The document provides information about Central Elementary School to parents and students. It includes a welcome message from the principal, announcements about upcoming events, and details about classroom activities and learning objectives for each grade. The principal emphasizes working together as a team to promote learning and academic excellence in a supportive environment.

1. Welcome to
Central Elementary
School
Go Eagles!!!
2014-2015

2. Notes From Mrs. Mizell
Dear Parents,
On behalf of the teachers and staff of the Central Elementary
School (CES), I would like to welcome you back to school. I
anticipate that the 2014-15 academic year will prove to be an
exciting and productive year. To those who are new to Central, we
hope that you will quickly feel at home and become involved in the
activities of our school through the PTA and your child’s classroom.
As I continue as principal at Central Elementary, I will work diligently
with parents and faculty to foster an atmosphere that promotes a
learning community that is child centered. Working as a team we will
move forward in our mission to create a warm, caring, disciplined,
and challenging environment in which all students can learn and reach
their highest potential becoming responsible members of society.
Although we strongly believe in academic excellence, we also feel
that learning must be fun and rewarding for each child. By working
together, students, parents/guardians, and staff can make Central
Elementary School an exciting and enjoyable place to learn. I am
blessed to work with the Central staff, families, and community.
Reaching New Heights-Soaring to Excellence
Sincerely,
Cindy Mizell

4. Announcements
• Sept 29-Oct 3 – Book Fair
• Sept 30 – Grandparents Breakfast K-2
• Oct 1 – Grandparents Breakfast 3-5
• Oct 2 – Math Night/Report to the
Public 5:30-7:00
• Oct 23 – Parent Teacher Conferences

5. Central Elementary
Media Center
Our Book Fair is Coming!
September 29th through October 3rd
At the Book Fair you will find the latest
and finest titles for kids, as well as
books of interest to parents.
See you here.

6. Math Night
October 2nd from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Join us on Thursday, October 2nd for a night of fun
with Math! We will be learning HOW our students
learn daily, we will have door prizes, and pizza for
supper! We hope to see you here!!!
Central Elementary will be having
the annual Report to the Public on
October 2, 2014 at 5:30 pm in
conjunction with Math Night from
5:30-7:00 p.m.

7. PTA Dates
• September 30th –
Grandparents Breakfast K-2
• October 1st –
Grandparents Breakfast 3-5
• October 9th –
Skate Night

8. Non-Nutritional Days
• September 26
• October 31
• November 21
• December 19
• January 30
• February 13
• March 20
• April 2
• May 21

9. From the Counselor……
October is
National Bullying Prevention Month
and Red Ribbon Week
Students will spend the
first half of the month
learning about bullying,
how to report a bully, and
how to stand up against
bullying. It is important
for everyone involved to
know bullying is one sided
and intentional.
Red Ribbon Week
October 27th-October 31st
During this time, students take a stand against drugs.
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Monday – Pajama Day – Follow your dreams and don’t
do drugs
Tuesday – Hat &mismatched or crazy socks/shoes – From
head to toe, we say no
Wednesday – Backwards Day - Turn your back on drugs
Thursday – Dress crazy or ridiculous – Drugs are
Ridiculous
Friday – Superhero dress – Be a Superhero and Don’t Do
Drugs
Amanda Ming – Counselor

10. October Kindergarten News
• Reading- Readers Read, Think and Talk About Emergent
Storybooks and Shared Texts; Reader Use Superpowers
to Read Everything in the Classroom and Beyond
• Writing- Looking Closely; Observing, Labeling, and Listing
Like a Scientist; Writing for Readers
• Math- Counting and Comparing; What Comes Next?
• Science/Social Studies- Pumpkins, Columbus Day, and
physical environment.
Dates to remember:
October 2: Math Night/Report to the Public 5:30-7:00
October 22: Field Trip to Pumpkin Patch @ Alma Middle School
October 23: Parent/Teacher Conferences (See you there!)
October 24: Professional Development- No school
October 31: Non-Nutritional Day/Fall Party

11. What are we studying??
Reading:. Being a Word Detective
Math: Geometry
Writing: How To Books
Make sure your child is reading at home! Make sure to sign the
log!! Read 100 Minutes a Week!
Make sure you
study your Sight
Word Lists!!

12. Here’s what 2nd grade is learning:
Math- word problems, 2 dimensional and 3
dimensional shapes
Reading- non-fiction books
Writing- informative writing
Social Studies- maps
Science- properties of soil

13. Reading:
We have started a new unit for reading…we are “Spying” on our
favorite characters to get to know them better and to deepen
our thinking. We will be learning about how the characters move
the story along.
Writing:
We have celebrated our 1st piece of published
writing!! Woohooo!!! We are starting Informational
Writing where we will become experts on an animal, a
person, or a topic.
Math:
PLACE VALUE is our focus in our second unit!!
We will also be learning different strategies to help
us add and subtract! In this unit, we are focusing
on numbers all the way to 1,000!
Social Studies:
Where do you live?! We are studying maps, globes,
and continents! We will be learning the difference
between towns, states, countries, and continents.

14. 4th Grade
Reading: We are reading high interest information and literary
nonfiction.
Writing: We are writing personal and persuasive essays.
Math: We are working on division and division stories. Continue
working on multiplication facts at home.
Science/Social Studies: We are working on map skills and will
move to studying the nature of science.

15. 5th Grade
• Science
We will start out the year learning about the
nature of science, before starting our unit of
study on matter.
• Math
In math we will be studying multiplication
and division to start the year! We will also
learn about factors and multiples of
numbers.
• Reading Workshop
We will be setting goals for our reading lives.
Students will be working on reading with greater
agency and independence.
• Writing Workshop
We will revisit narrative writing. Students will use
the skills they have acquired through previous
units to write like a pro.
• Social Studies
First, will be building our classroom community.
After that, we will be looking at Geography. We
will be learning all about how to use maps and
globes to gather information.

17. Reading Recovery
Powerful Proven Results

18. Reading is important because…
Scientific evidence reviewed by the U.S. Department of
Education's What Works Clearinghouse confirms that
Reading Recovery is effective.
Contact your local
Reading Recovery
professional
Reading Recovery Teacher
Bonnie Duff
Central Elementary
Van Buren, AR 72921
479-474-7059
bonnie.dff@vbsd.us
University Training Center
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
Center For Literacy
Reading Recovery
at Central Elementary, Van Buren School District
Strong reading and writing
skills are essential for
success in school and later
life. Although most children
learn to read in their
classroom programs, a few
children have great difficulty
learning to read and write.
Reading Recovery can help!

19. Reading Recovery Success
• Involves over 2 million American first graders
• Tens of thousands of teachers trained in
Reading Recovery
• Data collected on every student
• 75% of students with a full series of lessons
reached grade-level standard

20. Measurable Results in Weeks
• 30-minute daily lessons for just
12-20 weeks, not years
• One-to-one teaching
• Reading Recovery teacher works closely with
classroom teacher

21. Writing Vocabulary
Beginning of lessons After a series of lessons

22. Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words
Beginning of lessons
After a series of lessons

23. Reading Level
Level 2 - Beginning of lessons
Buffy by Lucy Lawrence
Level 16 - After a series of lessons
Stone Soup retold by Annette Smith

24. with Reading Recovery
Success is
Within
Reach!

30. Lunch Times
5th: 10:45 -11:05
4th: 10:50 -11:10
3rd: 11:00 -11:20
2nd: 11:10 -11:30
1st: 11:20 -11:40
Kdg: 11:30 -11:50

31. 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.