, by the skate park. Parents should pick students up there. Fourth graders are allowed to decorate and ride their non-motorized scooters in the parade. Candy donations are appreciated but not required and can be sent in to school or brought to the parade.

Thursday, Oct. 9, is our mini-field trip to Bargersville to visit the Bicentennial Train. I appologize but no parent chaperaones are allowed to this ticketed event.

The Johnson County Coat Drive is in progress. A donation box for new or gently used coats is just outside the office door. Help keep  Johnson County warm this winter. Predictions are for another long cold winter.

Report Cards come home on Friday, Oct. 10.  Remember you can check student grades ANY time with a link at our TEAM 33 website.


Saturday, Oct. 11, begins our Fall Break. Back to school on Monday, Oct. 20.


Homework is posted on our TEAM33 website for the week. Thanks for eveything you did to get us off to a great week!

Friday, September 26

Students ROCKED the assessment today!!  Our study habits are really shining through!  Please talk with your child about their assessment score and reward their hard work with a huge hug!!

Students should have their Lexile book at home to read EVERY NIGHT - yes that includes weekends.  Reading is not homework, it is a way to a better life.

Enjoy your weekend and READ!

Thursday, September 25

Tomorrow is assement day.  I am very excited for students to have to opportunity to show what they have learned.  The assessment will cover all of the following Learning Objectives:

• Identify Adverbs, Adjectives, and Article Adjectives in complete sentences.
• Correctly use a or an as noun markers.
• Identify, read and understand the purpose of a biography .
• Use word parts to become better spellers and readers.
• Use reading strategies.

To prepare studnets should:

• Study the spelling and meaning of Lesson 2 word parts and words.
• Practice this weeks 3 new jingles: Article Adjective, Adjective, and Adverb.
• Identify nouns that use the article adjective a or an.
• Review the features of a biography.

Wednesday, September 24

Today we focused on biographies.  We reviewed the features of biographies and we found these features in the biography of Ceaser Chavez and Marian Wright Edelman.  Tonight students are supposed to compare and contrast the two biographies.  They also need to make corrections on their 50 Facts test in Math.

If you want to start a conversation with your child about what they learned in school today, ask them to tell you the features of biogrophies.  They should be able to include the following.

Features of Biographies:

• A "hook" to catch the reader's interest.
• Information about the subject's birth.
• Information about the subject's family and childhood.
• Information about the impact the subject made.
• Quotes from or about the subject.

Students should also be able to explain the difference between a biography and an autobiography. Ask them.

Tuesday, September 23

Today flew like a jet down a runway!  It was a great time - it just went way too fast.  We did accomplish a lot though!  We worked on identifying parts of sentences in our Workstation center.  We worked on meeting our goals in Teacher's Choice center.  We worked on out Lexile book in Reader's Workshop. And, we worked on the features of biographies in Think Tank center.  We even read a biography about Ceaser Chavez.

Tonight for homework students should list 10 nouns.  Five of them should have the article adjective A in front of them, and five should have the article adjective An in front of them.  Be sure to follow the vowel rule.
(Many students might have this done, but all should be able to show you their list and talk about the vowel rule.)