This Week

Congratulations Ms. Mitchell's fourth grade for a phenomenal Family Gathering! The students' worked so hard on every aspect of the performance and deserve a round of applause! Way to go guys!I am very proud of all of you!

A Few Updates...

• Students will take three timed multiplication quizzes this week. The "timed factor" is important, because students need to be fluent in their multiplication facts - in other words, they need to know them backwards and forwards! It is imperative that you work with your child, in order to help them with this important skill.

• The fourth grade teachers recently met to discuss our Wordly Wise curriculum. This year, we have decided to integrate Wordly Wise into our Daily 5 reading curriculum, and eliminate the spelling portion of our weekly Wordly Wise assessment. It is important that students are working hard to spell words accurately on a daily basis, instead of solely studying them for a weekly spelling test. Another big change from last year, is that students will complete weekly Wordly Wise "Tic Tac Toe" vocabulary activities during class, rather than as Homefun.

• On Thursday, September 29th, we are going to the Brooks Museum! If you are driving, please be prepared to depart Campus School @ 11:30am. We will return to school around 10:30am.

• On Friday, September 30, we will visit the Elmwood Cemetery! Our reservation is from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Please be prepared to depart Campus School @ 9:30 am. We will have lunch in the picnic area after our tour, and then we will return to Campus School @ 12:40pm.

*PLEASE REMEMBER TO PACK YOUR CHILD A SACK LUNCH FOR OUR ELMWOOD CEMETERY TRIP!!

Grandparents Day, Brooks Museum of Art, and much more!

Wow! We had a busy and fun-filled week with Grandparents Day, Picture Day, and visit from the Brooks Museum and tons of learning! The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art visited the fourth grade this week. Its Art in the Basic Curriculum (ABC) program is a partnership between the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and twenty elementary schools in the city of Memphis. It provides art education to fourth- and fifth-graders enrolled in Memphis City and Jubilee schools. Ms. Molly was a hit with our students and they enjoyed creating their dream museum corner exhibits.

Don't forget that this Friday is our 100th year celebration! It is also our class' Family Gathering! The life skill to be presented is "Understanding Self and Others". Come and join us for not one but two performances! (8:15 & 12:00) Hope to see you there!

Grandparents Day Our annual Grandparents Day luncheon is an annual event at Campus School that honors guests, grandparents, and other seniors and seeks to strengthen relationships between the generations. Many parents also attended this special day:-)

Fall Intersession, School Pictures and more...

This week the fourth grades classes had the opportunity to tan leather and make bookmarks. Our guest from the Tandy Leather Company provided a wonderful hands-on lesson!!!

INTERSESSION

• Please go to http://www.campusschool.org/Home.html
• and click the Fall Interssesion link to print off a registration form.
• Registration: September 15 and 16 Time: 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
• Cost: $70 per session. Payment is due at registration and is non-refundable. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE IN CASH ONLY.
• Classes will be assigned on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Please turn in your child’s completed registration form at the intersession registration table located in the hall near the school office. DO NOT SEND IT WITH YOUR CHILD OR TO THE TEACHER!

SCHOOL PICTURES

• School pictures will be taken on Thursday, September 15th. Please remember that you MUST PAY FOR YOUR CHILD'S PICTURE IN ADVANCE to have a school picture taken.

CHINESE CLASS

• The Confucius Institute at the University of Memphis (CIUM) will begin to teach Chinese to the children at Campus School next week..

Multiplication

• Next week we will begin giving timed weekly graded assements on multiplication facts. Students without fluent recall of multiplication facts will find it difficult to carry out any computations that include multiplication facts (e.g. long multiplication), find factors of numbers, put fractions in lowest terms,etc.

• Please work with your child by practicing this important concept.

Ancient Civilizations and Chocolate:)

This year marks the 100th year that Campus School has been open! In celebration, a reception inviting students, teachers, and friends - both from today and days gone by - will take place on Friday, September 23rd. To help make this special occasion even more memorable, we are all going "back in time," to pay tribute to where we have come from! Our class has been assigned the years 1921-1930. Your child received a set of detailed instructions on blue paper, that describes his/her part in this project. Please be aware that this project is due next Friday, September 9. Students will be responsible for researching one of the following: music from the time period, historical events, media, or costs of living. (Each student will randomly pick out of a hat tomorrow afternoon). After researching, students will be required to create a one paragraph narrative, as well as one artifact. The "rough draft" of the narrative should return to school on Friday ready to be published - this means that they will need some editing and revising assistance from you! :-) Students can create more than one artifact if they choose to do so, however, they need to be of "museum quality." The artifacts may be printed, hand drawn, or a combination of both. Remember, please have your child's narrative "publishing ready," on Friday, as we will be completing the final touches to our projects during the school day.

Don't forget that our class' first Family Gathering will be the Cenntenial Celebration, Friday, September 23rd. We will have two performances, one in the morning and one in the afternoon!:)