Breakfast at School Week is coming up!

Dear Parents,


 I, your café manager, wanted to inform everyone about our national breakfast week,

 

  Café Celebrates National School Breakfast Week April 20th – 24^th

Eat Breakfast at School the week of April 20^th through the 24^th and students can win super cool prizes in celebration of National School Breakfast Week!  Each day the café will give away prizes including Movie Pass Monday, Try Breakfast Tuesday to win pencils, Win a Wristband Wednesday,  Think Breakfast Thursday to win pencils, and Fun with Barnes & Noble $25 Gift Card Friday!  Did you know that students who eat school breakfast show improved attendance, behavior and standardized test scores?  School Breakfast is healthy, convenient, and for $1.05 it’s the best bargain you can find!  School breakfast always include a whole grain-rich entrée, daily fresh fruit, and choice of fat-free and low-fat milk!  Make the Grade with School Breakfast!

 

THANK YOU!

Jiline Cadet

Milestone Update

   Dear Parents,

         Thank you to those who have sent in class snacks already!  We really appreciate it.  :)  Our first day of the Milestone will be this Thursday, 4/16 so please make sure your student has a good breakfast with some protein (eggs, cheese, bacon, peanut butter) to help hold them since we'll likely be having snack a little later than they are used to.  Also, we just found out that any student who is tardy will not be able to join the class until after BOTH sections of the Milestone have been finished for that day.  So please, please, please make sure your student is on time every day over the next two-and-a-half weeks!!

          Here is a link to some sample items from a few years ago that we have been reviewing in class: 

https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions

       Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  Thanks for all of your support!

       Jenny M-G

April 10, 2015

Dear Parents,

     In preparation for Milestones next week, I wanted to ask for snack donations.  Our students will be working hard and will get hungry!  If you can, please send in a sweet or salty snack that does NOT have nuts. Some suggestions would be:  pretzels, goldfish, animal crackers, bananas, grapes, cheese crackers, apple slices, Ritz crackers, etc.  We have 17 students in our class and I will pass out any snacks to all of our students - thanks in advance for your contributions!!

      Also, I'm very excited to let you know that in addition to the two High Tech High Touch in-house field trips we have had so far this year on Minerals/Rocks/Soils and Heat, we will be having another field trip to Fernbank Museum in May!  I will send out more details later, but I wanted to let you know now that we will be exploring animal adaptations, habitats, and fossils through the museum and an IMAX movie.  :)

       Thanks so much for all your support this year!  I hope everyone has had a wonderful Spring Break!!

      Jenny M-G

March 30, 2015

Dear Parents,

        In preparation for our Time and Measurement test on Thursday and Friday, your student should complete all of the Time section (O.1 through O.10) and Q.10, Q.12, and Q.13 of the Measurement section at www.ixl.com   There will be opportunities in class to work on IXL as there were last week, but I wanted to make you aware in case your student is not working on IXL regularly that these are the sections that we will test on this week!

      Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you for all of your support!!!

       Jenny M-G

March 27, 2015

      Dear Parents,

      Our class has some wonderful review lessons on ELA and Math at https://student.straightace.com/login  Your student can logon with our class code which is 7HNL36T  Please let me know if you have any questions or problems logging on!

       Signed papers went home today so be on the look out for them.  Two students left theirs behind and can bring them home on Monday.  The front sheet of the signed papers is the new checklist that we will be using to grade informational writing pieces.  Please review it with your student - we will talk more about it in class next week.

     Thanks for all of your support!

     Jenny M-G

March 25, 2015

Dear Parents,

      I hope you're enjoying this beautiful weather!  Hard to believe we're so close to Spring Break.  This week we are finishing up our study of Cesar Chavez in Social Studies and starting to review Science concepts from the beginning of the year.  In STEM lab, we did an activity where the students sorted and classified the plants and animals native to Georgia into the Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Swamps/Marshes, and Atlantic Ocean regions.  Remember that your child can always review on www.brainpop.com or www.studyjams.scholastic.com   So far, I've only had two students turn in the Study Jams checklist completed for 20 extra Class Dojo points.  Please encourage your student to keep working on it!!

     In ELA we have been focused on comparing and contrasting characters in books written by the same author.  Yesterday we focused on Chrysanthemum and Owen  by Kevin Henkes.  We have finished our extended text Maniac McGee and the students are working on some writing related to Jerry Spinelli's excellent novel.

     In Math we are still learning about Time and Calendars and now have moved into Capacity with liters, milileters, grams, kilograms, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.  If you do any cooking or baking with your child, please take the opportunity to reinforce these concepts.

   Thanks to those of you who have returned your child's report card!  After you have taken out your child's report card, please send back in the envelope. 

      Jenny M-G

March 23, 2015

     Dear Parents,

     Below are some reminders about what's currently happening at SDC!   

. Quarters For Cancer - March 9 - April 3 - The Student Council is still collecting money to donate to the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. Please bring quarters and place them in the container in our classroom.

 

*Reward Days* remaining: 

 
Friday March 27 - Hat and Shades Day
Students who donate at least 4 quarters from March 23-26 will be allowed to wear a hat and sunglasses to school on Friday March 27. Students are still expected to wear uniform pants, shorts, skirt or skort

 

Friday April 3 - Orange and Blue Day
Students who donate at least 4 quarters from March 30-April 1 will be allowed to wear orange and blue to school on Friday April 3.  Students are still expected to uniform pants, shorts, skirt or skort

 

**Extra Rewards**:

The grade level that collects the most quarters will earn a popsicle party for their entire grade. The class that collects the most quarters will earn a cookie party for their class. 

Our goal as a school is to raise $1,000 for the Jimmy V Foundation. It is up to you to help us surpass this goal!

 

For more information about the Jimmy V Foundation, please be sure to visit http://www.jimmyv.org. 

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2. The Girls on the Run Club Toy Drive for Egleston Children's Hospital - Please donate new toys for children ages 4 - 16 year olds. Toys such as play-doh, card games, coloring books, crayons, puzzles, bubbles, and legos would be wonderful! Please drop off any donations to Ms. Hutcherson in the gym anytime between March 15th - April 15th.  

     Thanks for all of your support!!

     Jenny M-G