Sneak a Peek at Next Week (November 13-17)

News for the week of 11/13-11/17

Happy Friday!! Have a great weekend, and don't forget to read, read, read!!

Sneak a Peek at Next Week (November 13-17)
Special Friends of the Week: 
Monday- Jamin (Tech Lab)
Tuesday- Lynden(Music)
Wednesday- Zakiya (P.E.)
Thursday- Jozlin (Science Lab)
Friday- Happy Birthday Autumn (Art)

Reading Stories- Abuelo and the Three Bears
Language Arts Skills- Comparing and contrasting, Idioms, Past tense verbs
Writing- Lucy Calkins Informational Writing
Math- Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 1000
Social Sciences - Basic Functions of Government, Citizenship

Important Dates:

*Tuesday, November 21st - Goodies Grands
*Wednesday, November 22nd - Friday, November 24th - Thanksgiving Break

Test Dates:
*Tuesday, November 7th - Math Assessment on Place Value
*Thursday, November 9th - Spelling Assessment on List 5
*Friday, November 10th - ELA Assessment #5

Important Notes: 

*Paws for a Purpose - Lake Carolina is teaming up with Lonnie B. Nelson to help raise funds for a service dog.  Please see the white flyer in your child's binder about this exciting cause!!
*Spelling City- We will only have vocabulary words next week so students can review the spelling lists.  
*LCE Lower donated over 1,000 canned goods and non-perishable items to Harvest Hope last year.  Let's exceed our goal this year.  The class that collects the most donations will receive a pizza party.  If we meet our school goal collecting 1,000 items, we will have a Pajama Day.  Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Food Drive RV

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Happy Friday!! My 2nd graders did another amazing job on their CogAT test this week.  Thank you for all you do from home!!  Have a great weekend, and don't forget to read, read, read!!


Sneak a Peek at Next Week (November 6-10)
Special Friends of the Week: 
Monday- Bennie (Science)
Tuesday- Jeremiah (Art)
Wednesday- Zaniah (Computer)
Thursday- Brody (Music)  
Friday- Kendall (P.E.)

Reading Stories- Stellaluna
Language Arts Skills- Text Features, Commas in a Series, Present Tense Verbs
Writing- Lucy Calkins Informational Writing
Math- Place Value/Begin Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100 on Wednesday
Social Sciences - Basic Functions of Government, Citizenship

Important Dates:
*Friday, November 3rd - Report Cards Issued (Please sign and return the cover- you may keep the report card.)
*Wednesday, November 22nd - Friday, November 24th - Thanksgiving Break

Test Dates:
*Tuesday, November 7th - Math Assessment on Place Value
*Thursday, November 9th - Spelling Assessment on List 5
*Friday, November 10th - ELA Assessment #5

Important Notes:
*Note from the nurse: As part of the eight components of school health, School Nurses conduct periodic vision, dental, hearing, blood pressure,and other screenings as recommended by SC DHEC, and as needed as part of the nurse's assessment during a health room visit. These screenings are important in early detection of hearing or vision difficulties that may impact teaching and learning. Many times a student is not even aware he/she is having difficulty seeing the board, reading, or hearing classroom instructions. Please contact Nurse Mishoe if you do NOT want a screening done on your child.  The Lion's Club will be here next Wednesday, Nov 8th to perform vision screenings.  
*Hello Lake Carolina Lower Families! The time has come to begin planning for our Annual Veterans Day Celebration here at Lower Campus.  We would love to invite Active Duty or Veteran personnel to join us Friday, November 10th to enjoy breakfast and participate in a parade. A catered breakfast by Golden Corral will be available beginning at 7:15 for the Active Duty or Veteran members as well as their Lower Campus student(s).  We invite you to stay and walk in the parade with your student at 8:30.  If your student has a deployed parent, please feel free to send a representative to enjoy breakfast and the parade as we want to make sure we honor them as well.  Service members, we would love for you to please wear your uniform.  Please follow the link below to RSVP to our event by November 6. Please only complete this form once. If you  have children in multiple grades please put both names and teachers in the space provided.  If there is any trouble with the link, please email Christa Agee at cagee@richland2.org.  
FORM
We look forward to this special day to honor you and your service! 
Thank you, Lake Carolina Elementary Lower
*Spelling City- I have put our new spelling words into Spelling City.  Students may access this at home by clicking on the link below and then selecting List 5.  Also, I have attached the spelling and vocabulary list. 
Spelling City

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Happy Friday!!  My students did a great job on their ITBS test, and  I was so proud of their focus, hard work, effort, and patience  We will be taking the CogAT next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Also, please check your child's binder for a book report they will be doing from home.  The first page describes the project and how it will be graded, and the last two pages are the actual report they will fill out.  They seem so excited about this fun way to share one of their favorite books with the class!  Have a great weekend, and don't forget to read, read, read!!

Sneak a Peek at Next Week (October 30 - November 3)
Special Friends of the Week:

Monday- Autumn (Tech Lab)
Tuesday- Isla (Music)
Wednesday- Zoe (P.E.)
Thursday- Isa (Science Lab) 
Friday- Bennie (Art)

Reading Stories- Stellaluna
Language Arts Skills- Text Features, Commas in a Series
Writing- Lucy Calkins Informational Writing
Math- 
Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1,000
Social Sciences - 
Citizenship







Important Dates:
*Friday, November 3rd - Report Card Issued 

Test Dates:
*Thursday, November 9th - Spelling Assessment on List 5
*Friday, November 10th - ELA Assessment #5

Important Notes:
Hello Lake Carolina Lower Families! The time has come to begin planning for our Annual Veterans Day Celebration here at Lower Campus.  We would love to invite Active Duty or Veteran personnel to join us Friday, November 10th to enjoy breakfast and participate in a parade. A catered breakfast by Golden Corral will be available beginning at 7:15 for the Active Duty or Veteran members as well as their Lower Campus student(s).  We invite you to stay and walk in the parade with your student at 8:30.  If your student has a deployed parent, please feel free to send a representative to enjoy breakfast and the parade as we want to make sure we honor them as well.  Service members, we would love for you to please wear your uniform.  Please follow the link below to RSVP to our event by November 6. Please only complete this form once. If you have children in multiple grades please put both names and teachers in the space provided.  If there is any trouble with the link, please email Christa Agee at cagee@richland2.org.  
RSVP
We look forward to this special day to honor you and your service! 
Thank you, Lake Carolina Elementary Lower
*Spelling City- I have put our new spelling words into Spelling City.  Students may access this at home by clicking on the link below and then selecting List 4.  Also, I have attached the spelling and vocabulary list. 
Spelling City

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Happy Friday!!   I hope everyone has a nice weekend, and don't forget to read, read, read!! 

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Sneak a Peek at Next Week (October 16 - 20)

Special Friends of the Week:
Monday- Justin (P.E.)

Tuesday- Kirstin(Science)
Wednesday- Aiden (Art)
Thursday- Drayden (Half day)
Friday- ​No Leader (No School)

Reading Stories- Ruby the Copycat and The Empty Pot

Language Arts Skills- Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns, Making Inferences

Writing- Lucy Calkins Narrative Writing

Math- 

​Measurement

Social Sciences - 

Our World

 
Important Dates:

*Thursday, October 19th - 1/2 Day for Parent-Teacher Conferences

*Friday, October 20th - Student Holiday

Test Dates:

*Thursday, October 19th - Math Assessment on Measurement

Important Notes:

*Spelling City- I have put our new spelling words into Spelling City.  Students may access this at home by clicking on the link below and then selecting List 4.  Also, I have attached the spelling and vocabulary list. 

Sneak a Peek at Next Week (October 9 - 13)

Happy Friday!!   I hope everyone has a nice weekend, and don't forget to read, read, read!! 

Sneak a Peek at Next Week (October 9 - 13)

Special Friends of the Week: 
Monday- Zakiya (P.E.)
Tuesday- Jozlin (Science Lab)
Wednesday- Grayson (Art)
Thursday- Maya (Tech Lab)
Friday- Cole (Music)

Reading Story- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Language Arts Skills- Singular and Plural (adding -s and changing y to an i and adding -es) Nouns, Combining Subjects, Combining Predicates, Cause and Effect
Writing- Lucy Calkins Narrative Writing
Math- Measurement
Social Sciences- Changes Over Time

Important Dates:

*Thursday, October 19th - 1/2 Day for Parent-Teacher Conferences
*Friday, October 20th - Student Holiday

Test Dates:

*Tuesday, October 10th - Math Assessment on Measurement
*Thursday, October 12th - Spelling and Vocabulary Assessment (List 3)
*Friday, October 13th - ELA Assessment 

Important Notes:
* The link to sign up for conferences  Thank you!
https://goo.gl/R172hB
* Spelling City- I have put our new spelling words into a practice website called Spelling City.  Students may access this at home by clicking on the link below and then selecting List 3.  Also, I have attached the new spelling and vocabulary list. 
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/hjohnson1911
*If your child is interested in joining an after school, please see our blog for all of the options. Also, please send me a note or an email if they will be participating in an after school club.  Thanks so much!

Career Day at Lower Campus- Looking for Volunteers!

Touch-A-Truck Career Day

Mr. Philip Blackwell is the new Career Specialist for Lake Carolina Elementary School Lower Campus. The school counselor, Mrs. Boyleston, and Mr. Blackwell are in the process of planning our “Touch-A-Truck Career Day” for Lower Campus. 

The event will take place on October 26, 2017, from 8:30am-12:00pm.  They would like to invite you to share your career with the students. They want to provide the children with interesting and fun facts about various careers. Please consider participating if your career requires the use of a vehicle or not. 

 Please contact me at pblackwell@richland2.org if you are interested in participating.  

Walk/Bike to school day October 4th

We are excited to gear up for the annual, National Bike/Walk to School Day Oct 4th. We encourage everyone to walk or bike to school.We are very proud to be part of a huge walk/bike-to-school community.

This event promotes:

Physical activity
Teaching safe pedestrian and bicycle safety to children
Awareness of how walkable and bikeable a community is and where improvements can be made
Concern for the environment
Reducing traffic congestion, pollution, and speed near schools
Sharing time within the community with friends and family