Thursday, April 24, 2014

Experiment on "Screens."


Dear 4th grade families,

Next week in reading we will be discussing and reading about how much time kids spend on “screens.”

As part of this discussion, I would like to ask that you have your child fill out this chart and questions and

and return it to school on Friday, May 2nd.

Students will be learning about some of the effects that screen time can have on them, such as attention

Issues, poor sleep habits, addiction, and the inability to do many things at once but none of them well.

Students will learn that the average time spent on screens per week across the country is 7 hours.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids limit their screen time to no more than 2

hours a day.

Imagine if children were to read or do math for that long every day!!

After we get our weekly results we will be talking about goal setting and trying to have the children

reduce the time spent on their screens and instead find another activity to participate in, such as

family games or playing outside.

Children will then be comparing and contrasting the two weeks in a writing piece. 

Please have your child be honest as they track this time!  Thanks for your help with this project. It will

Be interesting to see if any of the kids learn that they are other things to do besides using screens.

 

Mrs. Thompson

Friday, April 18, 2014

Happy Easter

     Our spring carnival basket is Summertime Fun.  A note was sent home with your child on Thursday to give you ideas of what we will need to collect.  Please send these items in anytime.
Information regarding the Human Growth and Development presentation was sent home. The presentation will take place on Friday, April 25 at 2:15.
Information regarding summer bowling passes were sent home a couple weeks ago. If you would like to purchase one, please return the completed form to school.
Upcoming Events:
Friday, April 25:  Human Growth and Development presentation 2:15
Wednesday, April 30:  1:30 Early Dismissal
Thursday, May 1:  Kernels Night at the Ball Park (Information sheet to purchase tickets was sent home.)
Friday, May 2:  Pride Day, Spring Carnival 6-8
Monday, May 6:  Fishing Trip
Wednesday, May 7:  1:30 Early Dismissal
Thursday, May 8:  Grades 4/5 music program at Truman 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Iowa Assessment and Reward Day

This week the children met their class goal of earning 1,000 tickets.  We will be having our reward day on Friday from 2:45 - 3:30.  This reward is electonics day.  Your child may bring in ONE electronic device to play.  I will lock these in my closet until it is time to use them.  If your child does not have anything to bring in I will have some lap tops available for them to play on.

The school reward celebration will also be tomorrow.  It is a surprise!  It should be "eggtra" special.

Next week we will be starting to take the Iowa Assessments.  Please make sure that your child is ready for these important tests and that they are at school.  There are some notes coming home with your child today to give you some ideas of how you can help them with these tests.

We have decided to cancel spelling for next week so that the kids can get to bed at a decent time nightly and be ready for the tests.  We will test daily from 9:15 to 10:30 ish.

I am still missing some of the parent homework from a few of you.  If I DO NOT have your homework you will recieve another copy of the assignment today.  THESE ARE DUE TOMORROW!

Please note that Wednesday, April 9th is an early dismissal day.