The Stoffle Gazette
October 26, 2018
News from this week
Dear Parents,
It was so nice to meet with all of you to discuss your child's progress. If you ever want to meet or have any questions regarding your child's grades, please feel free to contact me.
We had a great week voting for pumpkins while supporting Relay for Life. Our “Dunkin for Pumkins” was on display this week in the front hall. It looks FANTASTIC! Thank you to Ms. Le for providing the pumpkins and especially to Ms. Mallory for decorating our class pumpkins for us.
I am in my classroom on Tuesday mornings at 7:15 for Morning Math. If your child needs extra help or practice please feel free to drop him/her off at the front door or park and walk your child in.
As a reminder, we do not dress up in costumes for Halloween at Gwin Oaks Elementary. There is a costume parade at Bingo Night if you signed up previously. We also have a character dress up day later in the year.
Please be sure to refer to the schedule from Ms. Pugh below regarding Red Ribbon Week.
Dr. Barlow has also introduced a community service project for students. Please read about it below.
We are asking all parents to take a very important survey on the parent portal. Please scroll down to read an important message from Dr. Barlow.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Mrs. Stoffle
Message from Dr. Barlow
The Gwinnett County Public School System is committed to providing students with the best possible education and school experience. We recognize, however, that there is always room for growth and improvement. An excellent way for us to determine how to improve is by asking you. Your response is especially important because you can help us determine where improvements are needed. Please take a few minutes to complete the RBES Parent Survey located on the Parent Portal from October 22, 2018- November 16, 2018. If you need a paper copy of the survey in English or Spanish, please notify your child's teacher. Thank you for taking the time to help us with this important survey. Your participation now will help us to provide even better educational experiences in the future.
Sincerely,
Dr. Barlow
Principal
RED RIBBON WEEK ACTIVITIES FOR 10/29-11/1
Monday: Red Ribbons given to students, faculty and staff. During announcements the history and purpose of Red Ribbon Week will be shared with all students.
Tuesday: “Lei” off drugs. Wear your Hawaiian attire! (floral shirts, grass skirts, lei’s etc.)
Wednesday: Show everyone how smart you can look by saying no to drugs and dressing up as a nerd. Not EveR doing Drugs (NERD)
Thursday: Be all you can be! Be drug free! Wear your camouflage. The fight against drugs.
Friday: Put a cap on drugs! Wear your favorite cap.
INVOLVING STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE
The concept is a project that takes about 2 hours.
1. collecting debris on a street in the neighborhood.
2. gathering and delivering canned goods to a community food bank.
3. completing a community service project through Scouts and/or church/temple/mosque etc. would count.
4. donating toys, cloths, books, etc. to a community organization.
5. any project that the student designs that helps the community.
6. writing letters/care packages to those in the service of our country (military, law enforcement, fire fighters, etc.)
Coming up next week
Reading: We will continue to study text structures (Cause and Effect/Problem and Solution/Compare and Contrast, and Chronological Order).
Writing: We will continue drafting our Opinion Essay.
ELA: We will identify similes and metaphors.
Math: We will start our Fractions Unit.
Science: We will take our Water Cycle test on Thursday. There is a Google Slide show on eClass.
Social Studies: We will start our Government Unit on Friday.
Spelling Words and Root of the Week
Root of the Week: We will start Unit 2 with the following root/s:
terr-= land; ground; earth
Every week students will receive a list of sight words for review. Once these words have been introduced, students are responsible for spelling them correctly in their writing.
Spelling Words of the Week:
pattern
matter
later
water
really
probably
suddenly
beautifully
carefully
finally
completely
reading
drawing
happened
rested
Other Important Information
Yearbook Information from PTA:
Yearbooks, Fifth Grade ads, and business ads are now on sale! Visit Lifetouch online- https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob enter Yearbook ID: 13243419. Yearbooks $35 and Personalized $40. Prices go up January 5th!
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PBIS
Thank you parents for supporting PBIS here at Gwin Oaks Elementary School. We are off to a GREAT start. As a part of PBIS, recognition and consequences are given to students to support the continual learning of being ready, being respectful, and being responsible. These can be given by classroom teachers, specials teachers, counselor, and administrator. Currently, we have student recognition in the classrooms and will have school wide recognition as well, beginning in the month of October. If a student receives a consequence, it will be consistent and fair. Teachers will ensure students understand the reason for the consequence and he/she should be able to tell you exactly what occurred. There will also be a PBIS form sent home documenting the incident and consequence. If you have a question regarding the situation, please contact the teacher that gave the consequence. Thank you for supporting our efforts by discussing concerns at home. We look forward to continuing our successful year.
Important Dates
10/29-11/02 Red Ribbon Week
Good News Club
10/29 Good News Club
11/05 Boosterthon Pep Rally
Good News Club
11/06 No School-Student/Teacher Holiday
11/08 Chick Fil-A night
Reminders
* Please study Math Multiplication facts every night
* Students have HW every night (Mon-Thurs.).* Reading logs start next week.
* Remember to send in $3 for agendas.
* Ice cream is sold on Fridays for $1.00
Birthdays
October
16 Paul
November
18 Chase
24Jeremiah