Paw Prints

• February 1 - Cub Clinic performance at basketball game - Gr. PK-2 arrive at 6:15; Gr. 3-6 arrive at 7:15 (No pep assembly)
• February 5 - No school; teacher in-service
• February 6 - Courtwarming kickoff! Mound City turns UP the spirit! Courtwarming dress-up day: Ball UP (favorite team or jersey)
• February 7 - 100th Day of School celebration; Courtwarming dress-up day: Light UP (neon colors); Holt County Spelling Bee in the multipurpose room at 1:00 PM
• February 8 - Courtwarming dress-up day: Grown UP (future career or retirement attire)
• February 9 - Courtwarming dress-up day: Squad UP (class color); FBBLA Hugs and Kisses forms due; Face painting at 7:40 AM in the art room - $0.50 per design
• February 10 - Father-Daughter Dance in multi-room
• February 13 - NAEP assessment for 8th graders
• February 14 - EL/MS STUCO Sweetheart Cookie Sale outside the elementary office; MS Sweetheart Dance, 6-8 PM in cafeteria, Grades 6-8 MC students only
• February 19 - No school; President's Day
• February 23 - Gr. 7-8 emPowerU Civic Immersion Circuit 2 field trip
• February 29 - Family Fun Night, 5:30-6:30

• Please dress your child according to the weather. Students go outside for recess unless the temperature or wind chill drops below 20 degrees or if there is wintery percipitation.
• Please do not linger in the hallways after 8:00 AM. All classes (PK-12) begin promptly at 8:00 AM.
• Please do not drop off students before 7:40 AM. Students are NOT supervised before 7:40 AM at the school.
• Breakfast is served between 7:40-7:57. Breakfast is NOT served after 8:00 AM.
• Please share an active email address on the enrollment form and with your child's teacher for easy communication.

Being truthful in what you say and do

A few examples of how to demonstrate honesty:

• Telling the truth
• Choosing not to cheat
• Admitting when you were wrong
• Telling important information (instead of purposely leaving out selective information)
• Returning something that belongs to others
• Doing the right thing (when you didn't have to)

Honesty is worth THREE PBS points during the month of February.

These students were chosen by their teachers for being shining examples of tolerance.

DIBELS testing is finally complete. These test scores will be sent home February 2nd. These scores will help determine the small reading group your child attends as well as intervention provided by Mrs. Osburn. We use these scores to help individualize instruction. We will be celebrating Read Across America day on March 4-6. The activities planned for the day can be found below!

Happy Reading,

Mrs. Osburn

• The K and 1st grade students did an AWESOME job on their Middle of the Year (MOY) testing! Both classes have worked hard and many students in the first grade were able to count to 100 or more. Students are working on making addition and subtraction equations be rearranging the same numbers. This is known as a fact families. They are continuing to work on counting and writing their numbers to 100.
• 1st--They will be learning how to use tally marks and taking surveys. They will look at data and learn how to organize it into categories, and then how to interpret the results using picture graphs and charts.
• 2nd--Keep encouraging your child to count money and tell time, especially on an analog clock. They are doing a great job! This month they will be working on place values through 1,000. They are learning different ways to say the same number. For example: standard form is 234, word form is two hundred thirty-four, and expanded form is 200+30+4.
• 3rd--They will be using partial differences to subtract three digit numbers. They will be using regrouping to subtract, and will continue to use estimation to see if their answers are reasonable. They will also be learning to multiply by 10's.
• 4th--They will continue learning about and working with fractions. They will understand addition and subtraction of fractions and apply multiplication concepts to fractions.

Have FUN with numbers!

Mrs. Asher

MOTHMATICS