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Sea Castle Times Volume 2 October/November 2015 Espanol Si usted necesita esta Circular en espanol, por favor pongase en contacto con la oficina. Creole Si ke ou besoin nouval ca en Creole tenpri contacte l’ekol la. PLEASE NOTE NEWSLETTERS WILL APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.WIX.COM/SEACASTLE/SEA- CASTLE . HARD COPIES WILL NOT BE SENT HOME. Dates to Remember: 10/19 – 2 nd Grade Field Trip 10/19 – St. Augustine Deposit 10/22 – Early Release Day 10/23 – Teacher Planning Day 10/28 – Curriculum Night 10/30 – Career Day 11/4 – Make-Up Pictures 11/4 – Hispanic History Night 11/6 – Harvest Drive items due 11/11 – Day off (Veteran’s Day) 11/12 – Report Cards issued 11/16 – 4 th Grade Field Trip 11/19 – Interim Reports issued Sea Castle Elementary Mission: The Mission of Sea Castle Elementary is to provide excellence in teaching and promote the lifelong love of learning. Through the enthusiastic dedication of the entire community, we will foster a caring environment where students will develop their full physical, mental, emotional and aesthetic potential. News You Can Use Parent Involvement Plan: Parents as previously discussed at our SAC meeting, the Parent Involvement Plan (PIP)and the School Improvement Plan (SIP) are located on our school website. We also have hardcopies of our PIP in the front office. Attendance: It is imperative students are in school, on time everyday. Children cannot learn as much if they aren’t in school to participate in the instruction, practice, and discussion. Remember: Attend today, Achieve tomorrow! Reminders… School hours are 8:05 AM – 2:05 PM. Students are tardy if they are not IN class AT 8:05, so make every effort to have your child to school no later than 8:00 AM. Dismissal begins at 2:05 PM. Please be sure to arrive at school no later than 2:15 PM to pick up

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Sea Castle TimesVolume 2 October/November 2015

EspanolSi usted necesita esta Circular en espanol, por favor pongase en contacto con la oficina.CreoleSi ke ou besoin nouval ca en Creole tenpri contacte l’ekol la.PLEASE NOTE NEWSLETTERS WILL APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.WIX.COM/SEACASTLE/SEA-CASTLE. HARD COPIES WILL NOT BE SENT HOME.

Dates to Remember:10/19 – 2nd Grade Field Trip10/19 – St. Augustine Deposit 10/22 – Early Release Day10/23 – Teacher Planning Day10/28 – Curriculum Night10/30 – Career Day11/4 – Make-Up Pictures11/4 – Hispanic History Night11/6 – Harvest Drive items due11/11 – Day off (Veteran’s Day)11/12 – Report Cards issued11/16 – 4th Grade Field Trip11/19 – Interim Reports issuedSea Castle Elementary Mission:The Mission of Sea Castle Elementary is to provide excellence in teaching and promote the lifelong love of learning. Through the enthusiastic dedication of the entire community, we will foster a caring environment where students will develop their full physical, mental, emotional and aesthetic potential.

News You Can UseParent Involvement Plan: Parents as previously discussed at our SAC meeting, the Parent Involvement Plan (PIP)and the School Improvement Plan (SIP) are located on our school website. We also have hardcopies of our PIP in the front office. Attendance: It is imperative students are in school, on time everyday. Children cannot learn as much if they aren’t in school to participate in the instruction, practice, and discussion. Remember: Attend today, Achieve tomorrow!Reminders…School hours are 8:05 AM – 2:05 PM. Students are tardy if they are not IN class AT 8:05, so make every effort to have your child to school no later than 8:00 AM.Dismissal begins at 2:05 PM. Please be sure to arrive at school no later than 2:15 PM to pick up your child. If you are unable to pick your child up by 2:15, please make arrangements for a) someone else to pick up your child, b) your child to walk home, c) a private bus, or d) an after school care program. Students who are habitually picked up late will be referred to the school social worker. Supervision is NOT provided after 2:35 PM.Early Pick Up – Students who are leaving before 2:05 PM MUST be picked up by 1:30 PM. Students will only be released to an adult with photo ID who is listed on the emergency contact card on file in the front office.Absences – Please call school or send a written excuse/doctor’s note every time your child is absent from school. Excuses must be received within 48 hours of the absence or they will be unexcused. You may now call our direct attendance line at754-323-7252.Inclement Weather – Students will NOT be released at 2:05 in the event a Weather Alert is received on the Weather Bug

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System. Efforts will be made to contact parents to let them know.

Students will be released as soon as the Weather Alert is lifted for our area.

Dear Sea Castle families,

Broward County schools have joined forces together to help families in need. Sea Castle Elementary will be collecting non-perishable items to feed hundreds of families in our community. All food donations collected should be handed in to the classroom teacher. Collections will take place during the week of October 5th –November 6th. Students who participate in the drive will receive a “Jean Day” ticket, which they can redeem during the week of November 9th. During the week of November 9th, the students who received a “Jean Day” ticket will be able to wear jeans (must have uniform shirt) for participating in the Harvest Drive.

The items below are needed per grade level for the Harvest Drive.

Kindergarten 2 bars of soap per student

First Grade 1 bottle of shampoo per student

Second Grade 2 cans of soups per student

Third Grade 2 boxes of pasta per student

Fourth & Fifth Grade 1-pound bag of rice

We are asking that the items be brought to school by Monday, November 6 th , 2015.

Grade level: Kindergarten

Thank you to all the parents who came for our Open House. In October we have the Book Fair (Oct. 12-16), our first fieldtrip to the Little Farm (Oct. 26), and Career Day (Oct. 30).Reading / Writing: In Reading and Writing, we will continue to review what we learned last month and build our knowledge. The state standards we will focus on this month are: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. Recognize and name end punctuation. Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LAFS.K.L.1.2

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. LAFS.K.RI.2.4 At-home help: Parents please read daily, assist your child with their homework, and read and complete the monthly Book-It goal. Your child will earn a coupon for a free Pizza Hut personal pan pizza for their efforts.Math: In Math, the students are continuing to learn about the numbers 0-10. They also are comparing two sets of objects. They must recognize if the sets are the same, or which one is greater, and identify which set is lesser than the other.

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Grade level: Kindergarten

Thank you to all the parents who came for our Open House. In October we have the Book Fair (Oct. 12-16), our first fieldtrip to the Little Farm (Oct. 26), and Career Day (Oct. 30).Reading / Writing: In Reading and Writing, we will continue to review what we learned last month and build our knowledge. The state standards we will focus on this month are: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. Recognize and name end punctuation. Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes). LAFS.K.L.1.2

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. LAFS.K.RI.2.4 At-home help: Parents please read daily, assist your child with their homework, and read and complete the monthly Book-It goal. Your child will earn a coupon for a free Pizza Hut personal pan pizza for their efforts.Math: In Math, the students are continuing to learn about the numbers 0-10. They also are comparing two sets of objects. They must recognize if the sets are the same, or which one is greater, and identify which set is lesser than the other.

Grade Level: Kindergarten cont.

The state standard we will be focusing on this month is: Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).MAFS.K.CC.1.2

Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies. MAFS.K.CC.3.6

At-home help: Students will complete daily Math homework assignment. Create and read a calendar and predict the number for the next day or a week from now.Take simple items from the pantry, kitchen, or toy box. Sort the item, than pair them up one to one. See which group (set) has more, less, or equal amounts.Science: In Science, student will be categorizing objects as living or non-living / real or pretend.The state standard we will be working with this month is: Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life. SC.K.L.14.2

Grade Level: First

Sea Castle’s fabulous first graders are falling into season by working hard to master new skills. During the month of November/December we will be covering the following: Reading: Our students will continue learning good reading and writing skills. The State standard that they will be focusing: Identify main idea and details, Compare and contrast information provided by pictures and words, Understanding characters and their actions, Sequence of events, and Text and graphic features. (LAFS1.RL.1.2, LAFS.1.RF.3.3, LAFS.1.RI.3.9) At-home help: Have conversations with your child. Have your child read to you and ask questions related to the standards. Some of the questions that can help your child connect to the story and improve with the comprehension are: What part did you like best about the story and why? Can you tell me what happened at the beginning, middle and how did the story end? What did this story make you think of? Additionally, continue to practice sight words daily with your child. Math: In Math we are working on chapter 3 and will soon begin with Chapter 4 and by the beginning of December we will probably be starting with Chapter 5. The chapters are all about Counting back 1, 2, and 3 as a strategy to subtract, using addition and recalling addition facts to subtract numbers within 20 and understanding relationship between addition and subtraction. [MAF.1.OA.2.3, MAF.1.OA.3.5 MAF.1.OA.3.6, MAF.1.OA.1.2, MAF.1.OA.1.1] At-home help: Practice counting on for addition and counting backwards for subtraction. It’s important for you to help your child review strategy skills taught during the day.Science: In Science we are learning about Properties and Matter. Students are learning to sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light), texture, and whether objects sink or float (SC.1.P.8.1, SC.1.N.1.1). At-home: Let your child explore the environment and inquire about what they observe.Social Studies: We will be covering Unit One, which is focusing on People and Traditions. In this unit, our students will learn how People and Events Shape History. The four lessons in this unit are Change Over Time, Special Holidays, American Heroes and Sharing Stories. Standards: SS.1.A.1.2, SS.A.2.1, SS.1.A.2.2, SS.1.A.2.5)At-home: Discuss with your child different ways families celebrate traditions and holidays.

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Grade Level: Second

The second grade students have transitioned well from first to second grade. They are continuously working on expanding their comprehension skills, increasing their vocabulary and developing fluency. We are working towards expanding our basic math skills through learning odd and even numbers, place value, and calculating sums and differences, comparing numbers using place value. In the months of November we will be working on the following skills.

Reading: Students will compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures. Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Students will continue to work with story structure and sequence of events. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. LAFS.2.RL.3.9; LAFS.2.RI.3.9; LAFS.2.RL.2.5; LAFS.2.RL.1.3; LAFS.2.RI.1.3At home help: Please have students practice fluency and stamina by setting aside 20 minutes of sustained reading each night. Also practice weekly vocabulary words.

Writing/Language Arts: Our students will work on the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names, use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words, and consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spelling. Students with guidance and support will use a variety of tools to produce and publish writing. Students will be able to write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use liking words to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.LAFS.2.L.1.2; LAFS.2.W.2.6; LAFS.2.W.1.1At home help: Please practice weekly spelling and grammar skills with your child. Students should also practice writing in complete sentences.

Math: During math instruction, the students will be able to fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of

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operation. Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one-step and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent a problem.MAFS.2.NBT.2.5; MAFS.2.NBT.2.6; MAFS.2.NBT.2.9; MAFS.2.OA.1.1At home help: Aside from nightly homework, students should practice their math skills on Reflex Math or i-ready. These programs are web based and your child is familiar with them as they are used in the classroom.

Science: The second grade students will learn to observe and measure objects in terms of their properties, including size, shape, color, temperature, weight, texture, sinking or floating in water, attraction and repulsion of magnets. They will also identify objects as solids, liquids, and gas, recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container. To observe and describe water in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states, and measure and compare the volume of liquids using containers of various shapes and sizes. Students can practice at home completing digital labs on beep. (SC.2.P.8.1; SC.2.P.8.2; SC.2.P.8.3; SC.2.P.8.4, SC.2.P.8.6)At home help: Please review vocabulary words and definitions.

Social Studies: During social studies instruction, the students will learn about the different types of Native Americans that lived in the Unites States of America; how they lived, where they lived, and what they ate. Students will learn how the culture influences how the people live. They will acquire new vocabulary that consists of region, culture, belief, crop, gather, prairie, herd, desert, level, natural resource, material, immigrant, settlement, and force. (SS.2.A.1.1; SS.2.A.2.1; SS.2.A.2.2; SS.2.A.2.3)At home help: Please review vocabulary words and definitions.

Grade Level: Third

Our amazing third graders are continuing to work hard to expand their comprehension skills, increase vocabulary, and develop fluency. They are enhancing their math skills by using multiplication strategies to develop an understanding of multiplication. Check planners for notes or homework from your child’s teacher. Please contact the teacher with any questions or concerns you may have. Keeping an open line of communication will help ensure your child’s success! You can help your child at home by reading daily and helping with homework as needed. Third grade texts can be found on BEEP online. Inspire your child to enjoy reading and math using the i-Ready and Reflex Math websites at home. Teachers can provide you with the links and user names and passwords. In October and November, we will be working on the following skills:

Reading: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in

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a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language, ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers and Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Also, students will determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. (LAFS3.RI.1.1, LAFS.3RL.2.4, LAFS.3.RL.2.5, LAFS.3.RI.1.2) At home help: BEEP; i-Ready; Tumblebooks (User-bcs Password-reads); check planners for homework

Writing/Language Arts: Students will write opinion pieces on topics or texts and support their point of view with reasons and information and write informative / explanatory texts to examine a topic and explain ideas and information clearly. Also, students will use key details from the text to write a short response( LAFS.3.W.1.1, LAFS.3.W.1.2).Students will identify singular & plural nouns as well as form and use regular and irregular plural nouns and identify the present tense and the past tense of verbs (LAFS.3.L.1. LAFS.3.L.1.1). At home help: check planners for homework

Math: In Chapter 4, Students will interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7 and use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays and measurement quantities, (eg. by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem) (MAFS.3.OA.1.1, MAFS.3.OA.1.3). In Chapter 5, students will determine the unknown whole numbers in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. (MAFS.3.OA.A.1, MAFS.3OA.A.3)At home help: BEE; i-Ready; Reflex Math; check planners for homework

Science: Students will develop inquiry skills, learn how scientists investigate questions by using models and tools and explore characteristics of the sun and the stars. (SC.3.N.1.1, SC.3.N.1.2, SC.3.N.1.3, SC.3.N.1.4, SC.3.N.1.5, SC.3.N.1.6 SC.3.N.1.7, SC.3.N.3.1, SC.3.N.3.2, SC.3.N.3.3) Also, students will measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids, and compare materials and objects according to properties such as size, shape, color, texture, and hardness (SC.3.P.8.1, SC.3.P.8.2, SC.3.P.8.3, SC.3.P.9.1, SC.3.N.1.3, SC.3.N.1.6)At home help: Brain Pop Jr. (User/Password-palmbeach); check planners for homework

Social Studies: Students will learn all about culture and life in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. (SS.3.A.1.1, SS.3.G.1.3, SS.3.G.1.1, SS.3.G.4.1, SS.3.G.4.2 & SS.3.G.4.4)At home help: check planners for homework

Grade Level: FourthDuring the months of October and November, our 4th grade team will be working towards mastery of the following Florida State Standards:

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READING: LITERARY TEXT- Through reading the literary selections in their reading textbooks, students will make a variety of discoveries in order to enhance their comprehension skills; they will develop an understanding of how genres in their reading textbook connect with each other. Through the use of journal writing and class discussions they will be able to apply the skills and strategies they learned, on their classroom assessments. We will be using multiple reading resources such as Journeys, Florida social studies, newspapers articles, magazines and technology. At-home help: Continue to encourage your child to read 30 minutes a day, work on I-Ready daily. LAFS.4.RL.1.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.LAFS.4.RL.2.5 Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text. LAFS.4.RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations LAFS.4.RL.1.2: Determine theme from details/summarizeLAFS.4.RL.2.5, 3.7: Explain the major differences between poems, drama and prose; and refer to their structural elementsLAFS.4.RL.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters fount in mythology.LAFS.4.RI.2.5: Describe the overall structure of a text or part of a text (Cause & Effect)LAFS.4.RF.4.4a: Read on-level text with purpose and understandingLAFS.4.RF.4.4c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understandingWRITING - Language Arts. We are learning to write informative and opinion essays that contain introductory, body and concluding paragraphs. W.1.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose. W.1.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. W.1.3, W.2.5: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences with guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editingW.1.3a: Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturallyW.1.3c, d: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events by using concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.W.1.3e: Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.• At-home help: Encourage your child to write in his/her journal as often as possible. Helping your child put thoughts into words will give him/her a great sense of accomplishment. When speaking with your child, encourage them to use a wide variety of vocabulary and to elaborate when expressing their thoughts.

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Mathematics Grade 4: Our Domains: OPERATIONS and ALGEBRAIC THINKING MACC4.0A, NUMBER AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN. You can expect to see homework that provides practice with multiplication and division concepts.MAFS.4.2.6 Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. MAFS.4.1.3: solve multi-step word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted; represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity; assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.MAFS.4.2.5: Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors.MAFS.4.2.6: Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule and identify apparent features of the patter that were not explicit in the rule itself.• At-home help: Encourage your child to use digital resources through Schoology such BEEP( animated models), I-Ready, ReflexMath and Go Math Personal Math Trainer in Think Central. .

Social Studies Next Generation Sunshine State Standards

Grade Level: Fifth

Reading: Students will be able to determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize thetext. (LAFS.5.RI.1.2)At-home help: iReady, leisure reading, pbskids.org/reading

Math: Students will find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. ( MAFS.5.NBT.2.6). At-Home help: iReady, Reflex Math

Writing: The students will write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reason and information. The students will follow the format below when writing: LAFS.5.W.1.1a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.b. Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.c. Link opinion and reasons using words, phrases, and clauses (e.g., consequently, specifically).d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.At-home help: funenglishgames.com/writing, fiction reading

Science: The students will be able to describe how plants and animals adapt in order to survive in different environments. (SC.5.L.17.1)

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At-home help: Students can study and improve vocabulary using Science Speed Bag books, and Science Hangman

Social Studies: Student will be able to locate and identify states, capitals and United States territories on a map (SS.5.G.1.6). Students will be able to identify major U.S. physical features on a map of North America (SS.5.G.1.3). At-home help: kids.usa.gov, yourchildlearns.com, map puzzles

MEDIA

Welcome to the Media Center! I am your Media Technologist, Mr. Weinstein. I’m very excited to work with all the students here at Sea Castle. I hope to increase the usage of technology through various activities in the media center.

This year has started out very nicely. Grades K – 2, have been working on understanding the rules of the Media Center, as well as book care. They are also learning about different websites, such as tumblebooks.com. Grades 3-5 have been working on learning how to search for their own library books using Destiny.browardschools.com, and how to use and check out e-books.

Book fairwill be held the week of Oct. 12, with that night being our family night. I can use all the help you are willing to give for that.

I’m looking forward to working with all of the students this year.

Sincerely,Mr. Weinstein

Physical Education and Health

Hey, this is Coach Nelson and Coach McCall welcoming all of our returning students and new student to Sea Castle Elementary. Just in case you didn’t know, the Athletic Department here at Sea Castle are dedicated to the developmental needs of our children. This year be on the look out for some new activities. One HUGE activity that we are doing, that was very successful last year, for our 4th and 5th grade students, is the

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National FitnessGram Physical Fitness Assessment. Sea Castle was selected to participate in the Carol M. White Physical Education Programs (PEP) Grant. This is an assessment that tracks improvement in the areas of muscular strength, endurance and flexibility.This grant also has a “Pedometer Challenge”, where two (2) classes at a time between 4th and 5th grade will wear pedometers. Details of the challenge will be forthcoming.

These activities along with our annual Field Day, Jumprope for Heart/Run (not to be confused with “Jumprope for Heart”) with help from our FABULOUS PTA, will only fuel the need for physical fitness in your child’s life. We look forward to seeing you and encouraging the absolute best out of your child.

Coach Nelson (Personal Fitness & Health)

Coach McCall (Team Sports)

Science Newsletter October 2015This year, our fifth graders Sea Castle’s Scientists, are participating in “The Flame Challenge”. The Flame Challenge began in 2012 with Alan Alda’s childhood query: What is a flame?Every year, fifth graders around the world pick a question that they would like to be answered by a scientist. The question needs to be answered in a way that an11 year old student can understand perfectly. The 5 top questions for this year Flame Challenge were:

1. What is water?2. What is magnetism?3. What is gravity?4. What is electricity?5. What is sound?

After casting the votes from all our fifth graders, question number 3 was the one selected at Sea Castle Elementary.Now, we have to wait until all fifth graders around the world cast their votes.Next, we will receive five entries from five scientists who will answer the final question selected and we will judge how well they answered it. Do we really understand what the scientists are trying to answer? After reviewing the five entries, our Sea Castle’s scientist will pick one of the five scientists who answered the question in the best way.We will keep you posted.

GUIDANCE NEWSFOR PARENTS

Sea Castle Elementary School – Oct/Nov 2015 Leila Lopez- School Counselor

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CHARACTER EDUCATION

The trait for the month of October is:RESPONSIBILITY: meeting obligations by being reliable, accountable and dependable. Parents play an important role in building a sense of responsibility on their children by setting a good example, taking part in your community, keeping your word, caring for living things, getting homework done, having family rules, managing money wisely, completing chores.

The trait for the month of November is CITIZENSHIP: knowing, understanding, and displaying a high regard for rules, laws, government, heritage, and for those who have served and sacrificed for community and country. Conserve and protect the environment by supporting community recycling efforts, and disposing of household trash as the recycling plan outlines.Encourage the honoring of the flag.Be a role model by voting, attending school functions such as PTA meetings, or volunteering at school.A student from each class who displays the trait for the month will be selected as “Kid of Character”. The chosen students will be recognized on WSEA (closed circuit TV), and will receive a certificate, a pencil, a bookmarker, and a bumper sticker. The “Character Traits” represent important values that we need to have to guide us throughout our lives.RED RIBBON WEEK CELEBRATION

This was established to honor a policeman, Enrique Camarena, who was killed while investigation drug related activities. In honor of his memory and his battle against illegal drugs, friends, parents and neighbors began to wear red badges of satin. That is how Red Ribbon week started.COLLEGE WEEK – CAREER DAY

Broward Schools' College Fair is TUESDAY, 10/20. Although we are an Elementary school it is never too early to start planting the seeds and get students motivated about attending college. At Sea Castle: a) teachers in each building will cooperate with each other and create one bulletin board that shows their students which college/university they attended.b) All staff will wear a college/university T-SHIRT every Friday of the month.c) Students will work on the below Interest Inventory:Name 5 jobs that you know aboutWhich one is your favorite?What is your favorite school subject?

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Does your favorite job use your favorite school subject?d) School personnel will be interviewed on WSEA about their JOBS.e) We will end the month with CAREER DAY on Friday, 10/30.

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