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Unity Grove Elementary School Newsletter November 2014
Message from the Principal...
“Unity Makes Us Great!”
Unity Grove Elementary School 1180 Leguin Mill Rd. Locust Grove, GA 30248
Phone: (770) 898-8886 Fax: (770) 898-8834
Anne Wilson Principal
Dr. Bob Bomar Assistant Principal
Thank you UGE families for your support of our Boosterthon Fundraiser! If all of the money that was pledged comes in, we will have raised $16,000 for new technology and other improvements in the learning environment! Please do all that you can to get all of your child’s pledge money turned in as soon as possible.
During one of the character lessons taught by the Boosterthon Team, the students learned about the importance to saying thank you to their supporters. Be sure and have your child call, email, or text all of the kind folks who supported our Boosterthon. We wouldn’t have been successful without their support!
I personally want to thank Katie Black, PTO President, and our PTO for co-chairing this event. I also want to thank our volunteers, led by Beverly Reynolds, for their help during the Fun Run. It was truly a team event!
Be sure and look at all of the pictures in our newsletter, on our website, and on our Facebook page. The level of fun is evident on the faces of our students and staff!
Again, thank you for your support of our school and our staff.
Sincerely,
Anne Wilson
Principal
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UNITY MAKES US GREAT!
UGE is raising funds to plant a rose garden
in memory of Leah Rose Wallace. Thank
you to everyone who has donated! Collec-
tions will continue through December.
We are also looking for partners that may
be willing to join us in creating a rose
garden in Rose’s memory. If you are
interested please contact Melanie Hartfield
at [email protected] or
one of the counselors at [email protected] or
REMEMBER – THANKSGIVING BREAK IS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH –
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH.
ENJOY YOUR FAMILY TIME!
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Kindergarten
Kindergarten was really charged up with Turbo Taylor and his team for the Boosterthon Fun Run. The students worked hard to run their laps to earn money for UGE. It was a fun day! A huge thanks to everyone for your support.
In November, kindergarten learned about Veteran’s Day and the first Thanksgiving. We learned about how things were very different long ago. We had a great time at our Thanksgiving Feast where we dressed in Pilgrims and Native American costumes. We have also been working hard on our writing and even had some students featured in the Henry Herald with their Thanksgiving stories.
December is really fun in kindergarten and we have a lot going on! We will be reading many different versions of the Gingerbread Man and using our five senses to have some holiday fun. Next, we will take off for a wild ride when we study Christmas traditions Around the World. The month will end with our Holiday Party on December 19th. Be looking for more information to come home about this. We are looking forward to a nice winter break and a great 2015!
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First Grade
First grade enjoyed learning about plants and animals at Southern Belle Farm! Thank you to all of the chaperones who helped us tremendously. A fun day was had by all!
We are continuing to learn about our city, county, state, and nation. These concepts are often hard to grasp. Please work on them at home as well.
We had great participation in our Boosterthon Fundraiser! Thank you so much for all of the contributions! You really helped our school!
Remember to read, read, read!!!
Second Grade
We are busy, busy in second grade this month! We are beginning our project based learning unit on Georgia’s first people. Students are researching Creek and Cherokee Native American ways compared to their lives today. The students will be choosing a final project to showcase their research. In math, we are continuing to learn addition and subtraction within 1,000. We had a great time participating in the fun run. Students worked very hard to obtain pledges; please help them collect these sponsorships! We have an upcoming “in school” field trip. More details to follow. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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Third Grade
Third graders are learning about rocks, minerals, fossils, and soils. The students enjoyed their cave mining experience looking for precious gems with our visit from Diamond Del. In social studies, we are learning about important contributions to society from people like Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas. Students are working diligently on writing in all content areas to practice expanding on their ideas by Restating the question (to show they understand what is being asked), Answering the question, Citing one or more examples, and Explaining/Extending/Elaborating on their response. This forms the ‘RACE’ acronym (which your child should be able to tell you about). Classes are using this type of response system to become more detailed and thorough writers when responding to questions. This skill will be an invaluable tool to them as they need to explain their thinking on the new GA Milestones test. We use this model to explain math strategies and give evidence to support their answers to questions in reading, science, and social studies. During math instruction, students are problem solving using multiplication and division. You can support this at home is by practicing math facts nightly with your child, visiting the website www.multiplication.com for extra practice, use First in Math, and by asking students a variety of questions that relate to multiplication and/or division make it meaningful to them. For example, use word problems such as, we are having pizza tonight for dinner. There are only 8 slices of pizza. How many pieces can each family member get if we have 4 people in our family? How many pizzas should we order? Do we need more?.
Third grade is sponsoring our annual “Breakfast for Dinner with Santa” on December 11th from 5:30-7:30 P.M. Please look for a breakfast for dinner form coming home soon. All breakfast for dinners are pre-ordered, so get your reservation in early! During this event, we will have a variety of activities for students to enjoy as well as pictures with Santa. A separate form to pre-order tickets for activities will coming home too. This year’s Santa Shop will begin on December 8th and continue for the rest of week. Students will have opportunities to purchase gifts for friends, pets, and family members. On Thursday, December 11th, the Santa Shop will be open from 5:30-7:30 P.M. We will be needing volunteers for the “Breakfast for Dinner with Santa”. We may call on parents to help set up, clean up, and/or work a reindeer game. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact your child’s teach-er. Thanks in advance for making this another successful 3rd grade fundraiser!
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FOURTH GRADE
It’s getting chilly outside, but things are warming up in the fourth grade. Students are really popping in class as they plow through multiplication and division. Learning about life in Colonial American and the thirteen colonies has been exciting, but it is time to switch over to science and explore space, the planets, stars, and moons.
Students continue to use an assortment of apps, platforms, and programs to learn and show what they are learning. Some communicate through Edmodo, many show what they know with Socratic quizzes, and there are classes now getting instant feedback from ZipGrade. Students love watching flipped lessons from Study Jams, Learn Zillion, and Brain Pop.
Don’t forget that it is time for the third Rock Eagle payment if your child is taking advantage of the payment plan. $20.00 is due by the last school day of November (Nov. 21) for every student AND chaperone that will be attending on March 19-20.
And finally, a great big shout out to every student, parent, family member, and friend that participated in our Boosterthon. What a great time the students had collecting pledges, earning prizes, and running their laps. It was amazing to see all of the support and encouragement.
Fifth Grade
The past few weeks have been busy ones for fifth grade. The students are continuing to master the new Common Core standards. Multicellular organisms have been the topic of discussion in science. The students have learned about the five kingdoms and animal classification. In social studies they have been working on PBL projects about the turn of the century. The students continue to make progress in the ALEKS math program. One student has already completed the 266 topics needed to complete fifth grade ALEKS curriculum. The students are continuing to hone their writing skills using the program My Access which gives the students instant feedback and help with their individual writing needs. The fifth grade has also been raising money for a memorial rose garden for their classmate that passed away recently. The fifth grade teachers want to thank all the parents for their help and support.
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Gardening in the Grove
In the garden club, we mostly do a lot of stuff like we plant, weed, water, and most of all we have FUN!!!! On our last garden club meeting we dug out red potatoes and we didn’t even know we were going to! We were pulling up beans too, because they don’t last in the winter. We will cook the beans and eat them. Also, at the last garden club meeting we went and picked some eggplant, and we fried the eggplant. We also picked some peppers that we will make into sweet green pepper jam. In addition, we made sweet pepper jelly with some red peppers, apple cider vinegar, and sugar. We love garden club because of all the fun activities we do. Garden club is FUN!!!!
Written by Olivia Ritter and Alex Judson
Clinic News
The clinic is need of small cups, small plastic bags (Ziplock), facial tissues and mints. Thank you for your generosity.
All students with asthma should have an asthma action plan on file in the clinic. We should also have their nebulizers or inhalers here in case of an emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!
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Counselor’s Corner
Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain
Students will be learning about kindness in guidance lessons this month. Encourage and reinforce with your children showing kindness to others. Kindness works! Pass it on!
Food Drive: November 10-December 19, 2014
This month Unity Grove Elementary will be helping with our annual Food Drive. Each year we collect canned and boxed food items to help families in our community. All donations go to our local food banks. A list of needed items is below.
Food Items Needed:
Personal hygiene items such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, disposable razors, lotion and toilet paper are needed. These items cannot be purchased using food stamps.
Connecting Henry Community Christmas Program/ UGE Angel Tree Program Toy Drive
Sugar & Flour Pork & Beans
Diapers (any size)
Rice & Beans
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Spaghetti Sauce & Pasta Baby Formula
Ensure
Macaroni & Cheese
Canned Fruit
Soup (any type)
Instant Potatoes
Canned Vegetables
Hot Cocoa
Grits & Cereal
Canned Meat & Tuna
UGE will be collecting new, unwrapped stocking stuffers and toys for the Connecting Henry Community Christmas Program until December 19th.
There will be an angel tree in the main office at Unity Grove. Please come by and adopt a child for Christmas. UGE will be collecting new and unwrapped toys for angels on the tree and local community Christmas programs. Please help us with this wonderful project. Thank you!!! Connecting Henry also needs adult volunteers. Please contact Connecting Henry at 770-288-6230 or visit www.connectinghenry.org.
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POETRY WINNERS Kindergarten - Hagen Bailey
1st Grade - Audrie Anne McKenney
2nd Grade - Chelie Chatman
3rd Grade - Ayzsa Wooten
4th Grade - Caden Storm
5th Grade - Makinlee Little
Drama Winners
4th Grade
Natalie Ellis Jack Pringle
5th Grade
Harrison Carter Trinity Martin Sydney Newman
Olivia Smith Joshua Thomas
Spelling Bee UGE Champion Madison Phillips
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Boosterthon Pictures
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