The Sloan-HendrixElementary School Newsletter

No. 82 November, 2006

School NewsTHIRD GRADEMs. Kincade

The 2006-07 school year is off to a very busy start. The students have adjusted well to 3rd grade and have worked very hard the first 9 weeks. There are 21 students in our class. They are Emilee Bates, Brandi Benson, Bailey Bradley, Nicole Bristow, Whitney Campbell, Felicia Collins, Jonathan Davis, Brittany Go-sha, Hazekeigha Gutierrez, Camie Haynes, Na-than Holland, Clayton Kirks, Russell Lomax, Jessica Powell, Ammity Rose, Weston Ross, Mackenzie Strowmatt, Andrew Weaver, Aaron White, Matthew Wilkins, and Dylan Wood.

Students celebrating fall birthdays were Nicole Bristow, Camie Haynes, Andrew Weaver – August; Bailey Bradley, Aaron White, Dylan Wood – September; Felicia Col-lins – October; Clayton Kirks – November.

During our “Read-Aloud” time we have heard stories by C.W. Anderson, “Billy and Blaze” books, and we are now reading “Char-lotte’s Web” by E.B. White. Many vocabulary words are added to our “Book Wall” as we read these books. We also incorporate writing and art activities into these stories.

September Altrurian art winners were Dylan Wood – 1st place; Bailey Bradley – 2nd place; Weston Ross – 3rd place.Mrs. Wilson

Children in Ms. Stacey’s third grade classroom are Dylan Clark, Joe Collins, Kaleb Dool, Caylia Ervin, Armando Garcia, Summer Harston, Madison Luffman, Michael McAffee, Casey Middlecoff, Carla Mitchell, Payton Oli-ver, Hunter Ozburn, Jessica Patterson, Alishna Phillips, Anthony Phillips, Patrick Ponder, Cordell Powers, Amber Swartzlander, Emily Swink, Tahya Taffar, Kelsee Young, and Jose Noa.

Base ten blocks, geoboards, pattern blocks, and geometric solids are just a few of the manipulatives the students have been using to investigate, learn, and reinforce math con-cepts. We also use our TI-10 calculators daily to practice addition and subtraction facts.

As summer faded into autumn, the children began their fall writing. After working several weeks to complete the writing process, they published their writing just in time to hang in the hall for parent-teacher conferences.

Alturian art winners for the month of September were 1st place – Carla Mitchell, 2nd place – Jessica Patterson, 3rd place – Kaleb Dool.

Children who have turned a year older since the school year began are Madison Luff-man, Payton Oliver, and Joe Collins.

FOURTH GRADEMs. Bobbi

Fourth graders went totally batty over bats! We’ve had quite a learning journey as we researched different species of bats on the Internet and prepared bat reports. Kendra Har-ris, Assistant Superintendent at Lake Charles State Park, presented a Power Point on the Myths and Misconceptions of bats. Did you know there are about 250,000 Gray bats living in Baxter County? The Gray bat is on the endangered list. Only 1% of the bat population has rabies, but you should never pick up a bat. Bats are beneficial for pollination and for keep-ing down the insect population.

During the month of November we’re going to make salt maps showing the six

Kendra Harris, Assistant Superintendent at Lake Charles State Park

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geographic regions of Arkansas. We’ve been learning about the oceans, continents and North America. It was time for us to learn about our state!

There are two November birthdays to celebrate. Sandra Chappel has a birthday on November 20, followed by Zachary Mayville on November 23.Mrs. Powell

This year has gotten off to a great start. We have nineteen students in our class. We be-gan our year with stories about ourselves called “All About Me.” This activity allowed us to get to know one another. We have been work-ing very hard on solving word problems and learning the problem solving strategies in math. Everyone seems to love science, especially the hands-on labs. Our first hands-on experiment was observing earthworms and seeing how they responded to stimuli. By the time the experiment was finished, even the most squea-mish students had touched the earthworms. We have also been discovering the fascinating subject of social studies. This is these kids first time to experience the actual subject of social studies. We have studied maps, longitude and latitude, and landforms. We have also been focusing on developing a “can-do” attitude, especially in math. With a can-do attitude and the willingness to try, anything is possible.

In October, the fourth grade began to go batty. We began studying a unit on bats. It has been a lot of fun learning the facts and truths about bats. The students researched and wrote reports about several kinds of bats. The kids made bats using their handprints and we had a special presentation by Kendra Harris from Lake Charles State Park. We also wrote a nar-rative story about the bats that were made from the handprints. We now know that bats are a very important part of our ecosystem and are very helpful to humans.

We are looking forward to the rest of the school year and all of the wonderful activities to come.

Dorinda Dail of Ravenden is em-ployed as a teacher’s aide for second grade math and fifth grade literacy at Sloan-Hen-drix Elementary School. The Paragould native has been married for eight years to Shane Dail, and they have two sons, Jordan and Corey.

After having worked as an instruc-tional assistant in the Sloan- Hendrix District for a year and a half, Janna Powell has been employed this year as a fourth grade teacher. Mrs. Powell is a native of Batesville and attended Arkansas State University at both Beebe and Jonesboro, earning an Associate of Arts degree in business management and a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. She and her husband Bill, are the parents of two children, Bobby and Jessie, both of whom attend Sloan–Hendrix Elementary School

SPOTLIGHT

Preston Clark of Citizen’s Bank of Imboden and Sloan-Hendrix School Resource Officer Shawn Johnson pass out Red Ribbon bracelets to elementary students during Red Ribbon Week. Citizen’s Bank furnished the bracelets. Officer Johnson is the advisor of Greyhounds Making a Difference which sponsors Red Ribbon Week at Sloan-Hendrix. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the nation.

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