Bobcat's Pause

CALENDAR OF EVENTS May 8-14 State Testing Window (3rd – 6th Grade) May 17 Field Day (Please wear tennis shoes and sunscreen) May 23 Students’ Last Day; Awards Ceremonies Primary: 7:45-8:45 AM Intermediate: 9:30-11:30 AM

(Final report cards will be given out AFTER each awards ceremony on May 23)

REMINDER: please have all library books returned, or make arrangements for pay- ment of lost books, as soon as possible (before May 23). All school-owned textbooks will also need to be returned before students leave on the 23rd. Thank you.

Richardsville Elementary School May 10, 2013 Volume 3, Issue 30 Ms. Cash (ext. 4330) Ms. Keown (ext. 4358) Mr. Strode (ext. 4345)

May 2013

IN THE NEWS

• SPECIAL AREAS NEXT WEEK: Cash: Library/Art Strode: Music/Art Keown: PE/Guidance

Please remind your children of the following for Proactive PE: 1. Wear tennis shoes (it is for their safety and for maximum move-ment) 2. Wear shorts under dresses/skirts. 3. Leave jewelry at home or in classroom (lots of issues with students wearing

rings to PE-if finger gets jammed or broken, finger could swell and ring could not be gotten off in time). Jewelry also gets in the way of movement, get broken or scratch others.

•  SUMDOG  WEB  SITE  Free  math  and  Language  Arts  games  are  here  –  and  aligned  to  the  current  educational  standards.    Parents  may  sign  up  for  free  access.  Go  to  http://www.sumdog.com/parents  for  more  details.    

 

• JUMP  ROPE  FOR  HEART  Students  received  thank  you  gifts  this  week  for  the  Jump  Rope  for  Heart  event.      Richardsville  students  raised  $1282.80  to  help  those  with  special  hearts.    Congratulations  to  Adam  Comer  in  Mrs.  Sams  room  –  he  was  top  school  fundraiser  with  $125!

• SUMMER  BASKETBALL  CAMP    Little  Lady  Raider  Baskeball  Camp  June  17-­‐21,  2013  in  the  gym  of  WEHS,  8:00  AM-­‐11:00  AM.    Cost  iss  $50  for  5  days.    Free  T-­‐shirts.      Contack  Coach  Aaron  Richmond  to  apply  or  for  more  questions.

 

ACADEMICS JOURNALS: Journal prompts will reflect the topic of each story and will occasionally be free writing.

READING: We will begin Unit 5 with One Dark Night. Please help your child practice reading the story at home. Vocabulary words: (review words during Unit 5): angry, door, second, watch, warm, certainly, either, great, laugh, water, worst, you’re.

Focus Skills: (Unit 5, One Dark Night): Prefixes un-/re-/pre-/dis-, realistic fiction, sequence, graphic organizer, pronouns (he, it, we, they, she).

Spelling words: (Test every 2 Weeks) One Dark Night: unsafe, preheat, rerun, disappear, unlock, retie, rewind, unpack, unplug, regroup, preschool, disagree, prehistoric, unfortunate, reunion.

CALENDAR: “Every Day Counts” Calendar Math will continue to be a part of our Math curriculum.

MATH: We will be working in Chapter 7: Time and Money.

HOMEWORK: Spelling Practice for One Dark Night.

FINAL EDITION OF 2013