I was wondering if anyone would be interested in volunteering to come and pull students during our D.E.A.R. time and read a book with them. D.E.A.R. time happens daily from 1:30 – 2:00. Please let me know if you are interested or know some one who may be interested and we can work up a schedule. Thanks!
ma.maxwell@grady.k12.ga.us
We will have a math test over Module 2 – Skip Counting on Thursday. A study guide will be completed in class on Wednesday and sent home for your child to study.
ALPHA students Jacob Bennett, Kaiden Gibbs and Rylee Knight are seen here researching information about Italy and making a map. A second group of ALHPA students is also making a map of Georgia so our class can compare and contrast.
This week I will begin reading Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon aloud to all classes. Research has shown that a child’s listening comprehension improves through challenging read-aloud stories. For this reason, I will be reading a little of this chapter book each day. It is a great story and I’m sure the kids will love it. We will discuss the book in class and do some activities, but it is not for a grade.
This week the students have started doing warm ups when they first come into class to get them anchored and to serve as a refresher of the content learned the previous day or two.
Warm ups are to be copied from the board each day on the same sheet of paper for that week. That paper will be turned in at the end of the week for a grade. This also serves as an assessment of where the students are in their learning.
Students are graded on two things: 1. Did he/she follow directions? 2. Is the information he/she provided in the answer accurate?
I am happy to say that the majority of the students have done well with this task this week! Please contact me via email if you have any questions.
k.stewart@grady.k12.ga.us
Pictures will be August 28, 2014.
In the next week or so, our class will make an edible map of the different Georgia regions and will also include some of the rivers of Georgia. I need parents to send in various colored candies to make the various landforms and regions. I already have one parent volunteer who is making the cookies for my homeroom class. Other classes will need to send in large tortilla shells unless I can get a volunteer to bake oversized cookies for each of the other classes. Here are samples of candies you may send in:
M&M, Skittles, licorice, pixie stix, frosting, plastic knives, 500 count box of toothpicks, etc.
Please email me with any questions you may have. Thanks!
Today was our first day using the Ipads in class! I am very pleased with how well this went for our first time. The students enjoyed it, and we are excited about the many learning opportunities to come with the use of this technology!