Mrs. Rogers’

Writing and Grammar

Class

General Information

In my classes this year we will be covering the five basic types of writing for fourth graders per the Georgia Performance Standards. These include but are not limited to Narrative, Persuasive, Informational, Response to Literature, and Poetry.

We have started with Narrative Writing which is simply stories. We work on developing characters, settings, and plots. These stories can be fiction or non-fiction. We have started the grammar off with good sentence structure including recognizing sentences and fragments, run-on sentences, the four types of sentences, subjects and predicates, simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, paragraph writing, etc.

In November we will begin with nouns and cover common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, possessive nouns and pronouns. We have moved persuasive writing back to January.

ROTATION

Students also have rotations in my class. They rotate among 4 stations:

1. Journal Writing with Prompts

2. Sustained Silent Reading

3. Centers from GPS

4. Writing Conferencing with Rogers

We love our Parent Volunteers who help with Rotation!!!

Homework and Grades

I do not assign homework. All work is completed in class. Some of my quizzes and daily grades will appear in Ms. Redding’s Reading grade book. I am available for homework help in Mrs. McIntosh’s room on Thursday afternoons.

“BOOK–N-IT”

In

Action

BOOK-N-IT

My connections classes are writing children’s picture books this year. We are writing narratives and turning them into eight page picture books. All illustrations are done by the students on a paint program. For a culminating activity students will read their books to Pre-K students from Jones Elementary.

I also work with the Fourth and Fifth grade chorus and drama department. We meet every Monday afternoon from 3:05 until 4:30. The Christmas program was excellent, Check our some of the performance pictures below.

DATES TO REMEMBER

December 21-January 1 Christmas Holidays

January 5 First Day after Christmas

January 18 King Holiday

February 10 Parent Conferences/ Early Dismissal

February 11 Early Dismissal

February 12 Student Holiday

February 15 President’s Day Holiday

March 26 Early Dismissal

March 29-April2 Spring Break

April 26-May 6 CRCT Testing

May 28 Last Day

ALL ABOUT ME

I am the youngest, and only daughter, of cattle and poultry farmers in east Alabama. I attended Ranburne school from 1^st to 12^th grade. I graduated from Auburn University in 1990 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. I furthered my education by receiving Master’s and Specialist’s Degrees from West Georgia. I am married to Carey Rogers from Buena Vista, Georgia. We have one son, Turner, who is eight. We spend our time between our home here in Bremen and our farm in Graham, Alabama.

Questions?

Contact me at tammy.rogers@bremencs.com or call 770-537-9340 after school or during my planning time @ 1:00.