Clevinger’s Classics

Testing went well last week. All the children in my classroom worked really hard. I was very proud of them. Reading and Math were difficult especially since there was a time limit but everyone moved along well and I am confident that they did their best. Go Southside!!!

This is our schedule for the rest of the year:

Mon.-library visit 8:30-9:00, revised schedule
Tues.-art visit 10:00-10:45, revised schedule
Wed.-field trip to Frankfort
Thurs.- regular schedule
Fri.- field day, popcorn party

Mon.-regular schedule
Tues.-no school
Wed.-clean up
Thurs.-half day

Have a great summer. Get out and play. Read some good books. I am going to really miss these kids. I think I have already talked about how my own biological children are all out of the house now. Having this group of children has helped me not to be so lonely. They will always hold a special place in my heart!!!

The fourth graders will be reviewing this week and next. We will be finishing up the physical sciences. It seems like we just started. Wow! how time has flown.

Mon.-light and color, study plant pages in Science notebook for homework.
Tues.-sound, study animal pages in Science notebook for homework
Wed.-sound, study for vocab test, new words: reflect, refract, pitch, volume
Thurs.-vocab test, review,earthquakes and volcanoes for homework
Fri.-last common assessment, review erosion and weathering for homework

Mrs. Murdock is reviewing this week in class and Mrs. Hunt is teaching measurement. We will not be doing Social Studies this week but reviewing instead; Math M-T and Reading on Fri. and Mon.

Have a great week. The children are still working really hard. Usually they are slowing down before testing but because of our lack of snow this winter, they have been able to stay focused. It’s amazing the amount of content we have crammed in their heads in such a short time. Now we just need to get it all back out and put it on the test.

Our schedule next week will be:
Mon.-Reading parts A and B
Tues.-Reading part C and Math part A
Wed.-Math parts B and C
Thurs.-Science parts A and B
Fri.-Science part C and Grammar

Please, please make all appointment in the afternoons. If a child misses part of the test, they can not be with their other classmates until they catch up. It is hard on them to wait around for their turn to be tested.

Remember basic testing rules such as:
Make sure your child eats a good breakfast.
Make sure they get a good night’s sleep.
Ask them each day if they have done their best.

Remember you are a very important piece of the puzzle. The picture is not complete without you! Call anytime you need to talk, 588-0922.

As always, thanks for all you do! Have a great week!

It is so good to see the sunshine today. The weather has spoiled us lately. I just can’t believe how few days we have left of school. It seems just like yesterday that this group of children walked into my room. I am going to miss them so very much. This is the first year in the last 24 years that I have not had my own children at home. These kids have given me plenty of hugs, drawn me many pictures, and even written the sweetest letters. I would be so “down in the dumps” without these guys.

Mon.-open and closed circuits with switches, no homework
Tues.-series and parallel circuits, OR for homework (All children will not have one so please check agendas!)
Wed.-electricity on the move, study for test, new words: open/closed circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit
Thurs.-vocab quiz
Fri.-light

Mrs. Hunt is studying measurement and Mrs. Murdock is working on the plots of stories. We will continue on with government this week. The Kentucky Derby Horse Museum will be here this week. Tuesday afternoon will be spent with them.

Have a GREAT week. Remember to make sure they have jackets.

What a wonderful spring break!!! I slept in, did some spring cleaning, and played with my dogs. I hope everyone got to relax and spend time outside.

It’s hard to believe there is only 6 weeks of school. Where has the time gone???

Mon-CO2 emissions vs cycles of the sun, begin argumentative piece, homework: read and highlight 10 sentences to support your argument.
Tues.-magnets, no homework
Wed.-static electricity, study vocab, new words: global warming, attract, repel, static electricity, gravity
Thurs.-vocab, no homework
Fri.-current electricity, open and closed circuits

Mrs. Murdock will be writing the argumentative piece we started in Science class. Mrs. Hunt is working on geometry. We will begin government in Social Studies this week.

Have a great week. Continue to check agendas. Homework will continue awhile longer but it will not be consistent. Children tend to forget about it during this time of year so help them remember.

It was good to have my oldest child home for the weekend. We watched the UK ball game together. He graduated from UK 1 1/2 years ago with an engineering degree. He lives in Elizabethtown now with his wife, Erin. I always have a better week when I get to visit with my children. If I did not have my kids at school, I would be miserable.

Mon.-conduction, no homework
Tues.-convection, no homework
Wed.-radiation, study for a vocab. test
Thurs.-vocab. test, design penguin house, no homework
Fri.-build and test penguin house

Mrs. Hunt is working on decimals. We are supporting her in Science class. Mrs. Murdock has been assessing this week. We should finish up with Economics before spring break.

Have a great week and get out and play during spring break. Chase your shadow. Pick some flowers. Look at the moon. Observe some animals. Read a good book. I will be doing all of these things.

Happy Monday! Mrs. Wiggins is leaving us this week. She will certainly be missed!! She will be working with second graders at Eastside.

We will be finishing up with forces this week and begin discussing heat. We are working hard on finishing the physical sciences before testing.

Mon.-speed, position, read the newspaper for homework
Tues.-speed, OR for homework
Wed.-stations, review, OR if needed to redo
Thur.-common assessment
Fri.-heat

Mrs. Murdock is working hard to fine tune grammar skills and Mrs. Hunt is working with decimals. We will work with economics for the next two weeks in Social Studies.

Enjoy the weather!!!

It was a beautiful weekend. I’m glad I had an extra day. My dogs and I got several walks in over the long weekend.

We have left earth science and moved onto physical science this week. I LOVE to teach physical science. We are starting with forces and motion. Mrs. Wiggins will be teaching this week. We have planned together for several weeks now. She is ready and excited to begin.

Mon.-charts and graphs, friction, no homework

Tues.-charts and graphs, gravity, OR for homework

Wed.-charts and graphs, mass, OR if answer was not acceptable.

Thurs.-motion stations, catch up if needed, no homework

Fri.-charts and graphs, speed, position

Mrs. Hunt is multiplying fractions and beginning to work on decimals. Mrs. Murdock is reading informational pieces about women in history. They will have a common assessment on Friday. We will be covering scarcity and surplus in Economics this week.

Report cards go home on Monday. Our yard sale is Friday so send in some goodies for us!

Have a great week.

It was such a beautiful Sunday! I hope everyone got outside.

We were supposed to have a common assessment on Friday but I just didn’t feel like we were quite ready especially since we missed Monday. So many of the children were still confused with rotate and revolve and the effects of both on Thursday. They were also still struggling with shadows and how they change throughout the day. I will do my best to stick to the schedule this week. Remember we will not have a vocabulary test this week since we will take the common assessment.

Mon.-phases of the moon, pattern charts, no homework
Tues.-gravity, toys in space, water cycle OR for homework
Wed.-common assessment, the same OR will go home to do over if answer is not acceptable
Thurs.-forces: pushes and pulls, Mrs. Wiggens will be teaching, no homework

Mrs. Wiggens has been teaching Social Studies (economics) for some time. So far the children have learned needs/wants and goods/services. We will continue with economics throughout the month of March. Mrs. Hunt is finishing up with fractions tomorrow. They will have their math common assessment tomorrow…good luck guys! Mrs. Murdock has been working on summarizing.

Battle of the Books will be this Thursday at 1:00 at the high school auditorium. You may meet us at the auditorium if you would like to join us. Remember, there is no school on Friday. Enjoy the day together!

What a weekend we had! My husband and I went to Pike county for the weekend. We drove ahead of all the tornadoes by around 20 minutes. We were completely safe in Elkhorn City. The tallest mountain in Pike county is in this little town I grew up in. It is as far east as you can go in Kentucky. It was devastating as we made our way back home on Sunday to see all the destruction. The Mountain Parkway begins in Salyersville. The tornado had completely stripped the mountains. If the trees weren’t pulled up by the roots, they were broken and thrown onto the ground. It reminded me of the video we watched of Mt. St. Helens in Science class. One of the children made the comment that the trees looked like toothpicks. That is exactly how these mountains looked.

Even though we are talking above the exosphere and beyond, we talked about the effects of weather fronts today. It made our 2 week discussion of weather much more important to the children.

Tues.-seasons, no homework
Wed.-seasons, OR for SOME 4th graders
Thurs.-phases of the moon, same OR if the children need to redo
Fri.-phases of the moon, common assessment (This is a district wide test and can not really be studied. It is over weather and space movements).

We are beginning an economics unit this week. Our student teacher will be teaching the lessons for us. She is excited about finally beginning whole group teaching experiences.

Other than the snow day on Monday, our week is quite normal. This is the last week of the third 9-weeks period so report cards will be going home next week. Make sure the children have jackets for outside. You never know what the weather will do.

Have a safe week. Get outside and check out your shadow!!

We had a beautiful weekend. My husband took our new Razor 4-wheeling on Sunday. He had an awesome time…without me!

We are going to have a CRAZY week. Our musical program is Wednesday at 7:00 (Children need to be there at 6:45) so we will be practicing Wednesday morning. We will only be able to have short switches if we are able to switch at all. We have Read Across America on Thursday morning so our switches will once again be cut short.

Mon.-space foundation (sun, moon facts), no homework
Tues.-movements of Earth, weather OR for homework
Wed.-play practice, same OR if grade was unacceptable
Thurs.-movements of Earth, same OR if grade was unacceptable
Fri.-movements and shadows, no homework

Mrs. Hunt is still working on fractions. While I was helping some of my kids this past week on fractions, I could not believe how many of my children do not know basic multiplication facts. Please work on this. Each 4th grader should be able to multiply in their head up to 12 x 12. Mrs. Murdock has been working on reading for details and writing explicit detail in their ORs. We are really going to finish regions of Kentucky this week in Social Studies. It seems as though I have said this many times and things keep coming up. We may need to use some of our enrichment time this week to make up for missing our morning switches. We’ll have to wait and see.

Have a great week. Read together with your child and get out and play in this beautiful weather!