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Greeting Lion Cub Families!

Happy Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to all of our Lion Cub Community Mothers! We appreciate each of you!

Last week, our teachers and staff had an amazing week for Teacher Appreciation. Thank you, Lion Cub Community for all you do to support our teachers and staff! This week we have our Family Skate Night happening this Monday from 6-8pm at Roll-A-Bout Skating Center in Burlington. We hope to see you all there. We will have a rolling good time!

As we approach the end of the year and while we are excited for summer, we are also excited to see our Lion Cub Leaders show all they have learned on their end of year assessments. Please talk with your students about the importance of trying their best, attempting every question, using their time wisely, going to bed early, eating breakfast, and believing in themselves because we all believin in them and know they can do it!

Let's get excited for our 34th week of Learning, Leading, and Loving It!

#LionCubsLeadTheWay

#ReflectConnectAffect

we are having our Spring Book Fair This Week: May 13th-17th!

Monday, May 13, 2024

-Family Skate Night @ Roll-a-Bout in Burlington 6:00-8:00pm.

Looking Ahead:

-May 24th- June 7th- EOG/NCEXTEND 1 Testing Window

-May 24th- 3rd Grade Reading EOG, 5th Grade Science EOG

-May 27th- Memorial Day Holiday- NO SCHOOL

-May 28th- EOG Make-Ups

-May 29th- 3rd and 5th Grade Math EOGs

-May 30th- 3rd Grade Read to Achieve Testing

-May 31st- 4th and 5th Grade Reading EOGs

-June 3rd-7th- EOG Make-Ups

-June 7th- Last Day of School

Please note: The cafeteria will be cooking and serving all of the remaining inventory. The menu will be followed but if they will prioritize cooking what is in stock in lieu of ordering more inventory.

We need volunteers! If you are interested in volunteering to cover lunches or help out in our school we would love to have you. If you are interested, please reach out to Ms. Mendoza at karina_mendoza@abss.k12.nc.us or Mrs. Hamilton at bethany_hamilton@abss.k12.nc.us

Please ensure you have completed the required background check. We appreciate your support!

Background Check: https://securevolunteer.com/alamance-burlington.../home

Reminders:

• School begins at 7:50 a.m. for ALL students Pre-K-5. If you arrive after 7:50, you must park in the Pre-K parking lot and walk in with your students to sign them in before they can go to class.
• Breakfast will stop being served at 9:00 am.
• If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 578-0177 before 2:00 p.m. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 p.m.
• Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.
• Just a quick safety reminder: If you are signing your students out early (before 2:20 p.m.), you must go inside the front office and check them out. If you arrive early, after 2:20 p.m., to sign your child out, you must wait until the dismissal announcements are made at 2:25 p.m. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter!

K-5 Lion Cub Families, did you know that you can sign up to receive notifications when your children earn House Points? All you have to do is download the free Ron Clark House Points App and sign up with the letter that was sent home with your student before break. This will allow you to see every time your child has been recognized for something positive!

Family Connection letters have been sent home with every student that explain how to join the app so you can celebrate your students accomplishments daily!

• Students whose families connect to the House Points App will receive 5 pts!
• Homerooms with 100% of their class that have a family connection on the RCA House Points App will receive a popcorn party and 5 extra points for each member of their class!
• The House with 100% of their members that have family connections on the RCA House Points App will receive and additional 25 points for the entire House!

Let's take a look at what our students will be learning this week!

Reading:

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about words in a text that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

Math:

Analyze, Compare, and Compose Shapes (2D and 3D).

Science:

Compare characteristics of living and nonliving things in terms of their:

• Structure

• Growth

• Changes

• Movement

• Basic Needs

Reading:

Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text

Sight Words: even, land, different, home, us, move

Math:

Identify quarters, dimes, and nickels and relate their values to pennies.

Science:

Explain the various ways the physical environment impacts people in different regions around the world.

Explain the various ways people impact the physical environment in different regions around the world.

Reading:

Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.

Identify the reasons an author gives to support ideas in a text.

Math:

Add and subtract, within 1,000, relating the strategy to a written method, using:

• Concrete models or drawings

• Strategies based on place value

• Properties of operations

• Relationship between addition and subtraction

Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100 –900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100 –900.

Social Studies:

Understand how interaction between humans and the physical environment is impacted by movement and settlement.

Recognize absolute and relative location of various settlements, territories and states in the development of the American nation.

Reading:

Math:

Solve problems involving customary measurement.

• Estimate and measure lengths in customary units to the quarter-inch and half-inch, and feet and yards to the whole unit.

• Estimate and measure capacity and weight in customary units to a whole number: cups, pints, quarts, gallons, ounces, and pounds.

• Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving whole number measurements of length, weight, and capacity in the same customary units.

Social Studies:

Understand how various people and historical events have shaped local communities.

Reading:

With some guidance and support from adults, use digital tools and resources to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of word processing skills.

Math:

Classify quadrilaterals and triangles based on angle measure, side lengths, and the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines.

Recognize symmetry in a two-dimensional figure and identify and draw lines of symmetry.

Develop an understanding of angles and angle measurement.

• Understand angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint, and are measured in degrees.
• Measure and sketch angles in whole-number degrees using a protractor.
• Solve addition and subtraction problems to find unknown angles on a diagram in real-world and mathematical problems.

Science:

Understand the effects of environmental changes, adaptations and behaviors that enable animals (including humans) to survive in changing habitats.

Understand food and the benefits of vitamins, minerals and exercise

Classify substances as food or non-food items based on their ability to provide energy and materials for survival, growth, and repair of the body.

Reading:

Review RI standards RI.5.4, RI.5.2, RI.5.5, RI.5.8, RI.5.3, RI.5.6, RI.5.7

Math:

Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers

Compute and solve real-world problems with multi-digit whole numbers and decimal numbers

• Add and subtract decimals to thousandths using models, drawings or strategies based on place value.

• Multiply decimals with a product to thousandths using models, drawings, or strategies based on place value.

• Divide a whole number by a decimal and divide a decimal by a whole number, using repeated subtraction or area models. Decimals should be limited to hundredths.

Science:

Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands.

This year we have learned about 8 Habits of Successful Children when it comes to Leadership and Learning through out Leader In Me Curriculum. Last week, we asked you to reflect on your Culture, Leadership, and Academics.

It's time to share your reflections with us. Click this link to share what your family feels we are doing well and what we could do differently in the areas of Culture, Leadership, and Academics.

Reflect on Our Academics

• What are our school’s Wildly Important Goals® (WIGs®)?
• How could we make sure everyone knows our school’s WIGs?
• How could we improve our Leadership Notebooks®?
• How do our students lead their own learning?
• What do our teachers do well?
• What could our teachers do better?

Reflect on Our Culture

• How do we feel when we come to school?
• What makes a classroom a leadership classroom?
• How could we make our school better?
• What are teachers leading that students could be leading?
• What types of leadership roles are we missing?
• How can we invite all students to share their ideas at school?
• How could we change our school events and traditions?

Reflect on Our Leadership

• Why do we come to school?
• What is leadership?
• How could we learn about leadership?
• How could we teach our families about leadership?
• How could we teach our community about leadership?

In first place is House Empatia with 25063 points! The points leader for House Empatia is Owen T., in first grade with 569 points! The House Points Leaders for Empatia K-5 are:

• Kindergarten- Zaylen W. 342 points
• First Grade- Owen T. 569 points
• Second Grade- Kingsley P. 448 points
• Third Grade- Chase B. 247 points
• Fourth Grade- Catheryne M. 357 points
• Fifth Grade- Lizbeth G.. 328 points

Purpose: Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was tasked to develop and maintain the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) – a federal program that offers eligible households a discount on their monthly internet bill and a one-time discount off the purchase of a laptop, desktop or tablet computer. Since launching in December 2021, the ACP has helped over 22 million eligible households gain access to online internet service, allowing subscribers to take advantage of educational and career building resources, telehealth services and more. However, the of $14.2 billion Congress initially appropriated for the ACP is approaching depletion. Without additional funding, the Commission must begin a wind-down process for the ACP.

For more information, click this link.

Flu and cold season are here. It is important that we all do our best to stay healthy by washing our hands, covering our cough, and staying home when sick.

Students should stay home if

• If the student has any of the following symptoms they should stay home:

• Fever (temperature of 99.6 degrees Fahrenheit or higher),

• Diarrhea or vomiting

• Constant cough and sore throat

A student who has a fever of 99.6 or above or any student that has thrown up will be sent home. Therefore, you will need to come for him/her immediately when the school contacts you. It is extremely important that you provide your child’s teacher with several emergency contact numbers so that someone can be reached if your child gets sick or injured. We cannot allow students with these symptoms to ride home on the bus or daycare vans.

• Students need to be fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school.
• Anyone throwing up at night or in the morning should not attend school.

Every U.S. household may place an order to receive four free COVID-⁠19 rapid tests delivered directly to your home.

Order Free At-Home Tests

Need help placing an order for your at-⁠home tests?
Call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).

The U.S. government will continue to make COVID-⁠19 tests available to uninsured individuals and underserved communities through existing outreach programs. Please contact a HRSA health center, Test to Treat site, or ICATT location near you to learn how to access low- or no-cost COVID-⁠19 tests provided by the federal government.

For more information, click the link.

Hey, Lion Cubs fan!

Coming off the sidelines is BSN SPORTS Fleece Collection! From hoodies and quarter zips to the crew necks, shorts and joggers, this soft and comfortable collection has it all—so head over to your Lion Cubs Sideline Store now and get after it.

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Go Lion Cubs!

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