The Howler May 10th, 2019
Newsletter for the Shadow Hills Elementary School Community
Principal Point
Learn Reading Lingo
The reading-related terminology educators use may be unfamiliar or confusing to parents. Still, it’s a good idea to have a basic grasp of certain academic reading terms—especially if you hear them in relation to your child. Below are some common terms, along with their definitions:
- Age equivalent score: A type of scoring that takes into account the average age of students who receive the same score as an individual child. The individual child’s score, then, is said to be similar to younger students, to students his own age, or to older students. For instance, if an eight-year-old’s reading assessment score is determined to be similar to that of the average twelve-year-old, the eight-year-old would be considered advanced. (Equivalent scores can also be assessed by grade, as “grade equivalent scores.”)
- Alliteration: The repetition of an initial letter sound. Alliteration is often found in tongue-twisters, such as (“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”).
- Basal readers: A series of books used to teach reading. Typically, the same words are used over and over in each succeeding book, with new words being added regularly.
- Blending: Combining individual sounds to form a word. For instance, /mmm/ /oooo/ /nnn/ can be blended into moon.
- Cloze: Fill-in-the-blank stories that require a child to use clues from the text to figure out what comes next. (“Jacob knew not to touch the fire because the flames were _____.”) Cloze assessments can be used to evaluate things like reading comprehension and vocabulary.
- Criterion-referenced assessment: An assessment in which a child’s score is compared against a predetermined “acceptable” score (instead of against other students' scores). The child's score is then judged to be either above or below that standard.
- Decoding: When a child uses knowledge about the sounds that letters and letter combinations make and pronunciation rules to figure out how to pronounce written words.
- Diphthong: A sound that starts with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, such as /oi/ in foil.
- Fluent reading: Smooth, easy reading (silent or aloud).
- Listening comprehension: Refers to a child’s understanding of what he hears. This can be broken into levels:
- Lower-level comprehension involves understanding the basics of what a child is hearing (and “what he’s hearing” generally includes only straightforward facts and simple vocabulary).
- Higher-level comprehension involves understanding what’s being said and also drawing inferences from it. Students with high-level comprehension can often understand complicated syntax and vocabulary.
- Phonics: A type of reading instruction that emphasizes the sounds letters make and how these sounds are put together to form words.
- Sight word: Frequently used words such as the and but that students are encouraged to memorize, so they can be read "by sight"—without requiring decoding.
- Struggling reader: Any student who hasn’t grasped the reading skills or fluency deemed necessary for children his age.
- Syntax: The rules for putting words together into meaningful sentences.
- Whole language: A type of reading instruction that emphasizes the recognition of whole words rather than letter-sound relationships (or phonics).
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Shadow Hills Elementary School
We are PK-6th Public Elementary School in Boise, Idaho! We serve the community of NW Boise and parts of Eagle and Garden City. We have excellent community support for our outstanding teachers and staff! Thank you!
Mission
Inspiring curiosity and building integrity to cultivate a positive learning community.
Vision
We believe the most promising strategy for achieving the mission of Shadow Hills Elementary School is to develop our capacity to function as a professional learning community. We envision a school in which staff:
Inspire curiosity
Build integrity
Cultivate a positive learning community
Unite to achieve a common purpose and clear goals
Work in collaborative teams
Seek and implement best practices that result in student growth and achievement
Monitor student progress
Demonstrate a personal commitment to the overall success and well-being of all students
(Vision based on P. 135 of the following book - Eaker, DuFour & DuFour. (2002). Getting Started: Reculturing Schools To Become Professional Learning Communities. Bloomington, Indiana: National Educational Service.)
Values
We live the values of: Respect - Dignity - Honesty - Responsibility - Teamwork
2018-2019 Focus: Trustworthiness, Citizenship, Attitude, Integrity, and Self-esteem
Purpose/Goals
SMART Goals updated annually
Email: gale.zickefoose@boiseschools.org
Website: https://shadowhills.boiseschools.org/
Location: 8301 West Sloan Street, Boise, ID, USA
Phone: 208-854-6060
Facebook: facebook.com/ShadowHillsWolves
Twitter: @ShadowHillsElem
Is your child attending Shadow Hills next year?
If your student is planning on returning next year, no action on your part is required. He/she will be automatically enrolled for the next grade level. Thank you!
END OF YEAR PICNIC & DESSERT AUCTION
Shadow Hills End-of-Year Picnic & Dessert Auction!
May 16, 2019 from 6-8 pm @ Shadow Hills
COME JOIN THE FUN!!!
Help us say goodbye to homework and hello to summer fun with
our annual end-of-year picnic and dessert auction!
Bring your own picnic, lawn chairs, blankets, etc., and Shadow Hills will
provide a DJ for singing, dancing and other fun happenings.
Bring your best dessert creation to donate to the auction or
simply bring $$ to bid on whatever catches your eye! Sign up to
donate your dessert here: https://signup.com/go/ndXcTMN
Dessert donations accepted from 6:00-6:45pm, auction winners will be announced at 7:30pm!
Questions? Contact:
Jeanie Lewis
208.908.9657 mobile/text
FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
If you have a child who will be attending Kindergarten at Shadow Hills next year, please register them online as soon as possible through your existing parent portal (username and password). If you are unsure of your username or have forgotten your password, please call the office for assistance (208-854-6060).
See the attached flyer for more information regarding Full Day Kindergarten.
FIGHT FLU AND GERMS!
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
OPEN ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Application Deadlines
Open enrollment applications will be accepted at any time throughout the year. However, those applications submitted by the dates indicated below will receive first consideration for open enrollment in the indicated grade.
Elementary: Feb. 1st of the preceding school year.
Seventh grade: May 15th of the fifth grade year.
Eighth and Ninth grade: Feb. 1st of the preceding school year.
Tenth grade: May 15th of the eighth grade year
Eleventh and Twelfth grade: Feb. 1st of the preceding school year.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWESOME STAFF!!
Nurse Terri Lindemann: Nurse of the Year!
Mrs. Tasha VanCuren: Health Tech of the Year!
Mrs. Kim Erwin: Counselor of the Year!!
We are fortunate to have such dedicated, fabulous women on staff here at Shadow Hills serving our students and Shadow Hills community! Please give them a shout out next time you see them! They are pictured here! Congratulations!
2019 SPRING BOOK FAIR IS HERE!
Monday, May 13th-Friday, May 17th
Avoid the “Summer Slide” by encouraging your child to read as much as possible during the summer. The benefits to summer reading are too numerous to count!
Monday, May 13th: Open after school
Tuesday, May 14th: 8:45am-4:30pm
Wednesday, May 15th: 8:45am-4:30pm
Thursday, May 16th: 8:45am-8:00pm (open during the Year-End Picnic)
Friday, May 17th: 8:45am-2:30pm (early release)
Book Fairs are a huge source of funding for our library-- we can earn up to 60% of the total sales! Sponsored by Idaho Book Fairs
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! See the attached flyer for schedule and information.
WALKING CLUB NEWS
Walking Club is finished for the year. It's been a wonderful season of healthy activity with more students participating than ever before! We had 55 students who completed 25 miles, 13 students who completed 50 miles, 4 students who completed 75 miles, and 11 students who completed 100 or more miles this year. Thanks to all the students who walked and ran at lunch recess!
25 Miles!
Beckham B. and Parker K. (Wamhoff)
Case C. (Johnson)
Alannah W. (Bogdanoff)
Xander B. (Hartung)
Addison F. (Jeffries)
Alex G. (Amoureux)
50 Miles!!
Lily E. and Evelyn S. (Bogdanoff)
Amira I. and Audrey V. (Amoureux
75 Miles!!
Abigail A. (Johnson)
Gavin W. (Amoureux)
100 Miles!!
Maleah O. (Hartung)
125 Miles!!
Jaeda W. (Jeffries)
175 Miles!!
Caleb G. (Jeffries)
300 Miles!!
Taif A. and Caleb L. (Jeffries)
Jackson L. (Amoureux)
A special congratulations goes to three 4th graders who each ran for 300 miles this year! Way to go, Taif A., Caleb and Jackson L.!! See the picture below ...900 miles among them!!!
Keep walking and stay healthy!!
SPRING PROGRAM VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITES
Please look through the linked sign-up page to see if there's a time that you might be able to help.
Fifth Grade Visits the Civil War
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!
Mark your calendars for the upcoming activities:
From the Music Department:
May 15th and 16th - Spring Program (Grades 4-6): "Back to the 80's"
Erin Hunter, author of the Warriors series and more recently the Braveland series, is coming to Boise. She will be presenting at The Egyptian in downtown Boise on May 13th. Tickets are available now! See the flyer attached below for details.
Summer Music in the Boise Schools! See the attached flyer below if you are interested in Band or Orchestra during the summer.
Capital H.S. Summer Basketball Camp, June 10-13th. Please find information and registration attached below.
The College of Idaho is offering two Basketball camps in June for elementary students. Please find the information flyer attached below entitled Junior Yotes Basketball Camp Brochure.
Check out the summer schedule for the Mobile Recreation Vans for Boise Parks and Rec! Free supervised drop-in activities all summer! Flyer attached below.
If you are in need of school supplies, check out the Salvation Army flyer below for information on how to register.
Summer is right around the corner! Be sure to check out the attached opportunities for fun activities.