Elementary School Newsletter

Welcome to the Fond du Lac Elementary School newsletter!  Click on the links below to jump to the appropriate section.

Kindergarten - Sherri Johnson
1st Grade - Breekin Sheldon
1st Grade - Joy Jones
2nd Grade - Mrs. Martin
3rd Grade - Mrs. Blanchard, Mrs. Ojibway
4th Grade - Carol Smith
5th Grade - Ms Jodie
6th Grade - Kathleen Garsow
Physical Education
Elementary Art
Computer Lab
Media Center
 

Kindergarten
Sherri Johnson

Dear Ms. Sherri’s Kindergarten Families,

A mid-week note…

• We are talking about Bunny Fun this week. We are reading books, completing projects, learning facts, and doing other bunny activities. Thus, we will keep working on our current reading book, Hot Muffins, for the rest of this week. It will come home next Tuesday with a bookmark.
• We will have Bunny Fun/Mother’s Day Centers in the afternoon, tomorrow the 20th. We will complete 4 Bunny/Easter projects and 2 Mother’s Day projects. This should be a very good time for all students, K-3.
• Our Easter Break begins this Thursday the 21st with an Early Release at 12:30. School resumes on Tuesday the 26th.
• Kindergarten Round-Up is also this Thursday the 21st from 1:00 – 3:00. It is an Open House, so pop in any time during these two hours to sign-up your future Kindergartner.
• Next week, we will continue with our theme: Water Wonders. We will start our new reading book: Big Bob’s Bad Day. We will also finish our Math unit on Time and begin our new unit on Calendar Skills.

Miigwetch

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1st Grade
Ms. Breekin Sheldon

October is around the corner and soon after that snow will be falling. I hope you get out and enjoy the weather. Please make sure your child is dressed properly for outside. Thank you for sending your child to school. Please try to ensure that your child attends school each day because our reading program has no way to make up missed work and if they are not here, they are not getting the needed information.

Reading:
Your child is improving on their reading ability. Have them show off what they have done in school this week. Please continue to do the 20 minutes of reading homework every night. It will really help your child succeed.

Math:
During math, we have been working on greater than and less than. We also have been working with three numbers to find least, between, and greatest.

Spelling:
Here are this weeks spelling words. Please practice at home for the test on Friday.

Path  Thin Shack  Be Dish  Could That  Down Wish  See

Science:
We have been learning about living and nonliving things.

Special Activities:
Friday, October 1, 2010 Half Day!!
We are collecting milk caps, box tops and soup labels to help pay for new playground equipment.
Please make sure your child is prepared for the weather.
Please remember to wash your hands to prevent the spread of the flu virus.

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1st Grade
Joy Jones

February 6 - 10, 2012

Please continue to listen to your child read to you for at least 15 minutes each night. Fill out the reading calendar attached and send back to school.

Please make sure your child is dressed to go outside everyday.
Friday, Feb. 10th is a half-day for students. They will be dismissed at 12:30.

The 100th day of school was on Tuesday, Jan. 31st. It was a huge success. The students did many fun activities. We only have 80 more days left of school!

Report cards for 2nd quarter were mailed out. If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at school.
Math: values of penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar, and counting sets of coins

We will have Protecting Me/Protecting You every Wednesday at 1:30-2:00.

Happy Birthday Qaiden on Friday, Feb. 10th.

We will be having a Valentine’s party on Tuesday, Feb.14th. Students are encouraged to bring in Valentine’s cards. We have 18 students and 1 teacher. The classroom list is attached to the take home sheet!

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2nd Grade
Mrs. Martin
January 20 - February 3, 2012

On Tuesday of this week, we celebrated the 100th day of school. We met in the gym to do our “count-up” to 100 and then did 100 jumping jacks. In the afternoon, we participated in a 100 book reading challenge. We read 176 books in 30 minutes – WOW! We were very proud of that accomplishment. We ended our day with a story about the 100th day of school, a 100 day activity book and a yummy treat. We might be dreaming about the number 100 all week!!!

Our week in academics…
Reading: clarifying fiction / problem & solution
Math: geometry
Spelling / Grammar: “a”, “au”, “aw”, “augh” words / irregular verbs
Writing: story starters
Social Studies: Chinese New Year

Next Friday is mid-quarter for Quarter 3. This will be an early release day for students. They will be dismissed at 12:30. Mid-quarter reports will be sent home the following week. Please call if you have questions or concerns.

Things to remember…
*appropriate winter clothing
*completed homework
*signed daily planners
*box tops, soup labels, milk caps

Have a great weekend~
Mrs. Martin

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3rd Grade
Mrs. Blanchard, Mrs. Ojibway

Boozhoo Families,

We are flying through 3rd quarter. Next Friday is our mid-quarter. It will be a half-day. Reports will be going home on Monday the 13th. Please watch for them and if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call. Also, if you missed 2nd quarter conferences and would like to come in after receiving your mid-quarter report, please call and we would be happy to meet with you. This is a critical time in your child’s education.

Tuesday was our 100th day of school! Hooray! Only 80 more to go!

This quarter we have began the WOLF (Work Out Low Fat) Health program. Please ask your child what they are learning so that our program may benefit your entire family. We also began the Protecting You/ Protecting Me program. This program teaches us about other healthy choices to make in life that keep us safe.

This Week in Academics:
Math: Solids and Shapes
Spelling: Words with ch, tch, sh, and th
Grammar: Prefixes and Articles
Social Studies: Rise of Hunger in the United States
Science: Changes on Earth
Phonics: Root Words

Special Notes:
*Half-day February 10th.
*Valentines Day February 14th.
* NO SCHOOL: February 17th and 20th.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. We will be celebrating Valentine’s on Monday the 14th. If you would like to send in Valentine cards and treats, that would be great! Below is a list of friends in our room.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Miigwech,
Mrs. Heidi, Mrs. Blanchard

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4th Grade
Carol Smith

December 12 - 22, 2011

Reading:
Please have your child read for 20 minutes each day and remember to write down what they read about. Several students are writing their read and responds in their planners. This is a great way to keep everything together in one place. If your child has lost his/her planner, a notebook will also work to keep track of events and reading.

Mathematics:
We began completed Topic 7 test on two digit multiplication and continue practice using partial products to solve these problems. Please continue facts practice for mastery.

Social Studies:
We continue to read the BirchBark house book. Students should continue to study the capitals and states.

Science:
We continue to learn about ecosystems. See attached parent note for vocabulary and home activities.

Language Arts/Grammar/Writing:
There will be no spelling test for next week. Students will be reviewing what makes a good sentence using subjects and predicates. We’ve been reviewing nouns, verbs and adjectives. Students will complete a descriptive paragraph on their paper ornament that they will design.

Special Notes:
Students completed the NWEA mathematics and reading assessments on the computers for the middle of the year benchmarks. Most student made progress in both subject area. Your child received an incentive if he/she improved in either area. Please ask if they have made progress. It is very exciting to see that students are trying their best to improve in reading and math and showing their best effort.

December 20th-Family Community Night 5-7p.m. Hope to see you there! See take home flyer for more details.
December 22nd –Early Release
December 23-January 2- Holiday Break/No School

Have a safe and happy holiday break!

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5th Grade
Ms. Jodie Lockling
February 23, 2011

Dear Families,

I hope that you all had a great weekend and stayed warm. Hopefully we will see some spring weather soon. According to Phil the groundhog, spring is on its way.

Our field trip to the “World of Wheels” went well. The students really enjoyed themselves and we all had fun. Everyone behaved very well and I am looking forward to our next field trip (to be planned at a later date).

We have recently begun spelling lessons again. Please encourage your child to study their spelling words at home. A list of spelling words will be sent home weekly.

MCA testing is coming up quickly and to help students prepare for the test I will also be sending math homework home at least 3 times a week. The math homework will include basic math problems such as: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, and measuring.

Have a great week,

Jodie Lockling
5th Grade Teacher
Fond du Lac Ojibwe School
218-878-7228
jodielockling@fdlrez.com

Spelling List

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6th Grade
Ms. Garsow

May News

Spelling /Phonics- We will be working on the last two lessons in spelling and phonics during the month of May. The unit consists of words that have prefixes, Latin roots, and contractions.

Language Arts- We will finish the last unit in Language Arts during the month.

Math- We have just finished working on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions and mixed numbers and will begin our work in finding percents as well as an end-of-year focus on Geometry.

Social Studies- The month of May will finally bring us in to the modern world. We will explore the ideas and movements that took place from the 1400’s to the 1800’s

Science- In our last unit of the year we will explore what makes our earth a special place to live. We will begin with our changing world by exploring earthquakes and volcanoes then end with the different rocks and minerals that make up our earth.

Kathleen Garsow
6th grade

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Physical Education
Ms. Marsolek

Kind:
We are just finishing up our Hoops and Jump Rope for heart. Prizes will come in about 3-4 weeks. Next we will be doing our last set of locomotor tests. We will finish the year off with our week of track and field events.

1st & 2nd:
We are just finishing up our Jump Rope and Hoops for heart. Prizes will come in about 3-4 weeks. Next we will be doing a T-ball unit followed by our last fitness test. We will end the year with our Track and Field day.

3rd & 4th:
We are just finishing up our Jump Rope and Hoops for heart. Prizes will come in about 3-4 weeks. Next we will be doing a T-ball/softball unit followed by our last fitness test. We will end the year with our track and field day.

5th & 6th:
We are just finishing up our Jump Rope and Hoops for heart. Prizes will come in about 3-4 weeks. Next we will be doing a Softball unit followed by our last fitness test. The last unit of the month will be a Rec/games unit including bocce ball, yard golf, etc. We will end the year with our track and field day.

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Elementary Art
Karen Savage-Blue

The elementary art room is bursting with seasonal art activities. It is always fun to take advantage of the winter landscape. It is especially exciting to create art based on a “Seasonal Theme”. Fifth and sixth graders are painting large tin cans to bring home and fill with salt for their sidewalks. Fourth graders are making Christmas trees with cardboard cones, paint and yarn. K-3 are drawing, painting, coloring and constructing many Holiday related art. We always have art on display upstairs in the 4-8 wing. Come by our gallery for an awesome visual experience.

Thanks and keep supporting “the artistic interests” of your child, Karen Savage-Blue

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Computer Lab
Charles Hilliard

May 2009

Greetings...

I would like to share a bit of what “we” have been doing, and are planning to do, in the lab.

Kindergarten—Third grade

• Using software programs that reinforce the students’ skills of classifying objects
• Using software programs that foster the student’s creativity
• Learning how to navigate the windows work environment
• Learning how to use the internet for research
• Exploring Microsoft’s word processing software Learning to use the functions found in Microsoft’s Word toolbars
• The third graders will be learning to use Microsoft’s PowerPoint Presentation Software—be sure to ask them about it!

Fourth—Sixth grade

• Learning how to navigate the windows work environment
• Exploring Microsoft’s word processing software
• Learning to use the functions found in Microsoft’s Word toolbars
• Using software programs that foster the student’s creativity
• Using the internet for research
• The fourth and fifth graders will be learning to use Microsoft’s PowerPoint Presentation Software—be sure to ask them about it!

Thank you,

Charles Hilliard

The computer lab is a place where the limits of exploration and learning are bound only by one’s imagination...

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Media Center
Melissa Walton

Year-End Library Closing:
Our library will be closing for the 2008-2009 school year shortly. Please return all library materials before Monday, May 18th. Miigwech.

Checking Out Batteries, etc.:
We are unable to give batteries to students.

Total Check Outs for 2008-2009 (so far):
3,934

BOOK-IT:
Congratulations to our students who have read and turned in completed Book-It calendars for a total of 54,376 minutes!

March was our last month to participate. Remember to use any certificates before May 1, 2009!

Destiny Library System:
We have a new system for searching our collection this year. Students are doing very well using our new system. Please ask your child about it, or better yet, if you are in a public library sometime it is likely your child may be able to help you find a book using a similar system!

Overdue Books:
Please watch for any notices of overdue books on your child’s mid-quarter report card. For students in First and Second grade with an overdue book(s), s/he received a separate overdue notice. Please contact me with any questions.

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