Shoemaker Newsletter
March, 2019
Dear Shoemaker Families,
Well, February turned out to have several weather challenges! Thank you for your flexibility and continued support with the snow days and late starts. Please note that our district calendar has changed to accommodate the days missed … click HERE to see the latest changes (additional snow days will result in another calendar revision). March brings The Cat in the Hat, the PTO Shamrock Shake, Kindergarten Registration, and a new custodian to Shoemaker Elementary School! Please join me in welcoming Mr. Dave Fritz to our staff!
Warmest regards,
Jacqueline Vogel
Shoemaker Principal
610-965-1626
March Dates:
Thursday, March 7 - Hero Squad Day. Wear your favorite super hero shirt.
Friday, March 8 - No School. Professional development for teachers.
Monday, March 11 - PTO meeting. 6-7pm.
Friday, March 15 - Mustang Meeting. Celebrating Music In Our Schools Month. Grades K,1,2 at
9:15. Grades 3,4,5 at 2:00.
Friday, March 15 - Put Leukemia to Bed. Wear PJs Day!
Friday, March 15 - PTO Shamrock Shake. 6-8pm.
Wednesday, March 20 - Shoemaker Kindergarten registration. Please refer to link below for more details.
Upcoming April Dates:
April 12 - Yearbook orders due.
Please note: The afternoon Mustang Meeting in March starts at 2:00pm.
Music In Our Schools Month
To celebrate, all grade levels at Shoemaker will be performing during the March Mustang Meeting. Some of the grade levels will be exhibiting a skill they have learned in music class this year, and other grade levels will be performing songs that celebrate music and its power in our lives. More information about Music In Our Schools Month can be found at the website for The National Association for Music Education:https://nafme.org/programs/miosm/
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Thank you to everyone who helped out with our dog and cat supply collection for Forgotten Felines and Fidos and for the book drive to help the high school’s project with McKinley Elementary. Both will conclude at the end of February.
Beginning on Monday, we will be starting our Pennies for Patients campaign. Your child should be bringing home information regarding the details. Each class will be challenged with collecting at least $100 to help the leukemia/lymphoma society find a cure for blood cancers. Your child will be bringing home a little box to collect change. You are also welcome to write a check made out to LLS or you can go online at www.studentseries.org, click “donate” to find your school’s online page. Then find your child’s teacher so you can support the class’s collection. We will be collecting from February 25th until March 15th. Last year we raised $5,600 for Pennies for Patients and we hope to do at least as well this year.
I thank you so much for all of the support you have given to our community service projects this year. By participating in as many as you were able to, you not only help those in need, you are also teaching your children the importance of caring for others. Our goal is to teach kindness and helping the world around us. I thank you for supporting and encouraging that as well.
If you have any questions, please call me at 610-965-1626 ext 1 or email me at bringer@eastpennsd.org.
Thank you again,
Mrs. Ringer
Professional School Counselor
Links to Learning:
Ready Math & Mathematical Discourse
An important part of our Ready Math Program includes meaningful mathematical discourse. Discourse happens when teachers intentionally pose questions that require students to do a large part of the thinking and talking during class and allow students to rely on one another to build understanding. Discourse also promotes stronger student engagement during classroom conversations.
Here’s a closer look at how discourse engages students during lessons and activities and examples of questions:
- Help students work together to make sense of mathematics (What strategy did you use? How could you help another student without telling them the answer? Can you restate that student’s explanation?)
- Help students rely on themselves to determine whether something is mathematically correct (Does that make sense? Can you draw a picture or make a model to show that? Does anyone want to revise your answer?)
- Help students to reason mathematically (What is another way you can solve that problem? Can you think of a case where that wouldn’t work? Can you explain how your answer is the same (or different) than his/her answer?)
- Help students evaluate their own process and engage in productive peer interaction (What do you need to do next? What have you accomplished? Was your group participation appropriate and helpful?)
- Help students with problem comprehension (How would you interpret that? Could you explain what the problem is asking? Which words were most important? Why?)
- Help students learn to conjecture, invent, and solve problems (Do you see a pattern? How did you think about the problem? What else would you like to know?)
Through discourse students continue to grow as mathematical thinkers and have shown growth in their problem solving skills. Students also continue to build their communication and future ready skills.
Mrs. Paula Fehlinger
Instructional Specialist
ART CLUB UPDATE:
Students from the Fifth Grade Art Club completed a mural at the Promenade AMC movie theatre. Best of all, a few fantastic parents were able to make some memories with their students at the same time. This mural was a combination of the upcoming movies Captain Marvel and DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon the Hidden World.