Mrs. Popienko

Friday, November 6

I am sorry that I did not have an opportunity to get to my blog yesterday. Very busy day and I had to leave early for a doctor's appointment for my foot. 

Math- we started today on the new concept of 2 digit divisors into 3 digit dividends. We have started with the basics of understand ing how to simply and estimate with 2 digit divisors. PLease ask to see your child's worksheet. Download Estimating with 2-digit divisors

Social studies The completed Explorer's Notebook is due on Tuesday, November10th. As your child puts the notebook together, please help them read the rubric. This is their checklist for the items that must be turned in their notebook. Please note that Mrs. Branch said there are  more items in this checklist than stated on the calendar. Presentations will begin on Tuesday. Each explorer should give a 1-2 minute speech about their life, obstacles, and accomplishments. A note card may be used (only if necessary) for reference, but past experience has shown that a child who reads their speech totally loses their audience. The explorer should be knowledgeable about his experiences. Please practice with your child. Costumes are encouraged, but optional. Any questions please see Mrs. Branch's blog.Please see below for the day your child will be presenting their project:

Tuesday- Grace W, Shannon, Ben, Jared, Taylor, Grace M.

Wednesday- PAxton, Christian, Julia, Johnathon, Aidan, Rose

Thursday- Alex, Kira, Josie, Zach, Derrik, Christina

Friday- Amali, Davis, Libby, Camron, Jack and Emily

Harvest Lunch

Our harvest lunch is different than our normal lunch. It is on Tuesday, November 10 from 11:30 to 12:00. You may not drop in, because reservations were required. Reservations closed on Friday last week. We will meet you at the lunchroom doors for lunch if you have made reservations.

Quarters for Turkeys

Davis Elementary has a fund-raiser called "Quarters for Turkeys". All next week, (NOvember 9-13) you may send in quarters for this fund-

raiser. This money provides a great Thanksgiving dinner for those that are less fortunate.

Candy Wrappers

Please send in candy bar wrappers(like box tops). Dr. Mobley has heard this is a fund-raiser too. A great way to receive a little extra money for the school.

It’s that time again!   Coffeehouse Night will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 from 6:00-7:00 p.m.  This is just a fun night for reading and enjoying poetry and is open to anyone that would like to participate.  So find your favorite poem from your favorite poet, or one that you have written yourself, to bring and share with our audience.  Mrs. Thompson will need a copy of the poem you will read as well as a permission slip filled out by your parents. see attached permission form.Download Coffeehouse Night Permission Slip

 Have a great weekend! Mrs. Popienko

Wednesday, November 4

Spelling and Wordly Wise - there will be none this week due to the shorter week. Our class is ahead of the other classes in fourth grade.

Writing- We will be spending a great deal of time working on Response to literature this week. These are the main standards that we are working on are:Element: ELA4W2.a Response to Literature -Engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a speaker's voice, and otherwise developing reader interest.    Element: ELA4W2.b Response to Literature -Advances a judgment that is interpretive, evaluative, or reflective. The students did a great job with this today. Tomorrow we will be expanding upon these ideas.

Math- Practice one digit division problems by three digit numbers. We will be having a quiz over this tomorrow. The standards we are working on are:

Students will further develop their understanding of division of whole numbers and divide in problem-solving situations without calculators.

Element: M4N4.a

Know the division facts with understanding and fluency.

Element: M4N4.b

Solve problems involving division by a 2-digit number (including those that generate a remainder).

Element: M4N4.c

Understand the relationship between dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder.

Element: M4N4.d

Understand and explain the effect on the quotient of multiplying or dividing both the divisor and dividend by the same number (2050 ÷ 50 yields the same answer as 205 ÷ 5).

Social Studies- Letter to the Monarchy due tomorrow. Today we found out how the Portuguese Explorers made their adventures around the world.

Thursday, October 29

NEW FORMS - When your child is going home on the bus with another student the following form needs to be filled out. This is for their safety. Thank you. You can also locate this form at the bottom of the Davis Web site.Download Bus Pass09-10

11/10 Harvest Lunch K, 2nd, 4th

Parents- please send in your reservation for the Harvest Lunch by Friday. Many students have brought in the lunch reservations but I have not seen all of them. I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me an email or a note via your child if you are planning on attending or a special quest. I want to make sure all the reservations for the lunch are double checked. Thank you!!

Important Dates

10/29 Wordly Wise Quiz

10/30 Open note test for Health over drugs and medicine -Chapter 6

11/3 No School- teacher in-services

11/4 Explorer's Weather Log Due

11/5 Letter to Monarchy Due

 

11/10 Completed Explorer's project Due

11/17 Space Day

11/23-27 No School Thanksgiving Break

Reading- Today small group -historical details and fictional details or independent reading

Language Arts- WW6 test

Writing - working on writing the "Frightening Field Trip". Studenta are doing a great job with descriptive sentences and developing their setting, plot, and building the suspense in their stories. 

Health- Chapter 6 Power point about drugs and medicines- need note sheets -see yesterday's blog. Please note that the Health test on Friday the students can use the notes that I have given them- outline of the chapter. It is important that they do not loose these sheets. There is a great deal of information in one week, that is why I am allowing them to use these notes.

Spelling- words are on Monday's blog- test on Friday

Health- Drugs and medicines- see handout -Red Ribbon Week

 

Friday- wear mismatched clothes

Test on Friday over the drug unit -Open Note Test- I do not expect them to memorize all this informationbut to understand how to apply this new information. All children should have tere handouts.

 

Review sheet went home last week

Attached- if you lost one-Download Student Guide chapter 6 and the powerpoint presentationDownload Medicines, Drugs, and Your Health - Chapter 6

Wednesday, October 28

New FORMS - When your child is going home on the bus with another student the following form needs to be filled out. This is for their safety. Thank you. You can also locate this form at the bottom of the Davis Web site.Download Bus Pass09-10

11/10 Harvest Lunch K, 2nd, 4th

Parents- please send in your reservation for the HArvest Lunch by Friday. Many students have brought in the lunch reservations but I have not seen all of them. I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me an email or a note via your child if you are planning on attending or a special quest. I want to make sure all the reservations for the lunch are double checked. Thank you!!

Important Dates

10/29 Wordly Wise Quiz

10/30 Open note test for Health over drugs and medicine -Chapter 6

11/3 No School- teacher in-services

11/4 Explorer's Weather Log Due

11/5 Letter to Monarchy Due

 

11/10 Completed Explorer's project Due

11/17 Space Day

11/23-27 No School Thanksgiving Break

Reading- Today small group -historical details and fictional details or independent reading

Language Arts- Created our Germ Buster Posters to amke more people aware of the ways to prevent the flu, cold and common viruses. Students are doing an awesome job!!!

Health- Chapter 6 Power point about drugs and medicines- need note sheets -see yesterday's blog. Please note that the Health test on Friday the students can use the notes that I have given them- outline of the chapter. It is important that they do not loose these sheets. There is a great deal of information in one week, that is why I am allowing them to use these notes.

Spelling- words are on Monday's blog- test on Friday

Wordly Wise- we will review tomorrow the words and grade the unit on Thursday. Test on Thursday.

Health- Drugs and medicines- see handout -Red Ribbon Week

 

Wednesday- Follow your dreams- Don't do drugs- Pajamas

Thursday- wear a crazy hair or a wig

Friday- wear mismatched clothes

Test on Friday over the drug unit

Review sheet went home last week

Attached- if you lost one-Download Student Guide chapter 6 and the powerpoint presentationDownload Medicines, Drugs, and Your Health - Chapter 6

Tuesday, October 27

New FORMS - When your child is going home on the bus with another student the following form needs to be filled out. This is for their safety. Thank you. You can also locate this form at the bottom of the Davis Web site.Download Bus Pass09-10

 

Important Dates:

Tonight -Math night at Publix on Trickum Rd. and 92 (5:30-7:00)

10/28 Explorer's graphic organizer or questions due

10/29 Wordly Wise Quiz

10/30 Open note test for Health over drugs and medicine -Chapter 6

11/3 No School- teacher in-services

11/4 Explorer's Weather Log Due

11/5 Letter to Monarchy Due

11/10 Completed Explorer's project Due

11/23-27 No School Thanksgiving Break

Reading- Today small group -historical details and fictional details or independent reading

Language Arts- run-ons and fragment sentences

Health- Chapter 6 Power point about drugs and medicines- need note sheets -see yesterday's blog. Please note that the Health test on Friday the students can use the notes that I have given them- outline of the chapter. It is important that they do not loose these sheets. There is a great deal of information in one week, that is why I am allowing them to use these notes.

Spelling- words are on yesterday's blog- test on Friday

Wordly Wise- we will review tomorrow the words and grade the unit on Thursday. Test on Thursday.

Health- Drugs and medicines- see handout -Red Ribbon Week

 

Wednesday- Follow your dreams- Don't do drugs- Pajamas

Thursday- wear a crazy hair or a wig

Friday- wear mismatched clothes

Test on Friday over the drug unit

Review sheet went home last week

Attached- if you lost one-Download Student Guide chapter 6

Monday, October 26

Tuesday Oct. 27 -test over Mid-Atlantic States  Remember the review is under fourth grade web page- SS

Spelling-

Take ten of these words and put them into sentences. You can put 2 of these spelling words in one sentence.

ar in First Syllable     a in first syllable    a in second syllable   oddball

market   =r    parents=ar  (air or are)      aware  = air     toward       

carpet      haircut   despair

marble     barefoot     impair

pardon dairy     declare

harvest    barely   compare

partner     fairy beware

hardly      careful       repair

 

Health- Drugs and medicines- see handout -Red Ribbon Week

Homework tonight -worksheet- 37

 

Monday- red ribbon

Tuesday- I'm a Jean-ius- wear jeans to school

Wednesday- Follow your dreams- Don't do drugs- Pajamas

Thursday- wear a crazy hair or a wig

Friday- wear mismatched clothes

Test on Friday over the drug unit

Review sheet went home last week

Attached- if you lost one-Download Student Guide chapter 6

 

 

Math- my math class- worksheet 10.2 (2,4,6,9,10,11) and on the other side 10.3 (1-11)

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 22

Gold sheets signed tonight

Spelling-test on Friday -see words listed on the blog earlier this week

Wordly Wise -6a, b, and c

Writing- Werewolf stories -how to add to the middle section of a story

Science- please see note sent home with Health notes attached. I can not send home their graded tests because some students have been absent and have not taken them at this time. Your child's score is written on the note sent home.

Health- Medicines- Prescription and Over the Counter Medicines no homework

Math- We have new math groups. PLease check your child's Math  teacher's blog for their work. My math class made a flip book with important definitions and how to solve the problems we are doing now. They have 8 problems for homework.

Chick-fil-A night at Sprayberry Square 5-8pm

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Reading- independent reading and small group

Spelling- review the words Test on Friday

Social Studies- work on research for Explorers in the computer lab

Science- we will be having Health this week and next week. We will be studying about medications/drugs and how to deal with these issues and how they affect us. This correlates with the Red Ribbon Week next week. There will be a test Friday 30 over this unit. Then we will be studying space

Health- today the student researched about germs and how to stay healthy. They are creating posters to inform others how to stay healthy.

Tuesday, October 20

Reading- Independent reading novels and small groups

Spelling- test on Friday

au      

 

author

haunted

caution

sausage

laundry

August

faucet

autumn

 

 

aw

 

flawless

lawyer

gawking

awesome

awkward

gnawing

 

 al

 

always

halted

salty

almost

although

already

 

oddball

laughed

all right

 

Science- test over weather

 

Math- problem solving

 

Social Studies - started research on Explorers

 

 Early Release tomorrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, October 19

Science -we reviewed for the test tomorrow. If, your child can not find their review that was sent home a week ago -please see the attachments-Download WEATHER   also the review guide-Download Study-guide-for-weather-test

Social Studies- Explorers packet presented today- see packet in your child's folder due date Nov.10

Spelling- none today -we had a lesson from the counselor

Math- post IMI   new groups for the next unit will start on Thursday

Wordly Wise- test today

Reading- independent reading projects and books and small group

Early dismissal on Wednesday- students will be dismissed at 12:30