It's time to make attendance a priority as we come out of the cold and flu season! Attendance includes absences and tardies. Brown has dropped below its target of 97% of students in attendance, so all of the grade levels are being challenged to have great attendance with the following incentives:
- Every week, the grade level that is able to achieve our attendance goal of 97% will receive a special certificate for each classroom to recognize their awesome attendance.
- The grade level with the highest percentage of attendance each week will receive an extra recess period the following week!
Let the challenge begin!!
From Mrs. Hill:
- I'm asking that each member of the Dicesquad brings one newspaper or magazine to recycle each day next week. This will assist with the following incentive program for our school:
From the office:
- We hope you are aware of the big green bins in the south parking lot. Each month our school earns money based on how many tons of paper we recycle. Last year we averaged 4.68 tons per month. Any month that we collect more than 4 tons we earn $15/ton. In the month of March of 2010 we collected 5.36 tons. As a special incentive our recycling company has offered to double our payment to $30/ton if we exceed the total of 5.36 tons this month. All money earned in the month of March will be used to buy items for the Brown Buck Store. Please consider dropping off your paper recyclables in our green bins during the month of March!! If it is not convenient for you to drive by the school perhaps you would consider sending your magazines or newspapers in with your child on a daily basis (be sure he/she can still safely and easily carry his/her bookbag).
If you have questions about this promotion, please call the school office!
Our Mission to Mars will be on Wednesday, March 16. All students have a permission slip on file and are very excited about this opportunity!
Job applications went home today along with team descriptions. ALL job applications are due by Monday, March 7. Each applicant MUST select his or her top three choices for a job after reading through the descriptions on the handout.
We discussed a few character traits that would be best for each job, and they are listed here:
Communication Team: speaks clearly, patient, prioritize well
Data Team: typing skills, prioritize well, organized
Navigation Team: listening skills, follows directions, math
Medical Team: initiative, active, reads instructions, routine oriented
Probe Team: follows and reads directions, kinesthetic learning (hands-on), reads well, works alone
Remote Team: kinesthetic learner (hands-on), math skills
Life Support Team: can hand stressful situations, math skills
Isolation Team: hand-eye coordination, reading skills, video gamer
Please plan to attend the Brown "Scooper Bowl" this Friday, March 4 from 6:15 to 8:00 PM. This is a family fun night with ice cream, a silent auction, and games for kids (and parents) hosted by Wilbur Tague with Lincolnwood Toy Store. Tickets will be on sale Wednesday morning before school. $1 for a small bowl of ice cream, $2 for a large bowl of ice cream, and $1 for a bottled water.
For the silent auction portion of the evening, families will have a chance to bid on our grade level's basket or any other grade level baskets. The theme for the 5th grade basket is "Brownsburg Bulldogs". Information regarding this fund-raiser went home in the Barker last week and yesterday with the kids.***Each one of the Dicesquad members (5th graders in our class) will receive one Brown Buck for each item he or she brings in for the donation to this themed-basket.
For more information, go to the Brown Elementary website @ http://www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/brown. Click on the PSG tab.
March 2 is Read Across America Day! We will celebrate reading in many ways on that day and the following Friday. First we will have a first grade guest reader. Then we will read Dr. Seuss books with our Kindergarten buddies. We will share a "One Fish, Two Fish" snack with our buddies, as well. Lastly, we will play a game of "Seussaphone" and "Cat Tricks" on Friday.
****PLEASE PLAN TO BRING YOUR FAVORITE DR. SEUSS BOOK TO SCHOOL BY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2!
Tonight/This Week's Homework:
- Math--7.12 Open Response math--be sure to fully explain your answer using the four questions we used in class, if necessary (did I label?, did I use transistion words?, did I use math terms used?, and did I use a drawing?).
- Writing--All Valentine letters are due by Friday--final copies
- Reading--Ida B. and Maniac Magee book clubs have a circle book report due Monday. All students have a Reading Counts quiz due by the end of the day Monday, February 28.
The math test for Unit 7 will be done a bit differently as we prepare for ISTEP next week. There will NOT be a study guide going home today. We will practice in class, and we will complete the "test" in sections as a group.
Applebees Community Connections event will be Wednesday, February 23. Bring the flyer with you (that is coming home today) in order to donate 15% of your purchase to Brown Elementary! This is a perfect way to donate to your child's (children's) school.
Caribbean Cove sales will be again tomorrow morning (Wednesday). The family event will be Thursday, February 24 from 4-9p. Each partcipant MUST have a wristband in order to attend.
Spirit Wear and 5th Grade T-shirt sales will go through Tuesday, March 1. All funds raised will benefit Brown Elementary students. The sales of the 5th grade shirts will go toward our 5th grade party in May.
Yearbook orders and payments are due Monday, February 28.
***Monday, February 28 through Thursday, March 3---ISTEP Applied Skills testing in the morning for math, writing, grammar, reading comprehension, and social studies
Friday, Feb, 18
- Study Links 7.7 for Math due
- Book report question/answer sheet OR Book report (For Penguin book club) due
- CLC Mars Mission permission slip and $10 payment due
Tuesday, Feb. 22
- Explorer Picture book FINAL due
- PSG Meeting @ 6:00
Wednesday, Feb 23
- Purchase tickets for Caribbean Cove in the morning at school--see Brown Barker for more information
- Media Center check out (Don't forget about Reading Counts quiz due at the end of each month)
- No spelling this week or vocabulary.
Thursday, Feb. 24
- Unit 7 Math test (a study guide will go home on Tuesday)
March 1: Spirit Wear and 5th grade teacher order forms due
March 11: End of Grading Period & Snow Make Up Day
March 28 -April 1: Spring Break
