Kemp - Brazile 12/16

Parents-

Hope everyone's week is going well. The next couple days here are usually rather busy, so I'd like to send out a message now. 

Please remember the class holiday party is tomorrow (Thursday, December 17) at 1:00pm. Thank you to Mrs. Tarpley and Mrs. Stimson for their work on the party. Thank you also to everyone who donated supplies. 

Speaking of supplies, thanks to everyone who donated for the rotations on Friday. If you still have some, please send in tomorrow so we can get those organized.

Jump back to the party Thursday, the kids are having a gift exchange. The information sheets went home Monday for who your child has in the exchange. Please send those in tomorrow. If your child does not bring a gift, they can not participate. Unfortunately, this means another student also will not receive a gift. 

I should have the majority of grading finished and entered by Friday for the second quarter. If I do not finish, I'll pick back up when I return in January. 

I hope you all have a great Christmas and holiday season. Please be safe. Enjoy your family time. 

Shane Brazile

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Kemp - Brazile

Parents - 

The countdown is on! Last week before our break. It will be a busy one for us. Last week was busy too as we wrapped up our Science unit (Electricity and Magnetism). We'll finish up our WWI, Jazz Age, and the Great Depression unit this week (test tomorrow). I've noticed a pattern that the kids do well with connections and hands-on information on tests, but they're having trouble with vocabulary. We usually complete those activities first so they're familiar with it and we use it in our discussions, but that's the biggest area of weakness overall. I'm reminding the kids to go over that before our next test.

Last week, we completed the national Hour of Code. The kids loved it! I have links on our website under "Class Links" > "Great Links" if your child wants to continue what we started (http://brazile.education/#class).

I sent home the info sheets for your child's gift exchange partner on Friday. Our class holiday party is Thursday, December 17 at 1:00pm. 

My goal for this week: survive. Academically, we'll be working on finishing Gathering Blue. Impressed with their inferencing skills. I like our discussions about the book and the hidden meanings found throughout. In Social Studies, we have our unit test Tuesday and all projects are due. We're not having spelling or math tests this week. We're taking Touchstone tests for Reading (Monday) and Math (Tuesday), which give us an idea of how well your child is progressing compared to others in the class, the school, and the district. They do not factor into grades, yet they're incredibly important because of the data they provide me. 

It is a lighter workload for them this week, but I'll keep them busy. We also have holiday related activities (Tuesday, time with Mrs. Kale, Thursday, hot chocolate in the media center and then our holiday party, Friday, sing along and holiday rotations with 5th grade teachers).

I hope to catch up on grading this week. I get a little bogged down at the end of the quarter. I'll be entering grades all day, each day this week. All late work gets pushed back while I get all the on-time assignments entered. 

Have a great week!

Shane Brazile

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FW: Author's Visit Today

 

 

From: Jenni Briggs
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 1:03 PM
To: DL-KMP-STAFF <DL-KMP-STAFF@cobbk12.org>
Subject: Author's Visit Today

 

Teachers, please forward this to your parents.  Thank you!

 

Parents,

 

We really enjoyed having Julia Cook visit Kemp today.  She writes amazing children's books that help children and parents with everyday topics.  Your children are bringing home book order forms today.  If you would like to get a book before the holiday break, please turn in the order form and send in the money tomorrow, Friday, December 11.  If you send in an order form next week, we will get the books to you after the break.  There is no tax or shipping and handling.  Check out her website:

 

http://www.juliacookonline.com/books/

 

She will autograph the book as well!  Let us know if you have any questions!

 

Jenni Briggs

Professional School Counselor

Kemp Elementary School

678-594-8158 ext. 232

 

 

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FW: MasterChef Junior

Anyone interested?

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From: Shea Thomas
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 3:17 PM
To: DL-KMP-STAFF
Subject: FW: MasterChef Junior

Please feel free to forward to your parents.

 

From: Barbara Swinney
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 3:12 PM
To: DL-ES-Swinney <DL-ES-Swinney@cobbk12.org>
Subject: MasterChef Junior

 

MasterChef Junior coming to Atlanta Saturday, December 12th looking for kids who love to cook and want to try out for this fun lighthearted show!

 

masterchefjuniorcasting.com 

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FW: Kindergarten Pictures

Parents –

 

I've updated the list below for the pictures we've received. Note the deadline of December 18.

 

Thanks,

Shane Brazile

 

 

From: Daniella DeFoor [mailto:daniella.defoor@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 5:33 PM
To: Shannon Surrency <SHANNON.SURRENCY@cobbk12.org>; Shane Brazile <Shane.BRAZILE@cobbk12.org>; Lynn Sieland-Peterson <Lynn.SIELAND-PETERSON@cobbk12.org>; Monique Bussell <MONIQUE.BUSSELL@cobbk12.org>; Ong Hur <Ong.Hur@cobbk12.org>; Rachel Greene <Rachel.Greene@cobbk12.org>; Lindsay Soley <LINDSAY.SOLEY@cobbk12.org>; Kimberly Manson <KIMBERLY.MANSON@cobbk12.org>
Subject: Kindergarten Pictures

 

5th grade teachers,

 

Please make another request to your parents for a kindergarten/pre-school picture for those students who haven't already sent one in or were on our list from our archives. They can email me a copy or send a physical copy in to be scanned.

 

Thank you for your help!

 

Daniella

 

From: Shane Brazile [mailto:Shane.BRAZILE@cobbk12.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:17 AM
Subject: FW: Kindergarten Pictures

 

Dear 5^th Grade Parents,

            We need your help! In previous years, yearbook has included each child's kindergarten picture as part of the 5^th grade pages.  In order to do it again this year, we need a Kindergarten (or Pre-K) school photo of your child. Please scan your original picture (NOT a copy) and email it to daniella.defoor@comcast.net.  If you do not have access to a scanner, send in your child's picture labeled with their name and teacher's name and I will scan it.  (You will get your picture back.)  The deadline for sending in pictures is Friday, December 18^th.   Remember that photos in good condition will scan to be much clearer than faded or bent photos.  Please, realize this request is for yearbook only and is in no way related to the end of the year 5^th grade slide show.

If your name is listed below, we already have your child's kindergarten photo from our archives.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Daniella DeFoor

Yearbook Editor

 

 

Brazile

Reece Coppage

Blake Dwelle

Conor Enabnit

Jacob Fields

Carrington Giles

Gavin Heinmiller

Knox Henderson

Zachary Langley

Cristina Meireles

Cole Montoya

Bryson Morgan

Addison Newberry

Isabella Smith

Ella Stimson

Luke Vansant

 

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Holiday supplies

Parents –

 

On Friday, December 18, the 5^th graders will participate in our holiday rotations. The classes will rotate to each 5^th grade homeroom to complete an activity. Some of these activities require supplies. If you would like to help out, click this link:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA5A92FA2FA7-holiday

 

Thanks for your help!

 

An update to what's going on in our class is found under "Class Blog" here: http://brazile.education/#class

 

Please let me know if you have any questions,

 

Shane Brazile

 

 

 

 

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Kemp - Brazile 11/18

Parents –

 

Progress reports went home today. If you have a question about the grades, feel free to ask. If the kids are submitting work digitally, they're to write their name, date, subject, and assignment name on a piece of paper along with how they submitted the assignment (Office 365, Dropittome, email, flash drive, etc.). If they don't do that step, I don't know where to look to grade it. If it's on a flash drive, they need to give me the flash drive. So, all that to say that if you see a zero, they may have it completed and I just haven't received it.

 

I've made a section on our home page for class news that will cover any important news, as well as what we're studying each week (http://Brazile.Education/#class) .

 

Thanksgiving Break next week. Enjoy the family time!

Shane Brazile

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Kemp - supplies needed

Sorry for the last minute, but our Science lab is asking for supplies by the end of this week.

Sign up form is found at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA5A92FA2FA7-need

Thanks!

Shane Brazile

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From: Shannon Surrency
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 3:53 PM
To: Shane Brazile; Ong Hur; Monique Bussell; Lynn Sieland-Peterson; Rachel Greene; Kimberly Manson; Lindsay Soley
Subject: Please read by MONDAY - supplies needed

On Monday, please either ask your room mom or send out an email or sign up genius for the following supplies for science lab.  The supplies are needed by Friday, November 20, 2015 for lessons after Thanksgiving.

 

2 boxes of Chex cereal (any kind of Chex will do)

2 bags of plain M&Ms (large bags, not the individual baggies)

1 bag/box of raisins (not the little individual ones)

2 bags of the skinny pretzel sticks

5 strands of string lights (they can be new or used light sets as long as they work – any length is fine)

 

 

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Kemp - Brazile

Parents-

 

Kids did well at the symphony today. It's nice to have them well behaved when we're away from school.

 

We have our Changing Nation unit test on Monday for Social Studies. We'll start the Electricity and Magnetism Science unit next week.

 

I have the Rock Eagle forms on the website, they're due November 10, along with the first payment. Look under "Class Links." Also found there is the Six Flags Read to Succeed reading log. The kids can complete this to earn a free ticket to Six Flags. Those are due by February 5.

 

Have a safe weekend! Stay dry!

 

Roll Tide!!

Shane Brazile

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Kemp Brazile

Parents –

 

Good morning! Here are the highlights of this email:

 

·        Symphony field trip Friday, we leave at 10:30 and return at 1:30.

·        Rock Eagle permission forms (and first payment of $59) due November 11. Forms Attached and on website.

·        Thanksgiving lunch for 5^th is Friday, November 13 from 12:15 until 12:50. Lunch for guests is $3.50.

 

That covers the important info. In class here's what we're working on:

 

Reading: Finishing The Giver today, will move to Gathering Blue next. I'll continue to model reading skills while reading and we'll work on skills through our reflections.

 

Writing: Informational writing, using details to support ideas. Narrative writing, using details.

 

Math: Finishing dividing with decimals. Start on fractions next week. Kids should be working on IXL at home.

 

Social Studies: Finishing our Changing Nation unit next week.

 

Science: Finished Matter unit, will start Electricity and Magnetism next week.

 

I've encouraged the kids to continually check the grades online. With the large number of graded assignments, I'm entering as quickly as I can. If there's a "0," I do not have the assignment. If they believe they've completed it, they need to see me ASAP so we can find it together. I try to put comments online and/or on their papers so they understand how the work is graded. If it's submitted via Office 365, I've made comments (sometimes just "Good Job" but also grades). To see the comments, click "Review" on Word or "Comments" on PowerPoint to view the comments.

 

Thanks and please let me know if you have any questions.

Shane Brazile

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