December 8 - 12, 2014

The Little Bulldogs Tidbits

Principal’s News

Contents

Principal’s News 1 Upcoming Events 1 Pre-K News 1 Kindergarten News 2 First Grade News 2-3 Second Grade News 2-3 Third Grade News 3 Fourth Grade News 3 Fifth Grade News 3-4 Sixth Grade News 3-4 P.E. News 5 Cafeteria Menu 5 Counselors News 6

Mrs. Elisa Santos

La Pryor Elementary Campus

Happy Birthday! Dec 08 – Gabriel Echeverria Dec 08 – Esequiel Torres Dec 09 – Manuel Camacho Dec 10 – Mariah Martinez Dec 11 – Daniel Lara Dec 11 – Abel Longoria Dec 11 – Diego Longoria

Parents,

Congratulations to our La Pryor Elementary Students and Teachers for

earning 2nd

PLACE overall in the UIL District Competition!!!! We would

like to thank all our staff, community members and parents who helped

out during the UIL Academic Meet on Wednesday, December 3rd

. Thank

you so much for all you do for our Elementary Campus. Now that the

UIL Meet has passed, your child/ren will not be staying after school for

UIL practices.

Tutoring sessions are still being held after school until 4:30 p.m. Bus

transportation is available.

The band directors are working hard in organizing our Annual Elementary

Christmas Program which has been scheduled on Thursday, December

18th

. Time will be announced in next week’s newsletter.

REMINDERS:

If you are allowing your child(ren) to stay for the After School Supper

Program please make arrangements for he/she to be picked up

immediately after they are finished eating. Students usually finish eating

no later than 4:10 p.m.

Please remind your children to always be courteous and nice to

others. When students are generous, kind, energetic, or optimistic

they exude energy that attracts others.

Mr. Vera has been calling parents to notify you if your child needs to stay

after school for detention as a consequence of tardiness. Please be sure

your child is coming to school on time. Our first bell rings at 7:50 a.m.

Students are tardy after 7:55 am. If your child is late to school, they must

report to the office for an admit slip. In order to receive credit for Perfect

Attendance, students must be in attendance 100%. This means from 7:50

a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Monday through Friday. No check-outs.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS WITH THESE

IMPORTANT DATES:

Dec 15 – Milk and Cookies – “Here Comes Santa Claus…”

Dec 18 - Elementary Annual Christmas Program – Time TBA

Dec 19 – Early Release PK @ 11:30 am and K-6th

@ 12:30 pm

Dec 22 – Jan 3 – Holiday Break

We hope you have a wonderful week.

Thank you, Elisa Santos- Principal

Counting with

Mrs. Escalante.

Pre-Kindergarten News

Kindergarten News

First and Second Grade News

Little Bulldog Tidbits Page 2 of 6 Grade Level News

Third & Fourth Grade News

Mrs. Dube & Mrs. Gonzales’ Pre Kinder News:

This week students learned about time, seasons, and weather. We read "What's the Weather?". We learned about the letter Ii and rhyming. In Math, students reviewed numbers 1-8 and were introduced to the number 9. We discussed types of weather and temperature. On Friday we read the fable: "The North Wind and the Sun". On December 10th, Pre-kinder/Headstart students will be going to Zavala County Bank to sing Christmas Carols. We will be sending more information out next week. ! Hear words: Have your child listen to words & identify its beginning sound. Telling you which letter the word starts with. Name foods at your thanksgiving dinner & have your child identify the beginning sound & letter.

Count: Ask your child to count how many food items are at the thanksgiving table or how many items are on their plate.

Ms. Escalante- Kinder Math & Science:

In math: for the next 5 school days students will develop numbers 11 –20. Continue subitizing, conservation, comparing numbers, using concrete and pictorial models, and using comparative language. Students will also learn to develop strategies to solve story problems by identifying key words and using the “part-part-whole” chart. Continue to practice adding and subtracting numerals and word problems, counting with TOUCHMATH through visuals, manipulatives and kinesthetic activities. In our daily board, students will review the calendar, counting 1-100, skip counting by 5s and 10s, counting backwards from 20-0, money, seasons of the year, and tally marks. In Science, for the next 10 school days, students will review natural resources of water and soil. Students will illustrate and communicate two ways of how water and soil are useful. Ms. Elrod Kinder Reading and Social Studies:

Ms. Elrod’s class has covered the letters l. o. g, h, t p, a, n, m, I, s, f, k, and r. Students are blending sounds to create words. Next week, we will

add the letter Bb. With the addition of each letter, we will continue to increase our decodable word bank. Each week gets more challenging,

especially now that we have consonant blends. From now on, students will have a decodable reading and spelling assessment at the end of the

week. Writing is an essential part of our phonics program. Several students are already reading decodable phonics books and library books and

are taking AR tests Our letters to Santa are posted out in the hallway. Parents are invited to come read their child’s letter.

Mrs. Howell:

The first grade math class will be moving into number relationships up to 99. The unit will address relationships and patterns in numbers including the sum of a multiple of 10 and a one-digit number, reciting numbers, skip counting, and numbers that are 10 more and 10 less than a given number. In science we will continue to identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans. Mrs. Valdez

Students were busily working on their Flip Books for "Animals Building Homes" where students had to describe the order of events/ ideas in text, which are displayed in the classroom. In Saxon Phonics students continued to practice letter recognition, affixes, letter sounds and sight words. The lessons learned this week were vowel /e/ and /ee/ sound. Mrs. Lopez:

We have been furiously working on fractions! This week students worked on reading and following directions to color fractions of decorations on Christmas trees and create a winter wonderland street scene! Next week we will continue to work on fractions and identifying equal parts of a whole and sets of objects. In science we will continue to discuss fresh water and salt water as well as finish up our unit on rocks.

Page 3 of 6 Little Bulldog Tidbits Grade Level News

Ms. Alvarado – 3rd

& 4th

Grade

3rd and 4th graders practiced on non-fiction comprehension stories. Next week students will continue to work on their reading skills and strategies. Parents please help your child/ children study for their weekly spelling assessments.

Mrs. Vera 3rd

& 4th

Grade

3rd Grade Science - The students will continue reviewing and identifying the landforms with its name and characteristics. Modeling Landforms: Students will kinesthetically model the formation of four landforms. This is critical to their understanding of the processes that help to build up and wear down the landforms on Earth.

4th Grade Science - The students will continue investigating and conducting activities with complete and incomplete circuits.

Ms. Espiritu – 3rd

& 4th

Grade

3rd Grade - The students completed and took the assessments for Unit 6 - People Influence Communities: Heroes. Next week, they will describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present. 4th Grade - Fourth graders finished and completed the test for Unit 6 - Revolution. Next week, they will identify leaders important to the founding of Texas as a republic and state including Jose Antonio Navarro, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson Jones.

Mrs. Meyer’s Math Classes

Third Grade- Third graders are working with fractions. Please continue to practice multiplication facts. Fourth Grade- Students are working on adding and subtracting fractions. They are also finding equivalent fractions. Please continue to practice multiplication facts.

First & Second Grade News Continued… Mrs. Mireles:

Students read and discussed the Fantasy story “The Big Race”. The target skill will be reaching conclusions. The target strategy will be for students to infer and predict. In Social Studies, students read and discussed, “The Land Around Us”.

FIRST GRADE BACKS THE PACK!!! GO BULLDOGS!!!

Third & Fourth Grade News

Thomas &

Nico in

Mrs. Meyer’s

Math Class

Fifth & Sixth Grade News Continued… Mrs. Rangel -5

th

/6th

Grade Math Notes

5th /6th grade Math notes *5th grade students are completing Unit 6 : Fractions. *6th grade students are working on algebraic expressions. *Congratulations to all UIL participants. Great job in representing La Pryor Elementary.

Mrs. E. Lopez

5th Grade - Fifth grade will begin Unit 6 Lesson 1: Changes to the Earth’s Surface

In this lesson students will focus on three landforms, how they are formed, and where they are located in Texas.

6th Grade - Sixth grade will continue with Unit 6 Lesson 1: Energy Transformations

In this lesson they will be using a simple system and demonstrate energy transformations that occur within systems.

*Parents: If your child hasn’t brought a pack of (3”x5”) index cards, please make sure to bring it in as soon as possible. They

will be using them to write their Science Vocabulary and use it as a study guide throughout the year. Thank you for your

cooperation. Ms. E. Gomez:

5th Grade –We will continue to learn about the Road to Revolution. We will learn about the important figures, events and battles that lead to us become a free country. Please encourage your child to do their homework and to study for their tests. If they are not successful in passing their test(s) then they need to get their parent’s signature in order for them to correct it. Encourage your child to read on a daily basis as it will help in improving their comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, etc. The websites that your child can go to is ISTATION and Reading Plus. It would be great if your child can dedicate 30 minutes at least three times a week and or weekends. Make sure to also encourage your child to practice math and do the necessary steps to each equation as well. The websites that your child can go to is Think Through Math or Accelerated Math. It would also be great if your child can dedicate some time for these math programs as well. Let’s encourage our students to be responsible in all aspects of their education!!!! 6th Grade— We will continue to learn about South America. We will learn the countries, rivers, geographic landmarks, etc. We will be learning about their customs, population, educational systems, governments, etc. Students will be doing a power point presentation on the research that they will be doing on a specific country in South America. Please encourage your child to do their homework and to study for their tests. If they are not successful in passing their test(s) then they need to get their parent’s signature in order for them to correct it. Encourage your child to read on a daily basis as it will help in improving their comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, etc. The websites that your child can go to is ISTATION and Reading Plus. It would be great if your child can dedicate 30 minutes at least three times a week and or weekends. Make sure to also encourage your child to practice math and do the necessary steps to each equation as well. The websites that your child can go to is Think Through Math and Accelerated Math. It would also be great if your child can dedicate some time for these math programs as well. Let’s

encourage our students to be responsible in all aspects of their education!!

Ms. D. Gomez:

5th Grade – Students will continue analyzing author’s purpose, point of view types, persuasion techniques/devices and text structures found in their reading passages and media. Multiple meaning words, context clues, synonyms/antonyms and idioms will be targeted. Students will be taking their next unit test this week. Homework will be given as needed, but it shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes to complete. Parents ask your child if he/she has homework on a daily basis. We are using a new computer reading program entitled Reading Plus that will help students become better readers. Students are allowed to use it 24/7 (both in school and at home). Students know their usernames and passwords already. Enclosed is the link to login into student.readingplus.com . Please utilize this tool to help your child practice and improve their reading skills. For every 30 lessons they complete correctly on See Reader, students will raise their reading grade level by a year. It will take ALL of us to build a successful school environment. Students have checked out library books and should be reading at HOME as well as school. Ask them the 5W’s and How questions, so they can summarize what they read. 6th Grade –Students will continue studying various types of text structures found in informational text, analyzing point of views types, and author’s purpose found in various literary texts. Suffixes, multiple meaning words, context clues, synonyms/ antonyms and idioms will also be targeted. This week students will be taking their next unit test. Student Homework will be given as needed, but it shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes to complete. Parents ask your child if he/she has homework on a daily basis. We are using a new computer reading program entitled Reading Plus that will help students become better readers. Students are allowed to use it 24/7 (both in school and at home). Students know their usernames and passwords already. Enclosed is the link to login into: student.readingplus.com . Please utilize this tool to help your child practice and improve their reading skills. For every 30 lessons they complete correctly on See Reader, students will raise their reading grade level by a year. It will take ALL of us to build a successful school environment. Students have checked out library books and should be reading at HOME as well as school. Ask them the 5W’s and How questions, so they can summarize what they read.

Little Bulldog Tidbits Grade Level News Page 4 of 6

PRE-KINDER MENU

December 1 – December 5

ELEMENTARY MENU

December 1 – December 5

Coach Gonzales’ and Coach Lopez’s PE News:

In P.E. classes students have been working on ball handling skills and we will continue for next few weeks. We

hope to have good future basketball students. Please make sure students wear running shoes for P.E. as for

our floors are very slippery and students can fall and get hurt.

Message from Nurse Becky

Parents please check your children hair for lice. We have had a few children with lice.

Sixth Grade Girls Pose for the camera!

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