Bulldog News
September 2023
Greetings!
The new school year has officially started and we are so happy to have our Bulldogs back and learning! On behalf of the Fowler Elementary staff, we would like to "thank you" for a wonderful start to the school year. We take pride in doing what is best for students while promoting a love of learning and academic growth. We look forward to a great year and we appreciate your partnership.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Donna Hardy
Sept 4th - Student and Staff Holiday
Sept. 5th - District Council Applications will open
Sept.5th - Cafeteria opens for parents to each lunch with their student(s)
Sept. 5th - Boy of Year Testing Window opens
Sept. 11th - Remembrance Day
Sept. 13th - Picture Day
Sept. 13th - Progress Reports will be sent home
Sept. 21st - Open House from 4:30-6:00
Sept. 25th - SBDM Meeting
Parents,
Please remember that you must show your ID when checking your child out of school. This is a KISD policy and will be implemented every single time. This is for your child's safety! Also, our office closes at 2:30-3:00 as we prepare for dismissal and students are moving around the building. Please plan accordingly if you need to pick your child up early.
Parents
Please join us for our open house on September 21st from 4:30-6:00. You will have the opportunity to meet your child's teacher and find out more of what they are learning and how you can assist at home. This is a come and go event. Find out how to volunteer, sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences, purchase a school shirt, yearbook, or how to join Little Bulldogs for your 3/4 year old. There will also be a Title I meeting with the principal. This is a night you do not want to miss!
Great things are happening in PreK already! We are working on writing our names as we learn about our school and the school helpers that make our learning successful every day!
Kindergarten has been working very hard on recognizing and writing their names. We have also been learning to recognize numbers to 5 and counting to 30. They are working hard and doing an awesome job!
We have gotten off to a great start this year! We were so excited to see so many parents come out to our Information Night! Our first graders are working hard to make the transition from being kinder friends to first grade boys and girls! They are quickly becoming very independent. We have made our way around the school visiting the library, our new Science Lab, the cafeteria, music room, and the gymnasium. In ELAR, we are reviewing reading levels A-D. We have learned about retelling stories using beginning, middle, and end and will continue on with readers’ and authors’ purpose. In math we have finished our unit on taking surveys and building and reading bar and pictographs. Next, we are moving on to making 10 and problem solving with addition and subtraction within 10. Problem solving is always difficult, but if they pay attention and follow the expectation, we know they will do amazing. Keep in mind that our Reading and Math Maps test is quickly approaching. It is important that students do their best and show us what they know.
3rd grade will be working on:
In math will include finding the perimeter, rounding, money, multiplication and word problems.
In reading and writing, the focus will include author's purpose (PIEED), author's message, understanding context clues, parts of speech, and how to edit sentences to name a few.
Social studies will be about communities.
Science will include covering properties of matter and investigating energy.
In the Fifth Grade we have been getting the students back from summer vacation into the new challenges for the new grade. We are pleased to report that the students are meeting these challenges.
Some of the skills that we are meeting are the basic skills of math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The review of 4th Grade fundamentals will help the new skills that 5th grade students must meet. Promotion of this at home will give a great boost to their levels.
Hands-on science and technology have also been introduced to the new 5th Grade students.
Our “Tetris” game theme in our grade shows the building blocks where our 5th Graders will meet challenges presented to them.
Fowler Elementary is committed to frequent two-way communication with families about their child's learning. Communication is key! Your partnership is valued and appreciated. If you have a concern, we ask that you allows us the opportunity to investigate and respond. If the concern is about a classroom situation, we ask that you attempt to resolve the concern with your child's teacher as the first course of action. If you still have a concern after speaking to your child's teacher, please feel free to reach out to an administrator and we will be glad to assist you.
