How we are navigating:
These are the essential questions for our Standards and Units of Study:
Reading – How do I identify the beginning, middle and end of a read aloud or independently read text? In the stories we have read, we have been sequencing the events and details of the text. The students have learned that you can’t figure out the end without knowing the beginning and middle, and knowing the middle they are still trying to figure out how it started and can’t determine the ending. As you are reading the library books at home, please discuss the sequence of the story with your child.
Phonics – How do I identify beginning, middle and ending sounds? In Words Their Way, we are reviewing all of our short vowel sounds. We have studied short a, as in lamb, short e, as in hen, short i as in pig, short o, as in frog, and short u, as in tug.
Science – How do I identify the different forms of precipitation and how do I recognize changes in water when it melts and freezes? As you can tell, we have been studying water. The students have been doing some really cool water experiments in Science Lab with Mrs. Sullivan. We will also be studying how water evaporates back in to the clouds.
Writing – How do I become a great writer? Students wrote a story about their favorite season of the year to go along with their Computer Lab assignment of seasons on their Learn to Type program.
Mathematics – How do I complete addition and subtraction facts to 10? The students have used the strategies such as, counting on, counting back, number lines, and pictures to help them complete their “facts” assessment for this 9 weeks.
Navigating the year with news from school:
Conference Week
Our yearly conference week will be October 24-28, 2011. Please remember student will be dismissed from school at 12:30 each day. If your child’s transportation will change, you must send me a note in writing with the change. You are also receiving your child’s scheduled date and time. Please return the bottom of the page as soon as possible to let me know if you will or will not be able to attend.
Box Tops
Our P.E. Department is having its annual Box Top Collection Contest. Please help our class win by sending in Box Tops found on many food items. All Box Tops must be turned in by Wednesday, October 19th.
Mapping your schedule:
October 5th – 7th – COGAT Testing
October 13th – All Pro Dads, 7:15am
October 14th – Dowell International Family Fair, 6:00 – 8:00pm
October 20th – 1st Grade Field Trip – Theatre in the Square – 9:30-11:30am
October 24th – 28th – Conference Week, Book Fair
October 28th – PTA Fall Festival
Contact Information
Email: Mrs. Margaret Reece: margaret.reece@cobbk12.org
Blog Address: http://dowell.typepad.com/pdt/
Dowell Elementary: 2121 West Sandtown Road, Marietta, GA 30064
Phone: 678.594.8059
Dowell Elementary Website: http://www.cobbk12.org/Dowell/
Cobb County School District Website: http://www.cobbk12.org
CCSD Legal Disclaimer: http://www.cobbk12.org/legal.htm
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