Burleson Elementary News

Thank you so much to our generous PTO for providing snacks for the fourth grade STAAR test. We appreciate all that you do for our students and staff 😊

Our physical environment team went above and beyond to decorate the hallways for the fourth grade students as well! Thank you for your hard work and making our students feel special!

Teacher appreciation week is May 4-7th. Please prepare to show our amazing teachers how much we care and love them! They work hard to shape the future through one child at a time.

Muchas gracias a nuestro generoso PTO por proporcionar bocadillos para el examen STAAR de cuarto grado. Apreciamos todo lo que hace por nuestros estudiantes y personal 😊

¡Nuestro equipo de ambiente físico hizo todo lo posible para decorar los pasillos para los estudiantes de cuarto grado también! ¡Gracias por su arduo trabajo y por hacer que nuestros estudiantes se sientan especiales! La semana de agradecimiento a los maestros es del 4 al 7 de mayo.

¡Prepárese para mostrarles a nuestros increíbles maestros cuánto los amamos y los amamos! Trabajan duro para moldear el futuro a través de un niño a la vez.

• Practice all letter and sound recognition.
• Focus on number recognition up to #20.
• Please have students continue to practice writing their name at home.
• Please write down words read on reading log.
• Library books are due back on Tuesday.

Thank you for all your support! Mrs. A 😊

Reminders...

1. Read, read, read. Fill out reading logs every night!
2. Sight word test tomorrow, April 9th.
3. New sight words on Tuesday, April 13.
4. Spelling tests every Thursday!
   
5. We are waiting on a date for Kinder graduation. I will let you know as soon as I know!

Please bring a water bottle every day. The days are getting warmer and they need to stay hydrated!

Please make sure your child wears shoes that are appropriate for PE and recess every day! (no flip flops)

Thank you for all that you do!! Message me if you need anything 🙂

FYI…..

• Sight word test tomorrow over 20 pink sight words.
• Practice spelling words and sentences for the test next Friday.
• Practice -2’s for a test next Friday.
• READ, READ, READ and be ready to AR test every day.
• Your child is taking addition fact tests to earn brag tags. Please ask them which facts they are working on because every child is working at their own pace.
• It’s warming up, make sure your child brings a water bottle to school every day.
• Please make sure your child is wearing shoes appropriate for PE.

Just a few things to remember....

• We will continue to work on subtraction math facts through -12s and then review until the end of the year. We will test over -9 on Friday.
• Be sure to look over and work with your second grader on their Saxon work each night. As we get closer to the end of the year, the words and concepts will be getting much more difficult so practice at home will be needed for most students. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
• Also, as we progress towards the end of the year, we will be completing one Saxon concept each day instead of completing two on Tuesdays. Doing this will make our testing days on different days of the week. Let me know if you have any questions about this each week.
• Continue to READ, READ, READ and take AR tests!!!
• Be sure you are reading for at least 20 minutes every night and that you are filling out the Home Reading Log. The Reading Logs are due every Friday morning.
• * Please remember to send a water bottle with your child/children each and every day. They get thirsty and the water fountains are closed.

• In math we are measuring capacity (volume) and weight.
• In science we are learning about environments.
• Starting next week we will be reviewing all the skills that we have learned this year and working on the skills that we are still struggling with to prepare for the STAAR Test. Please make sure your child is here every day!!!
• The Math STAAR test is on Tuesday May 11th. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS HERE THAT DAY.

ELAR/SS

• Wow! This is a tough week – Writing STAAR was on Tuesday and practice STAAR tests on Wednesday and Thursday. Everyone is working really hard! If your child has been absent, make-up tests will be on Friday!
• Next week we will be back to normal, working on skills needed to be successful!
• As always… Read, Read, Read! – Reading is a homework assignment! All students are required to read for at least 20 minutes every evening. Please make sure you monitor what your child is reading and initial your child’s Reading Log every evening after they have read.

Please message me on Dojo with any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Mrs. McCormick

Math/Science

• In Math we will work on fractions. We can use a lot more practice in this area!
• We will have random multiplication fact tests so please be sure your child studies and knows their basic facts.
• In Science we have had fun learning about the patterns of Earth. Moon phases, seasons and shadows. We are beginning a study of producers, consumers, and food webs.
• We are entering a calendar contest about how water is important. Please ask your child if they have turned in their sloppy copy. They will also receive a grade for this and some have not turned it in!! Cash prizes will be awarded at the end of school awards program for the top three places.
• Please make sure that your child is doing their 20-minute reading EVERY night. This will boost their vocabulary and make them an all around better student.
• Bring a water bottle and clean mask EVERYDAY!

Thanks,

Mrs. Bell

Reading-

• We have had a great start to benchmarks, please be sure they are ready to test for Science on Friday!
• Please keep READING, there are many students that have had the same books for many weeks.
• We need to stay focused finishing out the year strong!
• Still send water bottles, we cannot be sharing the fountain.
• Thank you for all you do!!!!

Math

• Please have your child practice multiplication math facts every night. We are still testing weekly. Knowing math facts also helps when we are doing other math concepts such as, long division, fractions, and measurement conversions.
• We are wrapping up our 5th grade math TEKs and we will begin working on STAAR review. Please, please make sure your child is here every day. It is very important.

We will have pre-k roundup Monday, April 12 @ 9:00am-11:00am in the high school media center

then we will move to elementary computer lab for the afternoon from 1:00pm-3:00pm.

Parents, we have several students that have not been returning their library books, please make sure your child/children are returning library books.

We will be selling either DIPPIN DOTS, COTTON CANDY, SNOW CONES, POPCORN new item to the snack shack CAKE POPS & Pickles and frozen pickle pops on Wednesday's after school.

Prices will range from $2.00 - $4.00.

SNACK/CANDY CART FRIDAYS!!! EVERY FRIDAY MEADOW PTO WILL HAVE A SNACK CART AFTER SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD TO MAKE A PURCHASE. WE WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF THINGS AND PRICES WILL VARY FROM .25 CENTS AND UP. ALL ITEMS WILL BE WITHIN THE COVID REQUIREMENTS.

Celebrate your child's birthday with their name on the marquee in front of the school!!

$5.00

Your child's name will be displayed on the day of their birthday. If their special day falls on a weekend their shout out will be displayed on the Friday before. This is open to ALL Meadow students and staff.