march 2016 lynnwood elementary school book fair....
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L y n n wo o d E l e m e n t ar y S c h o o l March 2016
Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child.
Of all the skill children learn, it is the one you can influence
the most.
We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experi-
ence a celebration of reading that provides families the op-
portunity to get involved in a universal mission: encourag-
ing kids to read every day so they can lead better lives.
Our Scholastic Book Fair Theme: Book Fair Theme Feeling Groovy will allow
students to experience a world of reading with hundreds of fun, engaging,
affordable books for them to discover. Giving kids access to good books and
the opportunity to choose their own books will motivate them to read more.
And like most acquired skills, the more kids practice reading, the better they
get.
Reading is vital to every child’s success, and raising kids as readers means
getting involved while they’re young. Now is the time. Since there will never
be a substitute for a parent’s direct involvement in his/her education, please
make plans to visit our Book Fair. Hope to see you there!
Book Fair Dates:
March 10th 2016 from 9:30-4pm
March 14thand 15th from 9am -4:30pm
March 16th and 17th from 9am-12:00pm and open to families from
1-4pm
Before you visit the Book Fair, be sure to download the FREE Book Fair App
to help you find the right books for your child. For more information visit
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/lynnwoodelemschool And if you are busy during Book Fair Week , our Online Fair is available for
an extended time from March 7th to March 25th, 2016. There is also a direct
link to our book fair from our LWE School Webpage.
We look forward to having your participate in our Book Fair, and remember,
all purchases benefit our school.
Sincerely,
Christine Kolstoe
WANT TO HELP WITH THE BOOKFAIR?
Love books? Volunteer to help at the Scholastic
Book Fair. You can decorate and set up, help kids
select books, give a book talk or help pack up. There
are lots of ways to participate. You may come in for
just a half hour or more if your time permits. Please
let me know when you would like to come up and
help:
Setup: March 10th: 4-5:30pm
Before School on March 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, or 18th
from 9-9:30am
During Lunch Recess from 12:30-1pm or 1-1:30pm
on March 11th, 14th, 15th,
After School on March 11th, 14th and 15th from 3:50-
4:30pm,
After School on March 16th, 17th from 1:00-4:00pm,
To help take down the fair from 10:30-12:30 pm on
March 18th
Please contact Christine Kolstoe by email @
or sign up in the office. Thank you
¡El día del Niño se acerca! Si gusta participar en la planeación de esta, favor de lla-marme. Children’s day is coming up! If you would like to be part of the planning, please
give me a call. Emma Rodriguez 425-431-2797
Make sure to attend the LWE Drama Club’s presentation of Annie, Jr.
Show times: March 9, 10, 11 @ 7PM in the LWE Gym.
Age 13 & above $3.00
Age 12 & under $2.00
Age 5 & under Free
Family Ticket Plans Available—inquire in the office
http:www.edmonds.wednet.edu/lwe
Lynnwood Elementary School 18638 44TH AVE W, LYNNWOOD, WA 98037, 425-431-7615
Lynnwood Leopards March 2016
Check out our website for up-to-the date information: www.edmonds.wednet.edu/lwe
UPCOMING EVENTS
Annie Jr. 6-8:30 PM March 9,
10, 11
Scholastic Book Fair March 11-
March 18
Daylight Savings March 13
PTO Meeting 6-7 PM
March 16
Early Release @ 12:20 PM
March 16,
17 & 18
LWE Auction & Bin-go Night 6 —9 PM
March 18
6th Grade Parent Night @ AMS, 6:30-8pm
March 24
Hispanic/Latino 6th Grade Parent Night @ AMS 6:30-8pm, presentation will be in Spanish
April 28
During parts of April and May, all of our 3rd through 6th grade students will participate in Washington State’s newest assessment, the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA). This assessment was created to match the state’s newly adopted learning standards called The Common Core State Standards. Our kids will take this test completely online using laptops and ‘Chromebooks’ purchased through our locally funded Technology Bond.
There are three main components to the SBA: a computer adaptive test, a classroom activity, and a performance task.
Computer Adaptive Test: Adaptive tests (taken on the comput-er) adjust to the student’s ability by basing the difficulty of future questions on previous answers. An adaptive test gives a more precise estimate of a student’s ability than a paper/pencil test. This type of test gives a more accurate measure of the student’s current under-standing of the new Washington State Standards.
Classroom Activity: A group lesson taught to the whole class, usually taking 20 – 30 minutes. The purpose of this lesson is to pro-vide context and to familiarize students with the topic of the upcom-ing Performance Task.
Performance Task: A task that challenges students to apply their knowledge and skills in response to a real-world problem. The task is a collection of questions and activities that connect to a single theme. This task is designed to measure a student’s depth of under-standing, ability to answer difficult questions, and the ability to use and cite research in support of an idea. These tasks are scored by hand at the State level.
The test is not timed; student will be given enough time to answer all ques-tions. A testing calendar will be included in next month’s newsletter with spe-cific dates for your child’s grade level.
Parents and students have access to sets of assessment questions aligned to the new Washington State Standards. Each Practice Test has about 30 questions, as well as an answer key. I encourage you to explore the Practice Tests with your children and have a discussion about what you find. You will find the Practice Test at the following link: http://wa.portal.airast.org/training-tests/
5th Grade students will continue to take the Science portion of the MSP as-sessment in late May as well.
Thank you for continuing to work with us to make sure your child is success-ful. Please let us know if you have any questions about these assessments or if there is anything we can do to better support your child. We want your child to leave us with a solid foundation of skills and a future full of opportunities.
A message from the principal, Chris Lindblom
L y n n wo o d E l e m e n t ar y S c h o o l March 2016
HELLO LWE FAMILIES! Spring is coming and we’re ready for it! February was another fun and active month, with after-school enrichment programs beginning, a classroom contest for Boxtops for Education, a family skate night and a family dance party. Check out some of the photos on our facebook page, and please feel free to contribute your own. You can post directly to the face-book page or email your digital photos and we’ll pass them on. Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LWEPTO/ Email: [email protected] AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT. There are as many as 99 children involved in Art Wizards, Adventure Yoga, Chess Club (sponsored by LWE PTO) and the Coding Club (supported by LWE PTO). Add these kids to the many drama club students in-volved in bringing Annie to the stage, and you can see a real enthusiasm at Lynnwood Elementary for educational experiences beyond the traditional classroom. Thanks to volunteers and donors for your many contributions to the PTO as we attempt to make these opportunities available to as many students as possible. If you have an idea for an after-school class, or have seen something interesting offered elsewhere, please feel free to pass along the information to [email protected]. LUCK O’ THE LEOPARD BINGO, RAFFLE and SILENT AUCTION NIGHT. This fun event is scheduled for Friday, March 18. Doors to the school gym will open at 6 p.m. You should have received a request for contributions of items to be assembled into themed gift baskets for this event. We’ve assigned themes to each grade, but even if you have something that doesn’t quite fit the theme, feel free to send it in anyway!
Kindergarten: Fantasy and fairy tales 1st grade: Gardening is great! 2nd grade: Science is sweet! 3rd grade: Cooking with kids 4th grade: Family fun night 5th grade: Arts & crafts 6th grade: We love Sports! (Seahawks, Sounders, Storm, Reign, Mariners, Silvertips, etc.)
If you have a business and you’d like to gain more exposure, consider donating goods or services to the evening. We have over 600 students, and our families love to support local area business! If you’d like a donation form, you pick one up in the school office or download it here: Donation form GIFT BASKET ASSEMBLY. Are you creative? Do you like to assemble gift baskets? Want to check out all the cool stuff we’ve col-lected for the LUCK O’ THE LEOPARD event? Come help out on March 16th at 7 pm. Location at school is still to be determined, but if you want to stay in the loop, email us at [email protected]. QUILT RAFFLE. Mr. Sargent (Learning Support) has donated a large gorgeous quilt to help raise money for the LWE PTO. The quilt will be on display in the School Office beginning Monday, February 29. Raffle tickets are available for sale in the office from Dorothy Case for $3.00 per ticket or two for $5.00. The drawing for this quilt will be held during the LUCK O’ THE LEOPARD event. The winner does not have to be present to win. PTO BUSINESS MEETING. The date and time has been changed to March 16 from 6-7 pm in the school library. Gift basket as-sembly will take place immediately after this meeting. Childcare is available during the meeting but not during gift basket assem-bly. Best wishes for an excellent March!
Deborah Kilgore, LWE PTO President
Calling all parents from Lynnwood!
We need MANY volunteers who can represent EVERY CULTURE in our school to advocate for: Your communi-ty, your school, and most important your student. Is there something you would like to suggest that can benefit your student or many students in Lynnwood? Would you like to learn the school system to help your student at home? You don’t need to speak or write perfect English, we will have interpreters in every meeting. Do you ever wonder what Natural Leaders is about it? Natural Leaders is a multicultural parent group, organiza-tion recognized by the State of Washington. Please don’t wait for someone else to volunteer, come and bring a friend, everyone is welcome. We hope you can come, there’s going to be dinner and child care!
Place: Edmonds School District 20420 68th Ave. W. Lynnwood, WA 98036 Date: March 23, from 6-8pm.
For questions, please call: Emma Rodriguez 425-431-2797
L y n n wo o d E l e m e n t ar y S c h o o l March 2016
Jump Rope Records Day!
LWE had a great turn out of outstanding jumpers compete at our annual Jump
Rope Records Day event held on February 12th. Here are this year’s champions!:
1 minute Speed Jump: 2 minute Speed Relay
6th Grade: Aleksey Y anovich, Rm . 18, 172 jum ps 6th Grade: Rm . 20, 227 jum ps
5th Grade: Ethan Vo, Rm . 11, 165 jum ps 5th Grade: Rm . 11, 208 jum ps
4th Grade: Joe Brito, Rm . 15, 194 jum ps 4th Grade: Rm . 15, 288 jum ps
3rd Grade: Jessica Br ito , Rm . 13, 159 jum ps 3rd Grade: Rm . 9, 277 jum ps
30 sec. Double Under Jumps:
6th Grade: Donna Marie Harris, Rm . 20, 64 jum ps
5th Grade: Dam arion W illiam s, Rm . 19, 47 jum ps
Long Rope Team Double Dutch Team
4th Grade: Rm . 15, 98 jum ps 6th Grade: Rm . 16, 237jumps
3rd Grade: Rm . 9, 53 jum ps 5th Grade: Rm . 19, 131 jum ps
How to make your own Juggling Balls
From Mrs. Sellers
LWE-PE We have been learning to juggle in PE! It is a terrific activity for eye-hand coordination. Having your own set of juggl-
ing balls will help you perfect your skills and dazzle your friends and family. Here is a step-by-step guide to follow:
Materials: For each set of 3 balls your will need
3 top fold-over baggies
6 balloons (12” are the best size)
2 cups rice
Procedure:
Cut the neck off of each balloon
Fill the baggie with 2/3 cup rice, twist end to close
Stuff the baggie into one balloon – twisted end first
Stuff this balloon into a second balloon – open end first.
Repeat for 2 more balls.
For beginning jugglers, use 3 plastic grocery bags to juggle like the scarves we used in PE!
FOCUS on FITNESS