Mrs. Schluter Weekly Newsletter
Week of October 23rd, 2017
Week at a Glance:
In Math:
This week we will be working on our long division involving decimal numbers. We are continuing our lesson on Financial Literacy. We will be taking the district's Math Fluency Probe this week over multiplication and division facts. We are also preparing for our for our end of Unit Test. Our next upcoming Math Unit will be adding and subtracting fractions with and without common denominators.
In Science:
We are continuing our unit on Forms of Energy and Forces. We will be working in science stations and will have several major labs over the course of this unit. We will be building Popsicle Catapults this week. We will be using popsicle sticks, soda bottle caps, plastic utensils, and candy corn pumpkins. If you have any of these items and are willing to share, please send with your student by Wednesday. Thank you!
General Classroom News:
Please remember to use Sign Up Genius to sign up for Parent-Teacher Conferences. You will be meeting with Ms. Ferrier and myself. You will only need to sign up for one time. We look forward to meeting with you
EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
Wednesday October 25th to Friday October 27th
We will be following the early release schedule beginning this Wednesday due to parent-teacher conferences. Here are the important times. Please make a special note about the lunch time changes.
Specials: 10:45-11:25
Lunch: 11:50-12:20 - Ferrier
Lunch: 11:55-12:25 - Schluter
Dismissal: 1:15
Important Dates to Know:
Tuesday, October 24th: Picture re-takes
Wednesday, October 25th: Unity Day! Wear ORANGE! :)
Wednesday, October 25th-Friday, October 27th: Early Release (1:15pm) - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, October 26th: Family Dance Night (Monster Mash)- 6:00-7:30pm - Cafeteria
Monday, October 30th: College Day! Wear your favorite college gear. :)
Tuesday, October 31st: Reflections competition entries are due.
Friday, November 3rd: Seele Stampede Walk-a-thon! Will be held during specials. Come on out and walk with your student! 5th Grade specials time is, 1:45-2:30!
Wednesday, November 8th: Seele PTA Meeting - 1:30pm
Thursday, November 9th: Family Night
Friday, November 10th: Veteran's Day Program! 9:00a.m.
Monday, November 13th-Friday, November 17th: Book Fair!
Tuesday, November 14th: Grand Friends Day! (Lunch is as follows: Ferrier-12:05-12:35, Schluter- 12:10-12:40. These are different than our normal lunch times. Please mark your calendars!
Thursday, November 16th: 4th & 5th Music Program at 6:00p.m.
Important Links:
This is the same login for their spelling and reading vocaubulary. Their login is: Username: meunicorn2016 password:unicorn5. They can log on and do flash cards and play games to study. This is can be accessed from your PC, MAC, iPad, smart phone, etc.
Your student can also log onto, www.istation.com, to work on their math. Their username is nb+lunch their lunch number (omitting the + sign when logging in.) Their password is their lunch number.
From the Seele Office:
From PTA: Let’s get together for a Family Dance Night, Thursday, October 26th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria.
Seele Stampede Walkathon
Seele Elementary School’s PTA Fundraiser will be Friday, November 3rd
Evolution of Dance
4th & 5th grade "evolution of dance"
The 4th & 5th grade students will be performing “Evolution of Dance” on Thursday, November 16th at 6:00 P.M. in the Seele cafeteria.
District Homework Policy
REPORT CARDS
Beginning the 2017 school year, NBISD will be sending Interim Progress Reports (IPR) and Report Cards electronically. As a parent, there is no setup required to begin using the electronic version of IPRs/Report Cards fortxConnect Parent Portal. All txConnect accounts will receive the electronic copy of the IPR or Report Card for all students attached to the account. When the electronic IPR and Report Card are posted during the grading cycle, the parent will receive an email notification that the IPR or Report Card for the grading cycle are being posted.
A sample of the email notification is below:
Date: September 25, 2017 at 8:00:00 AM CDT
To: RGHUDSON118@YAHOO.COM
Subject: Student Report Cards (001 000025)
Report Cards for your student(s) at RYDELL HIGH SCHOOL are being generated and should be available in txConnect shortly.
To log into txConnect, Click on the link below:
URL: https://txconnpa.esc13.net/PANB/login.aspx
When a parent signs into txConnect, the document may be viewed on the Summary page. Below is an image of the Summary screen and where the electronic file will be located to click on and view. When the parent clicks on the icon, a PDF document will open for the parent to view. Parents can save or print the PDF file as needed.
USE THE LINK BELOW TO TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICT PAGE.