Mark Your Calendars
Sept. 4th Labor Day (no school)
Sept. 5th Elementary Planning Day (no school)
Sept. 12th PTO at 5:15 p.m.
Sept. 25th Educator Effectiveness Day (no school)
Sept. 29th Student of the Month Assembly
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September SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL LEARNINGOur stance of the month is FLEXIBILITY. Flexible thinking means going with the flow when plans change. When one thing doesn’t work, you try a different way. Flexible thinking helps us adapt to change and manage uncertainty. | Music with Mr. Berry Students enjoying learning about rhythm and beat with our new music teacher, Mr. Berry. Mr. Berry looks forward to sharing the talents of our musicians during future concerts. We are proud to welcome Mr. Judd to the Cheetah community. | Proud Points from the PrincipalA HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR AMAZING STAFF AND STUDENTS!
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September SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL LEARNING
Our stance of the month is FLEXIBILITY. Flexible thinking means going with the flow when plans change. When one thing doesn’t work, you try a different way. Flexible thinking helps us adapt to change and manage uncertainty.
Music with Mr. Berry
Proud Points from the Principal
A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR AMAZING STAFF AND STUDENTS!
We are proud to announce that 24, 3rd-5th grade students scored 90% or above on the spring 2023 CMAS state assessment! Way to work hard Cheetahs!
For three consecutive years, Chatfield has received a Performance rating status. According to Colorado's Department of Education, this means we are meeting expectations on the majority of performance metrics the state uses to measure achievement and growth of students.
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Mrs. RobertsMrs. Roberts is thrilled to be a new member of the Chatfield Kindergarten team! Outside of school she enjoys spending time with her husband, 24 year-old twins, and walking her three dogs. Since her first day of kindergarten, Mrs. Roberts always wanted to be a teacher! "I teach because I believe school is a safe and caring environment where students can expand their hearts and minds. | Mrs. WinkThis is Mrs. Wink's 9th year teaching Kindergarten. Outside of school, she enjoys hiking, camping, biking, golfing, pickleball and playing board games with her husband. Mrs. Wink recognizes the challenging tasks kindergarteners learn to do during math, reading, and writing. She loves those moments of accomplishment when they say “I can do it myself now!” "I teach kindergarten because I want to give all students the best academic start possible." | Mrs. QuezadaThis will be Mrs. Quezada's second year teaching kindergarten at Chatfield and third year teaching overall. Outside of school she loves traveling. She believes she can make a little bit of a difference in the world through the work she is doing with students in her classroom every single day. "I teach because there’s nothing more amazing than seeing that lightbulb go off in students when they understand what it is you are trying to teach them." |
Mrs. Roberts
Mrs. Roberts is thrilled to be a new member of the Chatfield Kindergarten team! Outside of school she enjoys spending time with her husband, 24 year-old twins, and walking her three dogs.
Since her first day of kindergarten, Mrs. Roberts always wanted to be a teacher!
"I teach because I believe school is a safe and caring environment where students can expand their hearts and minds.
Mrs. Wink
This is Mrs. Wink's 9th year teaching Kindergarten. Outside of school, she enjoys hiking, camping, biking, golfing, pickleball and playing board games with her husband.
Mrs. Wink recognizes the challenging tasks kindergarteners learn to do during math, reading, and writing. She loves those moments of accomplishment when they say “I can do it myself now!”
"I teach kindergarten because I want to give all students the best academic start possible."
Mrs. Quezada
This will be Mrs. Quezada's second year teaching kindergarten at Chatfield and third year teaching overall. Outside of school she loves traveling.
She believes she can make a little bit of a difference in the world through the work she is doing with students in her classroom every single day.
"I teach because there’s nothing more amazing than seeing that lightbulb go off in students when they understand what it is you are trying to teach them."
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Math Card Games: WarTo play the most basic version of War:
Variations: (Scroll down to 9. War)
| Sight Word Memory Game Select 5-10 words your child needs to work on. Have your child write one word on each index card, or any other thick paper. Be sure you can't see the word when you flip the card over. Shuffle all of the cards and turn the cards face down in rows. When it’s your turn, turn over two cards, trying to find a match. Read each word. If the cards match, keep the cards and play again. If the cards don’t match, turn the cards back over and it’s the next player takes their turn. The winner is the player with the most pairs. | Social Emotional Talking Points
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Math Card Games: War
To play the most basic version of War:
A game for two players, the deck is divided in half and one half given to each player.
Each player flips the top card of their deck and the player with the higher number takes both cards.
The winner is the person with the most cards at the end of the game.
Variations: (Scroll down to 9. War)
Addition / Place Value / Multiplication/ Fraction
Sight Word Memory Game
Social Emotional Talking Points
What are your personal traits, or strengths/challenges that make some things easier/harder to accomplish?
What are some strategies you are learning at school to think flexibly?
When are times during your day at school that you need to think flexibly?
What are some strategies you have that help you manage your emotions, so that you can think flexibly when a challenge arises?
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