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In partnership with families and community, Attica Elementary School will work to foster a safe and caring learning environment that encourages lifelong learning and will empower all students to become productive and responsible citizens. AES News & Events for: September 12, 2014 Sixth Grade News The sixth grade has recently finished up the first science and math tests of the year. We have begun to learn material from the second chapter for both subjects. In science we will be learning about graphs and the types of data that scientist collect. In math we will be learning about the different ways to write large and small numbers. We have finished introducing all components of Daily Five and we will begin our reading series, National Geographic within the next week. Be sure you are asking your student in the evening to name one thing they learned at school for the day. We work hard each and every day to make learning our main goal! Fifth Grade Findings The fifth grade classes have been hard at work this first month! We are working on decimals and estimation in Everyday Math. In social studies we have been learning about Native American tribes in North America. Later in the month, students will be completing a project in class about the tribes. We will also be continuing with the National Geographic in reading. Picture Day is coming up and will be on September 17 th ! The fifth grade class has also been asked to put up the flags outside our school. They are all very excited to have this great honor. Preschool Press Hall/Kler: Remember-Picture Day is next Wednesday September 17th. Junior Class-If you wish to have your child's picture taken you will have to bring them in between 8:30 and 11:00. Hays: We have been rocking in our school shoes in preschool! We love the Pete the Cat stories by Eric Litwin. We are continuing to work on recognizing shapes and colors. We worked on figuring out what shape had disappeared. First Grade First graders started RTI this week. The children enjoy this small group time working on various reading and phonics skills. First grade will be going on a field trip October 3 rd to Hobson’s Farm in Rockville. There will be many fall activities that the children can participate in that day. It should be a fun, filled day that the children are looking forward to as well as the teachers. There will be more information sent home about this event very soon. Remember picture day is Wednesday, September 17 th . Fantastic Fourth Grade In fourth grade we’re gearing up for our field trips on September 26 th to Rainsville and September 29 th to Turkey Run. As a fourth grade we have computer carts now, so all of the students have their own lap top. We’re so excited to be able to use these on a daily basis, along with our first e-learning day on Thursday. In math, we’re continuing to work on our multiplication facts as well as introducing division and reviewing fact families. We’re working hard on our times tests while working on our working memory. In language arts, we’re working on subject verb agreement. We’re also beginning to talk about compound subjects. We’re working on analyzing character traits and developing characters in our writing. This is the second week for Marzano’s vocabulary. We’re studying academic vocabulary words from his book in addition to our normal vocabulary words. In reading we’re pushing really hard to make our Accelerated Reader goals. We’re in full force with choosing our Daily 5 stations and combining it with CAFÉ so we can become better readers. We’re now six weeks into the nine weeks. Be on the lookout for Pro- gress Reports. Nurse News The Bug bites have been bad this year!!! Please be sure to use bug spray before sending your kiddos out to play. Flu season is upon us again Please be sure to talk to your children regarding washing hands and covering those coughs and sneezes *If your child has a fever please know that that is when they are contagious to others and keep them home for 24 hours * They may return when they are fever free for 24 hours without Tylenol or Motrin. Technology Talk… In the Computer Lab, we have been using our word processor and writing short stories using “Creative Thinking” with grades 3 rd -6 th . They are focusing on the format of the document and following the formatting instructions given. Each grade level had a different topic to write about. The 2 nd graders have also begun using the word processor this week. We typed their spelling list using a given set of formatting instructions. They had to change font style, font size, use the centering command, and also use the bold, italics, and underline command. We are continuing with our weekly vocabulary activity as well. The Kindergarten and 1 st grade are still focusing on our computer parts and using the keyboard correctly. They have visited www.ABCya.com and practiced activities. The 1 st graders have visited a website called Dance Mat Typing (www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr.) This is a great site for your children to practice keyboarding at home as well. Kindergartners are doing great on remembering the correct names of our computer parts. They have been working hard on their keyboard practice as well. From the Desk of the Principal **Please turn in all fundraisers packets ASAP. They were due back on September 8. Just a reminder that most of the fundraiser money goes to field trips for your child. Each grade level takes two field trips and PTC pays for the gas and bus drivers. **Remember that we keep all important dates updated on our new website, www.attica.k12.in.us. If you click on calendars and filter for only AES you should see everything that we so far this semester. **I do want to point out that Grandparent’s Day is now in the fall. We are inviting grandparents to join us on October 1. A time and activity schedule will be sent closer to that date. **We will be having our parent/teacher conferences on October 20-21 from 3:00-7:00 each night. Forms will be sent home in a couple of weeks.
