Dear Chelsea Families,

Welcome to the season of thankfulness and reflection. The month of November is the perfect time to

thank those that contribute to our lives in various ways, and to reflect on how fortunate we are to be

part of such a wonderful school district. At Chelsea School, we will be thanking our veterans by

hosting a Veterans Day Assembly on November 10th. The week of November 13th is American

Education Week. We will be thanking and honoring our teachers and paraprofessionals for all they

do for our students and our schools.

Here are a few of the things that we are grateful for at Chelsea School:

* Our students, for the inquisitiveness and enthusiasm they bring to learning each day.

* Our families, for their dedication to supporting the schools, and sending their children

prepared to be mathematicians, authors, readers, critical thinkers, engineers,

technologists, scientists, musicians, artists, and problem solvers!

* Our Frankfort Community, for providing a growing, vibrant place to live.

* Our dedicated and professional staff, for selflessly giving 110% to our students each day.

* Our district personnel, for establishing a strong vision of excellence.

* Our Board of Education, for their endless support in ensuring that all our learners have

the tools necessary to succeed.

Parent Teacher Conferences are another highlight during the month of November. Participating in a

Parent Teacher Conference is an excellent opportunity to gain insight into your child’s academic and

social progress. Please sign up for a time slot online. Our goal is 100% parent participation at the

fall conferences.

We would like to wish you and your family a fall season full of happiness and a

wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Enjoy this beautiful autumn weather!

Sincerely,

Dr. Nepote, Principal

Ms. Newcomb, Assistant Principal

Be sure to visit our Chelsea website and click on 'Parent Math Resources'. You can then click on the 'Chelsea Math Youtube Channel' to see some of our teachers previewing current and upcoming lessons to assist parents in their understanding of the strategies we are teaching our students.

We plan to continue featuring additional videos to assist parents with their understanding of the various concepts/strategies being taught.

Click on our link below: http://www.fsd157c.org/static.asp?path=2851,9604

Together is a Great Place to Be!!

Please call 469-2309 to report a student absence. For your convenience, a telephone answering service has been installed at each school to receive your student absence call. Your call should be made by 8:00 A.M. the day of the absence or tardiness. Please provide the student’s name, grade, reason for absence or tar-diness, and the name of the person calling. (If the student is absent due to illness, please include the symptoms – specify illness.) When writing a note for an early dismissal, please include the reason that your student is leaving early.

If you are changing your child’s mode of transportation for the day, please send a note in the morning. The teacher will be aware of the change and forward the communication to the office. If you have forgotten to send written notification, please call the office before noon, unless it is an emergency. If you call too late in the day, it becomes dif fi-cult to notify the teacher and child before dismissal.

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By Theresa Larkin

The FSP would like to send out a special "THANK YOU" to all of the teachers for putting

on a great Family Night during Book Fair; to all of the families and students that came

out to take part in the activities and shop the Book Fair and to all of the volunteers for

their time, hard work and help. We could not have done this without all of you - so our

most heartfelt THANK YOU!

The FSP has lots going on in November:

SCRIP Gift Card orders are due by November 3rd

Spiritwear Sales are reopening (online only) between November 1st - 15th

FSP Meeting on November 7th at 6:30PM followed by Tiger Univeristy Eureka Math Night

Parent/Teacher Conference Dinner on November 20th

Be sure to check out the FSP November Newsletter for more details:

https://www.smore.com/65nag-family-school-partnership-news

Mrs. Freiberg’s 4th grade ELA writing class created spooky stories for the annual Halloween Spooktacu-lar. The students created, word processed, revised, edited, and illustrated their pieces to get ready for the “Spooktacular”. They loved this creative writing unit! The students used mentor texts to learn the elements of a scary story. They then used those mentor texts to in-fluence their own writing. Some of the stories were pretty creepy! To add to the ambience the students brought in flashlights to use while reading with the lights off. Add in some spooky music and that was a recipe for a spooky event!

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This past month, the students worked on several activities. Football kept us active with passing, receiving, and punting. Students had fun playing End-Line Football with a center, quarterback, and receiver scoring points for each completed pass. Soccer was another fun unit of dribbling, passing, and shooting at the net. The unit culminated with games of Alley Soccer as students took turns on offense and de-fense for some fun competition.

Students completed their physical fitness testing for the fall, which included strength, endurance, and flexi-bility. Testing consisted of: sit ups, push-ups, Pacer test, long distance jog, and the sit and reach. Students will be tested again in the spring as we will look for improvement throughout the year. We ended the month with our P.E. game show: Stay out of Jeopardy – a Halloween Safety Program that has become an annual event here at Chelsea. This fun game show helps in teaching the students ways to stay safe around the neighborhood, not only at Halloween, but every day. KEEP SAVING BOX TOPS for EDUCATION! ! ! Chelsea earns 10 cents for every box top turned in to the Box Top for Education program. The students have been bringing them in diligently for the past few months and they are adding up quickly. Please continue to send them in to us. We thank you for your contin-ued support with this program. “Stacking the Stock” – Chelsea to help set a new World Record for Guinness! Chelsea Students will again join stackers around the world as we cup stack on Thursday, November 9th, to try to beat the record for the most people stacking in one day. Along with the Guinness competition, we are asking students to bring in canned goods to help stock the shelves of the Frankfort Township Food Pantry. To join the 2 programs together, Chelsea students will also be “Stacking the Stock” of canned goods we col-lect. Please send canned goods in to school with your students for this fun event! Collection will begin October 30th.

Chelsea Intermediate School November 2017

All students will practice singing patriotic songs this month. We will focus on singing with good posture, breathing technique, and diction. We will also be analyzing melody lines and how they move: step, leap, and repeat. We will play melodies with boomwhackers and/or tone chimes. 3rd grade students will end the month discussing tone color and exploring different unpitched percussion instruments. Students will be reading rhythmic notation.

4th grade students will play treble clef games to practice reading the notes that they will be playing on the recorder. 5th grade students will compose a short rhythm piece in small groups and will select an unpitched instrument to play it on, for classroom performance.

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By Mrs. Newman

In November, fifth grade students will review symmetry and learn about art from other cultures, while designing a mask. Students will be using tempera paint on this project. They will experience mixing color and creating texture with brushstrokes. Although our paint is washable, be sure to wear old clothing on painting days. Fourth grade just finished a great drawing of their shoes. They are truly fantastic. In November, students will learn about the American Folk art of quilting. Each student will make a paper quilt block using geometric shapes, symmetry, and radial balance. We will use a variety of water color techniques to make patterned papers that will be included in our designs. All of the blocks will come together for a collaborative de-sign, filled with the repetition of shape and color.

Third grade students recently learned that the word “profile” can have different meanings. Each student used a profile photograph and a variety of lines to create this very unique work of art. Be sure to ask your third grade students what came out of their mouth in art class this week. It can be seen but not heard.

By Mrs. Jozaitis Students are working collaboratively to design, test and redesign. They persevere to get through problems they encounter. Students are finding ways to communicate to their partners in positive ways. Third graders are testing their Maglev cars. The magnets on the cars repel the track, gravity pulls the car, and the students test for the speed of the car. Students change one thing on their design and test

again hoping to find that their car’s speed increased. Fourth graders have done some measurement of their Eco Wind Gen and tested their product for voltage created. Students noticed that the pitch of the blades affects its performance. After redesigning students test again in hopes that their Wind Gen’s voltage has increased. Fifth graders are testing their Sky Eagle for distance or range traveled. They realized their design construc-tion affects the Sky Eagles performance. After some modifications are made students test again hoping their vehicle travels a longer distance. Fifth graders are completing their lab report in One Note.

By Ms. Skobel

We are wrapping up our “We Are Chelsea” school unit in Spanish class. We

have been working on a short writing assignment where students share infor-

mation about Chelsea (like the names of their teachers and their favorite sub-

jects). We will be starting unit 2, “Let’s Celebrate,” in November. Students

will build a foundation of useful calendar vocabulary and phrases. They will

use this toolkit as they learn about festivals in the Spanish-speaking world. In

addition to this, students will learn vocabulary related to birthday parties. Stu-

dents will have the opportunity to compare birthday celebrations in the Span-

ish-speaking world with their own celebrations in Frankfort. Unit resources are posted on the Spanish classroom webpage. Students are always encour-

aged to supplement their learning with the online resources.

Learning Comes to Life at Chelsea School!

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November Chelsea Dates to Remember 10/30 “Stacking the Stock” canned goods collection starts 10/31 Chorus Booster Hot Lunch 11/02 Report Cards go home 11/03 FSP Scrip Orders Due 11/03 Smoothie Day 11/03 DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) 11/05 Daylight Savings Time ends 11/07 FSP General Meeting @ GP 6:30 PM 11/07 Tiger University Eureka Math Presentation @GP 7:00-8:00 PM 11/07 FSP Hot Lunch 11/09 Guinness Cup Stacking Competition 11/10 Veteran’s Day Assembly @ CH 11/11 Last Rise and Shine 11/13 Parent Math Workshop @CH 11/14 Foundation Meeting @GP 9:30 AM 11/14 Athletics Booster Hot Lunch 11/11 Popsicle Sale Day @ CH 11/13-17 American Education Week 11/13-11/17 Collecting Supplies for our Troops (look for more information coming home) 11/15 Deadline to buy December Hot Lunches 11/15 Parent Visitation for Education Week 9:30-11:00 AM 11/15 Board of Education Meeting 7:00 PM 11/20-21 FSP Scrip Cards Distributed @ school 11/20-21 NO SCHOOL-Parent Teacher Conferences 11/22-24 NO SCHOOL-Happy Thanksgiving! 11/28 Band/Orchestra Booster Hot Lunch 12/01 Smoothie Day

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November Health News

November is Diabetes Awareness Month – Talk to your health care provider about the risk factors in your family, take precautions, & support the people you know with Diabetes! Continue to say “ BOO” to the Flu! – This year, the Centers for Disease Control advise everyone 6 months of age and older to get a flu shot during the months of October and November. Talk to your doctor. Please keep all sick children home from school especially if they are exhibiting respiratory and stomach symptoms! If you are unsure – stay home and call your health care provider. Allergy & Asthma season is hitting us HARD this year. Monitor all symptoms closely and follow your health care provider’s advice. If your child has asthma, it is extremely important to keep an inhaler at school. We can protect and strengthen our own immunity by eating nutritious foods, taking daily walks, sleeping 8 –10 hours a night, reducing stress, and smiling daily : ) Vision and Hearing Screening will take place here at Chelsea on Nov 6th and 7th. All 3rd graders will be tested for hearing as required by state law. The following other stu-dents will be tested for vision and hearing in regulation of the Illinois Department of Public Health: special education, teacher referrals, and any new student to the District. If your child is screened and there are any difficulties, you will be notified.

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