NO SCHOOL TODAY 1-30-13

All Talladega City Schools have been cancelled for today, Wednesday, January 30th.

First Six Weeks report cards will be going home September 29th.  I hope you all have tried your very best.

Animal Cells

 

The first day of school will be on August 15th. 

Congratulations Samantha Lamberth
on her winning logo t-shirt design.



WOW---Open House will be Thursday, August 11th beginning at 4:30 for 4th grade parents and students.  We will meet in the extra room across from the two 4th grade classrooms.

The supply list I posted is for both 4th grade homerooms.

I will be teaching Math, Science, and Social Studies; while Mrs. Wilson will be teaching Reading and Language Arts.  We look forward to a wonderful year.  The class roles should be posted on August 1st.

Supply List

3 pencils at ALL times
Loose Leaf paper at ALL times
Large binder (Mead Pro, Trapper Keeper, etc. ) with at least 5 folders/sections and a pencil pouch
Crayons (24 pack)
Markers (10 count)
1 pack of white copy paper
1 mulit-pack of EXPO dry erase markers
Zippered pencil bag
2 containers of Clorox Disninfecting wipes
1 composition notebook-NOT spiral
2 boxes of tissue
1 bottle of germ-X
1 box of band-aids
1 box of quart size zip lock bags (girls)
1 box of gallon size zip lock bags (boys)
1 pack of construction paper
1 USB stroage drive (2 GB or more)  ***This can be the same one from last year****
Small dictionary to keep and use at home
$20. 00 supply donation
**NO ROLLING BOOKBAGS
**NO INDIVIDUAL PENCIL SHARPENERS
**NO SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS

Surfing into 4th Grade

with Mrs. Lamberth

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer.  I look forward to teaching 4th grade this year!

"Surfin' Good Times"

Thing 1, Thing 2, and Thing 3,
 is more than just what you see!
When it comes to AR,
 we shoot for the stars
because the best is what we'll be!



The trophy is the tie that binds
 in all of our second graders' minds.

Though their secret is not known,
through all the reading they have grown,
into ships that will not sail from behind.

Last week's winner was Mrs. Lamberth's second graders. Our second graders appear to be on FIRE for reading. This makes their principal VERY HAPPY

Everybody keep READING because the MORE you read, the BETTER you read!

Christmas Party

Christmas Party

Y.E.S. We are simply the best!

Then..................................Now

Mrs. Lamberth in the 2nd grade and now teaching the 2nd grade! WOW

Why Can't I Skip My
Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?
Let's figure it out -- mathematically!

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a week = 100 mins./week
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year. Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.

By the end of 5th grade if Student A and Student B maintain
these same reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

Some questions to ponder:

Which student would you expect to read better?
Which student would you expect to know more?
Which student would you expect to write better?
Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
Which student would you expect to be more successful in school....and in life?
Turn off the TV for 20 minutes a night and read....it's worth it!

The information is from the No Child Left Behind Website:

Flip and Flop into a good book! The more you read, the more you know!

We are in our final count day until school starts! I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of their summer. We will be very busy this year, but it will be a fun kind of busy!!

Flip Flopping into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lamberth

Are you ready for 2nd grade?

Can you believe it is almost time for school to start? I can't wait to introduce my students to the wonderful world of technology.