April 7- April 11

WELCOME BACK!!!!!

MONDAY, APRIL 7- DAY 6

8:00- Choplin & J. Matthews at meeting

12:00- Grades 3-5 & Specialists report card verification sheets are due to Mrs. Dubose.

3:00- Possible retention list chart due.  Found on "s" drive.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8- DAY 1

PBIS Team at phase II staff development (Choplin, Mathews, Jakobowski, J. Matthews, J. Dolge, T. Cossey, E. Harp, J. Rempfer, S. Lea, K. Hartman, L. Norman)

2:45- Running Club

2:45- Camp Catapult

3:00- Report cards are due to Mrs. Choplin/Mrs. Stewart:  Grades K-2 to Mrs. Choplin & Grades 3-5 to Mrs. Stewart

6:30- Skate Night for PTA

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9- DAY 2

PBIS Team at phase II staff development (Choplin, Mathews, Jakobowski, J. Matthews, J. Dolge, T. Cossey, E. Harp, J. Rempfer, S. Lea, K. Hartman, L. Norman)

8:00- 8:45: 5th Grade with Meadowlark Middle Band in auditorium.

1:00- PTA Board meeting - room under gym.

2:45- Camp Catapult

THURSDAY, APRIL 10- DAY 3

9:00- IST (Mathews, Choplin, McKenna, J. Brown, Jakobowski) in conference room

1:45- IEP (Choplin, Hall, Falor)

2:45- SIT in Mrs. Newbauer's classroom

2:45 Camp Catapult

FRIDAY, APRIL 11- DAY 4

Duty Free Lunch 

9:50- IST (Mathews, Joyce, Choplin, Brown, Jakowboski)

12:15- 2nd Grade Math Tournament

2:45- IEP (Vidal, Trapani, Choplin)

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Updates & Reminders

• Possible student retention lists were due March 27th.  If you did not turn your in please do so by end of day April 7th.  

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Report Card Timeline:

Monday, April 7 – Grades 3 – 5 and Specialists:

Signed Final Grade and Comment Verification Sheets Due to Mrs. DuBose by 12:00p.m.

Grades will be stored in Powerschool Monday afternoon. Grades need to be stored overnight in order to print the next day.

Tuesday, April 8 – Report Cards to Administrators

• K-2 to Mrs. Choplin
• 3-5 to Mrs. Stewart

Tuesday, April 15– Report Cards go home

What's Going on in Science Enrichment?

Kindergarten:  The students are learning how to make a magnet.  Simple Machines will be introduced.

First Grade:  The students are learning about how rockets move in space.

Second Grade:  The students are growing crystals.

Third Grade:  The students are learning the causes of natural disasters such as earthquakes.

Fourth Grade:  The students are identifying rocks and performing various tests on them. (e.g., vinegar test and streak test)

Fifth Grade:  Mr. D. will be demonstrating "escape velocity" in an experiment.

March 24-March 28

  MARCH 24~ DAY 1

• EOQ Testing: NO RECESS UNTIL ANNOUNCED VIA INTERCOM.   SPECIAL CLASSES WILL OPERATE ON REGULAR SCHEDULE.
• Music will be held in the regular education teacher's classroom due to the speech therapist testing in their classrooms.
• 2:45 IEP(Mayer, Joyce, Choplin)

MARCH 25~ DAY 2

• EOQ TESTING: NO RECESS OR SPECIAL CLASSES.  AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AS TO WHEN THESE ACTIVITIES WILL RESUME.  
• 7:20 IEP (Letourneau, Choplin,Vidal)
• 1:30 IEP (Choplin, Vidal, Matthews)
• 2:45 IEP (Choplin, Lea, Hall)
• 2:45 Camp Catapult
• 2:45 Running Club

MARCH 26~ DAY 3

• EOQ TESTING:  NO READING LAB OR RECESS UNTIL  AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL IS MADE STATING THESE ACTIVITIES ARE CLEAR TO RESUME.   ART, SCIENCE, MUSIC (will be in the auditorium), MEDIA & PE WILL OPERATE ON REGULAR SCHEDULE.
• 7:20 IEP ( Palmer, Hall, Choplin)
• 1:30- Choplin meeting at CO

 MARCH 27~ DAY 4

• Third Grade will be taking the Read to Achieve Local Assessment #1
• TESTING for THIRD GRADE: NO RECESS OR SPECIAL CLASSES.  AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AS TO WHEN THESE ACTIVITIES WILL RESUME.  
• 1:15 IEP (Sams, Ward, Choplin)
• 2:45 IEP (Mayer, Rempfer, Choplin)
• 3:15 IST (Choplin, Mathews, Jakobowski, Austin, Youngman)
• Retention List due to Mrs. Choplin today.

MARCH 28~ DAY 5

• Make-Up Testing for EOQ & Read To Achieve
• Listen for Announcements regarding the status of Recess & Special Classes
• 9:15- Fourth Grade Multiplication Tournament in cafeteria!
• 2:45 IEP (Mayer, Choplin, Smith)

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Report Card Timeline:

Friday, March 28 – End of 3rd Qtr.

Monday, April 7 – Grades 3 – 5 and Specialists:

Signed Final Grade and Comment Verification Sheets Due to Mrs. DuBose by 12:00p.m.

Grades will be stored in Powerschool Monday afternoon. Grades need to be stored overnight in order to print the next day.

Tuesday, April 8 – Report Cards to Administrators

Tuesday, April 15– Report Cards go home

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MARCH 29- Mrs. Spainhour

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ALL PEP's Should be updated by the end of the Third Quarter. 
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What's Going on in Science Enrichment....?

The Week of March 17th

The Kindergarten students will be exploring the pushes and pulls of magnets.
The First Graders will watch a short video about the sun and then make sundials and solar system models with clay.
The Second Graders will explore solids with rocks and soil.
The Third Graders will learn about how to use contour maps.
The Fourth Graders will go "rock hunting" and continue identifying and classifying rocks.
The Fifth Graders will finish "racing" their vegetables and fruits.  They will identify the winner...and discuss why that particular vegetable or fruit won.

Mrs. J and Mr. D

March 16- March21

MONDAY, MARCH 17- DAY 2

7:20 IEP (Mayer, Choplin, Newbauer)

2:45- SIT ( Mrs. Newbauer's Room)

TUESDAY, MARCH 18- DAY 3

2:45 IEP (Choplin, Dolge, Hall, Mathews, Youngman, Vidal)

2:45- Running Club

2:45: Camp Catapult (students should report to the auditorium)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19- DAY 4

Sweet Frog Day 

7:20 IEP (Vidal, McKenna, Choplin)

2:45: Camp Catapult (students should report to the auditorium)

THURSDAY, MARCH 20- DAY 5

 

7:20 IEP (Mayer, Cook, Choplin)

2:45: Camp Catapult (students should report to the auditorium)

FRIDAY, MARCH 21-DAY 6

7:20 IEP (Vidal, Choplin, Dolge)

1:00 IEP (Vidal, Choplin, Isbell)

2:00 IEP (Mayer, Choplin, Smith)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO:

March 16th: Ms. Hermsen

March: 19th: Ms. T. Wilson (cafeteria)

March 20th: Mrs. Pam O'Neil

What's Happening in Science with Mr. D

Mr. D is working hard with your students.

The Kindergarten students are "pushing and pulling" using magnets.
The First Graders are talking about the moon and what gravity is through a hands-on activity.
The Second Graders are "checking the weather" daily and learning that "air really does take up space".
The Third Graders are talking about landforms.
The Fourth Grade students are in the middle of classifying rocks.
The Fifth Grade students are discussing force and motion as they build ramps and put vegetables "on the move".

Mr. D is teaching key vocabulary words as the children experiment, build, and use hands-on objects.

More News About TRC.....

Teaching Comprehension.....

• Use the question stems at the TRC Level on which your student(s) is reading when writing questions for your guided reading groups.
• Teach the "academic vocabulary" that may be in the question.  For example, teach cause and effect....before giving the student a question like....  What are the three causes of _____________________?  
• Many times the student reads at a higher reading level then the level in which he or she is comprehending accurately.  If this is happening to one of your students, teach comprehension at the child's reading level.  Use the question stems at that reading level in your daily instruction.