FSE Weekly Update
There's a Superhero in Each of Us!
November 11, 2016
Thank You Veterans! You are our Superheroes this Week!
FSE is so proud of our very own Superheroes- our Veterans Mr. Stavinoha, Mr. Rob, and Mrs. McGourley.
We want to thank each of you for your service to our country! We are fortunate to work with each of you and we appreciate that you have chosen to make a difference in the lives of the students here at FSE!
November 29- Optional Meeting
At the Open Forum last week, a request was made by some of the attendees to have an explanation of the Pay Scale/Salary Min, Mid, Max. On November 29, Mrs. Miller, Director of Human Resources will be in the cafeteria at 3:05 to provide an explanation presentation. This is completely optional, and is in response to the request at the Open Forum. Do not feel obligated to attend. Alice will be sending an invite just so it is on the calendar.
Word Walls in Primary Grades
Why use word walls?
- They provide a permanent model for high frequency words
- They help students see patterns and relationship in words, thus building phonics and spelling skills
- They provide reference support for children during reading and writing activities.
How to use word walls
- Make words accessible by putting them where every student can see them. They should be written in large black letters using a variety of background colors to distinguish easily confused words.
- Teachers and students should work together to determine which words should go on the word wall. Try to include words that children use most commonly in their writing. Words should be added gradually — a general guideline is five words per week.
- Use the word wall daily to practice words, incorporating a variety of activities such as chanting, snapping, cheering, clapping, tracing, word guessing games as well as writing them.
- Provide enough practice so that words are read and spelled automatically and make sure that words from the wall are always spelled correctly in the children's daily writing.
- New information should be added on a regular basis.
- Use content-area material from the curriculum rather than randomly selected words.
- Word walls should be referred to often so students come to understand and see their relevance.
Word Wall Strategies
2nd and 3rd Math TEKS update
2nd and 3rd Grade Teachers,
The following information is a TEA update for your math content dealing with even or odd numbers.
Even or Odd
2.7A Determine whether a number up to 40 is even or odd using pairings of objects to represent the number
3.4I Determine whether a number is even or odd using divisibility rules
*Zero is considered even (if a number is divisible by 2 and there is no remainder, then the number is even)
Resources from November 7 Day
Weekly Good News Submission For October: Email Kim Cathey and Shelley Keck
Remember part of TTESS is sharing the school vision/mission and goals with the community. This will help meet Domain 4.4.
October 31- Laijas, Walters; Meg Laijas
November 7- Morantes; Lemley
November 14- Zamora and Lopez
November 28- Ingle, Hajek, Kozowyk, Lewis
December 5- Morantes, Draper
When you take pictures, send them to Anna Wood throughout the year for the yearbook! This will reduce stress at the end of the school year!
Save the Dates!
Please remember to check the !ALL South online calendar.
November 15- Faculty Meeting 3:05 in Library for all staff
November 15- 2-6 pm Fundraiser Pick Up cafeteria
November 16- 3rd-5th grade GT field Trip
November 17- Great American Smoke Out
November 18- Last day for Kinder GT Nominations
November 21-25- Thanksgiving Holiday
November 29- Optional Meeting
November 30- 4th Field Trip to the Alamo
Happy Birthday to our November Birthdays!!!!
November 4- Susan Royal
November 9- Kimberly Embrey
November 16- Alice Alfaro and Michelle Garza
November 21- Brandon Johns
November 22- Amanda Castillo and Josephine Mehne
November 24- Daelah Laskowski
November 25- Jennifer Walter
November 30- Kelsi Powers