Burton Elementary School Newsletter

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January 22, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 1

Mr. Jordan Parker 5 th Grade

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela

Hello everybody, my name is Jordan Parker and I will be your childs Social Studies teacher this year. I graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University with a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education. Parents, Im really excited to get to know you and be given the chance to work with and teach your children; below is a few fun facts about myself. Favorite Food: Chick-Fil-A Favorite Animals: Sea otters, Prairie Dogs, & Kangaroos Favorite Sports Team: Auburn Tigers Favorite Book: Where The Red Fern Grows. Favorite Movie: The Lion King 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5

Contents All About Me Upcoming Events Classroom rules Class Calendar Project List Supply List Testing/Tips At Home Project

Why the Newsletter 1 Contact Information 2

Why the Newsletter? located below the picture, Parents, the reason I am sending
you this newsletter is to introduce myself to you all, and to give crucial information about my class that you and your students will need. I will be sending a new newsletter home with your child at the beginning of every month with that months class news, announcements, and work. If you will notice on the left hand side of this page, there is a table of contents that lists information such as: my contact information, classroom rules, the class schedule, etc. I encourage you, the parents to read over all this information and then share it with you child and discuss all that will be required for my class.

Please feel free to contact with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your child.

Burton Elementary School Room Number: 24 Email: jparke10@radar.gsw.edu Phone Number: (229)-343-2887

We will respect ourselves and others. We will respect property We will raise our hand to speak and to leave our seat.

We will be prepared for class. We will play, learn, and grow together

Class Calendar for January

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday 1 Start discussing life at the turn of the century. 8 Test

6 7 The Great Finish cattle Western trail Projects Cattle Trail and the Chisholm Trail Start cattle trail projects 13 Thomas Edison 20 William McKinley

Thursday 2 The role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century 9 The Wright brothers and George Washington Carver

Friday 3 Discuss the life of the Black Cowboys of Texas 10 Alexander Graham Bell

14 Biography posters and reports 21 Theodore Roosevelt

27 The reasons people emigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

28 Traveling to the US project.

15 Continue biographies and review. 22 How McKinley and Roosevelt expanded Americas role in the world. 29 Test

16 Test 23 SpanishAmerican War

17 No School 24 Building of the Panama Canal. 31 Battle Of Little Bighorn

30 Impact of westward expansion on Native Americans and relocation of Native Americans to reservations.

January Class Projects

Below is a list of the class projects we will be doing during the month of January. All projects will be completed in class and all supplies will be provided by me. January 6th-7th- Cattle Drive project: groups will create map of the United States and located all cattle trails we have discussed. Each group will then each pick a certain trail and create a brochure telling why cowboys should travel down the particular trail the group picked trail. January 14th-15th- Students will get into groups and create a biography poster about the life and works of: The Wright brothers, George Washington Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, or Thomas Edison. January 27th-28th- Each student will select a country from a list of countries, and then present to the class what made citizens of their selected country immigrate to the US during the early 20th century. Then the student will shade a map of the United States to show where majority of the people from the selected country settled when they arrived in America.

Supplies Needed
#2 pencils (If mechanical, please purchase additional lead refills) Pencil Sharpeners (keep in pencil bags) Wide rule notebook paper Pencil bag 2 inch Binder Binder dividers Colored pencils or Crayons

At the end of the month of April, Burton Elementary will be taking the CRCT, which is a standardized test that every student grades 1-8 in the state of Georgia take. I have included in this newsletter a hyperlink that will take you to a CRCT tips website. These tips not only apply to the CRCT but to all tests in this class. I would like for you, the parent, to sit down and review these tips with your child.
http://www.gpb.org/education/crct-test-taking-tips

I have included another hyperlink to a really fun at home craft. When people think of winter they usually think of snow, and living in South Georgia snow is a very rare event. This hyperlink is a recipe for at home snow. This activity is completely optional.
http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/12/slime28.html