Hi,
Be sure to read everyday, solve math problems, practice math facts, and write letters to me, stories, essays, etc.... Don't forget to play outside, spend fun time with your family, go swimming, run, sing, dance, etc....
Have a safe and happy summer. Keep learning everyday.
Thank you for a wonderful year in 4th grade. I look forward to watching you grow and change as you return to Forest Creek for 5th grade!
Feel free to post comments on our blog throughout the summer.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Happy Summer! Read, practice math, and write stories and letters!
Hi,
Our class created some amazing bullying projects and the children have been going to other classes to teach them about bullying. They have been presenting their slide shows and performing their skits. Mrs. Rollans, our tech teacher, made movies of the skits using the green screen technology and movie maker. They are wonderful and I will show them during the party tomorrow.
If you would like to have a copy of your child's movie and/or slide show, send in a thumbdrive tomorrow and I will copy it for you.
Thank you again for sharing your child with me this year. I have enjoyed them all and they have made amazing progress. Be sure to practice facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) to make those facts automatic so that using larger numbers in 5th grade will be even easier. I am sending home a packet of math problem solving for your child to enjoy this summer, also. Keep reading this summer to prevent the "summer slide". (loss of reading level)
Did you know that according to Scholastic.com, students who read almost two million words per year outside of school score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests? Reading two million words means about 50 chapter books per year for a fifth grader or about four books a day for a first grader. That may sound like a lot but if your child reads about 20-30 minutes everyday, that goal will be easy to achieve.
Reading with your child (family book clubs are fun!) can strengthen the connection between you and your child. Have fun enjoying literature with your family this summer!
I am attaching a form with some reading programs in the area. These were also included in the children's Thursday folders today. There are some math links that would be helpful to use, also. Visit our class website as well as other FCE teacher websites to find other fun math and language arts games for practice.
I will also be sending home a stamped and addressed envelope for your child. If your child writes and mails me a letter, I would LOVE to write them back!
The report cards and some awards will be coming home as well.
Have a wonderful summer! I will see you around Round Rock (I'm sure!) this summer. Stay safe, keep learning, and enjoy your family!
Feel free to email me during the summer if you have any questions or concerns. I will miss each of the children. I know they will do well in 5th grade!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Our class created some amazing bullying projects and the children have been going to other classes to teach them about bullying. They have been presenting their slide shows and performing their skits. Mrs. Rollans, our tech teacher, made movies of the skits using the green screen technology and movie maker. They are wonderful and I will show them during the party tomorrow.
If you would like to have a copy of your child's movie and/or slide show, send in a thumbdrive tomorrow and I will copy it for you.
Thank you again for sharing your child with me this year. I have enjoyed them all and they have made amazing progress. Be sure to practice facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) to make those facts automatic so that using larger numbers in 5th grade will be even easier. I am sending home a packet of math problem solving for your child to enjoy this summer, also. Keep reading this summer to prevent the "summer slide". (loss of reading level)
Did you know that according to Scholastic.com, students who read almost two million words per year outside of school score in the 90th percentile on standardized tests? Reading two million words means about 50 chapter books per year for a fifth grader or about four books a day for a first grader. That may sound like a lot but if your child reads about 20-30 minutes everyday, that goal will be easy to achieve.
Reading with your child (family book clubs are fun!) can strengthen the connection between you and your child. Have fun enjoying literature with your family this summer!
I am attaching a form with some reading programs in the area. These were also included in the children's Thursday folders today. There are some math links that would be helpful to use, also. Visit our class website as well as other FCE teacher websites to find other fun math and language arts games for practice.
I will also be sending home a stamped and addressed envelope for your child. If your child writes and mails me a letter, I would LOVE to write them back!
The report cards and some awards will be coming home as well.
Have a wonderful summer! I will see you around Round Rock (I'm sure!) this summer. Stay safe, keep learning, and enjoy your family!
Feel free to email me during the summer if you have any questions or concerns. I will miss each of the children. I know they will do well in 5th grade!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Friday, May 20, 2011
Newsletter-Field Day was great! Pen Pal trip on Monday.
Hi,
We had fun this afternoon at Field Day. The kids were tired by the end. We had some rain but they were already wet so it didn't really matter. They played volleyball with beach balls, had races on the trikes, did a jump rope relay, got tattoes and popsicles, slid and climbed on the inflatables, and had a tug of war. It was great!
On Monday, we are going to visit our pen pals for our last trip of the year. If you didn't sign a permission slip, please do so and send it in on Monday or email me and let me know that your child is allowed to attend. Feel free to join us. We will be having a little talent show.
This week we have been researching bullying and are completing projects to show what we've learned. Many of the children are making slide shows, some have written and will be performing skits, a few posters were also made, and a song. We will be videotaping these performances (hopefully using the green screen) and we will also try to use our projects to teach other classes about bullying.
We created a survey this week and Mrs. Rollans, our technology teacher, came in and taught us how to use excel. It was very fun and we created some amazing graphs.
Next week we will be creating some brochures after researching some places in Texas. We will also be doing lots of problem solving and logic problems and doing a reader's theater. We started writing some fantasy stories and we will be working on those. We will do lots to stay busy and still learn some things in these last days of fourth grade.
Our end of the year party is on Friday, May 27 at about 1:50/2:00 until the end of the day.
I have had a wonderful year with your child. I am happy to have more time this summer to spend with my family but I am sad that the school year is ending. I will miss them a lot and look forward to seeing them in fifth grade!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
We had fun this afternoon at Field Day. The kids were tired by the end. We had some rain but they were already wet so it didn't really matter. They played volleyball with beach balls, had races on the trikes, did a jump rope relay, got tattoes and popsicles, slid and climbed on the inflatables, and had a tug of war. It was great!
On Monday, we are going to visit our pen pals for our last trip of the year. If you didn't sign a permission slip, please do so and send it in on Monday or email me and let me know that your child is allowed to attend. Feel free to join us. We will be having a little talent show.
This week we have been researching bullying and are completing projects to show what we've learned. Many of the children are making slide shows, some have written and will be performing skits, a few posters were also made, and a song. We will be videotaping these performances (hopefully using the green screen) and we will also try to use our projects to teach other classes about bullying.
We created a survey this week and Mrs. Rollans, our technology teacher, came in and taught us how to use excel. It was very fun and we created some amazing graphs.
Next week we will be creating some brochures after researching some places in Texas. We will also be doing lots of problem solving and logic problems and doing a reader's theater. We started writing some fantasy stories and we will be working on those. We will do lots to stay busy and still learn some things in these last days of fourth grade.
Our end of the year party is on Friday, May 27 at about 1:50/2:00 until the end of the day.
I have had a wonderful year with your child. I am happy to have more time this summer to spend with my family but I am sad that the school year is ending. I will miss them a lot and look forward to seeing them in fifth grade!
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Newsletter-Author's Celebration- Thursday, May 12
Hi,
Our Pen Pal visit on Monday was so much fun! We did another service project within our service project. We made No-Sew Fleece Blankets for children with the Starry Organization. The blankets will go to Starry's Emergency Cottage. Many of the kids and the pen pals measured and cut the strips. Then they tied knots to make the fringe. We finished two blankets at The Court and two more at our Service Club meeting.
We also interviewed our pen pals to get more information to make a Pen Pal Cereal Box! We will be creating a cereal box biography featuring our pen pals! Your child will need to bring in a covered or painted cereal box by Monday, May 9. We will be writing the sections and putting the boxes together at school. If your child needs a cereal box, let me know.
At our pen pal visit we also played board games like Scrabble, HeadBanz,and checkers. We also played with play-dough, completed jigsaw puzzles, and word search puzzles. Best of all, we got to play Bowling on the Wii!!!! We had a great visit and will be going back to see them for the last time this year on Monday, May 23. We would love to have you join us!
At Published Books are in! You will see them at our conferences on Monday, May 9 and then we will have an Author's Celebration on Thursday, May 12 at 2:00 in our classroom. We hope that you can come and celebrate writing with our class!
We have new pets in our classroom! Each student received a meal worm today! We did some tests to observe and record our meal worm's reactions. We also named them and will watch them grow and change.
Reading: We have been reading book club books and filling out pamphlets about certain chapters. We have used these and our response to help guide our book club talks. We also worked on finding important information using our social studies books. This week we will be reading and researching about life cycles and meal worms during our reading time. We will also be completing our District Reading Assessments this week.
Writing: We will be keeping diaries for our meal worms. We will be writing in the meal worms point of view. We will also be starting to write some fantasy stories and continuing to write poetry.
Math: Problem solving can be challenging and we learn a lot by sharing our strategies with each other. We will also continue to practice our facts. Be sure to continue to practice facts this summer. (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) I will also send some problem solving activities for your child to work on over the summer.
Social Studies: We will have a social studies test on Urbanization in Texas on Monday, May 9. The study guides came home yesterday.
Science: We are learning about Life Cycles, Food Chains, and Inherited and Learned Traits.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, May 4-Early Release Day
Friday, May 6-Science Day
Monday, May 9-Reading Logs due, Student/Parent Group Conferences
Tuesday, May 10-Rising Star Night at 6:30-All are invited
Thursday, May 12-Author's Celebration at 2:00 in our classroom
Friday, May 20-Field Day
Monday, May 23-Pen Pal Visit to The Court
Friday, May 27-Last Day of Fourth Grade :(
Have a wonderful week! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
Our Pen Pal visit on Monday was so much fun! We did another service project within our service project. We made No-Sew Fleece Blankets for children with the Starry Organization. The blankets will go to Starry's Emergency Cottage. Many of the kids and the pen pals measured and cut the strips. Then they tied knots to make the fringe. We finished two blankets at The Court and two more at our Service Club meeting.
We also interviewed our pen pals to get more information to make a Pen Pal Cereal Box! We will be creating a cereal box biography featuring our pen pals! Your child will need to bring in a covered or painted cereal box by Monday, May 9. We will be writing the sections and putting the boxes together at school. If your child needs a cereal box, let me know.
At our pen pal visit we also played board games like Scrabble, HeadBanz,and checkers. We also played with play-dough, completed jigsaw puzzles, and word search puzzles. Best of all, we got to play Bowling on the Wii!!!! We had a great visit and will be going back to see them for the last time this year on Monday, May 23. We would love to have you join us!
At Published Books are in! You will see them at our conferences on Monday, May 9 and then we will have an Author's Celebration on Thursday, May 12 at 2:00 in our classroom. We hope that you can come and celebrate writing with our class!
We have new pets in our classroom! Each student received a meal worm today! We did some tests to observe and record our meal worm's reactions. We also named them and will watch them grow and change.
Reading: We have been reading book club books and filling out pamphlets about certain chapters. We have used these and our response to help guide our book club talks. We also worked on finding important information using our social studies books. This week we will be reading and researching about life cycles and meal worms during our reading time. We will also be completing our District Reading Assessments this week.
Writing: We will be keeping diaries for our meal worms. We will be writing in the meal worms point of view. We will also be starting to write some fantasy stories and continuing to write poetry.
Math: Problem solving can be challenging and we learn a lot by sharing our strategies with each other. We will also continue to practice our facts. Be sure to continue to practice facts this summer. (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) I will also send some problem solving activities for your child to work on over the summer.
Social Studies: We will have a social studies test on Urbanization in Texas on Monday, May 9. The study guides came home yesterday.
Science: We are learning about Life Cycles, Food Chains, and Inherited and Learned Traits.
Dates to Remember:
Wednesday, May 4-Early Release Day
Friday, May 6-Science Day
Monday, May 9-Reading Logs due, Student/Parent Group Conferences
Tuesday, May 10-Rising Star Night at 6:30-All are invited
Thursday, May 12-Author's Celebration at 2:00 in our classroom
Friday, May 20-Field Day
Monday, May 23-Pen Pal Visit to The Court
Friday, May 27-Last Day of Fourth Grade :(
Have a wonderful week! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Pam Bartholomew
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