Class Happenings

Week 7

Important Dates and Information:

• September 28 - Spirit Day!  Wear your Dowell t-shirts!
• October 4 - PTA Math Night (more information below)
• October 5 - Picture Retakes
• October 17 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• October 19 - Fall Festival, 5-8pm
• October 22 - Report Cards Go Home
• October 22-26 - Book Fair and Red Ribbon Week
• November 5 & 6 - Student Holiday - No School
• November 8 - PTA Primary Science Night

*If you have not returned signed field trip forms please do so!  If we do not receive a signed permission slip for each field trip your child may not go on the field trip(s).    Thank you!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (rule for words with x, /ar/ sound), handwriting, literary elements (title, author, illustrator, setting, problem, solution, mood, table of contents), guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, capital letters and punctuation for telling sentences

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition sentences, base ten blocks, less than/greater than), problem of the day, subtraction

Social Studies:  Producers and consumers - differences between jobs that produce goods and services, human and natural resources, needs and wants

Ways to help at home!

Please make sure your child completes their homework daily.  Continue reading nightly and studying sight words.  Practice counting to 100.

Dowell Math Night

Location:  Publix

Date:  Thursday, October 4th

Time:  6:00-6:50pm Family names N-Z; 7:00-7:20pm PTA Meeting; 7:20-8:00pm Family names A-M

Food:  Hotdogs, drinks, and treats are available to purchase.

Dowell Spirit Wear!  Wear your t-shirt and be eligible to win prizes!

*All students must bring an adult to participate.

Week 6

Important Dates and Information:

• September 28 - Spirit Day!  Wear your Dowell t-shirts!
• October 4 - PTA Math Night
• October 5 - Picture Retakes
• October 17 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• November 5 & 6 - Student Holiday - No School
• November 8 - PTA Primary Science Night

*Chick-fil-a Chicken Biscuits are on sale on sale every Thursday for $2.50.

*If you have not returned signed field trip forms please do so!  If we do not receive a signed permission slip for each field trip your child may not go on the field trip(s).    Thank you!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (letter f and the sound, letter g and the sound, blending words, identify vowel the short vowel o sound, letter x and the sound), handwriting, literary elements (title, author, illustrator, setting, problem, solution), guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, capital letters (special names - months of the year, days of the week, special days and holidays), book buddies   

Math: Daily Math RAP (calendar, months, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition sentences, base ten blocks), problem of the day, subtraction, strategies for solving word problems

Social Studies:  Producers and consumers - ways transportation help producers and consumers

Guidance:  Safety Lesson - Child Lures.  Please discuss with your child what to do in case of an emergency.

Ways to help at home!

Please make sure your child completes their homework daily.  Continue reading nightly and studying sight words.  Practice counting to 100.

Week 5

Important Dates and Information:

• September 14 - Academic Alerts Go Home
• September 19 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• October 4 - PTA Math Night
• October 5 - Picture Retakes
• October 17 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• November 5 & 6 - Student Holiday - No School
• November 8 - PTA Primary Science Night

Field Trips

Field Trip information went home last week.  Please sign and return each form as soon as possible.  If we do not receive a signed permission slip for each field trip your child may not go on the field trip(s).    Thank you!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (letter s and the sound, letter i and the sound, identify vowels a and i, letter b and the sound, letter r and the sound), handwriting, literary elements (title, author, illustrator, setting, problem, solution), guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, capital letters (special names), sentences (telling and question)   

Math: calendar (months, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, number of the day - making addition sentences), vertical addition sentences, problem solving strategy (draw a picture), test taking strategies, problem of the day

Social Studies:  Producers and consumers, modes of transportation, kinds of transportation needed.  We also had a special in-house field trip with the Music Man on community helpers!  The students had a fun time singing and learning!

Ways to help at home!

Please make sure your child completes their homework daily.  Continue reading nightly and studying sight words.  Practice counting to 100.

Email Notification Service

Parents
The service that we use to automatically notify you when the blog is updated has changed their terms of service in such a way that an ad will begin showing up at the bottom of the email that comes to you. Your email address is still not being shared with anyone other than the school! The mere placement of advertising in school communications is of concern to us, especially since we have no control over what the ad may be.

We are exploring other means of providing this service to you at this time. For now, we ask your patience as we work through the concern. In the meantime, if you receive an ad that is objectionable to you, we would appreciate your notifying the school, and holding onto it so that it may be forwarded to proper personnel.

Thank you for your patience!

August Breakfast of Champions

Congratulations to Angel and Presley!  Character Education - Respect

Week 4

Important Dates and Information:

• September 6 - Open House and PTA, 6-7pm
• September 19 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• October 4 - PTA Math Night
• October 5 - Picture Retakes
• October 17 - Early Dismissal at 12:20pm
• November 5 & 6 - Student Holiday - No School
• November 8 - PTA Primary Science Night

Field Trips

Field Trip information went home on Tuesday, September 4.  Please sign and return each form. If we do not receive a signed permission slip for each field trip your child may not go on the field trip(s). 

Performing Arts Series information and permission slips went home on Tuesday, August 28.  Please return signed permission slip.  Thank you!

Highlights from the Classroom:

Language Arts/Reading:  DOL (Daily Oral Language), phonics (letter p and the sound, letter n and the sound, letter c with the sound k, letter d and the sound), handwriting, sequencing (events in a story using first, next, finally and first, next, then, last), guided reading groups, Writer's Workshop, sentences (telling sentences, question sentences, review capital letters, and punctuation marks), book buddies   

Math: calendar (months, days of the week, odd/even numbers, tally marks, counting money, tens/ones, clock), adding zero, order property, combinations for 7 and 8, sums through 10, problem of the day

Social Studies:  Continue sharing All About Me posters, how should individuals treat each other

Guidance:  Names, introducing ourselves, how it feels to be new, and respecting each other's differences

Ways to help at home!

Please make sure your child completes their homework daily.  Continue reading nightly and studying sight words.  Practice counting to 100.