October 2015 “The School Where Stars Learn” ISSUE 3

The mission of Frazee Elementary School is to provide quality research based instruction in an environment which is safe, harmonious, and conducive to learning that enables a diverse population to become independent, productive citizens, and lifelong learners.

Boring or not, those lessons must Important Dates at Frazee: be done and the words must be Oct. 1 – 1st Grade to Wendell Farms learned. If you are tired of the Oct. 2 – Fundraiser Kick-Off 1:45 spelling battle, find some fun and Oct. 9 - End of grading period unusual ways for your child to rd th Oct. 9 – 3 & 4 to Conner Prairie practice spelling the weekly list of Oct. 13 – School Board Meeting -C.O. words. Try some of these inventive Oct. 12 - Nov. 20-Parent/Teacher methods to make the repetition of Conferences Oct. 15 – Great Central U.S. Shakeout writing or spelling the words less Earthquake Drill frustrating and more fun, especially for those tactile or Oct. 15 – Fire Prevention Program Parent –Teachers Conferences Oct. 16 - Kdg. Grandparents’ Lunch Your child’s teachers will be kinesthetic learners: rd Oct. 16- 3 Grade to the Symphony contacting you and setting up a  Use magnetic letters to Oct. 19-23 - Fall Break; No School conference to have you come in and spell on a magnetic board Oct. 26 – PTO Meeting - Library discuss grades, assessment results, or the refrigerator door. Oct. 30-Achievement Celebration daily work, and classroom behaviors.  Find the words in the K-2 = 10:00; 3-6= 1:30 Report cards will be given to you at newspaper, cut them out, Oct. 28—Gleaners’ Mobile Pantry this time. Look for your date and time and paste them on 4:00-6:00 at Roberts Park. in your child’s Friday Folder. construction paper. Teachers must meet with every parent Message from Mrs. McCreary…  Write on a counter top or or guardian for this important table top with dry-erase It is so important that every student conference from Oct. 12-Nov. 20. arrive by 7:45 (If they want to eat markers. There's just breakfast) or no later than 8:00 to be something so cool about ready to start the school day. writing on a desk and not We had a great September full of getting in trouble! activities and learning. Students are  Use decorative cake icing busy working on their goals and will and write words on soon be wrapping up the first nine graham crackers, then eat! weeks of the school year. Continue  Use the "wingding" font supporting your child at home by helping them learn math facts, prepare on the computer to print for quizzes/ tests and read every the spelling words. Then evening. Most teachers send home Make Spelling & Sight have students decipher the study guides and notes to assist and "code" to spell the words. prepare students for assessments. Word Work Fun!  Use alphabet soup noodles Please use these notes and study Regardless of how you feel about to spell the words repetition as a method of learning guides to help your child remember  Use colored pencils or information that has been taught. how to spell, a great deal of time in markers to write words in Thank you for your continued the elementary school years is different word families or partnership with our great school. You spent doing just that, writing demonstrating different are appreciated for being an important spelling and sight words over and part of our team! spelling rules or patterns. over again until one presumably  Write letters on crackers knows how to spell them. For most using squirt-cheese cans, students and those parents who and then eat for an must supervise daily spelling afternoon snack, spelling homework sessions, spelling and orally as the word is eaten. sight words can be very boring. These are just a few ideas. Many of these ideas can be used with math facts as well as spelling words. Use your creativity and that of your child to make this usually dull activity fun and exciting.