Location, Location, Location!!!!
with Mrs. Berry
WEEK OF December 17
Teasley Vision Statement:
Fancy Nancy Word of the Week
Description: written or spoken representation
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!
We have had a fantastic first half of the year. I am so thankful for your continued support and love. Your children are all little miracles with amazing minds and precious hearts! I truly feel blessed to be a small part of your lives. My goal each day is to push your children to explore, watch them discover, encourage their questions, allow them to struggle, support their thinking, and enjoy every moment of our educational journey together. Thank you again for producing such wonderful little miracles that I get to share everyday with!
Please remember as we step into our winter break to encourage your child to continue reading and practicing their math facts. **Remember to log your reading minutes in Biblionasium and on your Six Flags Reading Log** Thank you again for all of your support. I couldn’t do this without you! Happy Holidays!
Please fill out this survey to let me know how to support you and your child.
Winter Weather
As the weather continually gets cooler and changes- please be sure to check the local news stations for school closings!
List of places to check:
TV:
WSB Channel 2
WAGA Channel 5
WXIA Channel 11
WGCL Channel 46
Online:
Radio:
WSB
Globe Trot Scott
Globe Trot Scott travels around the world to celebrate different holiday traditions. As he visits each location, he will send us pictures about his travels. We will continue our Inquiry Lessons on each continent as we travel with Scott. We will learn all about the important countries, clothing that is necessary for the weather in each area, and the yummy food!!!! As always, we would love to hear about your family traditions!!! Please send in pictures or artifacts from your home so that we can add them to our inquiry center. The students will have the chance to explore all artifacts and research about their holiday traditions, traditions of the families in our classroom, and from children all around the world. Thank you so much for your continued support with all of our Inquiry Learning!!!
Curriculum Corner
Students are working on their travel brochure!! They picked a country to research. We are still working on finding pictures of landmarks to add to our brochures. If you have a chance, please let them research some more facts at home and print out 3-4 pictures of important landmarks, food, weather, and clothing. I can't wait to see their final products! I hope they have been telling you everything they have learned. I want to hear from you!!!! Please let me know any positive or negative comments about our classroom research projects. Thanks again!!!!
If you have any travel brochures at home that you can send in for an example, I would greatly appreciate it!!!
Vocabulary:
Culture: The arts, social behaviors, or norms in society
Here are some helpful hints for helping with IB units:
Ask how the weather has changed over the course of each week
What signals do we have for the change in seasons?
What instruments do meteorologists and climate scientists use?
Check out Google Maps/Weather for updates on weather conditions
Lines of Inquiry
Location has effects on temperature (connection)
We use a variety of tools to measure multiple types of weather (form)
Locate Continents (form)
Patterns of change in weather bring seasons (change)
We have studied the continents of North America, Antarctica, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa.
This week we will review information we learned about each continent and ocean. The students will continue their own research and create a travel brochure about the location of their choice.
IB Unit: Location
Central Idea: Location and weather patterns impact people
Vocabulary:
Connection
Form
Change
Learner Profile Traits:
Inquirer
Thinker
Communicator
Ask me what I’m learning!
Math- What is the equal sign? What does it mean? How do I determine missing addends? What are missing subtrahends? What is data? What does a graph tell me? How do I interpret that data?
Writing- How do I write an informational writing piece?
Daily 5/Language Arts- How do we determine the author’s purpose for writing stories? How do I identify the main idea? How do I retell stories using key details?
Phonics- What are letters and letter blends?
IB Unit: How does location and weather patterns impact people?
**We are working on our final IB project for this unit!!**
Specials for the Week
Monday
Spanish
Tuesday
PE
Wednesday
Art
Thursday
Learning Lab
Friday:
PE
DATES TO REMEMBER
December 19th Class Holiday Celebration
December 20th and 21st: Early Release Days
Friday, December 21: Dress Down Day for $1
December 22nd- January 7th Winter Break: NO SCHOOL
January 15th: ASP Open House
January 18th: Performing Arts Day
January 22nd: Spirit Night: Murphs
January 25th: International Night
Berry's Busy Bees
Email: tara.berry@cobbk12.org
Website: https://berrysbusybees.blogspot.com/
Location: Teasley Elementary School, Spring Hill Parkway, Smyrna, GA, USA
Phone: (770) 437-5945
