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Principals MessageSpecial points of interest:Dates to remember

Thursday, November 5,2009 End of first quarter.

Friday, November 6, 2009KIPP NYC DAY: SchoolClosed for Kids: TeachersReport.

Thursday, November 12,2009 Parent Teacher Con-ferences.

Saturday, November 14,2009: Saturday School : Allfamilies must attend. Addi-tional family members arewelcome.

Tuesday, November 17,2009 KIPP NYC Half Day.12:00mpm dismissal

Friday, November 20, 2009KIPP AES Family Feast!2:00-4:00 pm

Monday ,November 23,2009 to Friday November27, 2009 ThanksgivingBreak! NO SCHOOL!

Inside this issue:

Principals Message 1

Around The School 1

In Our Classrooms 2

Sprout Outs! 2

Price Point! A messagefrom Ms. Price

3

Be Nice! Work Hard! 3

Teacher Message of theMonth!

3

Around The SchoolRepeating The Call !

Around KIPP AES weve been Being Nice and Working Hard,as well as growing and showing what we know! Now its yourturn! Each of our growing classrooms is looking for parentvolunteers to come in weekly and help out with classroomadministrative duties. Its a great way to get to see what yourchild is experiencing during the day and a major way to helpout your child's teachers and become more closely integratedinto our classrooms. Please, if your interested, or able to lend alittle time, speak with your child's teacher and set times anddays for service. It would be great if each class had Parenthelpers! You could help as little as one hour a week!

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Dear Families,This fall has brought us many wonderful mo-

ments. The Class of 2026 is implementing their school rules ofBe Nice and Work Hard with less and less reminders. Theyare sprouting each other out for being good teammates. Thechildren are also starting to internalize our chant that this isOUR school and OUR place. It is a wonderful thing to watch

children see a child by themselves during recess and offer toplay with them, or to watch another child take a risk by writingthe morning message for the class. The class of 2026 is trulybeginning to grow their dreams. Throughout the day studentsare learning, overcoming challenges, smiling and laughing. Itsa beautiful thing.

Our school community, however, isnt just ourstudents; it is our families too. We are looking forward to ourschool community getting together again on November 14 th for

some more community bondingand fun. We look forward toshooting baskets, practicingour yoga breathing, designingnew foods in cooking, and discovering new pieces of nature tomake art projects. We look forward to seeing every one of ourfamilies at our next Saturday School. We also want to thank

the parents that came out to our first coffee and conversa-tions. We truly grow as a community when we get together toshare great ideas. So many wonderful things came out of thatchat: the connections between families, applications for librarycards to the public library and a search for good afterschoolprograms for next year. We hope to see many more parents atcoffee and conversation on December 4 th. Have a wonderfulmonth and as always keep reading with your child every night.

Love, Carolyn and Steve

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California Golden Bears

By the end of October, the UC Berkeley

Golden Bears will be completing their44th day of Kindergarten! Our wordbank has grown from 20 words to 36words, and our love of reading in-creases by the minute. We haveopened up our creative spirits in mathby forming geometric shapes withmacaroni noodles, pretzel sticks, andcotton balls. As authors and illustra-tors, we have explored and writtenabout our school and community andrealize as KIPPsters we are leaders oftomorrow! As an extension of ourcommunity, we celebrated Latino Heri-tage Month in our classroom by singingsongs in Spanish, having bi-lingual readalouds, making Guacamole together,

and learning the history of the Tortillaand enjoying it toasted with but-ter! Together, the Golden Bears areworking on having one more addition tothe Berkeley classroom: A Beta Fish asour Class Pet.! Each day, the GoldenBears have an opportunity to SPROUTout a classmate on the ways they areBeing Nice and Working Hard. Bydoing so, they get to place a Goldfishcracker in the fishbowl! Once thefishbowl is FULL, we will welcome ourclass pet with open arms!

UConn Huskies

In science the UConn Huskies havebeen learning about animals. Sprout

Out to all the families who completedtheir animal research project andlearned some new fun facts about theirchilds favorite animal. Keep the greatscientific questions coming! Also, aspart of our social studies theme onschool, community and family jobs, aspecial Sprout Out to Mr. Beckford andMr. Ward for joining us in Husky Coun-try to talk about your jobs! Finally, in thespirit of staying healthy, Sprout Out tothe families who have sent in delicious,nutritious snacks so far and for those of

you who sent in more hand sanitizerand Clorox wipes! Thank you - theseefforts go a long way!

Columbia Lions

In the Columbia Lions den, we havebegun our star student of the dayroutine. Each day a student is pickedrandomly to be celebrated. The starstudent wears a smiley badge and getsinterviewed for the class book. In maththis month weve learned arithmeticsentences and began working on num-ber stories and basic problem solvingvisualizations. We have been turningthings up a notch by building on manyof our basic arithmetic and literacyskills. Along those lines, we would loveit if you all take a look at our Take -

Away Teddy display in the hallway

when you visit for Parent TeacherConference Night. We have also builton our knowledge of basic shapes bylearning to recognize lines of symmetry.In literacy, we have been learning aboutfantasy fiction, realistic fiction, andnonfiction works. Weve been workinghard in centers to sharpen our skillswhile having fun acquiring new ones.Soon we will be great readers, espe-cially with all the focus weve beenputting on blending word segments andpracticing sight words.

Michigan Wolverines

The Wolverines are working hard atblending the sounds of letters togetherto make words!! We sort words thatbegin with the same sound and haveeven begun writing three-letter wordslike cat, fan, web, and net! In science,were learning about how the differentseasons affect animals. Do theyadapt? Do they hibernate? Do theychange colors? In math, we justlearned about symmetry, continue toexplore the calendar, and count higherand higher every day. Would you

believe that in writing, some of ourstories are getting sooooooo long thatwell soon be writing in booklets instead

o f o n s i n g l e p i e ce s o f p a -per?? Wow! Next up in social studieswill be learning all about our specialfamilies. Its an exciting time in theWolverines classroom!!

Music

The month of October has broughtabout many exciting activities for themusicians at KIPP Academy Elemen-tary. We have continued to sing andmove in dynamic and creative ways aswe learn about rhythm and keeping thebeat. November is going to ring in a uniton genre where we will focus on both

popular and classical music. By creat-ing our own listening maps, we willbegin to understand the concepts ofsimple melodic and rhythmic notation.With the holiday show fast upon us, wewill begin to focus our attention onrehearsing and performance etiquettefor the December 21st presentation.

Gym

Rolls and throws and catches, oh my!In gym, weve been using our arms tocatch, throw, aim and roll our way tophysical education greatness. In thefollowing unit we will be working on

striking objects with both short and longhandled instruments. Through a seriesof PowerPoint presentations, we willbecome familiar with sports such asvolleyball, tennis, water polo, baseballand basketball. With our new-foundskills in tow, we will begin to play ourown versions of these popular sports.

We would like to thank ALL our UCBerkeley Golden Bear Families for theirpromptness and commitment to ourrotating snack schedule. Our BerkeleyBears enjoy all the healthy snacks and100% juices you send everyday. Because of you, our minds are sosharp! Thank you! Big Sprout out to Ms. Ramos, Ms.Prince, Ms. Cruz and Ms. Sillah forcoming up extra big with classroomsnacks!

Big Sprout out to Ms. Watson for herencouraging words and mid day texts !Sprout out to Ms. Cruz and Ms.Herrera for the great goodie bags !

Room Updates!

Were Sprouting Out!

In the

schoolhouse, we

have the heart

of the whole

society.

Henry Golden

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November is upon us! This means theholidays are approaching, leaves areturning (or have already turned) and

yes, it is getting colder! Im happy toannounce that we have finally found ourbeautiful Texas Orange color in longsleeve t-shirts! We will be selling themat Saturday School on November 14th.We will also sell them every Fridaymorning (7:15-7:45 AM) and afternoon( 4:00-4:20 PM)after November 14th.Thanks so much for your patience!

Congratulations to those KIPPsters whohave Perfect Attendance and No Tar-dies for the month of October (Oct 1 toOct 26)

Jaison BeckfordFranklin Burgos

Arison CruzRichard DixonDAndrew Gilliam

Dekai GrayShadae Green

Andrew GuishardZayenabu Kenneh

Aminata KonateDavid LoraMoussa SakhoMadison-Dakota

A special congratulations to the follow-ing KIPPsters who have not had anyabsences or tardies for the entire year:

Diana BetancesNicola BurgessErwin CastilloHamza Morou

Mathew RamosEdsel TawiahJalen Watson

Jamir Watson

This is a great accomplishment, and wethank youour familieswho workhard to get our kids here on time andevery day. We appreciate your e ffort!!

to play listening games. For example,you can say, Im going to give you amission. I want you to bring me thefollowing items: a hairbrush from yourbedroom, slippers from my room,

etc. You can also do this in the super-market or any other store.

Teacher Tip of the Month:Being strong listeners is a hugeskill! One way to have our childrenbecome better listeners is to talk to ourchildren ALL the time. Tell him/her

about an interesting story you read inthe newspaper. Describe a conversa-t ion you had at work with afriend. When you go shopping tell him/her all about the shopping trips youused to take with your parents. Get intothe habit of narrating everydaychores. If you are in the kitchen to-gether while you are making dinner, forexample, you can say, I need to meas-ure your two cups of water and thenadd one cup of rice Another way is

Price Point! A message from Ms. Price

Be Nice! Work Hard! Smile!718-863-4057 and website is: http://adultednyc.info/LearningCenters/BxALC/index.html.

Please let me know if youhave any questions.Mr. Nuez

Hey friends and families, A few parents have asked

me about available computer classes foradults in our community and I was able tofind the following resource that I am veryexcited about: The Office of Adult andContinuing Education, the largest adulteducation provider in New York State,offers basic education and vocationaleducation classes to adults. Our day,evening and Saturday classes are all

tuition-free and taught by certified teach-ers. Aside from computer classes theyoffer GED classes, English as a SecondLanguage and Career and Technicaleducation. The BX center is located at3450 E. Tremont Ave. This is the onlylocation where you can register, however,there are several different locations in theBX where you can take the actual com-puter classes. Their phone number is

Education is

not preparation

for life;

education is life

itself.

John Dewey

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