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School Uniforms for the 2023-2024 School Year

As we close out the 2022-2023 school year, we would like to remind all stakeholders of the uniform policy established by the Winfield community years before. Winfield is a uniform school; students are expected to wear their uniforms Monday-Thursday. Fridays will be a designated Spirit or Dress Down Day. A schedule of Friday dress options will be provided at the beginning of next school year. Additionally, in order to provide more consistency between our feeder pattern schools that require school uniforms, specifically Windsor Mill Middle, we would like to reestablish this expectation for next school year. As this is the final newsletter for the 2022-2023 school year, we would like to send this reminder to allow families to begin planning for the 2023-2024 school year. Please see the listed uniform options for the 2023-2024 school year.

Winfield's School Uniform Policy

Winfield Elementary School is a uniform school.

The policy is as follows:

• Shirts: long or short sleeve polos in white, navy, light blue, or yellow only

• Sweaters: (NO hoodies, sweat jackets, or coats during class time) white, navy, or light blue only

• Pants: khaki, tan or navy slacks (no denim jeans or cargo pants)

• Shorts: (summer weather only) khaki, tan or navy, knee-length

• Skirts: (not recommended for PE) khaki, tan or navy, knee-length

• Shoes: black or brown shoes with rubber/non-slip soles OR black, blue, or white sneakers (FLATS for girls-no heels allowed

● Denim jeans, jeggings, leggings, pants with rips or shreds, sweatpants, and/or workout pants are NOT allowed.

● Students must wear closed-toe shoes with a back. Tennis shoes are preferred. Slide-on-Crocs, sandals, opened toed-shoes, flip-flops, bedroom slippers, athletic slides, and shower shoes are NOT allowed.

●Students have the option to wear long or short sleeve polo shirts. They also have the option to wear a long sleeve shirt of any color UNDER their short sleeve polo shirts.

Report Cards for the 4th Quarter

Fourth quarter report cards will be available through Schoology. We will not send home paper copies in the fourth quarter. If a family would like a paper copy of their child's report card, please submit your request to the office before the last day of school.

Teacher Assignment for Next School Year

Your child's teacher assignment for 2023-2024 will be sent to you during the first week of August.

Lost and Found

We currently have many items left in our school lost and found. As you come to school for the many events we have scheduled in May, please check the lost and found for items your child is missing. In June, we will donate all unclaimed items to a local shelter.

May 2nd- Spring Concert 3rd and 4th Grades/ Band & Orchestra

May 8th- 12th- Teacher Appreciation Week

May 10th- PTA Meeting In-person @ 6:00pm in the cafeteria

May 11th- Spring Fling

May 12th- First Grade Field Trip to The Maryland School

May 25th- Field Day

May 30th- Field Day Rain Date

May 30th- Windsor Mill Middle School Presentation for 5th-Grade Parents at 5:30 pm

May 31st- Kindergarten Picnic Outside on Basketball Court/ Playground Area from 10:30-12:30

June 5th- Kindergarten Picnic Rain Date

June 8th- Pre-K Send Off Outside on Basketball Court/ Playground Area 9:30-11:00

June 12th- 1/2 Day Schools Close at 1:00 pm

June 13th- 1/2 Day Schools Close at 1:00 pm

June 12th- 5th Grade Farewell

• Ms. Grey's Class from 9:30-10:30
• Ms. Hixon's Class from 10:30-11:30
• Mr. Bautista's Class from 11:30-12:30

June 13th- Rain Date for 5th Grade Farewell (Follow Same Teacher Schedule)

June 13th- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Thank You!

Special shout out to our Community Partners, Alpha Kappa Alpha Upsilon Epsilon Sorority, for volunteering to plant beautiful flowers in front of the outside entrance to the school for their Earth Day Community Service project. We are so grateful for our partnership!

Canned Good Giveaway

We will hand out free canned goods to families and community members on Tuesday, May 2nd, before and after the Spring Music Concert and on May 11th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm during our Spring Fling Family and Community Engagement event. If you are in need outside of those dates, please get in touch with Monique Banks at mbanks@bcps.org or 667-251-3533.

211 Maryland: Provides local resources for families needing assistance with food, housing/shelter, utility assistance, mental or physical health, etc. Contact Information: Visit https://211md.org/ text your zip code to 898-211 OR call 2-1-1.

Sponsors: UNION BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Reverend Raymond F. Edmonds Jr. Pastor

Location: 8615 Church Lane, Randallstown, MD 21133

Date: May 6, 2023

Time: 10:00 - 12:00 PM

Masks are required.

As part of our School Counseling Program, your child’s class will have the opportunity to engage in a counseling core curriculum lesson during the month of May. The theme for this month is Careers for students in K-4. Students in grades K-4 will explore different careers and think about how their interests and strengths align with different career paths. Students in grade 5 will focus on the transition to middle school.

It is our hope that the core curriculum counseling lessons will help to promote the social emotional, academic, and career development of our students. We hope that you can help your child reflect on these lessons by discussing their content together.

Hello PreK Families!

I cannot believe the end of the school year is near. I have enjoyed teaching and watching your child grow each day!

The last 2 ELA Units we will be working on are:

Unit 7:The Earth and Sky

We will focus on the following essential questions:

-What can I learn about the earth and sky? -What weather can I observe each day?

-What can I learn about day and night? -Why is caring for the earth and sky important?

We will work on the letters Q, W, and Z and their associated sounds.

Unit 8: Healthy Food Healthy Body

We will discuss the following essential questions:

-What are good healthy habits? -What kinds of foods are healthy?

-Why is exercise important? -How can I stay healthy?

We will review all letters of the alphabet, segment, blend, and isolate sounds in words.

In math we will complete the following units:

Theme 9 – Counting and the Number System

Students will continue to review content presented earlier in the year including length, patterns, graphing, combining and separating problems, and combining and sharing equal groups, and capacity and weight.

Theme 10- Counting and the Number System

Students will revisit and build on math concepts and skills presented earlier in the year. They will work with similar content in different activities, continuing to develop number sense and problem-solving skills.

Reminders, please send in a weather appropriate change of clothes for your child, which includes underwear and socks. Please note that it takes some time for BCPS to switch from their heating to AC systems. It might be helpful to have your child dress in layers and/or keep a sweater in their cubby. Additionally, you are welcome to send a bottle of water with your child.

Thank you for your support throughout this school year!

Ms. Acie

It’s hard to believe that it’s already May! All the children have grown so much since September. We are proud of all their accomplishments!

In Phonics, we have learned all the short and long vowel sounds. We learned about the magic/bossy “e” and how it makes the vowel sound long when it’s at the end of the word. We have almost finished learning all 50 high-frequency sight words.

In Listening Comprehension, we read and discussed books about animals, transportation, how things change, and how to be a good citizen. Next, we will read about how new ideas can help us, how things are alike/different, and how to protect the environment. We will focus on identifying the major events in the story, including the problem and solution. We will also sequence the major story events in order to retell the story.

In Math, we will end the year with Unit 8. This final unit of the kindergarten year prepares students for the work ahead in Grade 1. In the context of explorations about frogs, students build a deeper understanding of subtraction and strengthen the connections between quantity, related number combinations, and written notation to 20. The activities in this unit should help students learn to add and subtract to 5 with fluency, add to 10, and strengthen their understanding of place value by the end of the year.

In Science, we will be learning about the force of motion and how things move. We will explore how we can use pushes and pulls to solve problems.

On May 31st at 10:30am, we will have our end of year closing celebration and picnic. Each class will go outside to enjoy a picnic lunch. More details will come home soon.

It has been a wonderful year working with your children! Thank you for all your help and support.

• Dear First Grade Families, ​
• Phonics: Unit 7 long vowel/vowel team patterns, silent letters
• Reading: Unit 6 Figure It Out! Objective: students will explore “How To” books and use what they’ve learned to write a set of numbered directions for a specified task.
• Writing: Small Moment about a lesson learned Objective: Students will write a "small moment" narrative about a lesson learned from a personal experience. ​
• Math: Unit 5 Combinations and Stories Objective: I can make sense of and develop strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems with totals up to 20.
• I can apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.
• I can relate counting to addition and subtraction.
• I can determine the unknown number in an equation.
• Social Studies: Unit 4 My Nation is a Community Objective: Students will be able to create a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the political, economic, geographic, and cultural characteristics of two states.
• Reminders: ​
• We will be going on a field trip to the Maryland Zoo May 12. Information will come home soon.
• We are in the height of cold and flu season. We welcome any donations of Kleenex and hand sanitizer. ​
• As the school year marches on, school supplies are starting to dwindle. We welcome any donations of dry-erase markers, pencils, and glue sticks. ​
• Thank you for being so supportive at home!​

Our trip to Goucher College to watch Tales as Tall as the Sky was enjoyable. Thank you for fundraising and donating to our trip.

The next math unit will address measurement, fractions, and multi-digit addition and subtraction. The last unit will provide a review of place value and three-digit computation. It will also focus on data collection and analysis.

In reading, students will read and analyze texts about people who make a difference in the lives of others. Students will also ask and answer questions as they learn to describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in informational texts.

For word analysis, we will continue to focus on antonyms, synonyms, homographs, homophones, and words with a prefix, suffix, or the same base. We will analyze words with the comparative ending -er; superlative ending -est and irregular comparatives. Students will spell words with the /aw/ and /oi/ sounds and words with the ough spelling pattern.

Please send in extra pencils for the remainder of the year. Continue to check your child’s yellow folder. Read nightly and practice adding and subtracting using the traditional algorithm. This will help prepare your child for 3rd grade.

Thank you for all your support! It has been a wonderful year! Wishing you a fantastic summer!

Hello, 3rd-grade families!

We are nearing the end of our school year together, and it has been a great year with your students. In ELA this quarter, we have been learning about a great author “Roald Dahl.” He has produced many books and movies that you and your family may be familiar with. The students have been learning about his life and have had a chance to read many of his popular books for book study. The students are working on building their reading comprehension of complex text and testing their knowledge by answering questions related to their reading. They have been reading stories such as; James & the Gian Peach, The Enormous Crocodile, and Fantastic MR. Fox and Charlie and the chocolate factory.

In Math, the students have been learning all about shapes. They have been lightly introduced to the world of Geometry. We have been gaining a deeper understanding of finding the area and perimeter of regular and irregular shapes. We also have been learning about angles such as right, obtuse, straight, and acute angles. The students must use their multiplication and addition skills to work with these concepts.

As we end this school year, these next few weeks are full of testing. The students are taking the MCAP test for math and Ela. We understand that testing can be very overwhelming, and after testing is all said and done, the 3rd-grade team plans to have some fun activities for the students. Information regarding that will be sent out soon!

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year is right around the corner. We are continuing to encourage students to become more independent and responsible when managing their time and completing assignments during class. Many students have stopped completing homework and are not turning in assignments on time or to the best of their ability. We are emphasizing the importance of reviewing the skills and strategies that they are learning in class each night. Many students still don’t know their multiplication facts. We are practicing in the classroom each day but using flash cards at home or filling out a multiplication chart will help them to retain those facts that are needed to master fifth grade math standards. This quarter students will be completing activities that strengthen their higher-level thinking skills, allow for mastery and retention of fourth grade standards, as well as take a sneak peek at fifth grade expectations and responsibilities. Please encourage your child to stay focused in class, make good choices, and complete their assignments on time. It has been a pleasure getting to know your child and watching them grow as a learner.

Fifth grade has begun to review important skills needed to be successful in middle school. Math focused on Geometry and Measurement. For the remainder of the year, students will work to master operations with all types of numbers. May is a busy month for the 5th grade. Students will be testing for the MCAP assessments for eight days in May. May 25th will be field day if the weather is dry. Look for more information soon. Events in June include a field trip to Windsor Mills, a Picnic, and a 5th-grade-only dance. The tentative date for our Promotion Ceremony is June 12 in the morning. Families will each receive four tickets. The last day of school is now on June 13th!

Please join us on Wednesday May 2 for the Winfield Spring Concert featuring students in the 5th grade band, 5th grade orchestra, and the 3rd and 4th grade chorus. Students who are performing should arrive at 5:30. The concert will begin at 6pm in the Winfield cafeteria. Please contact Ms. Aiken kaiken2@bcps.org or Ms. Redding yredding@bcps.org if you have any questions.

This week the Winfield Orchestra students participated in a Strings Festival along with students from Lyons Mill Elementary, Milford Mill Academy, and Winsor Mill Middle School. Seven Winfield Students performed last night, with their families all there to support them. Way to go, Winfield Orchestra!

Ways to support Reading Comprehension at home!

Read with your children. Sit with your child as they read. Take turns reading a page and talk about the book while reading.

Use sticky notes for bookmarks and notes. Encourage your children to use colorful sticky notes to make notations about any important events for each chapter. Consider color coding notes for each chapter.

Create reading comprehension bookmarks. A bookmark helps children keep their page, and a reading comprehension bookmark includes prompts that children can think about as they read. Bookmarks for older children might have spaces for writing notes.

Play comprehension catch. Make a comprehension ball using a beach ball or dice. Write prompts or comprehension questions on sections of the ball. Toss it back and forth; children need to talk about the prompt that faces upwards when they catch it.

Teach children to chunk the text. This is a strategy that involves covering up part of a page to only read a chunk of text. This helps children focus on one piece of the reading puzzle at a time. Chunking can help them better understand what they’ve read and clue into important details, too.

Re-reading is a great strategy. Even adults sometimes need to re-read passages to better understand the information. Teach your children to re-read chapters or paragraphs when they don’t fully understand something.

Listen to the story. Libraries can be great resources for finding audiobooks. Letting children hear the story as they follow along can help children better understand the text.

Hello 3rd Grade Families!

3rd Grade has been working super hard all year in STEM class, learning about forces and motion and how forces affect the motion of objects. Over the last couple of months, students have been putting everything they learned into practice by designing and building their own safe racer car. Their goal was to be able to build a car that could travel the furthest and keep a passenger (egg) safe during a crash test. A few Fridays ago, they joined each other in the gym to test their cars and find the winning car to go to the BCPS county-wide safe racer contest. The winning group of students was from Dr. Shell’s class! Their car represented Winfield at the BCPS County-Wide Safe Racer Event. Unfortunately, we did not place, but the students have been so proud of their work and want to share it with their families!

Enjoy the video of the winning car at our school competition and pictures of other groups’ cars made below.

https://youtu.be/Xi_3c71g7PE

Winning Car

Distance Travelled

Was the passenger(egg) safe?

Dr. Shell’s Class:

Aubree, Gerald,

Liliana, Grace

The Entire Gym!

About 60 feet!

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Location: 8300 Carlson Lane, Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone: 443-809-0766
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