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Murdock Elementary School will provide students with the foundational skills necessary to engage in Collaborative Conversations: Sharing ideas by understanding, listening, and speaking.
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- Today's Fantastic Experiments
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- Just a friendly reminder that
- Book Order Information for April
- BULLING BEHAVIOR AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
- Mark Your Calendars For the
- President James Earl Carter, Jr. (Jimmy Carter): 39th President of the United States
DIG INTO READING THIS SUMMER!
DIG INTO READING! Watch the video for great book ideas! You may even see some Murdock readers!
A Collaborative Approach to Summer Reading
The Cobb County School District’s Library Media Education and English Language Arts Departments have partnered with the Cobb County Public Library (CCPL) to provide complementary summer reading programs for grades K-5. The theme for this summer’s K-5 reading program is “Dig into Reading!”
The Cobb County Public Library provides reading logs for elementary students to document their reading throughout the summer. Prior to returning to school in August, participants will submit their reading logs to any CCPL branch. Any books read for the Cobb County School District program can be listed on the CCPL log. For more information about summer events at the public library, please visit www.cobbcat.org/srp.
To participate in the Cobb County School District/Murdock summer reading program, students will select books to read and complete suggested activities for them. Any books read for the Cobb County Public Library program can also be used with the CCSD program activities.
The CCSD/Murdock program includes:
Two suggested reading lists: one for Primary and one for Intermediate, each paired with an activity sheet. (Please note that these are just suggestions. Students may choose to read any age and level-appropriate book. Consult your public librarian for additional recommendations).
To participate, students should:
1. Read a book of their choice.
2. Choose and complete an activity (from either sheet as appropriate) for the book they read.
3. Repeat #1 and #2 until at least four books and four activities have been read and completed.
4. On the activity sheet, have a parent initial the four (or more) activities completed and then turn in the signed activity sheet to your Media Specialist during the first week of school.
5. Record the titles of ALL books read during the summer on the CCPL Summer Reading Log and turn it in to any CCPL branch to be eligible for a certificate and the CCPL End-of-Summer Celebration.
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Today's Fantastic Experiments
Click below to find out more about the experiments Mrs. Sullivan did for our class today.
Explore Career Videos ...
What do you want to do when you grow up?
What jobs would you like to do that would be fun and exciting?
Click here for games and videos that will help you to explore the many career opportunities that exist for you.
Just a friendly reminder that during the CRCT window (April 22 – May 1) we can not accommodate any visitors or volunteers due to multi-grade level CRCT testing.
This includes: lunch, class helpers, copy parents, mystery readers, media center, grandma that just flew into celebrate the first lost tooth, etc.
We will, of course, deliver birthday treats to the lunchroom.
We appreciate your cooperation .
We understand what an inconvenience this is for you, but it’s the best for testing.
Book Order Information for April
Book Club Order Due Date : April 30th
Scholastic Book Clubs Ordering Information
Class Activation Code: GK89B
Dear Parents,
Sometimes the right book is all it takes to nurture a child's love of reading. That's why we're pleased that our class will be participating in Scholastic Book Clubs this school year.
The Book Club flyers we'll be sending home each month are full of just-right, affordable books and Storia™ eBooks for every age and reading level.
Thank you for helping grow your child's love of reading and for supporting our class.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Tate - Lazarus & Miss. Gaw
P.S. When you place your order online, you'll help earn FREE Books for our class and you also get a $5 FREE Book Pick Coupon to use on your next online order!
Ordering online is fast and easy:
- REGISTER at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
- ENTER the Class Activation Code at the top of this letter
BULLING BEHAVIOR AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TALK
All Parents are Welcome on
Thursday, March 28th at 6:30 PM
in the Murdock Elementary Cafeteria to hear a talk entitled Bullying Behavior and Digital Citizenship.
Come hear this Engaging, Entertaining and knowledgeable speaker with over 25 years of experience working with young people
SPEAKER: Jeff Dess, Author of Turn Up the Music, Prevention Strategies To Help Parents Through The Rap, Rock, Pop, And Metal Years.
Teasing, Bullying, Bystander Stratgies, Social Media and Digital Citizenship: What everyone needs to know. Walk away with strategies and knowledge in the area of bullying prevention and social media!
Mark Your Calendars For the Second Grade Performance…
In the Tall, Tall Grass
Thursday, April 4th
6:00 – 6:30 p.m. Second Grade Art Show
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Second Grade Performance
*Students wear blue jeans, tennis shoes, and a Murdock shirt and report to the Music Room at 6:15 p.m.
President James Earl Carter, Jr. (Jimmy Carter): 39th President of the United States
Check out the websites below to learn more about Georgia's very own president - Jimmy Carter. We will use the webquest link to learn more about this Great Georgian in class!
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Trivia Facts and Information Do you know these facts about the 39th President of the United States? Fact snippets and trivia about Jimmy Carter. |
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President James Carter Coloring Pages Get out your interactive crayon to color these pictures of President James Carter. Color pages can be used for book reports or other writing activities for the classroom. |
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Jimmy Carter Printables and Worksheets Worksheets include a facts and trivia cloze activity, vocabulary word jumbles, word search puzzles, and word manipulatives. Thematic vocabulary words are included. |
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Jimmy Carter Timeline This timeline of President Jimmy Carter includes dates of his major accomplishments as well as world and national events during the same period. |
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Interactive Computer Games - U.S. President Games  See our selection of interactive Presidents Day computer games: President names interactive word search, Abe Lincoln interactive word search, George Washington interactive word search, individual President word searches, presidential trivia game, President hangman game, Mount Rushmore jigsaw puzzle and President portrait concentration games. |
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Thematic Book Reviews - Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter book descriptions and reviews for elementary reading. Children's books can be used to teach history lessons about the President. |
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James Carter Interactive Word Find Can you find all these words associated with James Carter? Vocabulary words used in the puzzle: Academy, Baptist, basketball, Carter, Democrat, Earl, education, energy, farmer, Ford, Georgia, Governor, Institute, Iran, James, Kennedy, Lieutenant, Mondale, naval, October, Peace Prize, peanut, plains, Reagan, Rosalynn, School, Senate, Sunday, teacher, technology, UFO, Union |
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President Games and Activities Links to other Presidents and activities can be found on these lists - find trivia, facts, sortable information, coloring pages, timelines, word searches, printables, and interactive games for each President of the United States. |
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Visit the White House for James Carter Read the White House's biography on James Carter. |
