Mrs. Popienko

Monday, Jan. 30

Wow! It is great to be back. I must say that was a wicked flu and upper resp. infection. I sure missed the students!!

January 30th—February 3rd: 
Tuesday- Green Eggs and Ham : wear green!  

 Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday is tie-dye & crazy socks day.
Thursday- Oh the Places You’ll Go is College/Team spirit shirts.                                       

 Friday- I am Not Going to Get Up Today is pajama day.

 UPCOMING EVENTS

February 20 - Presidents' Day - NO SCHOOL

February 23 - American Revolution Living History Wax Museum

Upcoming Tests

Friday, February 3 Wordly Wise Test 11

Tuesday, February 14 - North Central States and Capitals

MATH

 Worksheets  - due Tuesday

LANGUAGE ARTS

Informational papers- we are trying to complete all our paragraphs at school. I will keep you posted on this.

SCIENCE

Sound experiments

SOCIAL STUDIES

Needed for Wax Museum Costume - Download American Revolution Costume 

Major Battles of the American Revolution; Tuesday, February 14 - North Central States and Capitals test

 

Tuesday, January 24

Science- reviewed for test- you can practice with the Jeopardy game attachedDownload Light Jeopardy

Math- equivalent fractions wb. page 77

Writing- worked on paragraphs for our research paper. The students also wrote Cinquan poems about their character.

Social Studies- See Mrs. Branh's blog

Spelling- put one sort into sentences 

Monday, January 23, 2012

Reading- Samuel's Choice book- read by Friday, Guided Reading groups

Writing- worked on the first 2 paragraphs of their report in class. We will be working on all 5 paragraghs in class this week.

Spelling- put words into categories- due on Tuesday

Math- equivalent fractions no homework, quiz over decimals today

Science- reviewed for the test- Jeopardy tomorrow- Test on Wednesday

Social Studies- Road to Revolution video

We will be having an informational meeting for volunteers that would like to help us on our Living History wax Museum next Monday, Jan.30 at 2:30. A letter will be going home about this. Hope you can attend!!

Cici's Pizza - tomorrow night

 

Thursday, January 19

Geography Bee was today. Jack and Carson did an awesome job in the Bee!! 

Our chorus students are scheduled to sing for TMW this Friday.  Please  wear their chorus shirts and Jeans on  Friday for the broadcast.

Reading- Secret Soldier 30-64 (by Friday) and worksheets, Completed the book and 6 questions(due tomorrow), individual activities, Scholastic News was due today

Wordly Wise- Reviewed WW10 and graded 10D. Test on Friday.

Spelling- none this week

Science- Prisms and light experiments, Review sheet went home today for the Light Test on Wed. Jan. 25th 

SS- French and Indian War and study for Vocab. test tomorrow. See Mrs. Branch's blog

Chick Fil A Night -tonight

I will be at a seminar tomorrow. So there will be no blog.

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, January 18

Geography Bee on Thursday at 8:30. Good Luck Jack and Carson!!  Chris is our alternate for the Geography Bee.

Our chorus students are scheduled to sing for TMW this Friday.  Please  wear their chorus shirts and Jeans on  Friday for the broadcast.

Reading- Secret Soldier 30-64 (by Friday) and worksheets, small reading groups, individual activities, Scholastic News due Thursday

Wordly Wise- 10 d due tomorrow. Test on Friday.

Spelling- none this week

Science- Kaleidoscope and mirrors. If, they didn't finish coloring the kaleidoscope sheet it is homework

SS- Research- wed last day for research

 

Tuesday, January 17

Our chorus students are scheduled to sing for TMW this Wednesday and Friday.  Please  wear their chorus shirts and Jeans on Wednesday and Friday for the broadcast.

Reading- Secret Soldier 30-64 (by Friday) and worksheets, small reading groups, individual activities, Scholastic News due Thursday

Wordly Wise- 10 a.b.c due on Wed.

Spelling- none this week

Science- refraction experiment

SS- Research- wed last day for research

 

Friday, Jan.13

Please note: Inside your child's agenda all their passwords and websites are stated for books and practice activities on line. A letter went home today about the practice CRCT website and their user name and password. This is also listed in their agenda. However, the website is note listed in the agenda.

Science- Light unit- Flip book and 3-D Hologram today. There will be a test over this unit on January 25th. This is a short unit and a review sheet will go home next week.

Reading- Scholastic News- no homework

Spelling- Test

MAth- decimals and fractions-no homework

SS- See Mrs. Branch's blog. Test over vocab. over American Revolution

Have a great weekend!!

1/13 Report Cards go home
1/16 School holiday - MLK Day
1/19 Geography Bee 8:30
1/19 Chic-Fil-A night 5-8
1/23 Read Across America begins
1/24 CiCi's Pizza night 5-8
1/27 BINGO night 6:30-8:00

Thursday, Jan.12

Reading- Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern 1-29 and activities- no homework -in class

Spelling- reviewed words for this unit. All students brought home an activity to help them review for this test. Test on Friday.

ar in 1st syllable(pirate-ARRRR sound)  -market,carpet,harvest,marble,hardly,partner,pardon

long a in first syllable (air sound)- parents, haircut, dairy, barefoot, careful, barely, fairy

long a in 2nd syllable - aware, despair, repair, declare, beware, impair, compare

oddball- toward

 

Science- Light flip book -no homework

SS- Students received their parts for the American Revolutionary War research. They also received the informational packets. Please read over this packet and sign it and return it to school. Thank you

1/13 Report Cards go home
1/16 School holiday - MLK Day
1/19 Geography Bee 8:30
1/19 Chic-Fil-A night 5-8
1/23 Read Across America begins
1/24 CiCi's Pizza night 5-8
1/27 BINGO night 6:30-8:00

Wednesday, Jan 11

Reading- Secret Soldier 1-29

Lang. Arts- SRI test and counselor lesson

Spelling- sentences done in class

Math- My math group -wb.94 New math groups-please ask your child which teacher they have for this 9 weeks

Science- started a new unit on Light- Powerpoint and experiment-no homework

SS- American rev. Vocab. Test on Friday Jan. 20th

Important Dates to remember:

1/12 Spelling Bee 3,4,5  8:30
1/13 Report Cards go home
1/16 School holiday - MLK Day
1/19 Geography Bee 8:30
1/19 Chic-Fil-A night 5-8
1/23 Read Across America begins
1/24 CiCi's Pizza night 5-8
1/27 BINGO night 6:30-8:00

 Anyone interested in DAvis Spirit Shirts- see below- due by tomorrow.

Davis Spirit Wear

 2011 – 2012 is the year for us to truly show our Davis pride.  We want the “Davis Roar” to be heard throughout all of Cobb County and beyond!  So, we designed various styles of t-shirts and hoodies for you to choose from and enjoy.

 Date: 

 Student’s Name (First and Last): 

 Student’s Teacher and Grade: 

 Quantity

 Gray Pullover Hoodie for Youth and Adults, $16.00

   YS   YM   YL   AS   AM   AL   AXL   AXXL

 Navy Pullover Hoodie for Youth and Adults, $16.00

  YS   YM   YL   AS   AM   AL   AXL   AXXL

 Gray Zipper Hoodie for Youth and Adults, $22.00

YS   YM   YL   AS   AM   AL   XL   AXXL

 Navy Zipper Hoodie for Youth and Adults, $22.00

YS   YM   YL   AS   AM   AL   XL   AXXL

 Personalization on the back, $5.00

What would you like it to say? ____________________________________

 Total Amount:      

 Paid by: Cash    Check # _______

 Cashier’s Name: _____________________________ (please print clearly)    

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Welcome back!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

We would like to welcome Owen to our class. He is a neighbor of many of our classmates in Windsor Oaks! Glad your here Owen!

Wow! We had a great field trip to the Cobb Youth Museum today. We got back just in time for the buses. No agendas today. New agendas tomorrow,

The spelling work that I assigned today -the students will be given time tomorrow to complete.