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Lake Shore Elementary October Newsletter
Counselor’s Corner
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➢ Character Education: Our value for the month of October is COURAGE.
COURAGE is “Being brave enough to do what you should do, even when you’re afraid.”
Please encourage your children to show courage by:
• trying something new or something that is difficult.
• asking someone to join in when you see that person is alone.
• ignoring those who are not following the rules.
• raising my hand to participate even if I am unsure.
Each day on the ride to practice or at the dinner table, ask your child what she or he did to show
COURAGE. We are looking for these character traits to honor students as our “Lions- of-the-Quarter”.
ATTENTION 4th Graders!!!
You and your family can enter all National Park & Monuments for FREE!!!!
It’s easy to print your pass at home. You don’t even need to travel far. Maryland has many National Parks
including Assateague Island, Catoctin Mountain, Antietam Civil War Battlefield and Fort McHenry. Go to this
website for all information and to print your pass: https://everykidinapark.gov/ . Now go on some adventures!
CHICK-FIL-A DAY!!!! Wednesday, October 23rd ALL DAY!!
➢ Please consider purchasing some yummy food during our fundraiser day at the
Chick-fil-A restaurant at the Pasadena Crossroads location. Flyers will be sent home
with your children. THIS IS AN ALL-DAY EVENT. Please show the flyer, inside or at
the drive-through, so our school may earn a percentage of your purchase. These funds
support our Character Education program. THANK YOU! Address: 8110 Jumpers Hole Rd,
Pasadena, MD 21122.
!! Attention: Parents & Guardians of Current 5th Grade Students !!
There are several information evenings that explain the AACPS Magnet School Programs, as
options for Middle School. The dates & locations are:
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program (IB MSP)
October 10, 2019 at Annapolis Middle School 6:30-8PM
October 15, 2019 at Old Mill Middle North 6:30-8PM
October 29, 2019 at Meade High School 6-7:30PM
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
October 14, 2019 at Lindale Middle School 6:30-8PM -
October 23, 2019 at Central Middle School 6:30-8PM -
October 28, 2019 at Old Mill Middle South 6:30-8PM
Preforming and Visual Arts (PVA)
October 21, 2019 at Bates Middle School 6:30-8PM
November 4, 2019 at Brooklyn Park Middle School 6:30-8PM
For more information please visit the MAGNET Website: https://www.aacps.org/magnet
Music Notes
Did you know?: When given music instruction over seven months, this group caught up to their fellow students
in reading and surpassed their classmates in math by 22 percent. -Nature Journal, 1996
We are delighted to have the students that have signed up for the Instrumental Music and Choral programs this
year! Thank you for encouraging your child’s participation. Please continue to encourage your students as we
move into our concert season. Young musicians should try to practice four days a week at home for 15-20
minutes at a time. When we split up our efforts over time, we can build more muscle and memory for what we
are learning.
Instrumental Books: All Band and Orchestra students need to have the band or orchestra book for their
instrument in order to participate in the program. The books cost around $10 and are available at most of the local
music stores or on Amazon. The title is Essential Elements 2000, Book 1 for that instrument. Violin and Viola
players must also have a shoulder rest. These items are not supplied by the school and are the responsibility of
the family. If your child does not already have these items, please purchase them as soon as possible to ensure
their success.
Blackboard: Our school has a special instructional website. It will be used frequently for band and strings
documents that you may want copies of at home.
To access this information, go to https://blackboard.aacps.org.
Click on the blue “Guest button to login.
The login name is “Lakeshore” and the password is “Lions.”
Click on the “Cultural Arts” tab at the left.
Choose the “Band & Strings” or folder from the list.
General Music& Chorus Website: Ms. Heist has a new website for general music and chorus. Check this site
frequently for updates on what we are doing in class and for chorus forms that you may need. Monthly
newsletters will be posted on the site as well. You can access the site at:
https://sites.google.com/aacps.org/msheistsmusicsite/home
5th grade students: Are eligible to apply for the Performing and Visual Arts Magnet program. All of the 5th grade
instrumental students have learned the necessary skills for the audition, and we will briefly work on the audition
materials in class. Applications must be completed online and submitted by November. There are even audition
prep sessions that students can sign up for at the PVA schools. Additional information can be found at:
www.aacps.org/pva
Music T-Shirts: Please remember that students participating in the Chorus or Instrumental Music program need to
purchase a Lake Shore Music T-Shirt. Orders are due to the Music teachers by October 11. If you have not ordered
one, please do so very soon. Order forms are available on Ms. Heist’s Music Website or from Ms. Heist & Mrs.
Dickinson. While we encourage you to pay online make sure you still turn in a slip so that we know what t-
shirt size to order for your child! The fall order is the only order that will be placed for the entire school year.
Please consider purchasing a shirt that is one size larger than required so it will still fit comfortably in May.
Performances:
There is a special side-by-side performance opportunity coming up for our Lake Shore CHORUS musicians to
perform with the High School in the Star-Spangled Banner. This event will take place on Friday, October 4th.
The opportunity is open to all Chorus members only. Please check with your student for this information or
check on Ms. Heist’s music site.
This year, there will also be a side-by-side performance for our ADVANCED BAND students to perform the
Star-Spangled Banner with the middle and high school students at the county Marching Band Exhibition on
October 16 (Rain date: Oct 23). Please look for additional information on Blackboard or in your child’s Music
folder.
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STRINGS will also have a side-by-side opportunity called Spooky
Strings. This will be a very short concert in the CHS auditorium on October 30. All students are welcome to
perform in costume as long as they can play their instrument correctly in said costume. Check with your
musician or on Blackboard for further details.
Donations: Lake Shore is always open to accepting gently used instruments if you have some at home that will
not be used again. A receipt with instrument value can be provided for tax purposes if desired.
Art News
We are up and running with our work in the art room, and our masterpieces are showing up on Artsonia. I am
in the process of getting all of our new students set up with Artsonia accounts, so if you have not gotten
information about this amazing program please let me know.
Now that September and picture day have passed please remember we often get messy in the art room. Your
child is more than welcome to wear an art shirt in class. I have lots, or you may provide one of your own that
they can keep in their locker and wear on art days. Remember in art we dress for a mess.
Arts and Humanities
Project Based Learning Projects have begun in Kindergarten (Imagination and Me) First (Telling stories through Yoga) Grade 5 (Designing Theatre Spaces) Coming soon: Second (Improvisation) Third (Creating Personal Mandalas) Fourth (The Titanic Project) MESA Mandatory parent meeting Monday, October 14, 2019 Letters have gone home with students. Students start MESA club October 22, 2019
Important Reminders
• Students should be read to every night for at least 15 minutes.
• Take Home folders come home every day and should be checked for important papers.
• Reminder to send in $15 activity fee ASAP.
• If you have not already sent in a change of clothes and headphones for computer lab, please do so
ASAP.
• Students are learning about rules and making good choices. Please talk to your child about why it is
important to follow rules and what good choices are.
• Please send in snack with your child every day even if they are buying lunch.
Here’s what “K” is learning
Dates to Remember
Kindergarten News
▪ Letter and Number Recognition
o Starfall.com
o ABCYA.com
▪ Draw a family picture and label the
family member names.
▪ Go for a family walk and or play a
family game
▪ Plan a healthy dinner together
▪ Let your child water your plants or
put out the dog food
Kindergarten Teachers
Miss Hursh- [email protected]
Mrs. Winterling- [email protected]
Ms. Smith- [email protected]
October 8th- 2 Hr Early Dismissal
October 9th- No School
October 15th-16th- Conferences
October 22nd- Port Discovery Field Trip
Home Resources and Activities
First Grade Flash Mrs. Rachel Miller Ms. Lauren Weicht
We are excited for an awesome school year!!
2nd
Grade Newsletter
Math:
In 2nd grade there is a huge push for fact
fluency. To help your child build fact
fluency try the following ideas….
-Buy flash cards or have your child help create a set. - Find a deck of cards. Flip over two cards and see how quickly they can accurately add or subtract. - At this point every child has logged into First in Math at school so can now do so at home. First in Math can be accessed on tablets, gaming systems, and computers/ laptops. This is a fun way for your student to practice their math facts:
English/ Language Arts:
The most important thing right now is to make sure that your
child is reading the book we are sending home Monday-Thursday night! Please have them read it out loud to you then ask them
the questions provided.
Science & Social Studies:
In science we are starting our
Tremendous Trees unit. The purpose
of the unit is to encourage students to
use inquisitive and creative behaviors
to think like a scientist. Students use
questions to approach problems and
identify attributes to sort, classify, and
make inferences to create analogies
on observational data about our
world.
Important Information:
We cannot stress enough the
importance of instant fact recall!
Soon we will be moving on to
adding and subtracting 2-digit
numbers so knowing basic facts
is essential. We have been
practicing methods such as
adding doubles (6+6=12),
adding doubles plus one
(6+7=6+6+1=13), and making ten
(8 + 4 = 10 + 2).
Please be practicing facts EVERY
night! For ideas see the math
section of this newsletter 😊
Third Grade Mrs. Bowman Mrs. Mays Ms. McNulty
4th
Grade Newsletter
Math:
-We are finishing Unit 2: Applying Place Value Concepts in Whole Number
Addition and Subtraction.
Some important concepts that we will be covering in this unit are:
- Understanding the connections in our place value system
- Writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form
- Comparing and ordering numbers - Rounding numbers to a given place
value - Adding and subtracting numbers using
the standard algorithm
-We will be moving into Unit 3: Decomposing and Composing Fractions
for Addition and Subtraction shortly.
Some important concepts that we will be covering in this unit are:
- Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating
parts of the same whole.
- Decompose fractions with the same denominator in more than one way.
-We will continue to send home the
parent newsletters for each new unit.
Language Arts/Writing
- Language Arts: Students will be focusing on
reading and answering comprehension
questions about realistic fiction texts this
quarter.
-Writing: Students will continue working on
their Narrative stories. Students will also
continue practicing answering literary writing
prompts.
Science & Social Studies:
-Science: Students will be learning about how
the structures of animals help them survive in
their habitats.
-Social Studies: students are learning about
the characteristics of explorers and how
exploration results in discovery.
Important Information:
-Make sure you check your child’s planner for
any important reminders.
-Also check their take-home folders for any
important papers every night.
- Please be sure that you are initialing your
child’s reading and math homework before
they return to school the following day.
Students should be reading for 20 minutes
and doing 15 minutes of math fact fluency
every night.
Mark Your Calendar Math Game
Peek at the month
Key Math Vocabulary
Important Notes
5th Grade News
Math
• Using equivalency to add and subtract
fractions
• Expanding our understanding of place
value to decimals
Science
• Food Webs
Social Studies
• Colonization
Key Vocabulary:
Fraction: a number that names equal parts of a whole; a fraction names a point on the number line and can also
represent the division of two numbers.
Numerator: the number above the line in a fraction. It tells how many equal parts are described.
2
3
Denominator: the number below the line in a fraction. It tells how many equal parts are in the whole.
2
3
Equivalent fraction: two or more fractions that have the same value. They name the same part of a whole and the
same point on a number line.
Common denominator: a number that is a common multiple of the denominator of two or more fractions.
• October 1st – Design Space Field Trip
• October 7th – Interims come home
• October 30th – BSO
• Math & Reading homework are assigned on Mondays and due two weeks later.
• Students should focus on playing Just the Facts and Very Important Facts on First in Math.
• Take Home folders come home every day & contain homework and announcements.
• Please return permission slips for the BSO as soon as possible.
PTA News Thank you to everyone who joined the PTA in September– there is still time to join!
Please join the PTA Facebook page to get information about PTA events -
lake shore pta 21122
October events:
Oct 1-11: Apparel Sale – Online only – see flyer coming home
Oct 15 – Potluck provided for teachers for conference day – sign up genius coming soon
Oct 26 – Cluster Trunk or Treat - CHS – 3-6 pm –
Thank you to everyone who signed up to decorate their trunk – we have our 10!
Candy donations are needed – please send them to school by 10/25!
Bring granola bars to the trunk or treat – for Food Pantry donation – the school with the most
donated items wins bragging rights!
Upcoming events:
November 4-22: Gift Card Raffle – information and tickets will be sent home soon!
November 7 – PTA meeting 7:00 pm in the media center
Harvest for the Hungry Food Donation Month - October
THANKFUL THURSDAYS! Please support your child in participating in our October “THANKFUL THURSDAYS” by
donating the suggested non-perishable food items each Thursday in October.
Date What to wear: Suggested food donation:
Thursday, October 10th Pajamas a box of cereal Thursday, October 17th Dress as your favorite “Souper
Hero”
cans of soup
Wednesday & Thursday,
October 23rd & 24th
Wear Orange for Anti-bullying &
Unity
Orange Food (or Red & Yellow foods)
Thursday, October 31st Bring your Halloween Costume a food that goes along with your costume in some way
Please send the items with your child that day! THANK YOU !
