• Monday, November 21st: Conferences--No School for Students
• Tuesday, November 22nd: Conferences--No School for Students
• Wednesday, November 23rd to Friday November 25th--Thanksgiving Holiday--No School for Students

• Monday, November 28th: A Day
• Tuesday, November 29th: B Day
• Wednesday, November 30th: C Day
• Thursday, December 1st: D Day
• Friday, December 2nd: E Day

• December 7th: Home & School Meeting at 7pm via Zoom
• December 9th: Home & School invites you to come to "Winterfest"
• December 23rd-January 2nd: Winter Break

Please be sure students are dressed appropriately for these chillier days with coats, gloves, hats, etc.

Perkiomen Valley Elementary Report Card

We are embarking upon a review of our elementary report card. We are interested in learning how and if the report card is meeting your needs to understand how your child is progressing toward intended learning. Please complete this short survey to share your thoughts regarding the current elementary report card. Thank you for your time.

Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T28HLC2

If you would like to volunteer on the night of the event, please use this link: https://forms.gle/h3atwKyLmSKf2yJw6

Want to learn more? Please see the flyer below.

Want to register? Please click HERE.

Does your child love to read? Is your child in 4th or 5th grade?

Your child should join Evergreen’s Reading Olympic Team!!

The Montgomery County Intermediate Unit sponsors the annual Reading Olympics which will take place in person this March 2023. (We will either be competing on March 14th at Souderton HS or March 9th at Dock Academy in Souderton) The event is a great way for students, who love reading, to participate in a fun-filled evening while sharing their knowledge of books and competing against teams from other schools.

Teams preparing for the event are given a list of 25 books (Book List) that will be used in the competition. On the night of the Reading Olympics, each team will go through two or three rounds of questioning against other teams from Montgomery county elementary schools and will accumulate points for each correct answer they give.

Students who join Evergreen’s Reading Olympics teams will meet on Wednesday mornings at 8am in Evergreen’s Library starting November 30th, 2022 to prepare for the event in March. Each member of the team is asked to read a minimum of 5 books from the list before the event. Books can be found in Evergreen’s library as well as Mrs. Mumford’s room (200).

If your child would like to participate in the Reading Olympics - please sign them up via a google form - https://forms.gle/KN5Cf8VAgU9GoT5q8.

• Monday, December 12th: Flannel Day: wear your favorite warm flannel shirt
• Tuesday, December 13th: Winter or a Winter Holiday Hat Day (headbands, etc.)
• Wednesday, December 14th: Warm Wacky Sock Day
• Thursday, December 15th: Slippers Day
• Friday, December 16th: National Ugly Sweater Day: wear your ugliest winter or winter holiday sweater/sweatshirt
• Monday, December 19th: Festive Monday: wear your festive clothing for winter or a winter holiday (shirts, socks, sweaters, hats, headbands, etc. No pajamas, please.)
• Tuesday, December 20th: Winter Sports Day: wear your favorite shirt/jersey or colors of your favorite winter sports team
• Wednesday, December 21st: First Day of Winter: let's welcome winter by dressing like a snowman--wear white, a hat, a scarf, etc.
• Thursday, December 22nd: Snooze Day: wear your school appropriate pajamas and bring your favorite stuffed animal to school

Math-Why is learning math facts important?

Why is this important? Learning math facts develops their number sense. ... Math fact fluency also helps students solve more complex math problems more quickly. If they have mastered their math facts, these concepts will be significantly easier, and they will be better equipped to solve them more quickly.

Second Graders are learning to subtract numbers within 1,000. Some of the skills they will practice are:

•using place-value charts to subtract numbers with and without regrouping

•solving real-world subtraction problems

•applying the inverse operations of addition and subtraction

Science

Second graders are learning engineering. Last week some classes used uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows to build a sturdy, but tall structure. Students worked in teams and discussed strengths and weaknesses of their structure as they planned and replanned how to be successful. Then they took a walk around to communicate their ideas to others.

Reading

Second graders are enjoying Into Reading. In Module 2 we learned about the genre of drama. We read the story Puzzle Puddle and spoke about how to read a play in different parts. Some classes also completed a readers theater to help with reading fluency. They did an amazing job reading their parts to the class!

Into Reading has many great mentor texts for students to learn from and in Module 2 students were able to connect their reading with our science unit of matter. Students learned that we can understand our world better by exploring. Some stories we read were The Important Book, Many Kinds of Matter, It’s Only Stanley, and The Great Fuzz Frenzy.

Writing

Students are continuing to grow as writers in second grade. Classes are focusing on writing using complete sentences, detailed descriptions, and proper grammar. Mrs. Eliasson’s class has just finished writing about what they are thankful for. Mrs. Brisar’s students and Mrs. Moccia’s students are beginning to write about what makes them thankful in preparation for our upcoming Thanksgiving break. . “Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” – Meg Cabot

Oh What Fun!

2nd graders took part in a grade level assembly and dig this week. The Strakas, field paleontologists, have been coming to Evergreen for many years. This year students experienced their “Dream BIG, Be a Scientist” assembly and fossil dig. The students had the opportunity to see fossils up close and participate in a game show. The cherry on the top was the paleontology dig where students discovered real fossils from dinosaurs, turtles and sharks! We are very excited to still have this program come to Evergreen for our 2nd graders! A big Thank You to Home and School for continuing to support this program!

Kindergarten - In Kindergarten we are continuing to learn about colors in context with our mini-book “Arturo y la bota”. The students are talking about which color is their favorite and they get to go “fishing” and see what color fish they catch!

First grade - In first grade we circle back to colors while learning about the Turpial, the national bird of Venezuela. The students also get to play one of their favorite games, ¿Dónde está el queso?

Second grade - In second grade we are learning about Chichen Itza, a pyramide located in México. We are also focusing on the high frequency structure: ¿Qué ves? Veo _______ while playing a game called Noche en el Museo.

Third Grade - We are continuing our unit on pets (mascotas). We have added in new pets and we have been practicing with the high frequency structure ¿Cómo estás? and various ways to answer.

Fourth grade - We are continuing to practice vocabulary related to Mexican salsa. We will be working with the high frequency structure: ¿Tienes ________? while playing the game, Hagamos Salsa.

Fifth grade - We are continuing to learn about México. The students will be making “Ojos de Dios”, an authentic Mexican craft dating back to the 15th century when the Huichol people used to make them.

Don't miss the upcoming Book Fair, held IN PERSON only during the November conference days!

The book fair will be in the library Monday, November 21, 8:00 am-7:00 pm, and Tuesday, November 22, 8:00 am-2:00 pm.

Read all the details here or visit the book fair home page here.

Reward your children for a great start to the school year, pick up presents for family near and far, buy a thank you or holiday gift for a teacher, and support our library at the same time!

If you can't make it in person, you can shop online (online shopping is available Nov. 18-23, 2022). Every purchase supports our library.

• If you stop by in person, you can even win free books for the classroom just for stopping by! No purchase necessary!
• One more fun opportunity! You can donate a book to the library in your child's name and help the library TWICE! Read all the details here
• We are taking pre-orders for the newest Cat Kid book, Cat Kid: Collaborations, that will be published on November 29. If you order using the form attached here, the sales will count for our Book Fair and help us buy new library materials. Please send your money and order forms to the library by November 18th. Once the books arrive on or around November 29th we will deliver them to the students.

Mrs. Turner: mturner@pvsd.org

Mrs. Shearer: lshearer@pvsd.org

If you have any items you would like to donate students and parents/guardians can drop them off in the main office. During conferences we will have collection bin in the lobby.

We are excited to announce we will be running the Holiday Shop again this year for families in need of assistance for the winter holidays. Last year we provided gifts to over 100 PV students and hope to do even more this year!

Check out our Amazon wish list for ideas: https://tinyurl.com/powerpackshs. Items can be shipped directly to our shop at Evergreen Elementary School, c/o PV Power Packs, 98 Kagey Rd, Collegeville, PA 19426 or monetary donations can be made by check sent to PV Power Packs, 3 Iron Bridge Dr. Collegeville, 19426 or by PayPal at donations@pvsd.org with Power Packs in the memo line.

Make sure to follow us on Facebook @pvpowerpacks or email us with any questions at powerpacks@pvsd.org.

PV Power Packs is a weekend food program for students experiencing food insecurity. Bags of food, including 2 breakfast items, 2 lunch items, 2 snacks, and 2 fruits, are sent home with students prior to every weekend. There is no financial information required to participate in this program and students pick up their bags from their counselor or designated person every week.

For more information regarding how to receive a Power Pack for your child or to make donations to the Power Packs program, click here: https://www.pvsd.org/families/pv-power-packs/

Powerpacks Application (Spanish)

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) approved the use of Flexible Instructional Days (FID) as an alternate form of instruction in response to inclement weather or other emergencies. On a FID day, instruction will be virtual. FID assist schools in meeting the required 180 student days. PA Schools may use up to five (5) FID per school year - in PVSD, we will utilize FID when all 3 inclement weather days built into the district calendar are used.

For more information and and the elementary FID schedule, CLICK HERE.

• Chromebook malfunctions/damages: Email the helpdesk@pvsd.org
• Forgotten student passwords: Go to https://accounts.pvsd.org
• FAQs about Chromebooks can be found on our website

Call: 610-409-9751 and press #1

Email: EVAttendance@pvsd.org

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