Greenman Gazette

Greenman Elementary School729 Galena, Aurora, IL 60506 Phone: 630-301-5004Fax: 630-844-4618

Principal: Mr. Cliff EnglishhardenAssistant Principal: Jeff Hetrick

September/October

Parent Teacher Conferences- Oct. 3, 5, & 7

Half Day (For Conferences)- Friday, October 7th

No School- Monday AND Tuesday October 10th AND 11th

Dr. Craigs Listening Tour- Thursday, October 13th (@ Wash MS)

Picture Day- Wednesday, October 19th

Chuck-E-Cheese Night- Wednesday, October 19th

Coffee with the Principal- October 20th

Report Cards- Wednesday, October 26th

From the Principals Desk

Dear Greenman Elementary Parents,

This year has started off amazing! As we approach the end of the 1st quarter, our students have settled in nicely and have been working on building positive relationships with their classroom teachers and with their peers. At Greenman, showing your R.O.A.R (Respect, Honesty, Attitude, Ready to Learn) plays a huge part in your childs daily success. We want our students to be resilient learners who never give up. Thank you to all the families who attended Supply Drop Off, Curriculum Night, and Culvers Night. Your support in working as a team to help prepare our students for success is valuable. Look for more fun nights to come!

Also, please welcome Mr. Hetrick our new Assistant Principal!

Mr. Englishharden

Safety

Please ask your child to cross at designated crosswalks. Please do not allow children to walk in between cars in the middle of the block!

Please use circle drive if possible for pick up.

Please keep traffic moving after school. Traffic builds up fast! Make a plan for a spot to meet that works!

4th Grade will now dismiss from door 1.

3rd grade will now dismiss at door 11.

Nurse

ATTENTION PARENTS: If you have received a letter from the School Nurse, your child is missing information needed in the Health Office.

All Physicals and Immunization records MUST be turned in BEFORE October 14, 2016 in order for your child to remain in school.

Please call the School Nurse at (630) 301-5179 or stop by the health office

Social Media

Find Greenman on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Stay up to date on announcement and see what the latest new is!

Update Your Address and Phone Number

Please contact your childs school to make sure that contact information including your current phone numbers, address, and emergency phone numbers are up to date. This information is very important especially in the case of emergencies!

Parking

Please be mindful of the parking spaces. Those are reserved for staff parking. This would be greatly appreciated.

Playground

There should be no student playing on the playground after school from 2:20-2:45.

Pre-K

This past month, we have been working on classroom rules and routines as well as working with one another. We have worked on the letter A (recognizing the letter and sound) and have created a list of words that begin with that letter. At this time, we have most of the children who are able to complete simple patterns and a few working on making and extending complex patterns. Most of the children are now able to tell me what an author and illustrators do and are working on identifying characters of our stories.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten will be going on their first field trip in October. We are heading to Morten Arboretum on October 28th. We will be looking for adult chaperones from each classroom to accompany the group. Please keep an eye out for more information and permission slips to come.

First Grade Fun

News from the 1st Grade

First Grade is off to a fantastic start! We are settling into our routines. We have been practicing walking quietly in the hallway, following directions quickly and staying on task. We earn Golden Tickets for following the rules. One of our favorite activities is computer lab and one of our favorite sites is Starfall.com. This is a free website you could have your child access at home and show you their favorite activities.

SECOND HAND NEWS

News from the 2nd Grade

Second grade is going to Brookfield Zoo, Friday, October 12th. Parents, please look for permission slips next week! We will see the numerous habitats and animals that we have been learning about in Science and Reading.

Tales from the 3rd Grade

News from the 3rd Grade

Students in Mrs. Becker's class working on Life Cycle projects in science.

Students in Mrs. Becker's class using IPADs in math.

Fourth Grade

Snapshot of 4th grade!

Welcome to the 4th grade, we are very excited for our new school year!

Lets start out this year successfully so your children can succeed and achieve.

As a Greenman lion your child is expected to R.O.A.R.; Show Respect, to be Honest, to have a positive Attitude, and to always be Ready to learn. Your child is expected to do homework and read every night! We also expect our 4th graders to bring in a signed reading log daily!

Please help us prepare your child for the future!

What are we learning?

Language ArtsIn Language Arts unit 1 we focused on story elements. Students learned how to explain a story by referring to the details and examples in a text. Students also focused on learning to describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story. In addition students were required to compare and contrast different stories by thinking about the different points of views from which the story was told.

Math In Math we focused on having students recognize multi-digit whole numbers, read, write, and compare numbers to the millions, compare and order multi-digit numbers by using symbols, we taught students how to round whole digit numbers, add and subtract whole digit numbers, and understand perimeter to solve real world problems involving rectangles.

It has been a wonderful experience getting to know your children.

According to Building Readers:

Reading doesnt have to be a solo activity

Browse books together

Join the fun and read your own books

Keep track of your childs reading

Sign their reading log

Attend school events like P.A.L.s

Be inspired by books

The Fine Fifth

News from the 5th Grade

September News

Students tried out for and started band practices this month.

Mr. Garland is the band teacher at Greenman this year.

We completed our first science lab identifying mystery powders, and students loved it!

October News

We are starting multi-digit multiplication, and students need to know their multiplication facts.

Please practice at home, using cards or dice or flashcards!

If they have not mastered these facts, math with be extremely frustrating!

Student Council is beginning Oct. 13th

Students help teachers in their classrooms, with patrols, and other activities to make Greenman a better place!

Amazin Art

News from the Art Room

Kindergarten has been exploring with mixing tempera paint to make other colors. Also, they have been working with cutting and gluing skills. First grade recently completed a picture of a pumpkin patch. Tempera paint crayon resist was a technique they used to make it. Second grade drew their self-portrait and focused on the concept of pattern in their artwork. Third grade learned how to mix tints and shades for an owl painting. Fourth grade illustrated the first letter of their name which included an animal in the design. Finally, fifth grade created Pop Art in the style of Roy Lichtenstein. Keep an eye out for examples of these artworks and others throughout the school year on Greenman Lions Art Class Schoology web page.

Music

Notes From the Music Room

Greenman Singers, our schools choir, has begun rehearsals for a Holiday Concert on December 20th at 6:00 pm at Greenman! Third Grade choir practices onThursday mornings and 4th/5th Grade choir practices on Friday mornings. If students are interested in joining, membership will be open again in January.

Congratulations to those 5th Graders who were selected to participate in the ILMEA Festival on November 5th.

Accelerated Reader Update

WOW! Greenman students love to read! 56% of Greenman students took an AR test in the last 30 days. So far this year Greenman students have passed 2,181 AR book tests on the computer. That equals 5,168,078 words! That is impressive! We are off to a great start. What should our goal be this year?

RememberStudents who read are the ones who succeed!

If you have any questions about AR, please see Mrs. Becker, third grade teacher.

News from our Reading Specialist

Hi Parents,

Greetings from the Land of Reading! I am your Reading Specialist, Miss Kindelin, and heres a quick tip for you in helping your child do well in school.

When answering questions, speak in complete sentences.

By complete sentences, I mean, using a bit of the question in your answer.

I have listened to hundreds of kids take hundreds of reading tests at Greenman. After the story comes a list of questions. One of the questions might be, What was this story about?

A student who has good conversational skills would speak in complete sentences. They would use at least a noun and a verb. A noun is a person, place, or thing, and a verb is an action word.