For those who may have been affected by the tornadoes...

Our deepest condolences to all the families who were affected by the tornadoes.  We want you to know that you are not alone in this tragedy.  All of us here at Pearson Elementary want to help you in any way that we can.  All the teachers are reaching out to the students and their families.  Please let us know what we can do to help.  Despite what has happened, we can work together to make this a great school year for you and your children.  

Week of December 14-18

 

December 14

- Students will be taking the reading assessment.

- Honor Choir Performance at 7:00pm after the PTA meeting.    
   

December 15
- Students will be taking the writing and science assessment.
- College Day - students can wear their favorite college shirt but still stay in standardized dress for their legs.

December 16
- Students will be taking the math assessment.

December 17
 - Winter parties will be at 2:30pm.  Students will bring party items that their homeroom teacher assigned.  Students were also invited to bring small gifts for the whole class.  The student fliers about the winter parties and gifts may vary depending on the homeroom teacher so make sure you have the correct information concerning the winter parties.   
                                                                  

Spence/Jenkins 

 

                                          Youngblood

December 18
- Early Dismissal!  Please do not be late!  School gets out at 1:15pm NOT 3:10pm.  Make sure you pick up your child up at 1:15pm.

 

Upcoming Events

Honor Choir 
- Field trip Friday December 11

- Honor Choir Performance at Rowlett Main Street Festival Saturday December 12

- Honor choir Holiday Performance 7:00pm Monday December 14

Winter Party
- Winter parties will be Thursday December 17 at 2:30pm

Early Dismissal
- Students will be getting out of school at 1:15pm on Friday December 18
- Be sure to pick up your child on time. 

Assessment Calendar

                                                 Upcoming Assessments



*Assessments will be administered during the week of
December 14-18.  The dates may change but the assessments will be administered during this week.

 
December 14 - Reading Assessment

December 16 - Writing and Science Assessment


December 17 - Math Assessment

Novemebr 30 - December 4 STEAM

           STEAM 2015/16



When
November 30 - December 7



Where
Science Class
During science time students will build and test their cars.  There will be limited time to complete the blueprints and reports so students will be expected to work outside of school to complete the project.  Students will be working in groups of up to 4 students. No less than 2. 

4th Grade Event
Use your own recycled or re-used materials to build a rubber band powered car.  You can begin researching and building at home now!

Projects Must Include
- Completed car
- Blueprint
- Report with citations and evidence of research

Cars must be powered by a rubber band and meet the criteria listed in the handout that was sent home.

Good Luck!

Today was a HAIR RAISING experience in fourth grade!!!

The week of October 26 is a very exciting week in fourth grade!

Monday we pledged to be DRUG FREE!

Tuesday- Hats of to being Drug Free! 
                Students can wear their favorite hat all day!

Wednesday- "Red"y to Live a Drug Free Life
                   District wide wears red!!

Thursday-Wild About Being Drug Free
                     Students need to wear their hair super crazy today!!

Friday-  Team Up Against Drugs
                     Dig out that favorite team shirt and wear it!!

We are going on our first field trip on Wednesday!  Students will be going to hear the symphony and learn more about all the musical instruments involved with producing such beautiful music.

What's on the agenda this week?

 

Watch out!  We have started our adventure with division in math this week!!



Science
During science students will be measuring temperature and length as two more properties of matter. We will then investigate how energy affects matter and look in more detail at how the particles of matter change when subjected to thermal energy.  Students will be combining their knowledge of energy and matter in order understand how materials change state.


ELAR
Fourth graders will be wrapping up our study of traditional literature and theme this week and begin our study of poetry.
   We are also continuing our work with expository writing. We have been working hard to discover all there is to know about writing our very own expository piece.

Busy week this week!

This week we will be super busy! 


Monday night we will be having our very first Pearson Family Picnic Night! There will be a kickball game between parents and teachers. The fun begins at 6:30.  We hope to see everyone there!!

In science we will be investigating matter and its states. We will begin this week by looking at the properties of different states of matter and then investigate different ways we can measure mass (mass, volume, capacity, length). We will also investigate materials ability to sink or float!!

 

 

 

In reading will be distinguishing characteristics of fiction written in first person and third person. We will also be continuing our work with finding theme in literature.

 

Writing is getting really exciting! We are beginning our adventure with expository writing. We have also started working on editing and revising written pieces of work.

 

 

Do you know your multiplication facts? We are working with two digit x two digit multiplication. Be sure to practice your facts every day!!

 

It's time to start researching about our Texas Indians!  We are learning all about the Caddo, Jumano, Kickapoo, Karankaw, Lipan Apache and Yselta Del Sur Pueblp tribes.