Hill's Herald

The Year End At A Glance

 

Hi Parents, Students, and

 Guests!

           Thank you parents and students for a fabulous year! We are wrapping up our studies this week and next. I have no major tests planned but we do have our literacy centers and incomplete work to finish. I am VERY PROUD of the progress our kids have made this year. They are ready for the 5th grade and beyond!

           Field Day will be this Friday. Please watch the weather and dress accordingly. The students may wear hats and sunglasses. Sunscreen is a must as well. If you would like to contribute a cold snack or drink please contact me.

          If you have not already done so, please send in two first class stamps for your child's final report card. If you would prefer to pick up the report card, please stop by the school  office after June 1st.

          Next week, we will have a yearbook/autograph book signing party and a team 4C kickball tournament. I am also planning a small end of the year celebration for the kids on Thursday. If you would like to contribute something to eat, please contact me. All personal belongings will go home next Thursday. On FFriday, please DO NOT bring book bags or other personal belongings to school!

         All library book are now due. Mr. Mcgee will not accept any lunchroom charges this week or next, so please make sure your child has lunch and breakfast money.

It has been a pleasure having your child in my room this year! If I can be of service to your family in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me!

Have a wonderful summer and please visit me next year!

With much love,              

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                

     We're in the home stretch now...one more week before Spring Break! We're wrapping up our biographies on the Revolutionary War personalities and studying for the big test next week. Study guides are coming home today. Please encourage your child to complete the guide and begin reviewing for the test next Wednesday.

                             

    After next week, we will be taking a three week hiatus from Spelling, English, and Vocabulary. When we return from Spring Vacation we will review and practice test taking skills in preparation for the CRCT which will start the week of April 20.

   Please remember that we are collecting candy, plastic eggs, and other items for holiday baskets for the underprivileged. Please send these items to school for the baskets NO LATER than Thursday, April 2. We would like to deliver these baskets over the holiday break so that some kids will have a happier Easter. Thanks to all of the parents who have already sent in their donated items.

                         

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 30- APRIL 3,2009

Math-Extension Class: Quiz on multiplying and dividing decimals- yes they finally have it down!!! Then next week, graphing  positive coordinates on a grid.

Social Studies-TEST Revolutionary War  Wednesday, April 1 (no fooling) then The Constitution and the Constitutional Amendments (first 10)

Science-My Class is with Mrs. Douglas Mrs. Wright's Class is with me- We'll be looking at weather maps, learning how to forecast weather, and studying "wild weather"

Vocabulary-Unit 9 we will go through the unit but will not have a test at the end of the unit

English- adverbs and diagramming sentences

Spelling- Unit 33   tiger   meters   fever   solar   pirate   legal   female   soda   pupil   pilot   polar   future   beauty   cedar   silence   focus   stone   wife   we'll   hit    island   opposite   sense   million   born   cattle   travel   sunshine   restful  vacation

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK! Remember YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

             

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                          

    We are making Easter Baskets for charity. On the newsletter, in the Thursday folders this week, I have asked you to contribute an item for these baskets. Would you please return your contribution to school no later than Friday, March 27? Our students have made beautiful, colorful baskets! The  baskets will be sent to the Cobb/Douglas County children services after March 27. Thanks so much for making the holiday season brighter for a young child!

      

COOL WEBSITES! Here are some websites to browse for the month of April:

      

Brain Games for the "Smarty" in you

All About Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution 

Win an INTERACTIVE whiteboard for Mrs. Hill! Enter Daily!

Take PRACTICE TESTS for the CRCT!

            

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2009

Math- Extension Class - More dividing and multiplying with decimals, graphing coordinates on a grid

Social Studies- A New Nation, The Constitution 

Science- My class with Mrs. Douglas: Ecology, Mrs. Wright's class with me: reading weather maps, weather instruments

Vocabulary- Unit 8

English- adverbs

Spelling Unit 32 blanket   lesson   plastic   perfect   parrot   grammar   harvest   thunder   tunnel   cannon   contest   pattern   surface   squirrel   traffic   garbage   various   bit   brother   race   result   addition   dead   thin   doesn't   weight   producer   consumer   decomposer   ecosystem

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK! Remember, YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

     

       

   

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                          

    We are making Easter Baskets for charity. On the newsletter, in the Thursday folders this week, I have asked you to contribute an item for these baskets. Would you please return your contribution to school no later than Friday, March 27? Our students have made beautiful, colorful baskets! The  baskets will be sent to the Cobb/Douglas County children services after March 27. Thanks so much for making the holiday season brighter for a young child!

      

COOL WEBSITES! Here are some websites to browse for the month of April:

      

Brain Games for the "Smarty" in you

All About Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution 

Win an INTERACTIVE whiteboard for Mrs. Hill! Enter Daily!

Take PRACTICE TESTS for the CRCT!

            

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2009

Math- Extension Class - More dividing and multiplying with decimals, graphing coordinates on a grid

Social Studies- A New Nation, The Constitution 

Science- My class with Mrs. Douglas: Ecology, Mrs. Wright's class with me: reading weather maps, weather instruments

Vocabulary- Unit 8

English- adverbs

Spelling Unit 32 blanket   lesson   plastic   perfect   parrot   grammar   harvest   thunder   tunnel   cannon   contest   pattern   surface   squirrel   traffic   garbage   various   bit   brother   race   result   addition   dead   thin   doesn't   weight   producer   consumer   decomposer   ecosystem

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK! Remember, YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

     

       

   

The week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                    

    The cereal box biographies are looking fantastic! Our class is really working hard, spending many hours in the computer lab doing research and writing the biographies, as well as finding pictures, creating timelines, searching for quotes and other pieces of trivia about their subject. The kids feel they need a little more time to complete these projects so I have extended the deadline until next Friday, March 20th.

   Report cards will be coming home in this week's Thursday folder. The kids have done another tremendous job with their grades. I can't wait for you to see the report cards. Please remember that grades are EARNED, never GIVEN!

   We are going to make holiday baskets for charity. Would you please conmsider donating wrapped candy, pencils, or other little treats for the baskets? We will make 40 baskets and they will go to the Family and Children's Center in Cobb County for underpriveledged children.

                                   

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 16, 2009

Math- Extension Math Class- We will spend the first few weeks multiplying and dividing decimals and fractions. After that I would like to do a mini unit on the Stock Market

Social Studies- The Revolutionary War

Science- My class is with Mrs. Douglas learning about Ecology. I have begun the weather unit with Mrs. Wright's class. We are studying the Water Cycle all this week!

English- Adverbs and diagramming sentences

Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 unit 8

Spelling Words- Week of March 16, 2009

basket   rabbit   silver   ladder   master   batter   hidden   picnic   public   copper   puppet   ugly   problem   sudden   temper   wallet   period   rich   corner   blood   team   they   garden   note   amount   led   lephrechaun   blarney stone  pot of gold  Ireland

Have a wonderful week! Remember, YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

                   

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                                 

     We are completing our first week of research our biographical reports of a Revolutionary War figure. The kids have been busy on the computers, writing furiously and covering/decorating their cereal box. I can't wait for you to see the finished result! We will work on this project next week as well, though we will go back to a more structured schedule with spelling, English and vocabulary back in the mix.

     Our nine week grading period ends next Friday, March 13. We will have a work catch up day this Friday, March 6. This will be a whole day devoted to catching up and finishing graded work. If your child is all caught up, he/she may bring a game to share with the class, his/her PJs and a blanket.

    We will finish up both our math and science units this week. We will take the final test for the math unit in the computer lab on Tuesday, March 10. The students are wrapping up their study of Light and Sound with Ms. Phillips today. Our next science unit will be in a few weeks with Mrs. Douglas, who will lead them in a study of Ecosystems and Habitats.

    Our Spring carnival basket theme is "New Baby". Will you please consider donating new items to go with this theme to our basket? All money raised at the silent auction, of which this basket will be a part, comes back to our students at the school through the PTA. Please send in new baby items to me at school and I will pass them on to our room mom coordinator.

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2009

Math- Finish up the third nine week unit on Fractions and Decimals. Our homeroom class will do a mini-unit with me on perimeter, area and volume.

Social Studies- Continue Revolutionary War Biographies. Begin study of the battles in the war.

Science- None this week

English- Adverbs

Vocabulary- Unit 7

Spelling- Week of March 9 Unit 30 Suffixes

careless    cheerful   payment   sadness   priceless   awful   hopeless   agreement   grateful   happiness   useless   illness   endless   wonderful   colorful   movement   material   thousand   guess   isn't   sign   forward   ride   because    huge   region   correspondence    militia   Continental   delegate

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK! Remember, YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

             

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests

                        

     Thank you for all of the beautiful flowers, loving notes and other wonderful things you have done for me during teacher appreciation week this week. I am truly honored and blessed to be working with such a wonderful community of people!

      We are having  much difficulty with our school copy machines. All of the machines are down today so I was not able to get a weekly newsletter out to you in your child's Thursday folder. If I need to contact you for behavioral or academic purposes this week, I will do so via your child's planner. Please remember to check the planner daily for incomplete assignments and grades. We have another 2 weeks before report cards will come out on March 17th. I will try to schedule another classwork make-up day before then.

     Next week we will wrap up both our math and science units. Ms. Phillips will give our homeroom class their Science test on Light and Sound on March 4. I will be giving Ms. Phillip's class their final Weather test on March 4 as well. Unit tests for math for all team 4 c teachers will be on March 4 as well and we will take the computer benchmark test the following week on this math unit.

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 2

Math-Final tests on decimals, fractions and multi-step word problems for extension math

Social Studies- We will begin in school research projects on Revolutionary War figures. We will use computer research, trade books, and encyclopedias for our research. Look for these unusual projects to come home in a few weeks.

Science- Post tests on both Light and Sound with Ms. Phillips and Weather with me (for Ms. Phillip's class)

Spelling Words week of March 2, 2009

NO SPELLING WORDS, ENGLISH or VOCABULARY DUE TO BIOGRAPHY PROJECTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES

Have a wonderful week. Remember that YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

                    

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

        

    Our field trip to the Cobb County Youth Museum was AWESOME! Ask your child to tell you about the part he/she played in learning about the colonies and the Revolutionary War. We had a terrific time and got a little preview into what we will be studying in the upcoming weeks in Social Studies. Many THANKS to Mrs. O'Keefe who accompanied us on the trip.

    The kids enjoyed celebrating Valentines Day today. We had many goodies ( thank you parents!) and exchanged cards. I also made today a work catch-up day and we accomplished a lot! Academic Alerts will come home in this week's Thursday folder.

UNITS OF STUDY FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Math- Decimals and multi-step word problems (extension math)

Social Studies- The Stamp Act and Taxation without Representation, The Boston Tea Party

English- Adjectives, diagramming sentences

Science- Light and Sound with Ms. Phillips  (My class- Ms. Phillips kids-weather Charts and Wild Weather)

Health- Tobacco and Alcohol Use and Abuse

Vocabulary- Wordly Wise 3000 Unit 6

Spelling- Unit #27 Synonyms

herd   heard   plane   plain   cent   scent   sent   piece   peace   pear   pair   pare   brake   break   waist   waste   their   there   they're   because   friend   language   straight   measure   machine   length   rebellion   proclamation   government   ally

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK AND A HAPPY VALENTINE"S DAY! No school for students on Monday, February 16.       

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

          

                

         

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests!

                      

    Conference week is going great! I have been so delighted with our time together. I hope it has been informative and helpful to you to see what your child is so capable of. Please don't hesitate to contact me at school or at home with any questions or concerns you may have. Remember my motto: YOUR child is MY child.

   Please don't forget our upcoming field trip to the Cobb County Youth Museum. It will be on Tuesday, February 10 from 9 am to 12 pm. If you have not already turned in your child's permission form and the donation of $4.00, please do so immediately. Remember, without a signed permission slip your child cannot attend.

Here are some interesting websites to browse to compliment our study of the thirteen original British Colonies in the Americas. Students- let me know what you think of them!

                         

Jamestown-take a Virtual Tour

 On The Trail of Captain John Smith             

Interactive Maps of the Thirteen Colonies 

Did Your Family Arrive on the Mayflower? 

Information on the Colonies, Especially the Southern Colonies 

UNITS for the WEEK of  February 2, 2009

Math: Extension Class Decimal Studies

Social Studies- The 13 British Colonies

Science- With Ms. Phillips - Heat, Light, and Sound

English- Adjectives

Vocabulary-Wordly Wise 3000 Unit 5

Health- Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Use

Spelling List for the Week of February 2, 2009

bottle   eaten   eleven   people   golden   lemon   loyal   central   ribbon   trouble   natural   fallen   several   heaven   special   possible   shape   edge   village   eight   soft   object   minute   meet   age   wall   plantation   indenture   slave   merchant

Have a wonderful week! Remember, YOUR child is MY child!

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.

           

The Week At A Glance

Hi Parents, Students, and Guests,

              

       Here are some websites I have found to supplement the upcoming inauguration of Barak Obama. We will watch the actual swearing in ceremony as a class, but I thought that these websites could be a fun way to extend the current events happening in our country next week.                    

    

Games and Inaugural Crafts

History of Inaugurations 

Current Newspaper Articles for kids on the Inauguration 

Have a fun time browsing these websites.

                                                  

   If you have not returned your permission form to go to the Cobb County Youth Museum and the $4.00 donation, please do so immediately!

   Good luck to Stephen B. as he competes for our class in the school-wide spelling bee this Friday! Congratualtions as well to Jackie M. as our class alternate.We will be rooting for you Stephen!

      

UNITS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 19, 2009

Math-Extension class

Addition and Subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers. More practice with simplifying and comparing fractions and mixed numbers.

Social Studies-

The English Colonies       

Science-  

Light, Heat, and Sound with Ms. Phillips

Health-

The Affects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse- no unit test

English-

Verbs

Vocabulary-

Unit test 3 Wednesday 1/20 then Unit 4

Spelling List Unit 24     week of January 19, 2009

   finger   doctor   letter   corner   father   power  nectar   motor   butter   cellar   cover   paper   remember   calendar   labor   gather   petition   congress   quarter   business    modern   reach   speak   opinion   treason   massacre   blockade    liberty   Continental   correspondence

Have A WONDERFUL week! No School on Monday, January 19 for MLK holiday.

Remember, YOUR child is MY child! 

Mindee Hill, M.Ed.