Goodall Update 9-8-2016

 September 8, 2016

We are settling back into schools routines and seeing lots of improvement in transitions and procedures.  Please help us at home by reinforcing how important it is to follow procedures.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) – In the next 2 weeks, Goodalls will complete MAP testing sessions to assess Reading and Mathematics skills.  When taking the MAP test, the difficulty of each question is based on how well a student answers all the previous questions.  As the student answers correctly, questions become more difficult.  If the student answers incorrectly, the questions become easier.  Students will repeat the tests two more times during the year to continually assess student progress. We will share these scores with you once they are made available. 

Our first field study…..

We’re a week closer to our river field study!  We’ve received quite a few completed forms, but many have not been turned in.  We must have a number attending so that we can reserve rafts and bunkhouses for the night.  

Our next overnight meeting will be Thursday, September 15th at 6:30 in the Goodall area.  We will discuss menus and share more details about the trip at that time.

What we need from you…

1. Please complete the orange reservation sheet that was given out at the meeting and return with payment ASAP!  We will also be sending another copy home today.  If you don’t need it, please recycle.

2. On the bottom of the sheet is a T-shirt order form.  Your child’s t-shirt is paid for, but if you would like one, they are $10.00 for sizes s-xl and $12.50 for sizes 2xl and larger.  

3. Firm deadline for reservations and t-shirt orders is Friday, September 9th!

Procedures-Please review arrival and dismissal procedures.  As always, we want your child to be safe at Mayo.  

For those of you who are having difficulty opening the newsletter document, we will have hard copies outside Mrs. Sowle’s classroom.

Quick Curriculum Update:  

 

Shoots Literacy Group: Concluding Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

Shoots Word Work-adding the suffixes–ing and ed

Roots Literacy Group: Fables and Folk Tales

Roots Word Work: writing, blending, and segmenting sounds

 

Year-Long Theme: Citizenship-How to be a productive part of the community.

Science:  Pebbles, Sand and Silt and Habitats

Roots Math:  Ways to Make the # of the Day

Shoots Math: Adding and Subtracting up to 100 (review), place value

 

Even though we are not sending homework regularly, studentsshould be reading a minimum of 20 minutes each and practicing their addition and subtraction math facts.

 

 

 

This newsletter was also sent in email form.   If you did not receive it, please let your child’s homebase teacher know so that we may add you to our distribution list.

 

 

Dates to remember:  

Thursday, September 15-Goodall Overnight meeting-6:30 pm

Tuesday, September 20 –Roots AGC Field Study to Gilcrease

Tuesday, September 20-Literacy Night-6:30 pm

Thursday, September 29 and 30-Overnight Field Study to Illinois River

Friday, October 7-No  School-Teacher Professional Day

October 10-19-Book Fair

 

Mrs. Anderson: anderal@tulsaschools.org  Ms. Molina molinje@tulsaschools.org  

Mrs. Hernandez: hernaam@tulsaschools.org   Mrs. Sowle: sowlepa@tulsaschools.org

Mrs. Bunch: bunchel@tulsaschools.org         Mrs. Moreno: morenje@tulsaschools.org