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Welcome toCentral Elementary

SchoolGo Eagles!!!

2014-2015

Notes From Mrs. MizellDear Parents,

April showers bring May flowers as April and May bring many opportunities to continue our path of reading our favorite authors and pushing our thinking. This last quarter is an exciting time of exploration, investigation, observation in our academic work. Our last quarter of our academic year will be filled with high expectations that will prepare us for our next year. To those who are new to Central, we hope that you will quickly feel at home and become involved in the activities of our school through the PTA and your child’s classroom. We welcome new partners in education.

As I continue as principal at Central Elementary, I will work diligently with parents and faculty to foster an atmosphere that promotes a learning community that is child centered. Working as a team we will move forward in our mission to create a warm, caring, disciplined, and challenging environment in which all students can learn and reach their highest potential becoming responsible members of society.

Research states that parents being involved in your child’s school, students reading at home and at school are the three actions that help your child succeed the most. We appreciate you reading and having conversations with your children each night, celebrating their successes from their school day.

Central is in partnership with UAFS as a Professional Development School. Pre-service teachers’ classes are held on Central’s campus providing various teaching and learning experiences for the future teachers. I am blessed to work with the Central staff, families, and community. If you have any concerns, questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

Reaching New Heights-Soaring to Excellence

Sincerely,Cindy Mizell

PTA 2015-2016

Officer Nominations

President: Christi Wilson

Vice President: April Tipton

Treasure: Melissa Scott

Secretary: Emily Cross

• Teacher Appreciation: May 4-May 9

• 4th Grade Camp: May 11-13

• Fun Day: May 22

• No School: May 25

• Superhero Art Presentation: May 26

• Talent Show: May 27

• Report Cards/Last Day of School:

May 29

Announcements

Non-Nutritional Days• September 26

• October 31

• November 21

• December 19

• January 30

• February 13

• March 20

• April 2

• May 21

PTA Information

Upcoming Dates• May 7th – Glam and Car night

• May 22nd – Fun Day

• May 27th – Talent Show

End of the Year Reading Goal

Proficient Score of 3 = at grade level

Kdg - D/E

1st - I/J/K

2nd – M

3rd – P

4th – S/T

5th - V

finding the light in the darkness, and trusting in right

endings

Word of the Month Quote of the Month

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with your children this year. Have a wonderful summer and be safe! I hope to see each of you again next year.

Mrs. Ming

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Dates to Remember:

May 7th- PTA Glam and Car Night 5:30-7:00

May 18th-Field Trip to Van Buren City Park

May 22nd-Non-Nutritional Day/Fun Day

May 25th-No School for Memorial Day

May 27th-Kindergarten Graduation at 10:30am at the

VBHS Fine Arts Center

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What are we studying??Reading:. Characters and Reading Clubs

Math: Blocks and BoxesWriting: Writing Fiction

Make sure your child is reading at home! Make sure to sign the

log!! Read 100 Minutes a Week!

Make sure you

study your Sight

Word Lists!!

4th Quarter

Reading: Nonfiction Reading Clubs and Reading & Role Playing: Fiction, Folktales, & Fairy Tales

Writing: Lab Reports & Science Books and Writing Arguments About Books and Characters

Math: Partners, Teams & Paper Clips

Arkansas History: Understanding the identity of Arkansas

Earth Science: Components of Weather

Earth Day April 22nd

Reading:We are finishing up our Biography unit. We have been SO

impressed with the student’s reading projects!! We will soon be starting our new unit….Building a Summer Reading Life and

Independent Reading Projects!

Writing:We are reading classic Fairy Tales and adapting them into more modern fairy tales. We will also be studying

characters, settings, and problems and writing our own fairy take stories!! We will be publishing them

soon!! To celebrate, we will be participating in a Fairy Tale Ball….more details soon!!

Math:We are working on our addition and subtraction skills. We are also continuing our work on multiplication and

division!!

Field Trip!!!May 20th!! Be watching for

notes being sent home soon!!

4th GradeReading : We will be focusing on summer reading projects

and goals.

Math: We are learning about estimating and breaking up

multiplication and division problems.

Science/Social Studies: We are studying AR history.

Writing : We are working on independent writing projects.

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5th Grade

• Math - Multiplication and Division Strategies• Science – Research Projects• Reading Workshop – Content Area Reading

Research (World War II)• Writing Workshop – Memoir to Research-

Based Mixed Genre Writing (World War II)• Social Studies – World War I and II

Reading Recovery

Powerful Proven Results

Reading is important because…

Scientific evidence reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse confirms that

Reading Recovery is effective.

Bonnie Duff

Central Elementary

Van Buren, AR 72921

479-474-7059

[email protected]

University Training Center

University of Arkansas

Little Rock, AR

Center For Literacy

Contact your local Reading Recovery

professional

Reading Recovery Teacher

Reading Recovery at Central Elementary, Van Buren School District

Strong reading and writing skills are essential for success in school and later life. Although most children learn to read in their classroom programs, a few children have great difficulty learning to read and write. Reading Recovery can help!

Reading Recovery & Students in Literacy

Groups make great gains in

Reading & Writing

Reading Recovery students work hard in 1st grade to become better readers &

writers!

Lunch Times

5th: 10:45-11:254th: 10:50-11:303rd: 11:00-11:402nd: 11:10-11:501st: 11:20-12:00

Kindergarten: 11:30-12:10

Drop off and Pick up

• Bus drop off and pick up will be located behind the building on North 22nd Street.

• Car drop off and pick up will now be located in the front of Central Elementary School on North 24th

Street.