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Girls on the Run

There are still openings for Girls on the Run if you are interested. Below is a website if you need more information

http://girlsontherunatlanta.org/

Movie Night at the Creek

A Message from the Counselors:

Dear Students and Parents,

The first ever Sope Creek Family Movie Night is coming on January 20, 2012.  It is being sponsored by the Student Council.  We will be showing The Smurfs and National Treasure 2.  Popcorn and drinks will be available for purchase, but you can BYOC (Bring Your Own Candy).  We will be expecting that you bring your parents because this is a family event – no drop offs, please.  So mark your calendar – January 20 7:00-9:00 in the cafeteria and the media center.  Optional donation for Must Ministries gladly accepted.

Thank you

The Movie Night Committee

Pictures!

Below are pictures from our holiday party. Thanks again to all of the volunteers for making our holiday party run SO smoothly. Thank you also to everyone for donating food items for the party. It was great!

Enjoy your break! See you in 2012!

 

Thank you!

Thank you so much Viper families for an amazing holiday party and the generous gift card and gifts. I feel so blessed to have an amazing group of kids and families. Thank you for all of your support and a great first semester. We are looking forward to another great semester in 2012! Have a great break and I will see all of you on Jan. 10th!

 

 

CogAt and IOWA scores are in!

We have received third grade CogAT and ITBS scores.  ITBS score reports will be distributed in sealed envrlopes on 12/9/11, the vendor does not distribute individual score reports for students/parents for the CogAT.  If you would like a copy of your child's CogAT scores, please contact you child's teacher.

The CogAT measures reasoning and problem-solving skills in three different areas: verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal. Reasoning skills develop gradually throughout a person’s lifetime and at different rates for different individuals. Reasoning abilities are good predictors of success in school and are important outcomes of good schooling.   More questions?  Please download the following reference form with Frequently Asked Questions.  Download FAQ CogAT

The Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) is a nationally standardized, norm-referenced test (NRT). A nationally standardized test is a test is administered to each test-taker in the same way across a specified comparison group (e.g., age groups, grade groups, etc.). Therefore, score interpretations are based on a comparison of the test taker’s performance to the performance of other students in the nation who took the same test in the same manner at the same time of year.  More questions?  Please download the following reference form with Frequently Asked Questions.    Download FAQ ITBS

Holiday Bears

Parents,

Please consider taking a Holiday Bear from the bulletin board in the lobby and buying a gift card.  If you are unable to get to school to take a Bear, just stop by Walmart, Publix or Kroger and purchase a card and send it to school with your child.  Your child's teacher will pass it along to one of the counselors who will make sure it reaches one of our families in need this holiday season.  If you are able, your contribution would be appreciated by Thursday, December 15.

Thank you,

The School Counselors

Next Week

Hi all!

We had a wonderful week this week and are looking forward to another busy, but great week next week. In Math, we will be moving onto geometry. This chapter is a fun chapter, however there is A LOT of vocabulary. I will be sending home a sheet with vocabulary terms for you to review at home. We will be using our lifeskill of creativity by doing quite a bit of drawing to understand these terms. We will also be body mapping to help us understand. By the end of the week, we will be having a scavenger hunt around the school to see where these shapes and terms are in our real world. Throughout the week, we will also continue to review material from the beginning of this 9 weeks because we will be taking our benchmark tests soon.  

Today we took our Frederick Douglass test and I will be grading them over the weekend. Just at a quick glance, it looks like they did great! Next week, we will be moving onto Paul Revere. We will be learning all about his famous ride and will be recreating it.

In Language Arts, we will be working on adjectives and then moving onto prefixes, suffixes and root words. We will be using our dictionary skills to practice all of these and will be adding them to our writing to make it even better. In writing, we will be finishing up our letter to Uncle Ben from a Shel Silverstein poem adn will then move onto another response.

I have had several requests from parents about IOWA and CogAt test scores. They should be given out to teachers next week. As soon as I receive them, I will make sure they come home to you. Thank you for being patient!

I hope all of you have a great weekend! The weather is supposed to be gorgeous!

 

A Message From Our Counselors

Dear Sope Creek Famiy.

We are holding our annual Holiday Bear gift card program and would like you to consider making a gift card donation to help our Sope Creek families during this holiday season. Bears with store and amount designations are posted on the main bulletin board in the school lobby.  Please consider helping by taking a bear and obtaining a gift card.  Gift cards can be returned to your child’s grade level counselor by December 15.  Your generosity will help to make this a brighter holiday for many of our children and their families.  Thank you in advance, and may each of you have a wonderful holiday.

Your Counselors

Happy Thanksgiving!

This week has been a great week! We have finished studying Susan B. Anthony and everyone did a great job on their test. Check out your Viper's binder to see the test. Also, check out the newspaper your Viper created. They did a good job jumping back in time to report on Susan B. Anthony. After Thanksgiving week, we will begin our study on Frederick Douglass. We started reading about him some this week, but after Thanksgiving, we will dive right in!

In Math, we will review division and then move onto a review of elapsed time and making change. If you see a Publix or Kroger flyer with prices, please send it in. We will be using them to practice making change.

In Language Arts, we are going to be reviewing all the different kinds of verbs we have been studying and then move onto subject/verb agreement.

On Thursday, we will be taking our trip to the Federal Reserve. Please send your child in their class t-shirt on Thursday.

I hope all of you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving break. I am getting extra hugs today so I can make it through the week off!  

The LIFESKILL of Sense of Humor

Today we started talking about the LIFESKILL of sense of humor. We read a book and told some great jokes. We talked about having a sense of humor means "to laugh and be playful without hurting others". This is an important LIFESKILL to know. I told the Vipers this morning at Town Hall that they are more than welcome to bring in school appropriate jokes this week as well as the week after Thanksgiving. They will have an opportunity to share their jokes at Town Hall. They sure were making me laugh today! What a great way to start off the day!

Also, it looks like everyone will be here on Thursday of this week, so we are going to go ahead and have our ice cream party reward from Boosterthon. I will bring in ice cream, chocolate syrup and a few toppings. If you are interested in sending in any additional toppings, that would be great as well. We will eat lunch in the classroom and enjoy our ice cream afterwards! We are looking forward to celebrating before the break!