Dear OSES Family Members,

Tuesday, March 14th, was Pi Day. Take a look at Page 10 to see

what our OSES students did to celebrate 3.14!

OSES PVO will be hosting a Movie Night after Spring Break!

On Friday, April 7th, students can wear Crazy Troll Hair for $1.

Later, come watch the movie, Trolls, with your friends and fami-

ly at 6PM in the cafeteria. Details on Page 11.

BoxTops contest is back! Cut out your BoxTops and bring

them in. The class who turns in the most BoxTops will win a

prize. Check out Page 14 to see which classes are in the lead

so far. Don’t forget to keep collecting over Spring Break!

Award-winning children’s book author, Kentrell Martin, will be

visiting OSES on April 6th and will speak to grades K-2. His ti-

tles incorporate American Sign Language (ASL) while telling a

fun-filled story. See Page 12 for the order form! Please return

the form and payment to Ms. Knight.

There is no school on Friday (March 17th). We hope you enjoy

your Spring Break and look forward to seeing your student on

Monday, March 27th.

Sincerely,

Michael Singleton

Principal

Principal’s Corner I N S I D E T H I S

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3rd Grade 3

4th Grade 4

5th Grade 5

Specials:

Computers

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Dress Code 7

Calendar of

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FSA Testing

Calendar

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Pi Day! 10

Movie Night 11

BoxTops

Standings

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Yearbook 17

Lunch 19

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Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we

have had lots of eventful

things happening! In read-

ing we have been learning

about St. Patrick’s Day and

comparing and contrasting

fiction and nonfiction texts.

In math we have been con-

tinuing our learning with

addition and subtraction,

as well as celebrating Pi

day as a class. In social

studies we have been reviewing our

social skill of respect and practicing

our rules and procedures. In science

we are wrapping up our unit on the

different states of matter. The Kinder-

garten team hopes you have a won-

derful spring break, and we look for-

ward to seeing you soon!

1st Grade starting with the American ver-

sion and then reading Native

American, Irish, and Zuni ver-

sions, and compared and con-

trasted the stories and voted

on our favorites! It was a magi-

cal week!!

Ms. Parker and Ms. Strickland’s

classes have been very busy

this week. We are working on

different ways to make words

with Long "e" sounds. We are

reading stories about Lepre-

chauns and writing how to

catch them and what to do

when it happens. We are

working on extending our

writing by answering the "wh"

questions (who, what, where,

and when). On Tuesday we

did STEM activities for Pi day

and learned about circumfer-

ence and diameter. We ex-

tended STEM activities later

in the week as we finished up

3D geometry.

This week, Ms. Anderson and

Ms. Swank's class explored

fairy tales! The students

wrote fairy tales in writing,

and completed STEM activi-

ties related to Jack and the

Beanstalk (building their own

beanstalk) and The Princess

and the Frog (a book of the

frog life cycle). In reading,

students studied the elements

of fairy tales - they are now

very good at identifying each

element within a fairy tale!

We studied different versions

of the story Cinderella -

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2nd Grade the connection is be-

tween our circulation

system and our respir-

atory system. In math,

they reviewed 3D and

2D shapes and are just

beginning to learn

how to partition 2D

shapes to make arrays.

They celebrated Pi

Day with a chocolate

creme pie that one of

the students brought

in to share with the

class (see picture).

They have also been

delving deep into dif-

ferent versions of the

classic fairy tale, Cin-

derella, and making

comparisons between

the stories. On Thurs-

day, they learned

about the meaning of

St. patrick's Day and

created a narrative

story in which they

had to make a plan

and write a 3-

paragraph story on

how they caught a

Leprechaun. Have a

fantastic and SAFE

Spring Break!

Mrs. Bonnell's class

has been very busy

this week learning

about the human

body! They made

models of our lungs

and how they work.

The "lungs" were

made out of plastic

bottles, plastic bags,

rubber bands, and a

balloon. When they

pulled the bottom of

the bottle, the balloon

inflated, simulating our

diaphragms helping us

inhale. The reviewed

how our heart works

and how important

3rd Grade knowledge with

Plant Jeopardy, con-

tinuing to learn

about fractions, and

concentrating on

possessive pronouns.

On Thursday, third

grade will be partic-

ipating in a spring-

time STEM day. This week, Ms. Mur-

phree's class is test-

ing their plant

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Fourth grade enjoyed cel-

ebrating Pi day as well as

our Spring STEM Day this

week. We had very fun

stations where we made

leprechaun traps, coin

bridges, floating flowers

and even learned a new

language...Pilish! to end

the festivities we enjoyed

some pie! Thank you to

all parent volunteers as

well as parents who sent

in donations.

Don't forget that our last

field trip is to Astroskate

on May 12th. The forms

and money for this trip

are due by March 31st.

Enjoy your break!

4th Grade

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Specials: Computers

Another great and informative week in OSES ! We have learnt a

lot.

We had been working on Coding with all students starting from

kindergarten through 5th graders.

All of the students had been completing Course 1, Course 2 and

Course 3 on code.org depend on their levels.

Thanks to all of my students for their hardworking on Coding.

I wish you all have a Happy Spring Break!

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Author Visit

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Students, teachers, staff, and parents celebrated Pi Day

today at Orlando Science Elementary. Students were

taught the importance of the number 3.14 and how it is

found throughout nature and used for man-made-

construction. Students then applied their knowledge in

the fields of art, cooking, engineering, and finally the art

of eating. Pi Day is celebrated each year at Orlando Sci-

ence Elementary and each year the events highlights our

hands-on approach to learning.

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Hello! This year, submitting pictures to be considered for the yearbook is really easy. 1. Go to http://www.hjeshare.com/eShare/Index.jsp or search for HJ ESHARE in the app store (Apple and Android).

2. School Code: OSES2017 (case sensitive!) 3. Fill out the acknowledgement information. 4. Submit up to 10 pictures at a time. Once uploaded, you will be asked for the grade level of the student(s) in the picture. If it was a multi-grade event, such as Grandparents Night, just put K-2, 3-5, etc. If it is a single grade level, just put the number (1st grade = 1). It will also ask for the names of students and a brief de-scription. If it is a class picture, you put "_____'s Class" or "Grade Level." All fields must have something. That's it! The deadline to submit pictures will be sometime in March. But please do not wait until the last minute, as I'd like to work on the book throughout the year.

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