February News

Our middle of the year DIBELS testing showed great gains in our reading fluency levels. We will continue to work on fluency and comprehension skills this month. Also we will spend most of the month working on identifying coins and counting money. Please practice with your child at night counting different amounts of coins up to $2.00.

Veteran's Day

Thank you friends and family for making our country safe!

November

Math Night: November 8th/PTO Meeting
Veteran's Day: Monday, Nov. 12th/No School
Chick-fil-a: Tuesday, Nov. 13th
Thanksgiving Holidays: Nov. 19th-22th No School

Week of October 1st

*Shaved Ice: Wednesday, Oct. 3rd The cost will be $1.50
*Thursday, Oct. 4th: This will be Miss Robinson's last day. We will be having a surprise going away party for her on Thursday afternoon. If your child would like to send a note or a small gift they may do so on Thursday.
*I will be out on Friday, October 5th. I will be taking my Written Comps, which will be another hurdle in my education process.
*Friday, October 5th: Ms. Pam from TEAM Math will be teaching a lesson in math.

Important Dates:

Oct. 1-5 Bookfair #1
Oct. 3rd Shaved Ice
Oct. 8-22 Cookie Dough Fundraiser Starting date and Ending date
Oct. 17th Shaved Ice
Oct. -Nov. 9 Cups for Sale
Oct. 30th Shaved Ice
Jan. 17th Class Pictures
Jan. 30th Yearbook Starts
Feb. 6-13 Dr. Seuss T-shirts for sale
March 1-11 Bookfair #2
March 20th Spring Pictures
April 15-26 Field Day Packs sold by the P.E. Dept.

Shaved Ice:

The P.E. department will be selling Juice Flavored shaved ice. The scheduled dates are Sept. 6th, Sept. 18th, Oct. 3rd, Oct. 17th, and Oct. 30th. If you would like your child to participate, please send $1.50 cash for each day. Make sure that you send exact change. (No checks!) The money they raise will be used to purchase additional P.E. and playground equipment. The money raised last year helped purchase two heavy duty swing sets!

Schedule

8:00 Tardy Bell Rings
8:00-8:15 Character Education
8:15:8:45 Physical Education
8:45-9:00 Juice and Snack
9:00-10:00 Math
10:00-12:08 Language Arts
12:08-12:33 Lunch (table 5)
12:33-12:55 Teacher Read Aloud
12:55-1:25 Writing/Language/Spelling
1:25-1:55 RtI Instruction/A.R.
1:55-2:45 Social Studies/Science
2:45 Dismissal/car riders and 1st load buses
3:00 2nd load buses

Updates:

Library Fee: $5.00; Please send this in as soon as possible.
Field Trip T-shirt money: $6.00

Tardy bell rings at 8:00 am. Please have your child at school on time. We are limited for time to collect lunch, juice/snack money with P.E. starting our day at 8:15 am.

ASU Intern: I'm very excited to have Miss Robinson in my classroom for the first part of the school year. She is a graduate of Elmore County High School and comes from a family full of educators. She will be with us until October 4, 2012. Please remind your children to show her the respect that they would with any other classroom teacher.

Read Across CES Week

February 27-March 2

Monday: I Am Not Going to Get Up Day- wear pajamas to school
Tuesday: Fox in Sox Day- Wear silly mismatched socks. Be creative and wear your Dr. Seuss CES t-shirt.
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday Day- Wear wacky clothing (mismatched, inside out, or just use your imagination)
Thursday: Green Eggs and Ham Day- Wear something green!
Family Reading Night: Pizza and Drinks at 5:30; Choirs will perform, Reading Fun Begins at
6:00.
Friday: Dr. Seuss' Birthday Celebration- Costume parade and guest readers

Important Dates:

Week of Feb. 27th- March 2nd

*Read Across America Week
*Book Fair in the Lunchroom
*Reading Night: Thursday, March 1st
*Costume Parade: Friday, March 2nd
*Spring Pictures: Wednesday, March 21st
*Report Cards: Thursday, March 22nd
*Spring Holidays: March 26th-March 30th

Student Council

Penny Drive: We will be having a penny drive to help assist the two families who have loss their homes due to fire in our community. The drive will start Feb. 10th and end Feb. 29th. The Student Council will be sponsoring this project.

PTA Program

We will be performing on Tuesday night for the PTA program. If you plan on attending please have your child in the lobby by 5:30 pm in front of the Lunchroom. We have been practicing for this program for over a week. It's really going to be cute!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

AUM Intern

Mrs. Goddard is our Student Teacher from AUM. She is great! She will be taking over the teaching for the next couple of months. Please talk to your child about his/her behavior during this transition. They will need to be on their best behavior. Thanks you for all that you do!

DIBELS

Thanks for all of your hard work. We did fantastic on our middle of the year DIBELS testing. 18/19 students Benchmarked for the Middle of the Year. We have 13 students who have already Benchmarked for the End of the Year! Great Job!!!!