March

3/22- Silly socks, crocs or flip flops spirit day

3/25-3/29- Spring Break

April

4/8- Grading Day- No School

4/9- Staff Development Day- No School

4/25- Talent Show

May

5/1-Conferences 4pm-8pm

5/2- Conferences 8am-8pm.

5/3- No school

5/10- Raccoon Run

5/27- Memorial Day- No School

5/31- Field Day

BSD Math Placement Testing for 5th Grade Families

About 9 out of 10 BSD students will be enrolled in “Math 6/7” for math next year. If you would like your student evaluated to determine whether “Math 7/8" or “Alg/Geo/Stats 1” would be appropriate instead, please see the BSD Math Placement Testing site to request testing.

All testing will take place in May at your student’s school during their school day. There will be no testing for current students after May. If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ on the BSD Math Placement Testing site.

The phrase “executive function” refers to a set of skills. These skills underlie the capacity to plan ahead and meet goals, display self-control, follow multiple-step directions even when interrupted, and stay focused despite distractions, among others.

Much like an air traffic control system at an airport helps planes on different runways land and take off safely, executive function skills help our brains prioritize tasks, filter distractions, and control impulses.

Executive Functioning skills are skills that children learn as they develop and mature. Here is a graphic to help explain more about executive functioning skills. In future editions of the Raccoon Register, we will provide ways in which parents can help to develop executive functioning skills in their children.

The purpose of the library is to encourage and provide choice, a critical pillar in the development of a life-long love of reading.

> “The research based on student-selected reading is robust and conclusive. Students read more, understand more, and are more likely to continue reading when they have the opportunity to choose what they read” (Allington and Gabriel, 2012).

> Self-selected reading is twice as powerful as teacher-selected reading in developing motivation and comprehension (Guthrie and Humenick, 2004).

> An essential aspect of becoming a real reader is knowing yourself as a reader— made possible through wide reading driven by access to abundant books and personal choice (Wilhelm and Smith, 2014; Miller, 2013; Tatum, 2009, 2013; Allington and Gabriel, 2012).

>Nearly nine out of ten students ages 6–17 said their favorite books were the ones they had picked out themselves. A similar number said they were more likely to finish books they had chosen. However, less than two-thirds of children said they usually got to choose which books they read for fun (Kids & Family Reading Report, 2017).

>"Libraries have a different purpose for supporting English Language Arts than the classroom libraries. Library collections support the importance of books beyond the 90 minute reading block, focusing on choice, fun, and support of student interests (BSD English Language Arts TOSA Sarah Dunkin).”

Pre-order Patrick Carman’s newest book here!

Patrick Carman is a New York Times bestselling children’s book author and has written forty novels with over five million books in print across twenty-three countries, including The 39 Clues, Skeleton Creek, The Land of Elyon, and Floors. He is also the creator of Aftershock, a #1 fiction podcast on Apple and iHeart, and co-founder of GoKidGo, where he has written, directed, and produced hundreds of episodes of scripted audio content for kids.

Patrick will be visiting Sato third, fourth, and fifth grade students on Tuesday, April 2. Book orders will be available to students at school following the visit. Order deadline is March 31.

What is Women’s History Month?

Women’s History Month is celebrated in the U.S. in March. It is a time to learn about and celebrate women’s contributions in American history.

Why do we celebrate it?

We celebrate it because the United States has often overlooked or ignored accomplishments of women. Now we learn about extraordinary women all year long at Sato, but we take extra time to honor them in March.

Family discussion questions:

• Why do you think we learn so little about women in history? Why is it important that we learn more?

• What can you do to learn more about women who did great things?

• What extraordinary women do you already know about? What did they do? How could you celebrate them?

• A stereotype is an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about specific groups of people. Think about stereotypes that you may have heard about females. What can you do to dispute any stereotype, including those about females?

• Visit this website to see examples of some women heroes. Click on each picture to read more about them.

Looking for activities?

From April 28-May 26, Oregon Children’s Theater is proud to present “She Persisted: The Musical.” Based on the best-selling children's book by Chelsea Clinton, this musical features the stories of female trailblazers such as Harriet Tubman, Virginia Apgar, Ruby Bridges, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Sonia Sotomayor. Visit https://www.octc.org/she-persisted for more information and to purchase tickets.

Looking for books to read with your students?

Check out A Mighty Girl, PBS.org, and Cedar Mill Library for some great book recommendations!

Looking for adult books?

Visit these collections from the Washington County Library and the New York Public Library for some ideas!

Credits:

BSD Office of Equity and Inclusion

https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/womens-history-month

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/womens-history-month

https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=33102

Click on the link above and be sure to sign up to volunteer! It takes up to 10 days to approve a volunteer application. The sooner you get the application completed, the better. Stay tuned for more information from SECO, our community organization.

We get a tremendous amount of things in our lost and found each year and when they are not claimed, we donate it to the clothes for kids program. Please label all things brought to school with a first name and last initial so we can get it back to the rightful owner! Thank you!

If you'd like to know a little more about the Administration at Sato please check out the Meet the Principal Page on our website, linked below!