Harlan Elementary
December 2-6, 2024

**NO FALCON After School in the Month of December!** (we will still have EDEP)
Enjoy Thanksgiving break & holiday! We will see students on Monday, Dec. 2nd
Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts
November Events:
🦃 November 25th-29th - Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
December Events:
🎁 December 2-12 - Santa Shop
🎁 December 10 - Christmas Luncheon
🎁 December 11 DRESS UP DAY - Holiday Outfit
🎁 December 12 DRESS UP DAY - Ugly Christmas Sweater
🎁 December 13 DRESS UP DAY - Polar Express/Pajama Day
🎁 December 13 - Early Dismissal at 12:00
Holiday Dress Up Days: Dec. 11, 12, & 13
4th Grade is still selling lollipops each Tuesday!
Harlan Yearbook Orders are OPEN NOW!
Show Choir on Tuesdays--Please make arrangements for pick up at 4:15
Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.
Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!
Mrs. Edwards reads Turkey Trouble this week as we look forward to Thanksgiving!
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
🌟Healing Hearts is Available Anytime🌟
🩵Healing Hearts Group is Harlan's in-school grief support program offered to all children attending schools in Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties that we serve/have preexisting groups.
🩵Healing Hearts Group meets once per month and explores emotions, experiences, and responses surrounding grief in a safe environment with children that are already familiar with each other from school.
🩵Healing Hearts group is coordinated by a Healing Place counselor and Ms. Green.
🩵By filling out this form you are signing up your child to attend the group once per month. Healing Hearts meets at the discretion of the Healing Place and the school administration. By signing up you are not committing your child to attend every group if there is an absence, conflict, or important school event happening on the day that the group meets.
🩵If your child has attended Healing Hearts in previous years they will need to be registered again this school year! Participation requires a new form every year!
Register now: https://forms.gle/3parov5tr5czUEM58 - Click Here or Click/Scan the QR code
Extended Day Enrichment Program - EDEP After School Program
The pictures below provide information on our after school program.
- To enroll call 256-768-2700 and leave your name, number and student name for the director to return your call.
- The form to sign up for EdEP are available in the office.
With Integrity We Will Live Out the F.A.L.C.O.N. Way Here at HES!
Join Harlan PTO! It's only $5 and it goes directly to our school!
GRADE LEVEL NEWS:
Kindergarten
- Reading: Letters Tt, Nn HFW- at, to
- Math: Lesson 12- Name Shapes
- Your child needs a water bottle and snack every day.
- Check their red FALCON folder every night.
- Practice writing first name, letters, and numbers every night
- Thanksgiving Break November 25- November 29. NO School. Enjoy your break and Happy Thanksgiving!
1st Grade
Open Court Unit 4 Lesson 2: Light and Sound
Phonics:
-al, -el, -il, and -le /nk/ spelled -nk /kw/ spelled qu_
Math:
Lesson 14: Add Three Numbers
** Study sight words on the back of blue folder. We will begin our end of the nine weeks sight word testing this week!**
Reminders
-Check blue folder each night
-Practice writing lowercase and uppercase letters
-Practice writing first and last names
-Practice writing numbers 1-35
-Read stapled decodable reader
-Study newsletters each night!
-Study sight words on back of blue folder
-Review behavior sheet in blue folder
2nd Grade
Reading:
Review of Second Nine Weeks Skills
Math:
Lesson 16: Three Digit Numbers
Tests:
Reading/ELA: ELA Benchmark( Wednesday, Dec. 4th); Reading iReady Winter Diagnostic (Thursday, Dec. 5th)
Math: Math Benchmark (Tuesday, Dec. 3rd); Math iReady Winter Diagnostic (Next Monday, December 9th)
3rd Grade
Our week looks a bit different this week!
Reading:
Monday: Review for benchmark
Tuesday: Review for benchmark
Wednesday: Reading benchmark
Thursday: iReady Reading Winter Diagnostic
Friday: Finish up diagnostic, start Unit 3 Lesson 3
Math:
Monday: Review for benchmark
Tuesday: Math Benchmark
Wednesday: Begin 2 step word problems
Thursday: 2 step word problems
Friday: 2 step word problems
*Math iReady Winter Diagnostic will be on Monday, December 9th.
4th Grade
- Monday & Tuesday: Review Unit 2 skills
- Wednesday, December 4th - 2nd 9 Weeks Reading Benchmark
- Thursday - iReady Winter Diagnostic
- Friday - finish Diagnostic/begin Unit 3 Lesson 1
Math:
- On Monday, we will review all standards taught through the second nine weeks.
- Our second nine weeks benchmark will be Tuesday, December 3.
- We will begin lesson 13: Use multiplication to convert measurements on Wednesday. In this lesson students will multiply a whole number by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers.
Reminders:
- PLEASE make sure students are studying their multiplication facts every night. This is a critical skill that will help students in fourth grade and beyond!
- Please check your child's take home folder every night.
5th Grade
Reading:
- Mon. & Tues 12/2 & 12/3- Review Unit 2 skills & informative writing
- Wed. 12/4 - Reading Benchmark
- Thurs. 12/5 - Reading iReady Winter Diagnostic
- Fri. 12/6 - Finish diagnostic & begin Unit 3 Lesson 2
Math:
- Monday 12/2 - finish benchmark review
- Tuesday 12/3 - Math 2nd 9 Weeks Benchmark
- Monday 12/9 - Math iReady Winter Diagnostic
All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!
Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:
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Contact Us Anytime!
School Secretary: Mrs. Yolanda Johnson Email: yjohnson@florencek12.org
Principal: Dr. Thomas Casteel Email: tcasteel@florencek12.org
Assistant Principal: Mr. Julian Smith Email: jsmith@florencek12.org
Location: 2233 Mc Burney Dr, Florence, AL 35630
Phone: (256)768-2700