Welcome to Open House!
Mrs. Shannon Sides
Fourth
shannon.sides@cobbk12.org
www.cobblearning.net/sidesaliens
While you wait for everyone to file in, read
the mad lib your child made you. Don’t worry
– you will get even with your own crazy mad
lib!
Before you leave make sure to
complete…
• Mad Lib list sheet (adjective, verb, etc.)
• Form from Mrs. Frey with addresses if you
know the information
Homework and Agendas
• Agenda – check daily to keep updated on
homework – no signature needed
• Agenda is done over the weekend-copied
from the blog
• Practice multiplication facts.
• Read 20 minutes nightly.
Thursday Papers and Central
Intelligence Folders
• Scored papers and school fliers go home
on Thursday in Central Intelligence
folders.
• Some papers may need to be signed and
returned.
• Please only keep papers from
“Papers to Keep” pocket.
How Do I Know How My Child Is
Doing?
• Look over Thursday papers and help your
child with areas that they might have missed
some questions. Be aware of the grades.
• Weekly reports will indicate if a child is
struggling with an academic concept
• Synergy, our online gradebook, will be
accessible very soon. Passwords to come.
• Progress reports sent home for signature
Grading Scale
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90 – 100 = A
80 – 89 = B
74 – 79 = C
70 – 73 = D
69 or below = F
Reading Logs and AR
• Students should record number of minutes
read each day on their reading logs.
• Reading logs are to be signed every
Thursday night
• Accelerated Reader Incentive Plan- the
students are ENCOURAGED to take AR
tests.
• The students who earned 20 points the
first nine weeks will be invited to a
READING CELEBRATION.
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
and Book Club
• Two exciting opportunities to get your kiddos
reading
• HRRB- read books from a list of award winning
books and write questions about them-then
you compete in a quiz bowl- VERY FUN!
• Book club- read a book and meet with a small
group of kids to discuss and enjoy the story
• Both groups offered by the MEDIA CENTER
Scholastic Book Club
• Students will be given the opportunity to
order books from Scholastic at very
reasonable prices.
• I will send home flyers, but you can always go
online and order books.
• ONLY online orders will be submitted
• NO CHECKS should be sent to school –please
pay online
Our Daily Schedule
7:15-7:45 Morning Work
7:45-8:45 Math
8:50-9:35 Specials
9:35-11:50 Reading/Language Arts (snack)
11:50-12:10 Math (part 2)
12:15-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:00 Recess
1:00-2:00 Social Studies/Science
FOOD!!!
• ONE ALLERGY KNOWN-pine nuts
• We have snack right after specials at 9:40.
• Please send in a snack – believe me the kids are
hungry
• Also send in water bottles- it is a more efficient
way to hydrate then kids leaving the room to go
to the water fountain!
• Birthday treats- please let me know in advance
and try to make the treat easy to pass out
• LUNCH
12:15-12:45
Transportation
• If there is a change in your child’s
afternoon transportation, it must be done
in writing to the school before the end of
the day.
• Please use official CCSD bus pass for
changes in bus transportation.
• DO NOT email changes – the internet
might be down or I might be so busy I
don’t get to check in the afternoon
Important Dates
• BOOK FAIR –this week –ends on Monday the
18th
• Trained Parent Volunteer Training
Monday, August 18th, 1:00-1:30
• Night in the Parking Lot
Friday, August 22nd 6-8
• First field trip to Cobb Safety Village
Monday, August 25
From the Nurse
• Please re-confirm any allergies, medical
problems, etc.
• Please stop by the clinic to update your child’s
clinic card, if necessary.
• Please remember that ALL medications need
to be checked in at the clinic by a parent.
From the Attendance Clerk
• Absent & Not Taken to the Doctor – Please
send a note from the parent stating the dates
and illness.
• Absent & Taken to the Doctor – Please send in
a doctor’s note.
• Tardy – Please send in doctor’s note, dentist’s
note, or dated note from parent.
From PTA
• Sail Into Reading fundraiser
Starts August 21st-Sept. 3rd
• Students read a number of minutes and get
sponsors to raise money
• PTA does soooo much for the kids, teachers
and parents—LET’S GET BEHIND OUR PTA
and
READ!!!
Online Textbooks and Resources
• Students will keep password list inside Central
Intelligence folder in last pocket
• You have one to take home and keep by the
computer
• Frequently used resources
1) IXL- www.ixl.com
2) Spelling City- www.spellingcity.com
3) Vocab website- vocabularyworkshop.com
4) Sites listed on blog
Questions?
Curriculum slides for reference follow
Math
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Place value, rounding, decimals
Multiplication (4 digit x 1 digit, 2-digit x 2-digit)
Factors, Multiples
Long division with 1-digit divisors
Measurement (length, mass, capacity, time)
Geometry (angles, 2D figures, symmetry)
Algebra skills (use of variables, symbols)
Problem Solving
Fractions (order, equivalence, +, -, x)
Reading & Language Arts
• Vocabulary Building: workbook
• Spelling program: Words Their Way.
Tests are usually on Fridays.
• Guided Reading: small groups
• Shared Reading: 4th grade level with
skill work
• Writing: Writer’s Workshop, individual
student-teacher conferencing
Social Studies
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Economics
Map and Globe skills
Native Cultures
Early Exploration
Colonization
American Revolution
Government
Westward Expansion
Science
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Water
Weather
Force and Motion (simple machines)
Light
Sound
Space
Ecosystems
Protective Adaptations