Friday Note 3-31

Events of the Week: This week our theme was plants. Our sight word was “was”.   

Language Workshop: We read different books about plants and talked about what plants need to grow. Next week we will discuss the parts of a plant.

Writing Workshop: We wrote sentences about plants.  Monday we wrote about what we thought would happen if we planted a jellybean.  I love how creative they are!  We also wrote about the parts of a plant.  We are working on adding details to our writing.  Our sentence writing is getting better every day!  Continue to practice writing sentences at home.  

Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  I hope that you are able to see them using these reading strategies when they are reading with you at home.

Word Study: We talked about our 5 senses.  Each day we learned about one of the 5 senses and did a fun activity to reinforce what life would be like without our 5 senses.  We did a taste test, a touch activity and played hearing bingo.  

Math: We worked on number sense this week.  We played games to reinforce all numbers 1-100 and different concepts like less, greater, addition, subtraction, and we used the 100’s chart.    

Important Dates:

April 6: Spring Pictures

April 7: Day in K (for incoming kindergarten students 9-10:30)

April 12: Kindergarten Egg Hunt at 10:00 (There is a note coming home today with information.)

April 14: No School

April 18: Art Night 5:00-8:00

April 25: Make a Wish Night

April 26: Kindergarten Field Trip

April 27 - April 28 - Kindergarten screening

Kindergarten Field Trip

The kindergarten field trip will be Wednesday, April 26th.  We will travel to J.R. Martin Park in Republic to play and eat lunch before heading to the Dickerson Park Zoo.   Be watching for a permission slip coming home soon.    

Reading Journey:

Please remember the goal is to be reading at least fifteen minutes each day with your child.    Our reading journey goal is to complete at least 15 activities by May 11th.  Make this a special time with your child.  

Make A Wish Night

We are sponsoring a local 11 year old boy.  His wish is to go to Hawaii.  Our Make-A-Wish Night will be Tuesday, April 25th during the high school baseball and softball games. All profits will go to the Make-A-Wish Missouri organization. We'll have food, vendor booths, games, and a lantern ceremony. We may possibly have the wish kid there as well!

Shirts are available by clicking the link below. Thanks for helping us Make A Wish come true!!

https://docs.google.com/a/cleverbluejays.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSes3KZLSLEF6LkuO6CEFt57iOnNs2V6yG_ZZ7X01nEOshLdug/formRe

Thank you for attending Parent-Teacher conferences this week.  I enjoyed visiting with each of you.

Next Week:

• We will continue learning about the part of a plant.
• In math, we will start a unit on decomposing numbers 11 to 19.
• Our sight word will be “for”.
• We will continue to practice building and spelling simple words.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Vaughn

Friday Note 3-24

Events of the Week: Our theme was spring.  We spent the week learning about how the season affects plants, animals and people. 

Math: We spent the week reviewing numbers 11-19 and practicing how to correctly form these numbers.  We also played several games to review addition and subtraction. 

Language Workshop: This week we read three informational books about spring.  The students wrote about key details they learned from the books.  We discussed the changes we are seeing outside.  We learned about how the weather changes in spring and how the behavior of animals and people change as well. 

Writing Workshop: This week we reviewed opinion writing. Students wrote an opinion piece on which center they like the best.  We are working on adding detail to our writing.  Our sentence writing is getting better every day!  Continue to practice writing sentences at home. 

Reading Workshop: During our center time this week we were taking the NWEA test.  I look forward to discussing your child’s score at conferences. 

Word Study: Each day we practiced making words.  We have been practicing blending sounds to help us become better readers.  Blends we cover are sh, wh, th, ch, and many more. 

Important Dates:

·                     March 28 & 30:  Spring Conferences

·                     April 6: Spring Pictures

·                     April 7: Day in K (for incoming kindergarten students 9-10:30)

·                     April 25^th- Make a Wish night (be watching for more information)

·                     April 26^th:  Kindergarten Field Trip (more information soon)

·                     April 27 - April 28 - Kindergarten screening

·                     April 28-  Art Night  (see reverse page for details)

On Thursday, March 30th, all Clever faculty and students may wear red to show their love and support  for a teacher in our district who is taking a medical leave of absence. 

Summer School

    There is still time to sign up for summer school!  We have a lot of exciting changes this year.  Be sure to sign you child up soon!  You can register your child online at https://goo.gl/forms/4z2vOXhNC26jpxwK2  or call the office (743-4810). 

Progress Reports are coming home today.  These are for you to keep.  I look forward to discussing your child’s progress with you during conferences next week. 

Reading Challenge

Our last reading challenge of the year was sent home at the beginning of the week.  Please take a few moments each night to read with your child.  It’s a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time together, but more importantly, it sends the message that reading and school are important.  Don’t forget: you can use the books from their book bags towards the challenge.  The Reading Challenge is due Thursday, May 11^th.  Happy Reading!

Next Week: 

§  We will learn about plants.  

§  We will finish our unit in math on composing numbers.

§  Our sight words will be “was”

                   Have a great weekend!!
                           Mrs. Vaughn

Summer School Sign-up!

  https://goo.gl/forms/4z2vOXhNC26jpxwK2

Friday Note 3-10

Events of the Week: Our theme was weather.  We spent the week learning about different types of weather.  The student’s that earned their 3^rd quarter reading journey enjoyed going to different classrooms today to read. We also finished up all third quarter assessments.

Math: We worked in math centers to review addition and subtraction.  During this time I pulled small groups to work on these skills.  Please continue to work on these skills at home since switching between the two is often difficult in kindergarten.  Remind your child to pay extra close attention to the + and – to know which operation they need to use. 

Language Workshop: Each day we focused on a different type of weather.  We read different informational books as well as fiction books about weather.   We also conducted a few weather experiments. 

Writing Workshop: We wrote an opinion piece about our favorite kind of weather.  I am very pleased with how good their writing is!  They did a great job with writing this week. Please look over your child’s writing and continue to practice at home.  

Reading Workshop: While working with students in our reading groups, I am noticing that students are struggling when they get to an unknown word.  We are working hard on trying out the different reading strategies.  Many students are having a hard time with saying the letter sounds and then blending the sounds together.  When reading with your child at home, PLEASE do not simply tell your child a word he or she is stuck on. Instead ask them what strategy they could use. This will help them become independent readers.

Conferences:  Thank you to everyone who has already signed up for a conference time!  For those who have not yet singed up please follow the link below to do so as soon as possible.         http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090848a8a92fa0f49-spring   

Important Dates:

·         March 13-17:  No School - Spring Break!

·         March 20-14:  PTA Penny Wars-additional info. is on the blog

·         March 20-23:  NWEA Testing

• March 28 & 30:  Spring Conferences
• April 6:  Cox Care Mobile
• April 7: Day in K (for incoming kindergarten students 9-10:30)
• April 25^th- Make a Wish night (be watching for more information)

Next Week:  SPRING BREAK!

March 20-24:

• We will learn about spring.
• We will be NWEA testing in the computer lab Monday-Thursday at 10:30.  Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast each morning and arrives at school on time.
• We will practice making words.
• We will be reviewing addition, subtraction and teen numbers.  
• Our sight word will be “am”.    

         Have a great spring break!
                    Mrs. Vaughn 

Attendance Incentive

To the Parent or Guardian of a Clever Elementary School Student,

We are excited for the upcoming Spring Break and will be refreshed and ready to finish off the year strong! Upon our return, elementary students K-4 will be participating in a 4th quarter Attendance Incentive. Students who earn 92.5% (3 days or less) or better attendance from March 20th through May 15th (40 days) will get the opportunity to participate in a special outdoor play time with an ice cream social. This will take place on Monday, May 15th during the school day.

Attendance will be calculated using our ADA/ADM hourly attendance report that is submitted to DESE. All absences, check-in/check-outs, and tardies will contribute to the student’s overall attendance percentage. We will not be looking at excused or unexcused. We understand that kids get sick, emergencies happen, and kids have to leave for appointments, but would like to recognize those students who work hard to come to school and are ready to learn each day.

We are excited to be able to offer this incentive to our students and hope many of them will make the effort to earn the 92.5% daily attendance goal.  Thank you for the ongoing support. If you have any questions, please contact the elementary school office.

Mrs. Ramey

A Day in K

Friday, April 7

9:00-10:30

• Open to students who will be in kindergarten 2017-2018 and their parents
• Meet the teachers and staff
• Parents have an informational  meeting
• Eat a snack in the cafeteria
• Visit the kindergarten classrooms
• Students take a bus ride
• School tour
• Play on the playground
• Sign up for K screening (April 28 and 29) and summer school (May 30-June 22)

Please RSVP by April 3 at 743-4810

Summer School

Parents & Guardians, 

Clever R-V Schools is excited to offer its summer school program for grades K-8 again this year. The dates for summer school will be May 30th to June 22nd from 8:00 am to 3:15 pm. We will be offering several incentives including gift cards for attendance, free breakfast and lunch, bus transportation (including the walking zone), weekly field trips, and a themed t-shirt. All of these will be offered at NO COST to students or parents. Please see the attached flyer for more details.

How to sign up? An email will be sent out on Sunday, March 19th with the electronic registration link that you may use to register your child. The online registration link will be available until Monday, May 1st. After this date, you will need to contact the school office to register your child. Please understand that your child will NOT receive a free t-shirt if registered after the online deadline of May 1st.
Summer School 2017 Newsletter 
 

Thanks,

Clever Schools