Weekly Update and Family Gathering News

Elmwood Cemetery is a journey through the past!

Last Friday your children learned the history of Memphis through the stories of Elmwood residents. Our docent explained a stunning collection of monuments. The children also met the city fathers, early mayors and every day citizens that helped shape the history of the Bluff City.










Brooks Museum

Last Thursday, the fourth grade classes visited the Brooks Museum. In the gallery, students practiced communication skills when they analyzed paintings and discussed narrative and story sequencing. In the studio, students experimented with crayons and watercolor to create a three-part story sequence inspired by a painting in the museum's collection.






Tiger Tour

Last Friday, the students were rewarded with a Tiger tour! Each Tiger statue, which is based off the measurements of TOM II, is made of fiberglass and stands about 6 feet high, 3 feet wide, 9 feet long and weighs about 600 pounds.







Reminder don't miss our family gathering on Friday, October 7th!! Mrs. Barker produced, wrote, and directed a wonderful play.

Weekly Highlights, Field Trip, and Multiplication Quizzes

Mark your calendars! Our family gathering will take Friday, October 7th @ 8:00 am


Class T-Shirt Display! Our Campus School Centennial t-shirts were worn with pride and joy!




Our 1900-1910 Booth Display turned out wonderful. Thank you for your parental support in making this project such a success.




Did you ever wonder what Discovery Testing looks like? We'll now you know. It's truly an exciting event.




-Students will take three timed multiplication quizzes this week. It is imperative that you work with your child to help them with this important skill. The "timed factor" is important, because students need to be fluent in their multiplication facts - in other words, they need to know them backwards and forwards!

-The fourth grade teachers recently met to discuss our Wordly Wise curriculum. This year, we have decided to integrate Wordly Wise into our Daily 5 reading curriculum, and eliminate the spelling portion of our weekly Wordly Wise assessment. It is important that students are working hard to spell words accurately on a daily basis, instead of solely studying them for a weekly spelling test. Another big change from last year, is that students will complete weekly Wordly Wise "Tic Tac Toe" vocabulary activities during class, rather than as Homefun.


-Thursday, September 29th we will to the Brooks Museum! If you are driving, please be prepared to depart Campus School @ 10:00 am. We will return around 12:00 pm.

-Friday, September 30, 2011 we will visit Elmwood Cemetery. Our reservation is from 10:00 - 12:00. If you are driving please be prepared to depart Campus School @ 9:30. We will have lunch in the picnic area after our tour and will depart about 12:40 to return to Campus School.
*PLEASE REMEMBER TO PACK YOUR CHILD A SACK LUNCH FOR THIS TRIP

Tigers Around Town, Brooks Museum of Art, and Grandparent's Day

On 9.10.11@12 noon the U of M Alumni Association Let the Cat Out of the Bag! At this event, ALL 100 of the Tiger statues were gathered on the U of M campus for the community to see together in one place. Thank you to our Tiger family that came to welcome the Tigers to town! Each statue is uniquely decorated with artwork by Mid-South artists, students and alumni. The goal of Tigers Around Town is to not only recognize the Centennial of the University of Memphis, but to impressively illustrate the city's rich history and relationship with the U of M.


The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art visited the fourth grade this week. Its Art in the Basic Curriculum (ABC) program is a partnership between the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and twenty elementary schools in the city of Memphis. It provides art education to fourth- and fifth-graders enrolled in Memphis City and Jubilee schools. Ms. Molly was a hit with our students and they enjoyed creating their dream museum corner exhibits.













Grandparents Day
Our annual Grandparents Day luncheon is an annual event at Campus School that honors guests, grandparents, and other seniors and seeks to strengthen relationships between the generations. Many parents also attended this special day:-)

Fall Intersession, School Pictures and more...

This week the fourth grades classes had the opportunity to tan leather and make bookmarks. Our guest from the Tandy Leather Company provided a wonderful hands-on lesson!!!








Dear Parent(s),

Please go to http://www.campusschool.org/Home.html
and click the Fall Interssesion link to print off a registration form.

Registration: September 15 and 16 Time: 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Cost: $70 per session. Payment is due at registration and is non-refundable. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE IN CASH ONLY.

Classes will be assigned on a “first-come, first-served” basis. Please turn in your child’s completed registration form at the intersession registration table located in the hall near the school office. DO NOT SEND IT WITH YOUR CHILD OR TO THE TEACHER!

School pictures will be taken on Thursday, September 15th. Please remember that you MUST PAY FOR YOUR CHILD'S PICTURE IN ADVANCE to have a school picture taken.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Memphis (CIUM) will begin to teach Chinese to the children at Campus School next week. Our class instruction times will be Monday and Friday from 2:00-2:30.

Multiplication

Next week we will begin giving timed weekly graded aessements on multiplication facts. Students without fluent recall of multiplication facts will find it difficult to carry out any computations that include multiplication facts (e.g. long multiplication), find factors of numbers, put fractions in lowest terms,etc.

Please work with your child by practicing this important concept.

Celebrating 100 years at Campus School

Check out the treasures from our Pink Palace Museum Suitcase Exhibit








Hi Everyone, This year marks the 100th year that Campus School has been open! In celebration, a reception inviting students, teachers, and friends - both from today and days gone by - will take place on Friday, September 23rd. To help make this special occasion even more memorable, we are all going "back in time," to pay tribute to where we have come from! Our class has been assigned the years 1900-1910. Today, your child will receive a set of detailed instructions on blue paper, that describes his/her part in this project. Please be aware that this project is due next Friday, September 9. Students will be responsible for researching one of the following: music from the time period, historical events, media, or costs of living. (Each student will randomly pick out of a hat tomorrow afternoon). After researching, students will be required to create a one paragraph narrative, as well as one artifact. The "rough draft" of the narrative should return to school on Friday ready to be published - this means that they will need some editing and revising assistance from you! :-) Students can create more than one artifact if they choose to do so, however, they need to be of "museum quality." The artifacts may be printed, hand drawn, or a combination of both. Remember, please have your child's narrative "publishing ready," on Friday, as we will be completing the final touches to our projects during the school day. Have a safe, long weekend!

Respectfully,

Mr. Shadow

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