8/6/2018
Greetings Miss Burns’s Gardeners
Educational Autobiography
There are many reasons people decide to teach. They could have
had negative experiences, and they want to become a teacher so
that doesn’t happen to more students. Or they could have had
positive experiences, and they want to continue to be a positive
influence in the lives of today’s students. For me, it’s the second
choice. All of my elementary school teachers were great, and I
want to have the same positive impact on my students that my
teachers had on me. In my opinion, elementary school is a critical
point for young students. It is where they get their foundation,
and character is an important part of that foundation. I feel as
though character is lacking from a lot of people in today’s world.
A lot of people have no morals and do not care about anyone ex-
cept themselves. I want to make sure that my students display
great character, so when they get older, they will be able to use
the foundation given to them in order to be successful, helpful
people in society.
How to contact
me:
To the parents of the gardeners: Cell phone: 912-690-5655
This newsletter will inform you about some things we will be do- Email: tburns6@radar.gsw.edu
ing in our class this year. Our focus standard will be about
plants. The specific standard is S2L1b:
S2L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the
life cycles of different living organisms.
b. Plan and carry out an investigation of the life cycle of
a plant by growing a plant from a seed and by recording
changes over a period of time.
Informative YouTube video about Plants:
https://youtu.be/tkFPyue5X3Q?t=15s
8/6/2018
7:30am- Morning Work & An-
8:20am nouncements
8:30am- Extended Learning
9:00am Time
9:10am- Math lesson with
10:00am group 1
10:10am- Math lesson with
11:00am group 2
11:10am-
Recess
11:40am *All bathroom breaks are in-
dividual because each class-
11:50am- room has their own set of
Lunch bathrooms
12:30pm
*Science and Social Studies
12:40pm- alternates daily between the
Specials two groups. One day one
1:30pm group will do a social studies
or science lesson and the
1:40pm- Science or Social other group will do the same
2:30pm Studies group 1 or 2 lesson the next day.
2:40pm- Announcements &
2:55pm Dismissal
Supply List
These are items the students should
have everyday in class.
Notebook paper
1 inch binder
Glue stick
Erasers
#2 pencils
Crayons Exit slips are going to be something new that we implement
in our classroom this year. At the end of each day, the stu-
dent should place a slip of paper, with their name on it, in
3 folders the correct folder. The folders say Got it, Almost, Kind of,
and Nope. Based on where each student places their name, I
Children’s scissors will know who needs a little extra help.
Test Taking Tips
Class Project
Eat a healthy breakfast
We will be growing a plant from a seed in our class
this month. Things I will provide for the students: Get 8 hours of sleep
Small pots Take your time
Soil Read each question carefully
Seeds ** At the end of the year, the stu-
dents will be taking the Georgia
Each student will get their own pot, seed, and some Milestones Assessment. This is a
soil. We will plant the seeds in the soil, care for the standardized test, and it is im-
seed properly, and watch & discuss the changes. portant for the students to do
their best.
Activity for Home
Each student should plant a small garden at home with his/her parent
or guardian. The garden should contain at least three different types of
seeds. Please document this project by taking pictures and bringing
them to class.
August 2018
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 *Music 7 *PE 8 *Art 9 *PE 10 *PE 11
First Day of
School!
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
BPS Eddie
Jones’s
birthday!
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ralaya ESP Field Trip to
Evan’s birth- a botanical
day! garden
26 27 28 29 30 31
Jancy Dur-
rence’s
birthday!
Calendar Key
* = special for the day
(continues every week)
BPS = Begin planting seeds
ESP = End seed project
