www.stcharles.k12.la.us Becky Weber– Principal Tracie Howes, Nicole Weber —Assistant Principals MARCH 2019 Upcoming Events: September 4—Early Dismissal 12:35 p.m. September 7—Labor Day/No School September 8—Bully Free Kick-Off Event—6:30 p.m. September 15—Fall Pictures-School Uniform must be worn September 21—Children’s Hospital “Boo at the Zoo” Fundraiser begins Can you believe we only have twelve Mondays left in the school year? For optimal learning to be received, your child needs to be at school every day ready to learn. There is plenty of teaching and learning that needs to be accomplished. The 4th quarter begins on Thursday, March 14th. Please mark your calendars, Thursday, March 21st and Friday, March 22nd are Parent Teacher Conferences. Report cards will be given at the conference. It is important for your child to attend the conference with you. More information will be sent home on Monday, March 11th. We want to continue to support our students in staying focused and working hard to reach their grade level promotional requirements. Remember, the only way to reach the Pot-of-Gold is through a solid education… our parents at Norco Elementary always support us in this goal! Principal, Becky Weber Who: Children who will be 5 years old by September 30,2019 When: 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon each day Where: Norco Elementary School It is not necessary for the child to be present at registration. World’s Finest Chocolate All proceeds will go towards Student Appreciation Week May 13 - May 17, 2019 Candy sale begins on March 21st and ends on April 5th. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 5 TH GRADE COMPUTER BASED TESTING (CBT) SCHEDULE DATE TEST SESSIONS Friday, 4/5 ELA 1 Monday, 4/8 ELA 2 ELA 3 Tuesday, 4/9 Science 1 Science 2 Wednesday, 4/10 Science 3 SS 1 Thursday, 4/11 SS 2 SS 3 Friday, 4/12 Makeup Testing Tuesday, 4/23 No Testing Wednesday, 4/24 Math 1 Thursday, 4/25 Math 2 Math 3 Friday, 4/26 Makeup Testing Monday, 4/29‐ Friday, 5/3 3rd-4th Grade PBT
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Becky Weber– Pr inc ipa l Trac ie Howes, Nico le Weber —Ass is tant Pr inc ipals MARCH 2019
Upcoming Events: September 4—Early Dismissal 12:35 p.m. September 7—Labor Day/No School September 8—Bully Free Kick-Off Event—6:30 p.m. September 15—Fall Pictures-School Uniform must be worn September 21—Children’s Hospital “Boo at the Zoo” Fundraiser begins
Can you believe we only have twelve Mondays left in the school year? For optimal learning to be received, your child needs to be at school every day ready to learn. There is plenty of teaching and learning that needs to be accomplished. The 4th quarter begins on Thursday, March 14th. Please mark your calendars, Thursday, March 21st and Friday, March 22nd are Parent Teacher Conferences. Report cards will be given at the conference. It is important for your child to attend the conference with you. More information will be sent home on Monday, March 11th. We want to continue to support our students in staying focused and working hard to reach their grade level promotional requirements. Remember, the only way to reach the Pot-of-Gold is through a solid education…our parents at Norco Elementary always support us in this goal! Principal, Becky Weber
Who: Children who will be 5 years old by September 30,2019
When: 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon each day Where: Norco Elementary School
It is not necessary for the child to be present at registration.
World’s Finest Chocolate
All proceeds will go towards Student Appreciation Week
May 13 - May 17, 2019
Candy sale begins on March 21st and ends on April 5th.
ELEMENTARYSCHOOL5THGRADECOMPUTER
BASEDTESTING(CBT)SCHEDULE
DATE TEST SESSIONS
Friday,4/5 ELA 1
Monday,4/8 ELA 2 ELA 3
Tuesday,4/9 Science 1 Science 2
Wednesday,4/10
Science 3 SS 1
Thursday,4/11
SS 2 SS 3
Friday,4/12 Makeup Testing
Tuesday,4/23 No Testing
Wednesday,4/24
Math 1
Thursday,4/25
Math 2 Math 3
Friday,4/26 Makeup Testing
Monday,4/29‐Friday,5/3
3rd-4th Grade PBT
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Parents/Guardians/Visitors, Each time you enter the school, you will be asked to present a valid state-issued ID. Everyone needs to check in to the main office once you are on campus. At Car Rider pickup you will be asked for a picture ID as well.
All notes must be given in writing, brought in with the student or emailed to: [email protected] before 2:30 p.m. each day and by 11:30 a.m. on half days. All notes should be on a full sheet of paper, writ-ten with a dark color ink and include your child’s full name, the teacher’s name, and dates of the changes with clear instructions and your signature. If you email a dismissal change, please expect a confir-mation by email. A bus change form can be ob-tained from your child’s teacher, the office or can be downloaded from our website: (www.stcharles.k12.la.us/norco). Attendance Requirements:
ELEMENTARY students shall be in atten-dance a minimum of 167 days a school year. Students may only be absent 10 days. ELE-MENTARY students who accrue more than 10 absences will NOT be eligible for promotion. Extenuating circumstances may apply. For more information, please refer to the 2018-2019 Student Code of Conduct District Hand-book.
Students have learned how to: Use proper posture and ergonomics. Locate and use letter and number keys with cor-rect left and right hand placement. Locate and use the correct finger for the space bar, return, and shift key. Students are beginning to gain proficiency and speed in touch typing by increasing accuracy and speed. Speed is not necessar-ily a factor, but a rough guide to typing speed is to add 5 words per minute per grade level. At the end of the school year fourth grade students should be typing about 20 wpm, and fifth grade 25. Student should also strive to achieve 90% accuracy on all lessons. Fourth and fifth grade students have moved on to internment lessons which includes:
Common English Words, Easy Home Row Words, Easy Top Row Words Easy Bottom Row Words, Shift Key and Capitalization, Sentences Speed Drills, Basic Punctuation, Paragraphs, Advanced Punctuation, Intermediate Wrap-up
Please allow your child to show you what they have learned on your home computer especially if he/she is behind on lessons in class. This is a great way for them to practice their newly acquired keyboarding skills and build confidence. Students can access interactive learning activities from my web page.
In the URL bar type in St. Charles Parish Schools Go to Our Schools on the top left corner of the page Click on Schoeffner/Norco Elementary This will bring you to the School website Click on Faculty Look under S You are looking for Catherine’s Schexnayder’s site On the left side of the page click on Interesting Web Resources Students will click on the http address: https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/cschexnayder This will bring you to my webmix with Typing Activities-Typing.com
You may monitor your child’s progress on a regular basis through PowerSchool. Please contact the office if you have not created an account. The portal is unavailable each Wednesday evening beginning at approximately 9:00 p.m. due to scheduled maintenance.
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March 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 Krewe de Eagles 2:00 p.m. Mardi Gras shirt w/jeans
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3 4 Mardi Gras Holidays
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10 Daylight Savings Time
11 *Classes Resume
12 *Easter Bunny Pictures –Spring attire *PTO Dress Down Day
Electric Girls 3:45 –5:00
*Bullying March
* 1st grade field trip
15 Spirit Shirt/jeans Early Dismissal 12:35
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17 18 Spring Fundraiser-World’s Finest Chocolate Kickoff
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20 Friend-ship Club 3:45—4:45 School Board Meeting 6:30
On the last Friday of each month, we will have a Space shirt and jean day. Students may wear any type of space themed shirt with jeans or our designated Spirit shirt with jeans on this day.
Kindergarten Registration 9 a—12 p
Louisiana School Lunch Week
Spring Book Fair
March 14th—March 22nd
Spring Book Fair March 14th—22nd
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Norco Elementary Family Center Together We Can Make a Difference Cynthia Bullock [email protected] Phone: 985 764-8933 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Hours: 8:3am – 3:30pm
March
Helping Your Child with Test- Taking
Testing is used in schools for two main purposes. One is to find out how well an individ-ual student is learning in the classroom. For instance, teachers can test how well a child is responding to reading instruction by using assessments that measure specific skills necessary for fluent reading. The other purpose is to find out how well the school is meeting local and national benchmarks for student achievement.
Parent Tips:
Make sure that your child attends school regularly. Meet with your child's teacher to discuss his progress. If you have concerns about the test or testing situation, talk with your child's teacher. Provide a quiet, comfortable place for studying at home. Make sure that your child is well-rested and eats a well-balanced diet. Encourage your child.
Cómo ayudar a su niño a tener éxito en los exámenes
Las escuelas usan las pruebas con dos fines principales. Uno es averiguar cuánto aprende un estudiante individual en la clase. Por ejemplo, los maestros pueden evaluar qué tan bien responde un hijo a las instrucciones de lectura usando evalua-ciones que miden las destrezas específicas necesarias para la lectura fluida.
Consejos para padres:
Asegúrese que su hijo asista regularmente a clase. Reúnase con el maestro de su hijo para dialogar sobre su progreso. Si tiene alguna inquietud acerca de la prueba o la situación de prueba,
hable con el maestro de su hijo. Provea un lugar callado y cómodo para que su hijo estudie en casa. Asegúrese de que su hijo descanse bien y tenga una dieta equili-
brada. Anime a su hijo.
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Students were chosen for the month of February for showing the character trait of “Respect”.
Front Row: Jonathan Turner, Madison Breaux, Emma Elizabeth, Abigail Asbury, Kolette Doster, Melianis Carrasquillo, Avery Fritsche, Logan Kestle, Demi Castro, Adysen Williams Middle Row: Andrew Donnelly, Greyson Bragdon, Lyla Keller, Eldwyn Branch, Hayden McNeese, Stevie-Lynn Duhe, Shelby Bardy, Hayden Everett, Landon Tregre Back Row: Victoria Rivas, Morgan Thompson, Madison Troxler, Emma Bivona, Prince Lewis, Dax Daunie, Christian Guillen, Concepcion Mena Not Pictured: Allyson Melara, Zadie Stowe
We are starting to get warmer days. Please be mindful of your children’s dress attire. Shorts may not be shorter than 2 inches above the knee. We know the fray/torn jeans are in style, but they are not allowed at school. If you have any questions, please refer to the handbook and policy posted on our website or call the school.
Ms. Thomas’ 4th grade students working on
their Guidebook Hurricane
Extension Task using multi-media for their
upcoming presentation.
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As we near the last quarter of the year, now is the perfect time to set some goals to finish the year strong and on a positive note. The best way to help children achieve success is to create goals that are SMART. In fact, the first step toward improvement is mapping out the goal correctly. Once a goal is in mind, make sure it contains the following components. Specific – What do you want to accomplish? Focus on the details. Measurable – All goals should have a way to evaluate whether or not they were accomplished. Attainable – Your goal must be something you are capable of reaching. Relevant – Set goals that are important to you and your lifestyle. Time‐bound – Make sure that you have a time set as a “deadline” so your goal is not unending. Goals can focus on grades and academics, attendance, friendship, behavior, and more. It is impor‐
tant that both children and adults frequently check their progress after setting the goal. Write the
goal down, and place it somewhere visible. The constant reminder will enhance focus and aid in
motivation.
Students working on the new Chromebooks and sitting on the alternative seating that was pur-chased through a grant received by our Special Education Teachers, Julie Ortego, Michelle Wagner, and Stefanie West.
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Our Kindergarteners are busy preparing for the last quarter of school. Kindergarteners will be expected to read more complex decodable texts with 95% accuracy. You can help your child build reading fluency at home by having your child read daily. Kindergartners should also know sight words from memory. Please continue to practice sight words on a daily basis. Kindergarteners are continuing to build upon their knowledge of composing and decomposing numbers to solve addition and subtraction prob-lems up to 10. At the end of March we will begin to learn about place value with tens and ones for our teen numbers. We are excited to see how our students will continue to grow as we SPRING into the 4th Quarter.
The weather is chang-ing, the days are getting longer, and the full sched-ule of spring sports has begun. We appreciate your continued support as we enter into this busy time of the year. In Reading, we will be completing Core Knowl-edge reader titled Sir Gus and beginning our final unit of study which is a nonfiction text titled The War of 1812. This is a very challenging unit, but the students enjoy learning about this important part of our history. There are some significant changes with this unit. One example is our weekly spelling words will increase from 15 to 20 words. We are currently working on our new Guidebooks unit titled the Ox-Cart Man. There is a nonfiction focus for this unit; therefore there will be a lot of vocabulary building. This unit will connect to Social Studies focusing on concepts of economics and changes over time. Upon returning from Mardi Gras, we will begin Math Module 7 Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data. This is a CRITICAL module with a strong focus on WORD PROBLEMS. We will be working with students to develop the ability to read, understand, and solve word problems. It is im-portant that students complete their math homework nightly as they work through this unit since word problems and solutions can be presented in a variety of ways. We are looking forward to meeting with you all at Parent Teacher conferences, March 21- 22, 2019. If you have any questions, feel free to contact your child’s teacher.
Literacy begins at home! It’s never too early to begin reading to your child. The time spent reading aloud will create feelings of togetherness and closeness. Here are some helpful hints for reading aloud with your child at home: Make reading aloud part of the daily routine. Be physically close to your child as you read. Cud-
dle up! Get into the characters of the story. Alter your voice
to fit each character. Read and reread the same book. Look for picture
clues and details. Have your child make predictions about the book
before you begin reading. Ask questions during the story: who, what, where,
why, and how. Check to see if your child can retell the story with a
beginning, middle, and end.
Fantastic first graders have been working hard to grow as readers and writers! We are finishing up our narratives and infor-mative writings. Please read a variety of these texts when you read with your child at home. With non-fiction, your child should understand the main idea and key details that support the main idea. They should also use the non-fiction text features to help them un-derstand the text as well. Ask your child which reading strategies he/she has learned about in class. Remind your child to use the reading strategies when he/she comes to an unknown word. In math, we are learning how to add two digit numbers up to 40 and solve word problems using the Read, Draw, and Write strategy. In the fourth quarter, we will extend what was learned in Module 4. Students will learn to add within 100, solve word problems within 20, and compare two-digit num-bers, using similar strategies already learned.
PK and Kindergar-ten students attended a dental presentation given by a Tooth Fairy.
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We cannot believe we have arrived in the month of March! Our 4th graders have been working hard all month long to wrap up the 3rd quarter. In ELA, we began our new Guidebook Unit: The American Revolu-tion. Our Culminating Writing Task question that the students will focus on is, “Were the colonists justified in declaring their independ-ence and fighting the Revolutionary War?” The students have been assigned to see the point of view of Loyalists or Patriots, and take notes throughout the unit that will help guide them to write a multi-paragraph for their Culminating Writing Task. Our historians in Social Studies have started Unit 5 which focuses on Progress and Change within the United States. Topic one focused on the Industrialization Revolution and how many people migrated to an urban area. The students delved deeper into exploring how life was like for families working in manufacturing industries. We will start topic two later this week which focuses on immigration. The mathematicians in our 4th grade classroom are wrapping up their Module 5 on fractions. All month long the students have been comparing fractions, converting fractions greater than 1 into mixed numbers, adding and subtracting fractions, multiplying fractions, read-ing a line plot, and applying their knowledge of fractions into everyday problems. We are encouraging our students to study their multiplica-tion facts every day! You can create games, use flash cards, or sing a song to help them study their multiplication facts. Finally, our 4th grade Scientists have wrapped up our unit in EN-ERGY! They had a blast creating their roller coasters and exploring energy. We will begin our next unit on Earth and Human Activity. Our next anchor phenomena will focus on how developing countries now have more cell phone users than the world’s richest countries. As we are nearing the beginning of the 4th quarter, it is imperative that the students continue to go over their FIG’s with you at the begin-ning of the week, read nightly, and continue to go over their notes within their study binder. We cannot wait to see how our upcoming month will turn out!
Over the last several weeks your fifth grader has wrapped up Module 4. Throughout this module they became experts on multiplying and dividing fractions. As we return from the Mardi Gras holiday we will begin Module 5. This module focuses on finding volume of rectangular prims and naming shapes based on their characteristics. Students are also preparing for the upcoming LEAP 20205 assessment which will take place in April. We have wrapped up our study of Water on Earth and will be beginning Unit #5 in science when we return from the Mardi Gras holiday. During this unit students will explore and investigate Earth’s place in the universe and why it’s placement is important to survival of animals. We will also complete several practice assessments in preparation for LEAP 2025. We will continue reading The Birchbark House and discussing how the character responds to challenges. We will also be going over Pedro's Journal that is being read at home. This a historical fiction text that revolves around a ship boy who is traveling and experienc-ing the New World with Christopher Columbus.
In third grade science, we will be starting our last unit on Fossils. Scientists will be explor-ing life cycles of various living organisms. We will also be analyzing and interpreting data
from fossils to provide evidence of organisms and the envi-ronments in which they lived long ago.
During the month of March we will be working in Module 6 which includes graphing, line plots, and solving multiple step word problems related to the data presented in picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots. We have al-ready begun to incorporate review skills and test taking strategies to prepare for the upcoming LEAP 2025 stan-dardized tests.
In ELA (English Language Arts) we are in the midst of our third unit: Because of Winn-Dixie. Students are expressing their understanding by explaining how char-acters change throughout Because of Winn-Dixie based on the interactions/relationships formed throughout the book. Students are also engaging in independent reading of texts based on similar themes to further develop their under-standing.
In Social Studies, we will begin our last unit on Louisiana’s future. This unit will focus on Louisiana’s econ-omy, challenges, and our unique cultural identity. We will start by investigating what an economy is and the role Lou-isiana plays in our country’s economy. We will also con-tinue to review test taking strategies to get ready for LEAP 2025.
We are looking forward to conferencing with you at the end of the quarter conferences, which will be held on March 21 and 22.
Second graders are learning about the 3
states of matter. What will happen to the
balloon when you mix vinegar with baking
soda together?
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Students were treated to a live
performance by the New Orleans Mardi
Gras Indians in celebration of one of the many things we enjoy from our Louisiana Culture.
NES Librarian Technical Assis-tant, Alberta Dunn, reading and sharing how she wrote her book, "Little Red meets the Three Little Pigs” to the K-2 students.
Students enjoyed the music from Louis Ford and the New Orleans Jazz
Flairs Band during their lunch time.
NES 3rd grade students visited Destrehan Plantation. The visit was funded by a grant from the Norco Commu-nity Fund. The grant covered admission and bus fees for the students as well as a souvenir. The students learned
about the history of their community and the impor-tance it played in early Louisiana history.
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Students in Mrs. Vujnovich and Mrs. Wilson’s class en-joyed decorating
King Cakes made by our cafeteria
staff.
Our Title 1 Family Center playgroup enjoyed decorat-ing King Cakes
