Southwick Elementary School Principal: Teresa Gremaux. April 16, 2012 www.
eacs.k12.in.us. School Improvement Specialist: Tiffany Belcher. Mission:
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Southwick Elementary School www.eacs.k12.in.us
Principal: Teresa Gremaux April 16, 2012 School Improvement Specialist: Tiffany Belcher
Mission: Together, the families, students, community members, and staff of Southwick inspire lifelong success through teaching and celebrating cultural diversity, differentiating instruction, communicating high expectations, and providing authentic learning experiences in a safe, positive environment. Vision: Vision: The Southwick Community embraces diversity, develops a love of learning, and values high expectations.
What’s happening? 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19. Thursday 20 Friday
Book Fair Begins SES Tutoring 3:05-4:00pm Early Dismissal SES Tutoring 3:05-4:00 PM Board Game Night 6:30-7:30 (Gym) Book Fair Ends
Up Coming Events in April 24 Tuesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday
SES Tutoring 3:05-4:00pm Student Council 3:00-4:00 SES Tutoring 3:05-4:00pm Homework Club 3:00-4:00 Popcorn 25¢ (no more than 4 bags)
Helping children understand what they read Reading involves making sense of the written word, or, in today's popular phrase, making meaning. Some children pronounce words correctly and read with apparent ease, but don't know the meaning of what they have read. As children increase their vocabularies, they begin to take more meaning from text. You can help by encouraging a child to talk about what she has read, by pointing out new words and explaining their meaning, and by using strategies such as the K-WL approach to help children understand what they read. The K-W-L approach includes the following steps: K – What I know. Help your child list what he/she already knows about a topic that is discussed in a book he is going to read. W – What I want to know. Help your child think of some questions he/she has about this topic and add them to the chart. L – What I learned or still need to learn. Explain that while he/she reads the book – alone or with you – he/she can think about what he/she is learning. After the reading, discuss the book and add what was learned to the chart along with any information he/she still needs to learn.
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, schools and poets around the country band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1974) Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too Went for a ride in a flying shoe. "Hooray!" "What fun!" "It's time we flew!" Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too. Ickle was captain, and Pickle was crew And Tickle served coffee and mulligan stew As higher And higher And higher they flew, Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too. Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too, Over the sun and beyond the blue. "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Stay in!" "I hope we do!" Cried Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too. Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle too Never returned to the world they knew, And nobody Knows what's Happened to Dear Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
End of the Year Award
May 22, 2012 at 8:30-9:30am will be our last award ceremony. It will be held in the gym.
