The PTA's Santa Breakfast is next Saturday, December 8th. We will be making crafts, serving breakfast, playing "The Polar Express" movie and there will be a special guest appearance by Santa himself. The cost for all this is $3 per child. Presale tickets are on sale until Thursday the 6th and can also be purchased at the door.
We hope to see everyone there. 9-12:00 Thanks, PTA
Online Word Card Sets
Looking for a Dolch word list to use at home? A correlated list to be used with our new Kindergarten report card 40-word Dolch requirement is available at www.learningbooks.net/whydolchwords.html. Another site offers support materials which can be downloaded and printed directly from the English Raven site. These have been formatted as neat cards with a color-coded backing indicating grade level. Click on the link below to access links to these free pages, which will open in a separate browser and can be printed directly from the internet:
www.englishraven.com/ttools_dolch.html
Other sites include:
www.learningbooks.net Click on dolch words and you get lesson plans, puzzles, lists, games etc.
www.abcteach.com go to search and type in Dolch words
www.janbrett.com go to search and type in Dolch words and she has beautiful picture cards with the words for bingo games etc.
http://www.edhelper.com/dolch_sight_words.htm?gclid=CKKLt4OewogCFSBYUAodkAFXDQ Sight-Word printables and activities accompany lists
Parents
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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!
Dowell is fortunate to be able to continue a state program called the Early Intervention Program(E.I.P.) in kindergarten through fifth grade. This program is one of Georgia's educational initiatives to improve student learning. The primary goal of this program is to offer immediate and direct assistance to help students who meet specific state criteria. Certified teachers will work with the E.I.P. students to achieve academic success at their grade level and support the progress of each student in accompolishing the performance based standards. I am very excited to be a part of this great program at Dowell.
Thank you again for your support last year! I hope you and your family had a great summer! Since your child has moved on to another classroom, you may want to unsubscribe from my blog if you are reading it through email subscription.
Good luck to you and your student as you splash into learning at Dowell.
Ms. Montalvo
E.I.P Teacher
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WOW!!!!!CRCT 
I’m Ready Bring It On!!!
Get pumped up and let’s have fun while preparing for the test. Each day we will participate in an activity, and end with a pep rally.
April 9th – 13th
Monday – Don’t sweat the test : wear sweats
Tuesday – Don’t tie yourself in knots : wear a tie
Wednesday – Resting for Testing : wear your pajamas, (no inappropriate pajamas, and no
slippers)
Thursday – Be cool for testing : weather permitting, wear shorts and tanks, but no spaghetti
straps
Friday – I’m ready bring it on : school spirit, wear Dowell t-shirts
Come One, Come All!
Thursday, March 22nd, is our PTA Reading Night. This year we will be doing Reading Night differently than in years past. We are hoping that this reading night will be very informative for the parents and fun for the students.
For the students: we have a story teller that will be here to entertain the students with music and stories. He will also provide an autograph session for students and their parents at the end of the night.
For the parents: there will be four different “classes” for the parents. They can choose one of the following:
The schedule for Reading Night is:
6-6:20-PTA meeting in lunchroom
6:30-6:50-
K,1,2- in the gym with the story teller
3,4,5- in their grade level hallways for Dr. Seuss fun*****
7:00-7:20-
3,4,5-in the gym
K,1,2- in grade level hallways
from 6:30-7:20- this is when the parents will be in the informational meeting.
7:30-8:00- All students (and parents) will report to the gym. Parents can meet their children there. The storyteller is willing to stay to 8:00 to do book signing.
See ya there!
No snow in February? No problem!
Kinderkids made their own snowball fun in Ms. Montalvo's class. Each child wrote one word from the word wall on their paper and then wadded it up into a "snowball." When Ms. Montalvo yelled "let it snow!" the kids threw their snowballs at each other. When a snowball landed near them, they picked it up, opened it, and read their word. Great way to practice those word wall words!
Reading for Success
Want to become a member of the Six Flags Six Hour Reading Club? Sure you do! All you need to do is read for fun a total of six hours. You can read books, magazines, comic books, or newspapers. Make sure to record your reading on the track form. This form will be due on February 23rd. Happy Reading.
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