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Our Lion Cub Leaders have been hard at work demonstrating standards mastery and leadership skills in their classrooms and all around our school community. We would like to congratulate Ms. Realini and Scarlett Webb on being named our Lion Cub Leader staff and student of the month for November/December. Way to go Lion Cub Leaders!

On Monday, we will begin our "Winter Spirit Days". We look forward to seeing the school and holiday spirit all over the building. We are so proud of the leadership skills we see growing on campus every day!

This week we are going to have a special "Super Attendance Week". Our goal for our school this year is to have 93% attendance. For month of November we finished at 92.7% and while that is close to our goal, we still have work to do! How can you help us reach our goal? By having your students at school every day, on time, and all day. Every minute counts! For "Super Attendance Week", students who are in school on time will receive 5 House Points from their classroom teachers. Whose class, grade level, or House will earn the most attendance points this week? We know our Lion Cub Leaders are up for the challenge!

This week, students in 3rd-5th grade will participate in the NC Check-Ins 2.0 Testing. NC Check-Ins 2.0 are interim assessments aligned to North Carolina grade-level content standards developed by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI). The main purpose of NC Check-Ins is to provide students, teachers, parents, and stakeholders with immediate in-depth action-data and a reliable estimate of students’ current performance on the selected sub-set of content standards.

Below is our schedule for testing. If you have any questions about the NC Check-Ins 2.0, please reach out to your child's teacher or Mrs. Hamilton.

Tuesday 12/5: 4th Grade Reading

Wednesday 12/6: 3rd and 5th Grade Reading

Thursday 12/7: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Math

Friday 12/8: 5th Grade Science

K-5 Lion Cub Families, did you know that you can sign up to receive notifications when your children earn House Points? All you have to do is download the free Ron Clark House Points App and sign up with the letter that was sent home with your student before break. This will allow you to see every time your child has been recognized for something positive!

We are going to have another phenomenal week of Learning, Leading, and Loving it!

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Monday, December 4, 2023

-Dress as your favorite holiday character!

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

-Candy Cane Day: wear red and white!

-4th Grade Reading NC Check-Ins 2.0

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

-Grinch Day: wear green or grinch attire!

-3rd and 5th Grade Reading NC Check-Ins 2.0

Thursday, December 7, 2023

-Honor Hanukkah: wear white or blue!

-3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Math NC Check-Ins 2.0

Friday, December 8, 2023

-Wear a Holiday or Winter sweater or shirt!

-5th Grade Science NC Check-Ins 2.0

-1st Grade Field Trip

Looking Ahead:

-December 11th-20th Winter Spirit Days continue.

-December 14th- Winter Showcase 5:00-6:00pm (see details below)

-December 18th- 2nd Grade Field Trip

-December 21st-January 1st- Winter Break

We need volunteers! If you are interested in helping out next week with our NC Check-Ins testing we would love to have you. Please ensure you have completed the required background check and sign-up at the link below. We appreciate your support!

Background Check: https://securevolunteer.com/alamance-burlington.../home

Sign-Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../805044AA8AA2EA2FD0...

Reminders:

• School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. If you arrive after 7:50, you must park in the Pre-K parking lot and walk in with your students to sign them in before they can go to class.
• Breakfast will stop being served at 9:00 am.
• If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 578-0177 before 2:00 p.m. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
• Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.
• Just a quick safety reminder: If you are signing your students out early (before 2:20 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. If you arrive early, after 2:20 p.m., to sign your child out, you must wait until the dismissal announcements are made at 2:25 p.m. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!

Let's take a look at what our students will be learning this week!

Reading:

With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.

Letters of the Week: y, x

Sight Words: a, and, for, he, in, is, it, of, that, the, to, was, you

Math:

Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of objects using positional terms.

Correctly name squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres regardless of their orientations or overall size.

Social Studies:

Identify cultural practices in local communities and around the world.

Compare cultural practices of people in local communities and around the world.

Reading:

Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text

Sight Words: then, two, they, did

Math:

Represent and solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, by using objects, drawings, and equations.

Apply the commutative and associative properties as strategies for solving addition problems.

Add and subtract, within 20, using strategies such as:

• Making ten

• Decomposing a number leading to a ten

• Using the relationship between addition and subtraction

• Creating equivalent but simpler or known sums

Apply understanding of the equal sign to determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true.

Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation involving three whole numbers

Social Studies:

Identify cultural practices and traditions in local communities and places around the world.

Summarize ways that culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse people help shape a community.

Reading:

Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Math:

Represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems within 100, with unknown in all positions by using representations and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, when solving one step problems.

Social Studies:

Understand how values and beliefs shape culture in America.

Explain how belief systems of various indigenous, religious and racial groups have influenced or contributed to culture in America.

Reading:

Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Math:

Represent and interpret scaled picture and bar graphs:

• Collect data by asking a question that yields data in up to four categories.

• Make a representation of data and interpret data in a frequency table, scaled picture graph, and/or scaled bar graph with axes provided.

• Solve one and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information from these graphs.

Social Studies:

Summarize the historical development of local governments.

Describe the structure of local government and how it functions to serve citizens.

Understand the three branches of government, with an emphasis on local government.

Reading:

Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.

Math:

Solve problems with area and perimeter.

Draw and identify points, lines, line segments, rays, angles, and perpendicular and parallel lines.

Social Studies:

Summarize the ways in which women, indigenous, religious, and racial groups influence local and state government.

Reading:

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Math:

Find quotients with remainders when dividing whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors using rectangular arrays, area models, repeated subtraction, partial quotients, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division.

Science:

Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements

Habit 3: Taking it Home

1. Big Rocks and Little Rocks

Resources: Two clear plastic cups; little rocks (small gravel or jelly beans), enough to fill two thirds of one plastic cup; six bigger rocks, large enough to make them bulge over the rim of the cup when added to the little rocks, and markers to write on the rocks. Fill one plastic cup two-thirds of the way to the top with little rocks. Add enough big rocks so that the big rocks bulge over the cup. Select a family member and state: “You’ve been given a cup with big and little rocks in it. The cup represents all the time you have in a week. Big Rocks are important things that must get done. Little rocks are also important but not as important. Label each big rock with one of your most important things to do.” Continue: “Your task is to get all the rocks into the cup so that they are below the rim of the cup. Rocks above the rim are not allowed. Find a way to make all the important big rocks fit.” (Eventually they will need to put the big rocks in first, followed by the little rocks. Some of the little rocks might not fit, which is okay because they are less important than the big rocks.) Discuss: What does it mean to put Big Rocks first in your schedule? Why is it important to put Big Rocks first?

2. One-on-One Time with a Family Member

Go on a “date” or casual one-on-one activity with a family member. It does not need to be expensive. Ask what they would like to do, such as go for a walk, have a picnic, play a game, or work on a puzzle. Listen to them and affirm their worth and potential. Also, look for opportunities to have daily one-on-one times with family members.

3. Family Gratitude Dinner

Turn off any distractions. Gather around the table for a family meal. Invite family members to take turns sharing what they are most grateful for in their life. Encourage family members to take turns sharing why they are grateful for each other.

4. Play Family Trivia

Materials: Index cards, pens or pencils. Optional: photographs and video clips. Before the activity begins, ask family members to write down family trivia questions on the index cards, such as: “What pet did [insert family member’s name] have when they were young?” To add variety, select some family photos or video clips and write questions about them. Get started. Play the game by answering the questions in a variety of ways—in teams, on a game board, or just as a quiz contest.

5. Hold Regular Family Meetings

• Be Consistent—pick a time and day and stick to it. • Keep it short—no longer than 20-30 minutes. Make it fun.

• Create a family calendar. Update it during each family meeting.

• Take turns speaking. Allow everyone to have a voice.

• Choose a scribe to record all decisions and summarize discussions.

6. Traditions Reflection

Pull out photos and memorabilia from events that are part of your family’s traditions. Take turns sharing memories. Discuss why traditions are important to your family.

In first place is House Intellectus with 6941 points! The points leader for House Intellectus is Deborah T., in first grade with 177 points!

Our Student Support Services Team is here to support our families. Please reach out to them if you have any needs of concerns.

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