Week of Jan 28

I hope everyone stayed safe and warm! I must apologize for Friday's dismissal. The intercom was off in my room (I must have hit the wrong button) and I didn't realize we were dismissing earlier than the planned 12:30 until Mr. Gahagan came to my room looking for students! So, if you were anxiously wondering where your student was, and they were with me, well...we were rearranging furniture and having lunch! I wish I'd known because my ride back to Raleigh that day was treacherous and scary, and very sloooow (it took me over an hour to get home). No fun, hopefully, we'll have a much less eventful week:)

Two Neuse Charter School students lost their mother last week after a long battle with cancer. This is very sad news for all and the family is in need of our support. This week, NCS will be collecting donations for the family. They are in need of monetary donations, food, and or donations (in lieu of flowers) for funeral expenses. If you would like to donate towards the funeral, the check will need to be made out to Parrish and Underwood Funeral Homes. Please put in the memo line the mother's name (Tracy Hausler Tataranowicz). Gift cards are another great way to donate. There will be boxes for food donations and the Booster Mailbox in the front office Monday morning. No monetary donation is too small...Please feel free to drop in to bring dry or can goods or gift cards to Food Lion or any items that you may feel necessary to support. And please take a moment to offer a prayer for the family, I'm sure they would appreciate it. Thanks.

In class this week, we will ramp up our reading of "Out of the Dust" and begin a new research project. Our next research paper will focus on the 1930’s. Students will select one of the following topics and research and write a 5 paragraph research paper. We will follow the same pattern for this paper as we did the last one. Students will create a list of researchable questions about their topic. They will narrow the questions down to 3 solid options. Then they will turn the questions into topic sentences (one for each paragraph of research). I will borrow the Ipads for 1 day and students will find the answers to their questions as well as one fun-fact with which to open their paper. We will practice saying the same thing 3 times in 3 different ways. (Tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em.  Tell ‘em .Tell ‘em what you told ‘em.) In an effort to maximize our learning experience, I will only allow 2 students to do the same topic in a class. Each student should select 3 topics they are interested in, if there’s a conflict, we’ll draw from a hat.

GREAT DEPRESSION

THE NEW DEAL

POLITICS

FAMOUS PEOPLE

ART

 ARCHITECTURE

 FADS

FASHION

LITERATURE

POETRY

WOMEN IN THE THIRTIES

BLACK AMERICA IN THE THIRTIES

DUST  BOWL

 MUSIC

RADIO

 SCIENCE

 TECHNOLOGY

THEATER

FILM/MOVIES

We will also make homemade applesauce in class! Please send in an apple or two (or three) this week,  classes will enjoy making a batch of applesauce! 

Vocab words this week:

Spelling/Vocabulary 4A

From “Out of the Dust”

Week of Jan. 28

parched

squirreled

stupor

fidgety

loiter

lurking

astounded

aghast

forsaken

glower

rogue

enticed

scoundrels

rapscallions

bleary

 

Spelling/Vocabulary 4B

From “Out of the Dust”

Week of Jan. 28

squirreled

stupor

loitering

loping

astounded

aghast

succulent

forsaken

conjuror

glower

parched

rogue

enticed

scoundrels

rapscallions

bleary

Spelling/Vocabulary 4C

From “Out of the Dust”

Week of Jan. 28

squirreled

stupor

biding

loitering

parched

lurking

aghast

succulent

forsaken

conjuror

glower

resplendent

rogue

enticed

scoundrels

rapscallions

bleary

Awards Ceremony is this Friday, Feb. 1

Money

Also, remember to send in $8 for the play that will be coming to Neuse Charter on Feb. 13th! This is exciting cultural opportunity for students. The letter that was sent home:

On February 13, the 4^th and 5^th grade student s will have the pleasure of watching a theater production by Touring Theater of North Carolina, called Birds of a Feather.  The show takes children on a multi‐cultural ride through the ages and around the world.  Highlighted with rhymes, rhythms, songs and dances, this original collection of fabulous fables offers glimpses of European, Chinese, Mayan, Indian, and American cultures while demonstrating that while manners and expression vary, human follies and foibles remain the same. 

Also, please look for an order form for a Common Core EOG workbook to come home soon. I recommend everyone buy on of these books, as the test is much more comprehensive and challenging this year. I very much encourage donating a couple extra bucks with your order for those students who cannot swing the cost of this right now. Students will be allowed to complete for homework, although I encourage every student to read, read, read. It is the absolute best thing you can to for success in school, and not just Language Arts!

We will begin Black History Month lessons a week late, and they will probably run into March. The end of January kind of snuck up on me!

Keep practicing for Talent Show auditions, Feb. 11-14th! Show us what you got Neuse Charter School!