BES Wildcats ROAR

We are in the midst of a busy time of year for students and families. Please keep an eye on our school newsletter and Facebook page for important announcements!

Upcoming Events:

November 27th-December 1st- YoYo sales continue

November 28th- Too Good for Drugs Graduation, 9:00

November 28th-30th- BES Santa Shop

November 30th- BES Parent Night, 4-6:30

Drop off Reminders: In order to ensure the safety of students, there should only be one line used for drop off in the mornings. Please do not pass other cars once you drop off your student. Parents, please ensure that students are ready to go once you enter the car line in order to keep the line moving. Thanks for helping us keep our student safe!

Safety Notes:

Any visitor to our building will pass through metal detection. We encourage you to leave personal items in your vehicles. When you enter our front door, there is a table and basket to the right. Anything that you are bringing in should be placed in that basket. Please clear metal detection and then ring the new buzzer that will allow you into the office area. The buzzer on the office door is a new safety feature. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with these safety measures.

We are glad to welcome our parents and families to eat lunch with their own child. Visitors should not pull other students to eat with their child. If you are coming for lunch, please make sure that you have your ID to check in and get a badge. Visitors should report to the sunroom to eat with their child. Once lunch is over, the student should return to their class for dismissal from lunch, and the parent/visitor should return to the office for check out. Visitors should not travel down the hallways or other places in the building. Thank you in advance for your help with this safety matter!

Parents Needed!

Please consider joining the PTO! Our PTO has done some wonderful things for our students and staff, and wants to continue that work this year. There are different ways to participate and we would love your support! Joining the PTO is a wonderful way to support your child and our school community! Let your child's teacher know if you are interested in joining PTO. Thank you in advance for being an active member of the BES community.

In ELA this week, Scholars will be learning about using context clues in informational text.

Please read for 20 minutes at home each day!

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

10:45 Miss Cantrell

10:50 Mrs. Whelchel

10:55 Mrs. Will

11:00 Mrs. Phenicie

11:10 Mrs. Blackwell

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

11:40-1:05

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

This week in ELA, Scholars will be learninig about how authors create and structure their stories. This could include understanding why an author chose specific words, how they organized the events in the story, or the literary devices they used to make the story engaging. The goal is to help students become more adept at recognizing and appreciating the techniques authors use to tell their stories effectively.

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

12:15 Mrs. Hamright

12:10 Mrs. Ham

12:05 Mrs. Comer

11:45 Mrs. Norman

11:50 Ms. Seay

12:00 Mrs. Harr

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

9:50-11:15

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

Scholars will begin a novel study using Bud Not Buddy (chapters 1-7). Word study will include idioms, adages, and proverbs. The root for this week is -graph.

Fifth graders have the opportunity to take part in the program To Good For Drugs. Students will attend classes weekly with Officer Parrott. Their graduation from this program will be November 28th at 9:00 at BES and fifth grade parents are invited.

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

Morning: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Lunches (Recess is before lunch for all classes)

11:15 Mrs. Yeargin

11:20 Mrs. Brown

11:25 Mrs. McRobie

11:35 Mrs. Phillips

11:40 Mrs. Porter

Special Areas: Art, Music, Library, PE, Guidance, iReady Lab

8:20-9:45

Afternoon: Whole Group Instruction, Small Groups, Interventions and Resource Supports

Dismissal @ 2:25

Math

3rd- Categorize various scenarios based on knowledge of properties of multiplication

4th- Generate number and shape patterns that follow a given rule

5th- Read, write, and compare decimals

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Word Study- Students will partiicpate in the Word Master Challenge with analogies and grade level words.

Research-

3rd- Discuss in groups why space trash is a problem and come up with a way to help this issue.

4th- Innovation Madness Competition- What invention is the most important invention in our lives?

5th- Continue research in expert groups on an area of the Renaissance to present to class.

Scholars will study story elements in a fictional book. Help your child explore new vocabulary words associated with the holidays!

• Good News Club will meet on Tuesdays beginning on January 16th. If you signed your child up, please send a transportation note for Tuesday.
• If your student is on the Robotics team, practice will continue this week.
• Please support your child by ensuring that their laptops are charged every day and brought to school each and every day!
• Please turn in a note if your child is out of school for any reason. Truancy letters have been sent home for students that have missed three unexcused days in a row OR five unexcused days total. Be sure to check out our new link for submitting parent notes online as well.
• Please send a note if there is a change in transportation. This note should include the child's first and last name, the change requested, length of the change, and a parent/guardian signature.
• Pick-up for the Kids Club is in the back loop. Car riders are picked up in the back loop until 2:45. Please do not pick-up up from Kids Club before 2:45. Parents are required to sign their child out from Kids Club.

Email: julie.foster@cherokee1.org

Website: https://bes.cherokee1.org/o/be
Location: 402 Hardin Street, Blacksburg, SC, USA
Phone: 864-206-6518
Facebook: facebook.com/BESWildcatsROAR