1. Classroom Newsletter May 21, 2018
Mrs. Burrell’s Class
Classroom Newsletter May 21, 2018
Burrell’s Bits
June 4th has been scheduled as a makeup day for January 17th. Schools were closed due to snow and ice. Each year the district has three additional days built into the school calendar for potential makeup days. June 4th was originally scheduled as a teacher workday. Please put this makeup day on your calendar.
My Middle School of Pacolet Parents:
Please remember that you need to sign your child out after the 5th grade Award’s Day. You will take them to MSP for rising 6th grade Orientation. It is from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm.
We are working hard on Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) in class. Your child should be practicing this when they are writing in their Reading Notebook. If they write about a favorite part or favorite character, they should be citing evidence from the text as to why that was their favorite part or why that character is their favorite. They know that any text that they copy, must be in quotation marks because these words were written by someone else. Please encourage your child to use Text Dependent Analysis in their Reading Notebook at least twice during the week. This will help prepare them for our State Testing. If you have any questions about TDA, please send in a note or get in touch with me.
If your child doesn’t have his or her own Library Card, I encourage you to take them to your local Spartanburg County Library Branch and get
them one. You will need your ID and proof of residence.
Please see my contact information below. Don’t hesitate to
get in touch with me if you have any questions or concerns.
I will get in touch with you as soon as possible. We are a
team and we need to work together in order for your child to
be the best student they can be.
ALL IN, For Every Child, Every Day,
Whatever It Takes!
Special Area Schedule
Monday:
Burrell’s Group 1
PE (wear tennis shoes)
Burrell’s Group 2
Computer Lab
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Burrell’s Group 2 Music
Class Art
Thursday:
Friday:
Music
Mrs. Burrell’s address:
Cannons Elementary School Website: Old Converse Road Phone Number:

2. What We’re Learning This Week Classroom Inspiration
Dates to Remember
May 23rd
SC READY ELA Day 1
May 24th
SC READY ELA Day 2
May 25th
Field Day
May 31st
5th Grade Awards
Day 8:15 am
What We’re Learning This Week
Math:
We are continuing to test daily our multiplication facts. One group is working on long division. Another group is working on geometry skills. We are locating and identifying coordinate points on a grid. We are also working on word problems.
ELA:
Students are working on finding evidence for their answers in the text. They should remember to start their answer with part of the question. They must identify where the text is and then explain it in their own words.
Students should be writing longer, more
detailed sentences in their Reading
Notebooks.
Other Information Here
Our State Testing continues this week. Please make sure your child is well rested each day. We will be taking SC READY ELA Day 1 testing on Wednesday, May 23rd. On Thursday, May 24th, we will be taking the SC READY ELA Day 2 test. These state assessments are online and your child will have Day 1 read orally because this is the writing portion of ELA. Day 2 will not be read orally because this will testing your child’s reading ability.
Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep. We have state testing this week.
We will make sure that everyone has had breakfast before our day begins. If your child doesn’t return homework (including Home Note and Reading Log signed) or finish classwork, they will need to complete it before they can have Friday Fun. Please send in a daily snack for your child. We go to lunch at 12:05 and that is a long time between breakfast and lunch.
Friendly reminder about snacks: Please do not send in any sweets for snack-they are not appropriate. Peanut butter crackers, pretzels, fruit, nuts, cheese, or popcorn all great ideas for healthy snacks.
Please make sure your child is wearing tennis shoes on
the days they go to PE. Please see our daily schedule on
the front page. We go to PE twice each week.
Classroom Inspiration
“If you allow yourself to breathe into the depth, wonder, beauty, craziness, and strife everything that represents the fullness of your life, YOU can live fearlessly. Because YOU come to realize that if YOU just keep breathing, YOU cannot be conquered.”
Oprah Winfrey