Wednesday Wrap-Up

Dear Parents,

I'm so happy to have all of our little owls back in the room from February Break to learn, grow, and play!  Here are a few announcements for the week:

• Friday Math Lab Game Day:  Our class was the MOST WELL BEHAVED mathematicians in the Math Lab for the 2nd quarter!  Mrs. Slayton is rewarding our class with game time in the Math Lab this Friday from 8:00-8:45!  She is allowing students to bring games of their choice from home to play.  Only rule is no electronics!

• The International Festival is this Saturday, February 27th!  Please get your tickets and plan on joining the fun from 2:00-5:00 at school!

• Jump Rope for Heart begins during PE next week!  Please make sure your child wears his/her PE shoes and is ready to jump, jump, jump!  

• Moon Observation Calendars came home today with students!  Students are being asked to track the changes in the moon over the next month!  This should take just a few minutes each night!  This assignment correlates to our science standards requiring students to study the pattern of the Earth's phases throughout a full cycle!  Please help your child fill in his/her calendar each night!

• In math, we're working very hard on adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers.  Aside from just solving these problems, students are also requited to explain their strategy to solve in specific, detailed writing!  Students should be able to:  1.) Name their chosen strategy 2.) Use relevant, specific math vocabulary (add, subtract, hundreds, tens, ones, decompose, partial sums, sum, difference, etc.) and 3.) Use transition words to connect their writing (First, next, then, finally, etc.)  Please see the pictures below to "see" the strategies were're working on and an example of a written explanation of an addition problem solved in class!

Thanks for your continued support at home!

Mrs. Kidd

Monday News!

Dear Parents,

Hope those interested enjoyed the Super Bowl last night!  We had some sleepy owlets fly in this morning...they said staying up a little later than usual to watch parts of the game had them worn out!

Please see the announcements below:

Discovery Quest Presentations are THIS WEEK:
Don't forget that your child was assigned a day this week to prepare and present his/her Discovery Quest Presentations!  These presentations are for a grade, so preparation is important!  There will be no spelling this week, to allow for extra practice opportunities!  If you are missing directions, the Discovery Quest Planning Sheet (due on the day of your child's presentation), or any other information about these project, please check under the Homework Resources Tab!

Scholastic Book Orders:
Our class can earn bonus points towards new books for any orders placed on or before February 29th!  If your child is in need of some new reading material, we would love for you to order some books from our Scholastic Book Class Link:  https://clubs2.scholastic.com and use our class code:  LRJMC.

Teacher Appreciation Week Donations:
We need raffle prizes for Teacher Appreciation week.  Do you own a business or have an unused gift card from the holidays?  Please consider donating these as well as any other new items and gift cards to Teacher Appreciation week to be given to teachers in a raffle at the luncheon.  Items can be dropped off at the Front Office anytime before February 11th.  Let's show the best teachers in Cobb County just how much we appreciate them!!

Student Council is having a Valentine’s Day fundraiser Tuesday, February 9^th to Friday, February 12^th. Students will be selling candy grams and a card for $1.00 from 7:20-7:50 inside the cafeteria. Students are able to buy a candy gram for their friends, family, and/or teachers. Student Council will then deliver those cards to the students or teachers that same morning. Thank you for supporting East Side’s Student Council.

The International Festival will be held this year at East Side Elementary on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 3-5pm.  This fun family event will feature food and cultural performances from all over the world.  Ticket order forms have been sent home with students.  Please return form and payment in an envelope marked PTA in order to get the pre-order price per ticket of $7.  If you need a ticket order form, extras are located in the school mailroom or a form can be emailed to you.


There are many ways in which you can participate to help to make it a success.  Please consider signing up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0b4da5ab22a31-international to be a country representative, performer, help with set up or  clean up.  More information on the different volunteering opportunities can be found here as well.

Thanks!

Mrs. Kidd