6133 Maybank Highway, Wadmalaw, 29487 October 2013

From the Principal’s Desk

Game On! We’re Racing to the Top!

We’ve had a busy first month of school. Our Kindergarten and First grade students

completed their Water Safety lessons at the Boy Scout Camp. Students swam like fish,

sharks, whales and we even had a couple who took off on their own. Students participated

in the Sea Island Arts Festival and they performed with Frierson Pride. Thanks to all the

parents who supported Frierson and their children. Fifth grade students had a lesson

about the Diamondback Terrapin Turtles from the Kiawah Terrapin Working Club and an

autographed framed picture and books were donated to the school. We had an amazing

turnout for our Grits and Gravy for Grandparents; students enjoyed having

grandparents, parents, and other family members eat breakfast with them. A special

“Thank You” to St. James Bethel A.M.E. Church and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority for

showering teachers with back to school supplies.

We would also like to welcome our new PTA Officers for the 2013-2014 school year.

President/Kennitha LaBoard, Vice President/Shaniqua Seabrook, Secretary/LaRhonda

Tumolo, Assistant Secretary/Ashley Chisolm-Brown, Treasurer/Quindella Capers and

Assistant Treasurer/Annette Gadsden.

Academically, students have been engaged in Measures of Academic Progress, an

assessment taken three times a year, which allows teachers to monitor and differentiate

classroom instruction to meet the needs of children in Reading, Math and Language Arts.

Progress Reports went home this past week, which is another means of monitoring your

child’s progress; please feel free to schedule a conference with your child’s teacher to get

more detailed information.

Frierson has an open door policy and you are always welcomed to come by and visit. We

just ask that you bring your license for signing in, as we continue to keep the environment

conducive and safe for our students and staff. If you have any questions, please feel free

to call or email me at 559-4500 or Nancy_Ross@charleston.k12.sc.us

Sincerely,

Nancy Ross, Principal

What’s Happening at ELF

October 4 Spirit Day

October 7 – 11 Red Ribbon Week

October 14 – 16 Reading Prize Patrol

October 16 National Boss Appreciation Day

October 18 Tag Day

October 22 PTA Title I Parent Meeting 6-7 p.m.

October 23 45th

Day of School

October 25 Spirit Day

October 28 No School – Teacher Workday

October 29 Terrific Kids 8:45 – 9:15 p.m.

October 30 “Trick, Treat and Read Library” Program

(during the school day)

October 30 Report Cards Go Home

October 31 Halloween

Frierson has been observing Hispanic Heritage Month,

which is celebrated from September 15 until October 15 each year. Select students have been doing bilingual book commercials on our Morning News Show. These brand new bilingual books are available for check out from the library. Come take a look!

Child Development Mrs. Cynthia Cheatham-Washington

Mrs. Rosalie Magwood

OOOOOOOOO, ALL ABOARD!!

Look who is coming down the tracks! It’s the C.D. Learning Express Train and they are

moving fast. You better hold on tightly to your hat. This train means business and that’s a fact.

Here they come swiftly over the tracks, and no

cabooses are looking back. “We are so excited”, shouted Caboose One. We will share why

learning Language is so much fun.

In Language Arts, we are learning the ABC and

the sound each letter makes, new words, and story skills too! “That’s enough”, said Caboose Two we, “we are known as the Magnificent Math Crew! “ Active learning is what we do, counting, comparing sets, graphing, sorting and classifying

too. This is just the beginning we have so much more to do. Caboose Three yelled, “Oh we have

something to say, we are Wonderful Writers and plan to keep it that way!” We form the

strokes by sliding, swinging and whoops. Forming

the letters are so much fun! Last but not least, Caboose Four shouted, “Clear the landing, here

we come, Sensational Discovery is on the run.” The five senses, life cycle of plants, animals,

and seasons are some the studies we’ll explore.

We’ll also put on our scientific hats to investigate how and why facts.

Everyone listen, be quiet and still. The conductors have something to say to our little

cabooses. We LOVE you and we are so happy to have you here!!!!

Kindergarten Mrs. Eliza McDaniel Ms. Viola Mitchell

We are “Setting Our Sails for Success” this

year in Kindergarten! Our school wide theme

is “Game On!” Kindergarten is off to a great start this year. We have been working hard in

all academic areas, and I am extremely proud

of each one of my students!

Science: This month we will finish up our study

of paper and wood as we investigate the different properties of each. We have really

enjoyed learning how to observe and conduct scientific investigations throughout our

scientific studies! We will be learning about the life cycle of the pumpkin seed this month.

We are planning a field trip to the pumpkin

patch as well! More information will be given about the field trip soon.

Social Studies: We will be learning about our neighborhood, community jobs, and families

this month.

ELA: Reading and writing are primary focuses

in kindergarten. We will continue to review our letters, letter sounds, and recognize beginning

and ending sounds in words. We will work on

the conventions of writing. Students will work in centers to develop their reading and writing

skills. One of my many favorite things about teaching kindergarten is watching the growth

that happens as the students build upon their reading and writing skills!

First Grade Ms. Natasha Norris

Dear First Grade Families,

The students are adjusting well to first grade.

We have been working hard and doing lots of learning. Stop in any time to see what we are up

to!

Upcoming Weeks at a Glance:

Math: First graders will be finishing up Chapter 1 (addition concepts) and beginning Chapter 2

(subtraction concepts) of the new My Math

curriculum. We have been working hard on

developing fluency for addition facts with sums of 0-10.

ELA: Students continue to build their stamina for reading. This month we will be introducing

the last two components of the Daily Five, Word

Work and Writing. We will practice the short i sounds; creating short vowel word families (-ip

and –it). Also, look in homework folders soon for nightly reading logs.

Science: Our plants are growing wild in the classroom. We have been watering them, making

observations, and watching them grow every day.

Students will continue to practice conducting simple experiments and practice being

scientists.

Social Studies: Students will be learning about

community members and jobs. If you have a special job you do within our community, please

feel free to come in and teach us about it!

Kindergarten - continued

Math: This month, we will work on counting, our

numbers, and the quantities that they represent. As we get into place value, we will work on

counting by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s. We are going to have

great opportunities for the students to work with manipulatives in math centers! It is going to

be so much fun!

Thank you so much for all of the snacks you have

sent and the support you have given to our class already this year. We really appreciate it and we

could not do it without you!

We will have homework to complete in Kindergarten this year. Each evening, except on

Fridays, the students will have assignments to

complete in the homework journals. Parents please assist your child when needed at home

with homework and sign their notebooks when they have completed their assignments each

night. Thank you parents for all that you do!

5th Grade Visit with the Kiawah

River Terrapin Working Group

Students learned how they can help protect the terrapins and got up close to LIVE one. The group

donated 5 copies of The Tiny Turtle of the March

and a framed illustration by Bob Palmatier.

Second Grade Mrs. Lauren Marra

Are you ready for a super October? The

second grade “All-Stars” are!

Parents, thank you so much for all the help and

support that you all have shown our class in the 1st full month of school! I truly appreciate all

of the hugs, encouraging words, and the many donations of snacks and supplies. Second grade

parents are awesome!!

The second graders are continuing to improve our learning environment. This month, we came

up with our “Code of Cooperation”. The students decided that in order to have a

successful year, we need to do the following: 1) Listen to each other 2) Be nice to others 3) Be

polite 4) Be a good friend 5) Be safe 6) Talk

productively and be a good worker. We have also been setting goals for ourselves. The goal

we have been working on the last few weeks is to be a whole-body listener. Ask a second

grader what this is!

Math: We are continuing to work on Unit 1,

Operations and Algebraic Thinking. We are working on applying addition and subtraction

concepts. Have your child practice their

addition and subtraction facts to help build fluency. In Unit 2, we will be working on

number patterns.

ELA: We are making great progress with our

“The Daily Five” routine. The students can ”Read to Self”, “Read to Someone”, “Listen to

Reading”, and “Work with Words”. We are

working on our reading stamina and fluency. Be sure to help your child practice their weekly

words at home every night. Students should also read a minimum of 15 minutes every night,

and write it on their reading logs.

Science : We will practice being scientists, conducting simple experiments to explore and

practice inquiry skills. The first science kit second grade will be receiving is “Magnets”.

Third Grade Mrs. Crystal Blue

Reading/Spelling/English Language Arts: We will begin learning our capital cursive letters

this nine weeks. We are continuing to write in complete sentences. Parents, you can help

students practice talking in complete sentences

also. Don’t allow them to give you one word answers. Students are encouraged to READ,

READ, READ!

Social Studies: The students will compare the

culture, governance, and geographic location of different Native American nations in South

Carolina: Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee/Edisto. The students will

demonstrate an understanding of the

exploration and settlement of South Carolina and the United States including the idea of “for

king and country.” We will explore the accomplishments of explorers of South

Carolina: Hernando de Soto, Jean Ribault, Juan

Pardo, Henry Woodward, and William Hilton.

Science: We have completed our lessons on

Matter and Heat. We will be discussing how living things grow and change.

Math: Students will begin learning their multiplication

facts (0, 1, 2, 5, 10). We will continue to review comparing

numbers, ordering numbers,

rounding to the nearest tens and hundreds. Students will begin to Subtract with

Regrouping, Subtract Three-Digit Numbers, Subtract Four-Digit Numbers, and Subtract

across Zeros

Fourth Grade Ms. Patricia Nicholas

We are well on our Journey to becoming fluent

readers! This upcoming month will be full of new words, exciting stories, and captivating writing!

Remember to ask your child to give vivid details and

use expressive voices when retelling a story. For example, when riding in the car, ask them to

describe what they see out the window. Use color,

shape, size and smell words. Get creative, try to

have them give you riddles with a lot of description to guess the word! Please listen to your child read

out loud. This is the quickest and easiest way to

know if your child is reading fluently or still stumbling over sounding out simple words.

Encourage your child to ask for help when reading

new words.

For our Math portion of the month, we will be hitting

the ”ol’multiplication tables”. We will be doing time

trials to help with getting those multiplication facts

into memory! We will also make relationships between multiplying with 10, 100, and 1000. Rapidly

coming up, we will begin 2 digit times one or two

digits.

Science has been a blast, or should I say,

quite illuminating! We have used flashlights

to reflect and refract light. Ask them about tic-tac-toe with mirrors and light mazes!

Our next unit of study for Social Studies will be the

continuing exploration of the United States. The impact of how Spanish, French and English explorers

had on Native American tribes will be researched in

detail.

The Fourth Grade class has come to an agreement on

what our “Code of Cooperation” means to them.

With much discussion, they came up with a definition

of what a good student is and what are the class rules to follow. Here are their words:

“A good student is one that is quiet, a good listener,

follows directions, is responsible and respectful, and shows good citizenship.”

We all must work together in harmony to further

our education and succeed in the 21st Century.

Fifth Grade Mrs. Mattie Mitchell

Ms. Eulonda Mitchell

The Diplomats are still working hard!

Thank you for the great turn out at Open House!

Reading/ELA: We will continue to work on

strategies for building Vocabulary, Story Structure, and Draw Conclusions and Making

Inferences. Students are required to read for 20

minutes daily and complete the log book. Students

are also working on Report Form, Framing Your Thoughts, and Linguistics.

Writing: Activities will include Journal Writing and Compositions. We will focus on narrative writing

with multiple paragraphs, powerful sentences, and

appropriate vocabulary.

Math: This month we will go over the following

skills: Place Value of Whole Numbers and Decimal

Through Thousandths Multiply Whole numbers

Divide by a One-Digit Divisor

Divide by a Two-Digit Divisor

Solving Problems Develop fluency with whole number and

decimal operation

Science: We are studying Landforms and Oceans.

The students are using scientific thinking processes

to conduct investigations that introduce them to

the fundamental concepts in earth science.

Social Studies: (United States: 1865 to the

present) We are studying the Civil War and Reconstruction and Westward Expansion of the

United States.

Remember, you are always welcome to visit us, so

please feel free to stop in at anytime where, “We

are Racing to the Top!”

Resource Room News Ms. Kewana Grant

Update! This school year I will be working at Edith L. Frierson on a part-time basis

and part-time at St. Andrew’s School of Math and Science. I will send home a letter

letting you know the exact dates that I will

be at Edith L. Frierson. An individualize progress report will be going home along

with the general education teacher’s progress report on September 23, 2013.

Here are some strategies to assist your child with learning sight words.

Sight words are not meant to be sounded out. Learning these words helps the reader

to maintain fluency. Here are some games

that can assist your child with reading sight words encountered during reading.

1. Play coin toss-words on floor-children take turns to toss a coin onto a word

and say that word. 2. Place sight word cards in alphabetical

order.

3. Make words using play dough. 4. Make words using letter tiles-

scrabble pieces. 5. Make words using alphabet stamps.

6. Beat the clock-how many times can a word be written in 1 minute?

7. Children write their words in list

form and then write over the words 2 more times using different colors

to create rainbow words. 8. Play stepping stones-place words on

the floor and children walk over

them saying the word as they go to get to the other side of the stream.

9. Make words using magnetic letters. 10. Play musical words-children pass

words around in a circle until music stops-that child says the word. It

can be played with 1 or more words.

kewana_grant@charleston.k12.sc.us

School Counseling Corner Mr. Robert Becker

We are looking forward to the fun-

filled month of October here at Frierson!

In our classroom guidance lessons this

month, we will be focusing on bullying

awareness. We will be learning about how

bullying looks/sounds, the different people

involved in a bullying situation and different

strategies to help empower students to take

a stand.

Our character value for this month is

individuality. Teaching students to be

independent and self-motivated are

important to social and emotional child

development.

Other important events in October include

Fire Safety, Red Ribbon Week, and Terrific

Kids. Please feel free to contact me with

any questions or concerns!

Primary Grade Academy Ms. Pat Nicholson

Poems give children practice in fluent speaking

and that leads to fluent reading!

Make learning fun with poems, rhymes and

songs. Old fashion tongue twisters develop speaking skills and oral fluency.

Seasonal poems and songs will allow your child

to develop a love of literature and an ease and flow of words.

Ask your student to recite this fun Pumpkin Poem!

Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first on said, "Oh my it's getting late."

The second one said, "There's magic in the

air."

The third one said, "But we don't care."

The fourth one said, "I'm ready for some

fun."

The fifth one said, "Let's run and run and

run."

Ooooo! went the wind and OUT went the

lights

and the five little pumpkins rolled out of

sight!

Media Matters Mrs. Lisa Schaffer

Thanks to all who supported the Fall Book Fair!

We had some happy shoppers with great new books in hand and earned funds for our school’s

library. We will have a Spring Book Fair as well.

The next exciting library sponsored event is …

Reading Prize Patrol!

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Frierson staff members will be knocking on

doors looking to catch students reading with the TVs turned off from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on

October 14, 15, and 16. Balloons and prizes will be awarded to five randomly drawn students

each night who are caught reading! The

Reading Prize Patrol adventures will be videotaped and broadcasted on the WELF news

show.

Pledges will sent home in Wednesday folders on October 2. All students must return a signed

pledge to be place in the Reading Prize Patrol

drawing. Encourage your children to get those pledges in and read!

On October 30, we will be doing our first

“Trick, Treat, and Read” library program in

the media center during the day. Teachers will sign their classes up for a time slot to come to

the media center to enjoy awesome stories. Students just might MEET some LIVE book

characters too!

We’re encouraging all students to dress up as

THEIR favorite book character. No need to get fancy costumes, help them think of creative

and simple ways they can dress up. Enjoy reading lots of books as they decide on a

character!

01 Arianna Soto

02 Zai’Moni Brown

06 Ciere Champaigne

07 De’Andre Tommie

13 Dominic Thompson

13 Lisa William

16 Syriana Smalls

17 Mrs. Iversen

17 ZaDarius Smimmons

17 Steven Williams

18 Mrs. M. Mitchell

23 Da’Nezia Sutton

27 Brelynne Washington

31 Mr. Grampus

Wellness Corner

Exercise: Different exercises yield different results. For example, dancing and martial arts

can increase flexibility, while push-ups and running can help build strong muscles. Aerobic

exercise, which is any exercise that makes you breathe hard, helps keep your heart happy.

Food: Here are a few ideas for healthy snacks to bring for the class:

Wheat crackers

Popcorn

Baked Chips

Granola bars

Pretzels (especially with low salt!)

Mind: A good belly laugh doesn’t just lighten the load mentally. It also lowers your body’s

stress hormone while increasing endorphins that boost your mood. Relax by turning on your

favorite comedy, reading comics, or talking to someone that makes you smile.

CD Tah’Jayla Maxwell Tah’Jayla is very kind and friendly. She loves playing in the dramatic

play area and she loves to play with play dough. Our classes’ motto is to ” Listen and Do.” Tah’Jayla has done an exceptional job listening and

following directions. She has earned the title of our first Star Student.

K Sinclaire Wright Sinclaire Wright is our Terrific Kid for Kindergarten this month.

Sinclair always does a great job remembering the rules and following directions. He is a role model for other students in our class to look to.

I am so proud of Sinclaire, and I encourage him to keep it up!

1st Sabino Peneda Sabino always follows directions the first time. He is a model student

at the carpet, while doing his work, and throughout the building. Keep up the great work Sabino!

2nd Sha'Niya Smith Sha’Niya does a great job of following directions the first time they are given. She shows leadership in her behavior that sets an example for

others. She is an excellent 2nd grade student! Great job Sha’Niya!

3rd Kaleelah Al-Amin Kaleelah is this month’s terrific kid because she knows how to make good

choices and always follows directions. Kaleelah takes her work seriously and is always willing to help in any way. She is a positive role model and

has a wonderful personality. I enjoy having her in my class.

4th Deja Commodore Deja always follows directions the first time without any problems. She

takes her education very seriously and maintains a good positive attitude. She always completes her work on time. Deja uses efficient time management to get all her work

completed. Keep it up Deja!

5th Miguel Moultrie Miguel has done a terrific job so far this school year! He has made

some big improvements to his behavior which we are all proud of! Miguel gets his work done in class and he follows directions the first time! He

definitely has earned this award! Great job Miguel!

Classroom gifts presented by Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.