Magness Creek Elementary
Week of November 13, 2023
Many thanks to all of our families that participated in our Veterans Day event last week! We have one full week before a full week off for a fall/Thanksgiving break. Here are the highlights for this week:
1. All of kindergarten, first, second, and fourth grades and some of third grade will have a hearing/vision screening done either Monday or Tuesday of this week.
2. Our third and fourth grade students will take an ATLAS science interim Monday and Tuesday of this week. ATLAS is the new summative testing adopted by the state of Arkansas. This interim serves only as practice for our students and helps our teachers determine next steps in teaching and learning.
3. Lifetouch fall picture retakes are scheduled for Thursday. Since these are the pictures for the yearbook, any new students and any students not present for the initial picture date will take pictures on Thursday. If you ordered pictures from the initial picture date and want them redone, please send in the pictures you do not want to your child's teacher on Thursday.
4. Our second, third, and fourth grade students are attending the ELF musical on the Monday following the break. Please make sure you have returned the permission slip before the break.
5. First Arkansas Bank and Trust has extended the DEVOted Reading Log contest. Please see below for more details. Reading logs are due December 12.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Magness Creek Families!
Lifetouch Pictures
ELF for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades
Jingle Bell Shoppe Information
DEVOted Readers Program
How to access Lexia at Home
Lexia is an online reading program that we use for all students here at Magness Creek in grades K-4. It has 21 levels. Students took a placement test at the beginning of the year and were placed on the level they should begin with. Every time a student passes a level, the office will give the student a prize and document the progress on a superstar wall by the office. Various classroom teachers have systems in their classrooms as well to further reward units and time spent on Lexia. We have seen Lexia grow students substantially in the area of reading. As you know, chromebooks stay here at school this year, but we wanted you to have the information for your child to be able to access Lexia at home on a personal device if they would want to devote more time to this program after hours:
*Go to https://lexiacore5.com.
*Use your child's teacher email to log in. Then use your child's Student ID for the username and password. Please call the office or ask your child's teacher for the Student ID number if you do not know it.
Hearing and Vision Screenings
Our word of the month is Teamwork!
Yearbook Information
Online Parent Center
Magness Creek Mission and Vision
Schedule/Calendar
Important Dates
November 13-14--Hearing/Vision Screenings
November 16--Fall Makeup Pictures
November 17--November Birthdays, Popcorn Friday
November 20-24--Fall Break
November 27--ELF Performance for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grades
November 28--PTO Meeting at 4:00
December 4-8--Jingle Belle Shoppe
December 5--Rockin' Around the Creek from 5-7
December 14--Christmas Parties/December Birthdays
December 15-January 3--Holiday Break
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