Dear Frontier Families, Thanks so much for your generosity during the month of November! We were able to help Hudson Haws, Mrs. Estes and stock Summit Middle School’s food pantry! It’s great to see our students excited about helping others! We will be having winter parties during the last two days of school, before the winter break. PK, K, 2nd & 4th will be on Thursday, December 17th and 1st, 3rd & 5th will be Fri-day, December 18th. Your child’s teacher should be sending information home very soon about their class party times. Don’t forget we have pictures with Santa, Friday, December 4th! We also will have our Holiday Store open for students to purchase gifts for their families December 7-11. We greatly appreciate the countless ways you support our school! Thanks for all you do for our staff and students. Thank you for sharing your children with us! We enjoy seeing their smiling faces each day! Please have a safe and joyous holiday season and winter break! Winter Break is Dec 21-Jan 1. We return to school on Monday, January 4, 2016! May you and your family have a very blessed holiday season! Sincerely, Cara Jernigan, Principal Every child. Every chance. Every day. Falcons FLY!

December 2015

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Thanks Jennnifer Penny spreading Holiday cheer ALL over the office!!

Just a reminder...

Just a reminder for parent drop

off procedures. Students are

dropped off from the car line

loop. Please stay in your car. We

do not have a cross walk person

so it is safer for everyone to use

the car loop. Please be patient in

the loop. Frontier Safety Patrol

students will open the doors for

your child. Please have them

ready to get out when you pull

up to the cone. Please pull all

the way forward to the cones

before having students exit your

car. Also please be patient with

the cars in front of you. Please

don’t go around just wait and

the line will begin moving very

quickly.

Veteran’s Day 2015

Frontier welcomed

Veterans from all

branches of the

military. We were

honored to be able

to honor all the men

and women of the

Armed Forces.

A Visit from our First President

Frontier 5th Graders

were visited by our

First President,

George Washington.

He was their guest

spreaker for their

Colonial study.

Estes is the Bestest!!

Pre-K News "4" You!

Trees, Reindeer, and Gingerbread Men will begin to arrive on a daily basis in Pre-K. We are excited

about getting ready for the Holiday Season. We will be concentrated on making "Choices" with

our Frog Street curriculum. We will use kind words, helping hands, and choose to be givers in-

stead of takers. Thoughtful choices are smart choices! Literacy will focus on oral language, pho-

nological awareness, alliteration, and vocabulary. Math lets us continue with patterns and be able

to explore geometry. We will also have time to use our measurement skills. Practice makes per-

fect when we are writing our names and working in our journals.

Pre-K challenges you to be Givers during this season rather than takers. Have a Happy Holiday!

Season’s Greetings from 1st Grade! This past month, we had so many things to give thanks for! To start, we are so grate-

ful for all of our friends/classmates that we celebrated each other with a Friendship Feast, at the end of November. This

was also a time to apply what we’d been learning in class, by living out a day in the life of the Pilgrims and Native Amer-

icans, during the First Thanksgiving.

Math has been flying by as we’ve covered everything from counting pennies, nickels and dimes along with telling time

to the hour and half hour! Next we have made the transition into Measurement, using feet, inches and our bodies to

learn forms of Nonstandard Liner Measurement. We will continue to practice using tools such as a ruler, measuring tape,

personal foot etc.

I bet you’ve heard about the sneaky e…well maybe not since he is actually silent J! In Language Arts we have started our

focus on learning and applying our long vowel sounds with the silent e, at the end of words. Next up will be vowel

teams/pairs.

As always we are continuing to follow and practice our school and classroom procedures and expectations. It’s possible

that someone might be making a list and checking it twice, to see who’s been naughty or nice! In the meantime, the 1st

Grade Teachers want to remind you all of how thankful we are to have your family as a part of our class this year. We

hope everyone had Happy Thanksgiving and wishing you all Happy Holiday’s!

With many thanks,

Mrs. McCarty, Miss Reed, Mr. Rigsby and Miss Vollbrecht

PRE-K

1st Grade

KINDERGARTEN

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As we wrap up November, we are reminded how thankful we are that you let us be a part of your

child's life! It is amazing how much we have learned in just 4 months. November was full of fun

Thanksgiving activities, and we can't wait to start our winter units! We are looking forward to

learning about animals in winter and holidays around the world. We'll also continue to grow as

writers by sending letters to Santa. In math we'll be focusing on simple probability, skip counting,

comparing numbers, and so much more! Be on the lookout for information from homeroom

moms about our winter parties. To wrap up our semester of hard work, we'll be celebrating with a

Polar Express pajama day before winter break. Happy Holidays!

‘Tis the season to be amazing learners! That’s who we are in 2nd grade! In our last month of 2015,

here is what we have in store:

In Language Arts, we will be reading realistic fiction and animal fantasy stories, as well as engaging in

an Author’s Study of Jan Brett. Jan Brett is always a favorite author among students, and we will tie in

some of her stories to our holidays and winter season.

In Math, we will be studying a variety of addition and subtraction strategies, temperature changes, and

reviewing coins and total costs.

We will kick off the month with our Robot Project for Science – we can’t wait to see everyone’s crea-

tive inventions!

Social Studies will have us taking a closer look at world celebrations and holidays.

We will also be celebrating our readers with our first A.R. party – be on the lookout for more infor-

mation, and make sure to encourage your children to keep reading and taking AR tests!

As always, thank you for all your support! We hope you have a happy and safe holiday!

We had such a blast at the Explorer's Feast. We truly could not have pulled it off without

the help of our outstanding parents. Thank you for helping us make this an unforgettable

event for our students.

Thankfully, December seems to slow down in the events we have planned for our grade

level.

In reading we are wrapping up our study of biographies and researching the Wright

Brothers. In math we are moving onto adding and subtracting decimals. Before you know

it we will discover strategies on solving large multiplication problems. Knowing basic facts

is crucial for this process. Please continue practicing basic multiplication facts at home

with your child. We will be concluding our study over soil and weathering in Science.

2nd Grade

4th Grade

3rd Grade Happy Holidays Third Grade Families!

We are beginning our novel study of Charlotte's Web! We will focus on identifying character traits

and cause/effect events. At the end of our novel study, we will watch the Charlotte's Web movie to

compare/contrast the book and the movie.

In math, we will use our estimation skills of rounding to the nearest multiple of 10 to determine solu-

tions to real world situations involving multiplication of whole numbers.

In Social Studies, we are learning about cattle drives and the Oklahoma land runs to prepare for our

reenactment of the 1889 Land Run in April.

We are also gearing up for the third grade musical, "Forty Winks," on December 17th.

This year, our winter party theme will be gingerbread houses! The kids will be decorating their own

little houses at our winter party on December, 18th at 11:00 a.m.

We hope that everyone has a fun and safe winter break!

Third Grade Teachers

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Reading

Students are working hard on their first novel study “Blood on the River” and focusing on Au-

thor’s Purpose, Fact and Opinion, Expanded Vocabulary, Text-Based answering, sequencing,

etc. while helping with Social Studies curriculum and understanding. The new 9-weeks started

on October 20, we have set new AR goals. PLEASE remember our focus for AR this year is on

Percentage correct so please don’t only encourage your child to read to achieve their points,

also encourage them to read carefully to meet their 80% correct requirement.

Math

We are on to our unit 5 study of fractions. Your students are learning the foundational skills for

fractions that they will build upon in their upcoming years. Please make sure your student is

practicing their math facts ( ex. 2 x 5 = 10). If they are not able to recite the answer to you

within 10 seconds, then they are not fluent.

Science/Social Studies

*In Science we are working on our unit over Ecosystems and Food Chains. Thank you to PTO

for purchasing our Owl Pellets we will use during this unit!

*In Social Studies we are completing our study of the 13 Original Colonies. We will learn about

the 3 different colonial regions and then compare how they are alike and different. A huge

thank-you goes out to all parents who helped with our Colonial Day. It was such a memorable

We hope all families

have a wonderful holiday

season!

The cold weather is starting to settle on Oklahoma! Students, make sure

you get to the library to check out some great books! We have been add-

ing new titles to our shelves so take a look. Special thanks to those that

have donated for our Celebration Book Club. Part of the first shipment

has arrived and we could not be more excited! Looking ahead, our spring

book fair will be held during the last week of January. We will start seek-

ing volunteers soon! If you are interested in helping, please let us know!

5th Grade

Media

Ms. Busby, Ms. Moody, Mrs. Singletary

Frontier Falcons

Themes:

Winter

Holiday/Giving

Happy Holidays, Falcons!

I can’t believe December is already here! I know that Thanksgiving was filling this year and

now we are on to all the magic that Santa has to bring. I know none of my students have

been naughty at all, right parents?!

First of all, congratulations to the Falcon Fortes on their amazing performances on Veteran’s

Day and at Bass Pro, we rocked the house! I hope everyone got a picture with Santa.

Secondly, another shout out to 2nd grade’s wonderful performances of, “How Does Your

Garden Groove?” I am so proud!

Here are some upcoming events and friendly reminders we have going on in music:

Falcon Fortes might be performing for Quail Springs Mall in December (Information TBA

Parents)

Falcon Fortes WILL NOT be rehearsing in January because of CTSWS rehearsals. If you are in

CTSWS you will still come during regular chorus time in January. You will be receiving

your music before Christmas break.

3rd Grade performances of, “Forty Winks,” will be on Thursday, December 17th. There will

be a 2:30 p.m. performance and a 7:00 p.m. performance. Student participation is

mandatory. Please do not schedule any appointments for your child on this given

day.

Parents, if you have questions at any time please email me or call me. Here is my contact

information: Alison.graham@edmondschools.net

Counselor

Music

If you are in need of assistance for the holidays please contact me. We have many caring staff members and families willing to help make sure all Falcons have a very happy holiday. Everything remains confidential. We can help with gifts and also food for the holidays. There is a form at the end of this newsletter.

PE – 3rd—5th Graders are finishing up Fitness Testing. We have looked at Cardiovascular Fitness, Flexibility and Core

Strength.

K-2nd Graders are completing a Catching and Throwing unit.

Please remember to send your student in appropriate shoes for PE!!

Health We have completed our Unit on Medicines and other drugs. We have talked about only taking medicines that are for

us. We have talked about how tobacco, alcohol and other substances can harm your body.

mailto:Alison.graham@edmondschools.net

IMPORTANT DATES:

12/1 – My School’s Cool Deadline for November Receipts

12/3—Chick-Fil-A Day

12/4 – Santa Pictures

12/7 – 12/11 – Holiday Store

12/8 – S&B Burger Night

12/16 – PTO Meeting, 4pm

12/17 – Winter Parties: Kdg, 2nd & 4th

12/17 – 3rd Grade Music Program, 2:30pm & 7pm

12/17—Papa Murphy’s Day

12/18 – Winter Parties: PK, 1st, 3rd & 5th

12/18 – $1 Dress Up Polar Express PJ Day

12/18 – Box Tops Due

12/21 – 1/1 – Winter Break

1/4 – Return to School

1/4 – My School’s Cool Deadline for December Receipts

ATTENDANCE LINE: 726-4855

This year we are excited to be partnering with a fun, free, and truly easy fundraiser called Shoparoo!

Schools nationwide are already earning hundreds and even thousands every year through Shoparoo and it’s

a great opportunity for us to really make a difference this year!

Shoparoo is school fundraising made easy: the free app turns pictures of your everyday shopping receipts

into cash donations and sweepstakes entries for our school! Yep, it’s that simple. No more cutting labels, selling door to door, or time-consuming coordinating. All you have to do is shop as you normally do, snap

pictures of your receipts with the app, and voila Just shop, snap, earn!

Get started today:

1. Download the free Shoparoo app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store

2. Select our school from the list and start taking pictures of your receipts - shop anywhere, buy anything!

3. Earn even more Roo Points, or cash donations, by inviting others to join using your personal referral

code

4. You can even select a grade to support and have fun with grade competitions!

There’s no limit to how much money we can raise with Shoparoo - the more supporters, the more we will

raise for our school. Schools with just 40 supporters are earning an average of $1,000 every year. That’s

free, easy money that we could be fundraising too. Check out shoparoo.com to learn more about this awesome app!

Thank you for your support!

The Holiday Store is December 7th - 11th. We are in need of volunteers, if you would like

to help please email Christy Meadows at soonergal1972@gmail.com

Grab some lunch or dinner and support our Falcons! (Don't forget to mention Frontier

when you order) -

Chick Fil A Day - Thursday, December 3rd

S&B Burgers Event Day - Tuesday, December 8th

Papa Murphy's - Thursday, December 17th

Our PTO Meeting is Wednesday, December 16th at 4pm in the Media Center. Children are

welcome!

$1 Dress Up Day -

Friday, December 18th is PJ Day! Proceeds will go to Husdon Haws

Teacher Wish Lists Stockings will be located in the front entrance foyer of the school.

PTO

http://www.shoparoo.com/mailto:soonergal1972@gmail.com

Playground!!

Frontier Falcons Be sure to check the trophy case to see pictures of all our Impact

Team members.

4th Grade Math Rotations!

Skube has quite an arm. Still undefeated!

As you know Frontier is a very caring school. We have many staff members and families willing help in any way. Please let me know if you need anything for the upcoming holiday season. Please complete the form below and send it back to Mrs. Singleton in a sealed en-velope. You can also email me the information. All information will remain confi-dential.

Please check all that apply: Thanksgiving Meal Help - ____. Christmas Help – I need help with a Christmas meal ____. I need help with food over the holiday break ____. I need help with gifts ____. Children’s size and ages (please add all children even if they don’t attend Frontier).

Names Ages Sizes Likes ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Parent’s Name _____________________________ Phone __________________________________ If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at leslie.singleton@edmondschools.net or 726-4853. Leslie Singleton, School Counselor

We are so excited about the support

and participation we've received this

far in the My School's Cool contest hosted by Quail

Springs Mall. We are currently in 3rd place behind

Piedmont Primary and Northwood Elementary! The

contest continues throughout the school year, so

please continue to send your receipts (either origi-

nals or copies) back to school with your child. No-

vember receipts are due by Friday, December 4th,

and December receipts will be collected after Win-

ter Break. The following retailers will earn DOUBLE

points for December: Pandora, all jewelry stores in

the mall, Shoe Dept Encore, Children's Place, Lucca,

H&M, and Crazy 8.

"Thank you to Trish Martin with Keller Williams Realty

for sponsoring this years Spirit Store Pom Poms!"

ATTENDANCE LINE: 726-4855