FRED ASSAM ELEMENTARY— BRANDON VALLEY SCHOOL D ISTRICT

Assam Anchor February, 2018

We are now accepting registrations for the 2018/2019 kindergarten

screening process. Any family who has a child who will be 5 years

old on or before September 1, 2018 will be eligible to start Kindergarten next fall.

Screening will be held the week of March 5th. (Screening at Fred Assam Elemen-

tary will be on Tuesday, March 6th and Wednesday, March 7th) Please call the

proper attendance center that your child should attend to register.

Robert Bennis Elementary 582-8010

Brandon Valley Elementary 582-6315

Fred Assam Elementary 582-1500

Valley Springs Elementary 582-2948

Roller Skating Party

Fred Assam Elementary pta

Monday, February 5th

6—8 p.m. - Admission $4.50

Skate rental $2—Inline Rental $3

Meal Deal

Hot Dog, Chips & Drink

$3

Perfect Attendance 2nd Quarter

Perfect Attendance 2nd Quarter

Reading With Your Child When you think you’re done, you’ve just begun!

Get the conversation started!

After enjoying a book with your child, whether

they read to you or you read to them,

continue the experience by asking:

*What did you notice about the story?

*Does this book remind you of anything?

*What have you been wondering as you read?

*Does this book make you think of another book

you’ve read?

*What was your favorite part?

*Were there any parts that surprised you?

*What are you going to read next?

Valentine sales begin on Thursday, Feb.8 and continue through Wednesday, Feb. 14. You can

send a Valentine with a bookmark ~ to anyone for only 25 cents! Valentines will be delivered on

Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 14 to all classrooms and other BV schools. Any Valentines for

family members will be sent home with the sending student. Valentines can also be bought from

moms, dads, grandmas, and grandpas to send to their students at Fred Assam Elementary. Help us promote Acts of Kindness. Please call the office if you have questions.

Use this paper to jot down Valentine names, grades, and classrooms! Purchase as many as you’d like!

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Science fair

Fourth Grade Character Before Christmas 4th grade students had the pleasure of listening to high school students talk to them about having good character. Students were given a polished stone that represented smooth character. Students were to keep their stones in the desk and then vote with their polished stone at the end of the day. They could vote by placing their stone on top of their desk if they felt like it was a smooth character day or by leaving their stone in their desk if they felt like their day was rough around the edges. When students voted the teachers could scan the classroom to see how they were voting. If several or more students left their stones in their desk, then this might be a sign that something happened on the playground, or perhaps the lunch room. Perhaps this would be worth further discussion. On the other hand, if an individual student chose to keep his/her stone in the desk over a couple of days, then this too may be worth further investigation. A conversation could then take place with the student. At the end of January, the high school students came back to our class-rooms. The topic this time was about the importance of kindness and choos-ing our words carefully when we speak to others. Hurtful words like: you dummy, or you jerk, or your no good, as well as that’s stupid or retarded, are what they call trash talk. Students were asked how it made them feel if they ever heard trash talk around them. The topic then switched to positive words like: you’re the best, I like you, that’s okay, and I forgive you. The high school students asked the 4th graders to focus the new year, 2018, on using positive words to create an uplifting effect on all students.

National Standards for Music Education 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied reper-toire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guide-

lines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 7. Evaluating music and music performances. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Mrs. Verburg, Teacher

February 2018 I U M S C

Ask your child…… To Sing For You!!!

FIRST GRADE CONCERT NEWS!!!

“Going to the Circus”

Monday, April 16th @ 7:00pm

Brandon Valley High School Performing Arts Center

More information will be sent home later

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4th grade: We are play-ing our recorders and working on reading

rhythms and treble clef note names!

3rd grade: We will be re-viewing note values and play-

ing instruments.

2nd grade: We have learned about the brass family and

presto/largo tempos

1st grade: We are learning our concert songs all about

the circus!

JK-K – We are singing and dancing to many fun songs including: Popcorn in the Popper, I’m a Little Teapot, and Twinkle Little Star,

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NO SCHOOL President’s Day

NO SCHOOL Teacher In-Service

PTA Meeting @ 6:30 pm

FAE Night At the SF Stampede Bookmobile

Roller Skating Party 6 - 8 p.m.

Offered daily at breakfast—Variety of fruit, variety of whole grain cereals, string cheese, yogurt, whole grain cereal bars and a variety of milk and juice