1. Welcome to
Central
Elementary
School
Go Eagles!!!
2012-2013

2. Notes From Mrs. Mizell
Dear Parents,
We thank each and every one that has made time to
eat lunch with their child this quarter and encourage those of
you who haven’t made it yet, to come and join us. We also
thank the volunteers who have helped us run off copies and
help shelve books and other tasks that have helped us have a
great start to the school year. We encourage you to keep us
informed of change of address, email, and phone numbers.
Weather is turning cold, so please label all jackets, coats and
sweaters.
We ask for your participation and support. Our goal is
to provide your child, our students, with a positive learning
environment.
Sincerely,
Cindy Mizell

4. Announcements
• March 5th-6th: OLSAT Testing (2nd Grade)
• March 7th: Math Night 5:30-7:00pm
• March 15th: NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)
• March 18th-22nd: Spring Break-NO SCHOOL
• April 1st-5th:K-2 Standardized Testing
• April 8th-12th: 3rd–5th Grade Benchmark Testing
• May 27th: Memorial Day-NO SCHOOL
• May 30th: Last Day of School
• May 31st: Summer Break Begins

5. Mrs. Marjorie Martinelli, a Teacher's College
Staff Developer from New York, was here
providing training for our K-2 teachers focusing
on “Writing About Our Reading”.

6. Mrs. Shana Frazin, a Teacher's College Staff
Developer from New York, was here providing
training for our 3-5 teachers focusing on
“Accountable Talk”.

7. Kindergarten
News
• Reading – Informational Texts. Children
will be reading Non-Fiction books to learn
about “Ourselves and Our World”.
• Writing – All About Books: Students will
be writing informational books that
teaches about a topic.
• Math – 2D and 3D Shapes.
• Science/Social Studies – US Symbols; Now
and Then: How Things Have Changed

8. What are we studying??
Reading:. Nonfiction text
Math: : Patterns
Make sure your child is reading 3-4 times a week at home!
Make sure to sign the log!!
Make sure you
study your Sight
Word Lists!!

9. What’s Happening in
2 nd Grade???
Reading
For the Month of March we are
Reading and Role Playing as our
Characters using Fiction and Fairy Tales.
Writing
In March we are working on writing
our own Fairy Tales.
Math
Our focus in math for March is
Parts of a Whole and
Parts of a Group (fractions).
Science/Social Studies
We will be learning about Plants
and Animals.

10. Third Grade
Be studying
multiplication facts!!!
Math Night Thursday, March 7
Come watch our math time Thursday,
March 7 during the school day!
Times vary.
NO SCHOOL Friday, March 15
SPRING BREAK March 18-22

11. 4th Grade Happenings
• Reading- Test Prep. This is a unit to help prepare students for the
benchmark test. Remember to read 30 minutes each night. Talk about
what you read with someone.
• Writing- Test Prep. This is a unit to help prepare students for the
benchmark.
• Science- We will be studying the scientific aspects of Arkansas history.
• Social Studies- We will be studying the major historical events that
occurred during the 20th century.
• Math- We will be finishing up a unit on geometric solids. Our next unit will
be multiplication and division.
Important dates:
March 7: Math Night
March 14: End of third quarter
March 15-24: Spring Break
March 28: Report cards

12. Look What’s Happening
in 5th Grade
Math Literacy
We are having fun in math This month we are wrapping up our
studying different angles and historical fiction study in reading
polygons. We are also and writing. We will also begin
learning how to find perimeter literary essay and interpretation
text sets.
and area of rectangles.
Social Studies
Science We are studying the Revolutionary
In science this month, we will be War this month in social studies.
studying light and color. We We are learning about the causes
will learn how we see color leading to the war, significant
and use prisms to separate battles and people, and the end
light into the visible spectrum. result.

13. News from Coach Williams
CES canned food drive
was held for the
Heritage United
Methodist Church
The students
collected over 1500
cans during the
month of December
to help replenish the
food pantry at HUMC.

14. Drop off and
Pick up
• Bus drop off and
pick up will be
located behind the
building on North
22nd Street.
• Car drop off and
pick up will now be
located in the front
of Central
Elementary School
on North 24th
Street.