February 2018 Edition

Decker Prairie Elementary School

27427 Decker Prairie Rosehill

Magnolia, TX 77355 281-357-3134

Fax 281-357-3248

Decker Prairie Elementary School

Cougar Tales

Principal Dr. Jo Ann Colson

Assistant Principal

Gigi Ragan

Assistant Principal Mary Endress

Counselor

Jody Luedde

Librarian Mandy Watson

Math & Science Night Attend Math & Science Night and do some awesome activities with your family. You will learn together and have some fun all at the same time!

When:

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Where:

Decker Prairie Time:

5:30-7:00

Visit the Mobile Water Lab.

Observe your pulse with a toothpick &

marshmallow.

Build and use a Cootie Catcher to practice Math facts.

Demonstrate place-value by tossing bean bags.

Make a Catapult, Kazoo

and Lava Lamp.

COLD AND FLU SEASON TIPS FROM NURSE HERREN We are still in flu season and here are some tips on keeping the family health. Make sure your child gets plenty of rest and drinks enough fluids. If your child has been sent home from school for fever greater than 100 degrees, please be sure

they are fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine before sending them back to school.

If your child receives a doctor’s diagnosis of a contagious condition, only send them back to school when released by the doctor.

Frequent handwashing, covering all coughs and sneezes and not sharing food or drink will help stop the spread of contagious conditions.

Go Texan Day - Friday, February 23rd Dust off your boots as we celebrate Go Texan Day on the Prairie. Children and staff are encouraged to wear their cowboy/cowgirl best as we recognize the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Valentine’s Parties—Wednesday, February 14th We are looking forward to the Valentine’s parties scheduled for Wednesday, February 14th. Morning PPCD and PreK classes will have their parties at 10:45 am and afternoon PPCD, PreK, and Kindergarten through 4th grade will have their parties at 2:30 pm. We appreciate our PTO, grade level coordinators and parents for all their help in planning and organizing the parties.

Career Day

Thursday, February 8th

Group and Individual Spring Pictures—Friday, February 9th Classroom pictures will be taken on this day. All students will be photographed individually. Individ-ual pictures will be sent home for your review and optional purchase.

Staff Development/Student Holidays - February 16th and 19th

Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th will be a staff development/student holidays. Be sure to mark your calendars.

Kindergarten Music Program-February 22nd

Our Kindergarteners have been working hard in preparation of their rodeo music program. They will be performing for the school at 2:40 pm and then for their fami-lies at 6:30 pm. Make plans to attend.

Spring Testing for Gifted & Talented Services (Grades 1-4) Current TISD students

March 9, 2018 is the deadline to nominate students for gifted and talented testing. The Letter for Permission to Test is available on Mrs. French’s Website. Parents or teachers may nominate a stu-dent for testing. Results reported to parents after May 15, 2018.

PPCD/PreK/Kindergarten ELA- Retelling the main events in a story Math- Drawing conclusions from graphs Science– Living/nonliving Social Studies- Texas culture Reminders: The Kindergarten Go Texan Music Program is February 22nd at 6:15pm in the DPES cafeteria. More information will be coming home soon!

Grade Level Happenings

1st Grade First Grade will have a Valentine exchange on February 14th. Please help your child make their own Valentine box at home and then bring to school on February 13th so put their Valentine’s in during the party. Reading/Writing— Text features , Non- fiction,

Main idea/ details Math – Places value to 120, recognize standard form, expanded for of numbers,

comparing numbers and ordering, and measurement.

Science – Rocks, soil and water. Social Studies- Technology Inventors/ inventions, goods and services

2nd Grade Second graders are learning and practicing inferencing to help comprehension in reading. Students are inferring about feelings, traits, and story structure to better understand a story. In writing, students will be writing and revising a small moment story to focus only on the event with great details. In math students will estimating and measuring time, length, and area. In science, we will also be measuring and learning about the water cycle and weather. In social studies, students will learn about those people who have shaped our community and country.

3rd Grade Language Arts:

Reviewing writing a summary or the plot and sequencing the order of the important events Identifying THEME , lesson or message the author is sharing HOW characters react to events in a story to help us identify the theme Persuasive writing Developing narrative writing skills Social Studies: Heroes Maps Geography Math: Fractions Quadrilaterals 3D shapes Science: Formation of soil Natural resources

4th Grade Reading: Nonfiction text Writing: Essays/Revising and editing Math: Finishing fractions/starting measurement Science: Natural resources, water cycle Social Studies: Republic of Texas, annexation

February 1-Ropers

February 2-PTO Meeting

February 5-Choir

February 6–Chess

February 7-Ropers/Robotics

February 8-Ropers/Career Day

February 9-Spring Class and Individual Portraits

February 12-Choir

February 13-Chess

February 14-Robotics/Jump Rope for Heart/Valentine’s Parties

February 15-Ropers/Math and Science Night

February 16-Staff Development/Student Holiday

February 19-Staff Development/Student Holiday

February 20-Chess/Robotics

February 21-Ropers/Choir

February 22-Ropers/Kindergarten Rodeo Program

February 23-Go Texas Day/Book Fair Set Up

February 26-March 2-Book Fair/Read Across America Week

February 26-Choir

February 27—Robotics

February 28-Ropers

Library Notes I have LOVED seeing the students so excited about reading and how involved their families have been too! January reading logs are due and are the last opportunity to earn a free ticket to Six Flags and/or Schlitterbahn. February reading logs went home, and all participating students earn a free pizza from Pizza Hut. The last week of February we will celebrate the National Day of Reading. We will celebrate by: having a book fair, ending our Tomball Reads One Book program with the "Action for Apes" drive, having our campus Book Tournament, having guest readers in the classrooms, and ending the week with a book character parade (March 2nd). Whew! Again there is LOTS going on, so be sure to check out our library's website.

As always, thank you for encouraging your child to read!

February Events