April, 2019 Spring Edition Dover Elementary School Newsletter Greetings Dover Family, Our fourth quarter of the 2018-2019 academic school year is underway. Our commitment at Dover is to our students, family, and community. We will continue to support our students as they pursue excellence. Parents, we appreciate you and applaud all of the effort and support that you give our school. Without you, we could not do what we do and love. It is a blessing to serve the needs of our boys and girls. Additionally, we recently administered the Spring NWEA MAP Assessment and many of our students made gains from winter to Principal’s News Dear Parents We are excited to highlight some of the wonderful experiences happening here at Dover Elementary School. This has certainly been an exhilarating year of learning for our boys and girls. Take a peek inside of our Spring Edition newsletter to find specific details about some of the amazing things occurring in the eaglet’s nest! Contents Principal’s News 1 Dear Parents 1 Upcoming Events 1 Spring Family Dance 2 Kids Heart Challenge 2 Kindergarten Author Study 3 First Grade Read Aloud 3 Second Grade Puppet Show 4 Second Grade Solve It 4 Gummy Worm Stretch 5 Fourth Grade Journey 6 Fifth Grade Measurement 7 Fifth Grade Character 7 spring. We are certainly proud of this accomplishment and we thank you! As we round up the year and prepare for standardized testing, please continue to support our efforts. We are asking that you please make sure your children are reading nightly, completing homework assignments, and getting a good night’s rest. All of these factors affect your child’s academic performance throughout the day. In closing, Spring Break is around the corner. We look forward to our students enjoying their break. However, we want everyone to be safe! Sylvia Williams, Principal Mandy Edwards, Assistant Principal 1411 Bedford Avenue North, SC 29118 http://des.ocsd5.net/ (803) 247-2184 Upcoming Events April 12-19 Spring Break April 30, 2019 Advocacy
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April, 2019
Spring Edition Dover Elementary School Newsletter
Greetings Dover Family,
Our fourth quarter of the
2018-2019 academic school year is
underway. Our commitment at Dover
is to our students, family, and
community. We will continue to
support our students as they pursue
excellence.
Parents, we appreciate you
and applaud all of the effort and
support that you give our school.
Without you, we could not do what
we do and love. It is a blessing to
serve the needs of our boys and
girls.
Additionally, we recently
administered the Spring NWEA MAP
Assessment and many of our
students made gains from winter to
Principal’s News
Dear Parents We are excited to highlight some of
the wonderful experiences happening
here at Dover Elementary School.
This has certainly been an
exhilarating year of learning for our
boys and girls. Take a peek inside of
our Spring Edition newsletter to find
specific details about some of the
amazing things occurring in the
eaglet’s nest!
Contents
Principal’s News 1
Dear Parents 1
Upcoming Events 1
Spring Family Dance 2
Kids Heart Challenge 2
Kindergarten Author Study 3
First Grade Read Aloud 3
Second Grade Puppet Show 4
Second Grade Solve It 4
Gummy Worm Stretch 5
Fourth Grade Journey 6
Fifth Grade Measurement 7
Fifth Grade Character 7
spring. We are certainly proud of
this accomplishment and we thank
you!
As we round up the year and
prepare for standardized testing,
please continue to support our
efforts. We are asking that you
please make sure your children
are reading nightly, completing
homework assignments, and
getting a good night’s rest. All of
these factors affect your child’s
academic performance throughout
the day.
In closing, Spring Break is around
the corner. We look forward to
our students enjoying their break.
However, we want everyone to be
safe!
Mrs. Sylvia Williams
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M an dy Ed war d s, As s i st an t P r inc ip a l
14 11 Be dfo r d Avenu e No rt h, SC 29 1 18
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Upcoming Events
April 12-19 Spring Break
April 30, 2019
Advocacy
Friday, March 15th Dover
Elementary held a family
dance. Many came out for
food, fun, but most
importantly to show off those
amazing dance moves! The
young ladies wore beautiful,
brightly, spring colored
dresses. Some mothers and
sons as well as fathers and
Spring Family Dance
Kids Heart Challenge “The students
raised $1,330.00
for the American
Heart”
Association.”
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daughters enjoyed a special
dance together. Even our
principal got out there on the
dance floor to show off her
skills! Our teachers also cut a
rug on the dance floor.
this, they were awarded a
jump rope party where they
jumped rope and listened to
music. A special thanks goes
out to Mrs. Raley’s 2nd grade
class for raising the most
money as a class, and to
Dedrique Shivers for raising
the most money as an
individual. Great job to
everyone who participated in
this worthwhile event!
Dover News
Dover Elementary School
participated in its annual Kids
Heart Challenge (formally
known as Jump Rope for
Heart), Friday, March 8th,
2019. The students raised
$1,330.00 for the American
Heart Association. For doing
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Kindergarten has been
enjoying an author study of
Kevin Henkes. They have been
learning about character
traits, and how characters
change and develop throughout
a story. They have been using
text to support their
character descriptions. We
are so proud of the writing
they have done in conjunction
with this author study lesson.
First graders love an
interactive read-aloud!
They are digging deeper
into the text with the
strategy “Say, Mean,
Matter” to help them
write and think about the
text. This strategy also
allows them to have rich
conversations about the
text being read. Keep up
the good work first grade!
Over News
The Second Graders are Problem Solvers
Newcomer, Ms. Crystal
Jackson is getting her boys
and girls excited about
learning with the use of
puppets! On March 14th
2019, Mrs. Jackson’s
second grade class held a
puppet show to demonstrate
Story Structure. With this
lesson the students had to
learn that a narrative story
must have a beginning,
middle and end. The
Second Grade Puts on a Puppet Show
students worked in small
groups to first write their own
creative story, and then
presented them with a puppet
that demonstrated the
characters in their story. The
student’s held their puppet
show in the classroom in front
of each other and a few
adults including our principal,
Mrs. Williams. The students
were excited about having an
audience, and they did very
well on their presentations!
Officer Duckson also attended
the performance.
Way to go Ms. Jackson and
students!!!
Dr. Colter’s second grade
students are working with
their partners or team
members to solve real-
world/story problems involving
dollar bills using the $ symbol.
The students also used
quarters, dimes, nickels, and
pennies. Learning this skill is
very important in preparing our
youngsters for the real world!
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The Gummy Worm Stretch with Second Grade
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Mrs. Raley’s second grade class is
learning about measurement with the
use of gummy worms.
Each student measured their gummy
worms with their ruler and recorded
their measurement.
Next, the students stretched their
gummy worm as far as they could
without breaking the worm. Students
recorded their measurement.
Last, each student answered this
question, "What is the difference in
length between the original and
stretched gummy worm?” This data
was recorded. The students discussed
the different results with the class
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019
our 4th grade students
embarked on an educational
trip to the S.C. State
Museum. The students were
able to see many examples of
the topics that were discussed
in the classroom. The topics
were about historical replicas
of Native American villages,
colonial schoolrooms, animal
fossils, and a NASA
telescope. Our students
demonstrated exemplary
behavior and represented
Dover in an outstanding
manner! All in all, it was an
awesome Field Study. This
event was sponsored by Mrs.
Bonaparte, our guidance
counselor.
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Dover’s Guidance Dept. took our
fifth grade students to the 18th
Annual Fifth Grade Outstanding
Character Recognition Program,
Friday, February 1st, 2019. Noah
Coleman was recognized for his essay
on the character word: Empathy.
WLTX news anchor Whitney Sullivan
was the keynote speaker. Our
students had a blast! Our literacy
coach Mrs. Moorer, and Ms. Wright,
5th grade math and science teacher
worked on the student’ presentation.
Mrs. Gamble, 5th grade Ela and
social studies teacher accompanied
Noah on the gym floor with the
other awardees. We thank the
parents that also accompanied the
trip as well!
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