School Website PP for October

1. Welcome to
Central Elementary
School
Go Eagles!!!
2019-2020

2. School Motto
Every student matters. Every moment counts.
School Vision
Our vision is for Central Elementary School to be a safe and loving
environment full of positive, caring teachers and staff meeting the academic,
physical, and emotional needs of each child – whatever it takes.
School Mission
Our mission is to educate, empower, and encourage all students to become
compassionate and responsible citizens who can soar to excellence in all
aspects of life.
Core Values
Every student can learn.
All children deserve a safe environment.
Growth mindset is essential.
Loving relationships are vital.
Each family is a critical element to success.

3. October Announcements
October 2 – Fall Pictures
October 17 – 1st Quarter Awards
October 15&17 – Parent Teacher
Conferences 3:30-6:30
October 18 – No School
October 25 – Interest Groups
Oct 28-Nov 1 – Red Ribbon Week
October 31 – Fall Parties (Non-Nutritional Day)

4. • October 10th -
Skate Night from 6pm-8pm
• October 11th-25th –
Fundraiser
(Jerky and Pretzel Rods)

5. Oct 28-Nov 1 – Red Ribbon Week

7. October Kindergarten News
• Reading- We will be sending reading bags with books
home this month! We have practiced some of the books in
the classroom and some of the books will be leveled books!
Make sure to read 20 minutes every night! 
• Writing- We are working on writing like scientists. We
are observing, labeling, and investigating like scientists!
• Math- Work on counting to 25 and recognizing numbers
1-10. Also, work on counting 10 objects!
• Science/Social Studies- Pumpkins, Columbus Day, and
holidays, Materials and Motion, Push and Pull
Dates to remember:
October 2: Fall Pictures
October 15 & 17: Parent/Teacher Conferences
3:30-6:30 (see you there!!)
October 19: No school!
October 24: Flu Clinic 12:30-2
October 25: Interest Groups (no rise n shine)
October 28-November 1: Red Ribbon Week
October 31: Non-Nutritional Day/Fall Celebration

8. What Are We Studying?
Reading: Word Detectives/Strategies
Math: How Many of Each/In All?
Writing: Reviews
Science: Animated Storytelling
Social Studies: Citizenship
Don’t forget to read 100 minutes every week and study your sight words! 
Some Ways You Can Help Your Child at Home
Reading: Read with your child. When they get stuck on a word, tell them to use
their strategies to help them fix it!
Math: Practice counting with your child and give them simple addition and
subtraction story problems to solve.
Writing: Help your child come up with topics they could give their opinion about.
Science/ Social Studies: Watch videos with your child about citizenship!

9. 2nd Grade News
Reading
We are starting a new
reading unit. We are shopping
for nonfiction books and a few
fiction books. Ask your child
to tell you about the
information they are learning
in their nonfiction book.
Writing
We are starting a
nonfiction unit. Help your
child by talking to them
about things you are an
expert on (ex: gardening,
working on cars, etc.)
Math
We are starting a Geometry
unit where students are
identifying 2-D and 3-D
shapes. To help your child
identify shapes, go on a
shape scavenger hunt!
Word Study
Have your child look for words that they are studying
in the books they are bringing home. To really get
them excited about this work give them a Post-It to
write down the words.!
Reminder
*Dismissing at 2p.m. on Tuesday, October 15th and Thursday, October 17th to prepare for
Parent-Teacher Conferences

10. What’s going on
3rd grade?
NOTES FROM THE
TEACHERS:
School is in full swing and the kids
are doing great! We have built
power reading lives, mastered
some multiplication, and created
some incredible friendships.
OCTOBER FOCUS:
READING: Non-fiction, reading to learn
MATH: Graphs and line plots
WRITING: Information writing
PLTW: Forces and Interactions
SOCIAL STUDIES: Countries around the worl,
starting with the USA!

11. Social Studies/Science:
We will be learning about Colonial Life in our content
centers! We are also learning about soils, rocks, and
minerals in science!! 
Reading:
We have started a new and EXCITING nonfiction unit on Weather!!
We will be conducting whole class research projects and then
individual research projects! We are reading LOTS of nonfiction
books and learning how to take notes about what we have learned!
Writing:
We just started learning about essays! In this opinion
writing unit, we will be writing persuasive and personal
essays!!
Math:
We are finishing up our unit on collecting data. Our
next unit focuses on multiplication and division! Please
help your child learn their multiplication facts at
homes.

12. 5th Grade- October
Math- Students will be finding
volume of rectangular prisms using
the volume formula. Students will
also be continuing reviewing
multiplication and division.
Science- Earth and Sun: Students
will be learning about the Sun,
Planetary Systems, Earth’s
Atmosphere, as well as Water on
the Earth.
Social Studies- Students will be
studying exploration in the
Western Hemisphere
Reading- Students will be
investigating Non-Fiction texts
by reading analytically and
applying knowledge about
nonfiction reading to inquiry
projects. Students should be
bringing home a book everyday.
Writing-Students will be
drawing on all that we already
know about informational
writing and work towards
creating an article on an area
of personal expertise..

13. Non-Nutritional Days
• September 10
• October 31
• November 22
• December 19
• January 31
• February 14
• March 6
• April 24
• May 22 (Fun Day)

15. Lunch/Recess Times
5th: 12:00-12:40
4th:11:55-12:35
3rd:11:50-12:30
2nd:10:35-11:15
1st:10:45-11:25
Kdg:10:50-11:30

16. Drop off and
Pick up
• Bus drop off and
pick up will be
located behind the
building on North
22nd Street.
• Car drop off and
pick up will now be
located in the front
of Central
Elementary School
on North 24th
Street.