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 Announcements
From Sue Baldwin:
This is an update on the Greenwood Review article
regarding Missouri State’s Homecoming parade and
the Greenwood float. At last week's MSU
homecoming meeting everyone was informed, due to
lack of space at Bear Village none of the floats
will be on display this year. The review was
already printed and I need to let parents know.
If
you missed the interview
on KSMU last Thursday on
their Sense of
Community, "Teachers who
make a difference"
article, you can still
hear it at
www.ksmu.org
then click on Sense of
Community
And if you missed the
"Fundraising Fourth
Graders" piece on
KOLR-10 earlier this
month, you can view at
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=52861 |
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We made $879.04 at the garage sale
this past Friday and Saturday!
A HUGE
thank you to all of you who were
able to donate goods. You
were all a very important part
of this project, and I will not
name you individually for fear
of missing someone. Just
know you are appreciated
greatly!
And
without our sales staff, none of
this would have been possible!
THANK YOU! to Riley, Lisa,
Chris, and Regi deLeon,
Jonna Montileone, Tanna
Johnson, and Gina Engleman!
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Aubrey and Marissa Banks had a Lemonade, Peach Tea and cookie stand
Friday afternoon and
Saturday, and earned over
$60 to donate to Light the
Night!
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So many kids
have learned so much during this
fund raising experience! I am so
proud of them, and impressed with
all of you parents in all the ways
you have supported your children!
Thank you for making this community
service project such a meaningful
success for our kids!.
Mrs.
J
At this writing, we
are up to $1957 on
the electronic webpage!
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1.
Wednesday, Oct. 1
All LTN money handed into
Mrs. J either electronically with your
credit card (easiest way!)
Go to:
http://register.lightthenight.org/LTNRegistration/app
to
donate the money.
Choose Join Now, then search for
team captain, Shae Johnson, and you
will be on our team page.
OR
in a check
made out to LTN
and put into
the signed,
white collection envelope your child was
given several weeks ago. If
you need another, let me know, or
stop by the room to pick one up. DO
NOT SEND CASH, PLEASE! (If you
do send cash, then I have to write a
multitude of personal checks to
replace the cash.)
2. Envelopes must be signed on
the back for your child to have
permission to walk in the Light the
Night celebration on Saturday,
October 4. It is a liability
waiver.
Light the Night is held
at the Cherokee parking lot on the
south side of Bass Pro.
We are really being treated with
honors this year. Sheila
Boutwell, the chairperson of the
campaign, is having a tent put up
for us to meet at that night.
Festivities begin about 5:00
Gather for a group picture at our
tent at about 6:15
We will then get our balloons picked
up
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Light The Night Walk
- This Saturday!
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Light The
Night 2008
This
Saturday,
Oct. 4, 2008
- Bass Pro
Shops
Festivities
&
Registration begin
at 6:00 p.m.
Walk begins
at 7:45
p.m.
Fun and
entertainment
for all
ages,
including
moon walk,
bungee run,
obstacle
course,
trackless
train, face
painters, tattoos,
a cupcake
walk, basket
ball shoot,
and games
galore. Performances
by belly
dancers and
Raising
America part
of the
American
Kids from
Branson!
There will
be a
convertible
to sit in
compliments
of Reliable
Imports (so
bring your
camera) and
the Missouri
Highway
Patrol will
have safety
information.
If that
isn't
enough, The
Springfield
Symphony
"Petting
Zoo" will be
there with
the
different
breed of
animal -
musical
instruments
for you to
try!!!
Food vendors
include Q'Doba, Chick-Fil-A, Big Whiskey's, Coca-cola, Bass Pro Shops
bottled
water,
Krispy Kreme,
Pop corn,
chips, and
cookies.
It's all
FREE!!!
Memory
Garden "Harvest of Life"
Please visit
our Memory
Garden and
take a few
peaceful
moments to
remember
loved ones
lost to
cancer. Bring
a photo
(non-returnable)
or place a
note with a
beautifully
colored fall
leaf that is
provided on
our memory
tree.
Map of
Walk site
Attached
Enter Bass
Pro Shops
south
parking lot
on foot.
You Can park
in the main
Bass Pro
parking lot,
the
clearance
center next
door, or on
the side
streets
around
Cherokee.
Strollers,
wagons,
wheelchairs,
and dogs on
leashes
welcome.
Gold Balloons - Carried in Memory
Teams do
not need
to RSVP to
carry a gold
balloon in
memory this
year,
however we
do ask that
gold balloon
requests are
limited to
one gold
balloon per
family or
team to
commemorate
all those
loved ones
lost to
cancer. Any
participant
raising $25
or more will
receive a
balloon -
red for
support,
white for
survivors or
gold in
memory.
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Reminders &
News
Don't forget Express Check-In
Avoid the lines at Light the Night Walk
Attend
Express
Check-in
at Bank of
America on west
Sunshine in
the Bass Pro
parking
lot - turn
in your
team's
money, pick
up t-shirts,
balloon
tickets and
your Team
Banner to be
personalized
and carried
at the Walk.
Thursday,
Oct. 2, 10am
- 5:30pm
CONGRATULATIONS
Mrs.
Johnson's
4th grade
Greenwood
Laboratory
School
Mrs.
Johnson's
class has
won most of
the
incentives
offered this
year and
will be a
hard team to
beat for TOP
FUNDRAISING
TEAM OF THE
YEAR again
this
year!!!
Staff
Contact
Having
problems
online? Need
new
fundraising
ideas? Want
to share
good news?
Your Light
The Night
Team is here
for you!
Corporate
Teams
Sheila
Boutwell
864-6360
sheila.boutwell@lls.org |
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Greenwood Homecoming Week
M-F, Sept. 29 – Oct. 3
The spirit
days next week for
homecoming will be as
follows.
Monday –
Nautical Day
Tuesday –
Twin Day
Wednesday – Class Color Day
Thursday –
Comfy Day
Friday –
Blue Day |
Greenwood Homecoming
Friday, Oct. 3
2:30 p.m. Grades K-12 pep assembly, gym
5:30 p.m. Athletic Boosters Chili
Dinner: Tickets on sale in the office Sept. 22
7:00 p.m. Soccer Game, Plaster Stadium:
Homecoming queen crowned at halftime
8:30 p.m. Post Game Pie & Cake Social,
Greenwood Gym |
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Coming
Events |
Tuesday, October 7, 6-9 p.m;
presentation 7-8 at Expo Center Richard
Louv, author of Last Child in the
Woods--a must read for all educators
and parents.
See Flyer for details.
Saturday, Oct. 11 MSU Homecoming
Parade – See the Greenwood float!
Thurs./Fri., Oct. 16,
17 Fall Holiday: no school
Oct. 22 Sally Foster purchases
are delivered to school for your pick
up.
September
15 - October 15 Hispanic Heritage Month
Click Here for
detailed schedule of events. |
Tests/Projects |
this
week:
Spelling test, List 1.5 on
Friday
Math
Unit 2 test is scheduled for next
Wednesday. Study Guides will be
handed out to the students on this
Wednesday.
Science test this Thursday over
the earthquakes information. See
objectives/study guide and all hand outs
for studying.
next
week:
Spelling test, List 1.6 on
Friday
Math Unit 2 test on Wednesday, 10/8
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Just so you know...
After school this week, Mrs. J
- Monday meets with Mrs. Baer
to plan for a presentation we are
doing for beginning teachers in Oct.
and meets with Dr. Dennis Kear, the
COE dean.
- Tuesday teaches a college
class of 35 students (when our kids
are out of the classroom in special
classes) and teaches eMINTS,
- Thursday, teaches a college
class of 35 students (when our kids
are out of the classroom in special
classes), turns in the Light the
Night envelopes and money at the
express check in and supervises a
girls' basketball game on Thursday, and
- Saturday, attends a Delta
Kappa Gamma meeting on Saturday,
plus our Light the Night Walk is
that evening, beginning at 6 p.m. at
Bass Pro parking lot.
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Please let me know if and when at
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Math:
Do-Anytime
Activities:
During Unit 2: Help your child
look up the population and land area of
Missouri and the town in which you live,
and compare these facts with those of
other states and cities.
Math lessons this week include 2.4 Place
Value with a Calculator; 2.5 Organizing
and Displaying Data; 2.6 the Median; 2.7
Addition of Multi-digit Numbers; and 2.8
Displaying data with a Bar Graph.
We need some of the children to bring in
a baseball cap that has an adjustable
band on the back. We need these
for Friday's math lesson.
Unit 2
test is scheduled for next Wednesday.
Go to
Math Links for more information.
Check daily planners for more assignment
details.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students should be reading
at least 30 minutes per
night! Fill out book
reports as books are
completed. go to:
Reading Links for forms.
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Word Study:
This week
lesson 1.5 in
Vocabulary Study book and
for spelling words.
Click Here for spelling
list. Choose the top
link "find a list", then
enter "Shae Johnson" and you
will go directly to list
one. You can bookmark this
site as one of your
favorites. Each week
we have a listing, the new
one will be posted.
Try the games and
activities, too, to give
practice learning the words.
Test will be on Friday.
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Writing:
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Research:
On
Friday, we are having a
guest speaker. Her
name is Celia Nosetti and
she is an exchange student
from Switzerland. She
is 17 and attends Kickapoo
High. She will be
living with Zach Cosby's
family from March until May
this spring. Celia
will be sharing information
about herself and her
country.
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Missouri History:
On
Thursday this past week, we had the
opportunity to participate in a video
conference with some folks in St. Louis
who will be at the historic Old
Courthouse about the Slavery and Freedom
Suits in Missouri during the period of
history between 1820-1850 when most of
these suits were brought to court. The
video conference was well worth our
time! The folks who held the conference
were quite impressed with the Greenwood
questions. The schools listed
below were in on the conference.
1. Pilot Grove Junior High—Pilot Grove,
MO
2. Greenwood Lab
School—Springfield, MO
3. Wiggins Place—Beachwood, OH
4. Mountain Gap Middle
School—Huntsville, AL
On October 28, we will be holding a video conference with
Polar Bears International.
Geoff York will be
holding live teleconferencing from Buggy
One out on the tundra surrounded by
polar bears. Suzanne Coulter has made it
possible for us to make contact with
these folks, and Jason Barlowe, our
computer teacher, has made the contacts
and arrangements for us.
This week we continue to find Missouri's
place in the world by creating
placemats, then learning more how to
locate places on a globe using latitude
and longitude. We continue the
week with Lesson 2 "natural and human
features" of Missouri, Rivers and Lakes
of Missouri, and we may get into Lesson
3, the regions of Missouri.
Volunteers needed!
Next Tuesday, October 7,
in the afternoon, we will be getting a
real "feel" for Missouri as we create
our state with flour and salt dough.
We need about 4 moms or dads to
volunteer to help with this project.
Please call Lisa deLeon if you can help.
Watch assignments in
planner for more details.
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Science:
Earthquake Unit
Objectives/Study Guide. We
continue earthquakes this week with
earthquake safety, types of mountains
formed when tectonic plates move and the
history of the largest earthquake on the
continental United States in 1812--the
New Madrid earthquake.
Earthquake test is scheduled for
Thursday this week. Use the
handouts and the study guide, plus the
readings in the Earth's Surface
textbook, p. C2-C15.
On Tuesday this week, Dr. Melida
Gutierrez, will again be in the
classroom, giving an overview lesson
about volcanoes--a preview to our next
unit.Dr.
Melida Gutierrez, geologist from Temple
Hall on campus, came to our
classroom this week and taught an
extremely interesting lesson about
Antarctica. The class really
learned a lot about this huge, cold,
desert continent. We did some map
work, learned about glaciers and
icebergs, how food and trash are
problems that have to be solved when
going to and living on Antarctica during
explorations. We also did an
experiment with glaciers and icebergs.
Much of what
we do will be in class, but there will
be assigned readings, webpage links for
review, and worksheets. Watch the
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Love and Logicisms , Wise Words About
Kids
by Jim and Charles Fay
Never expect that giving concessions
will
bring gratitude. Concessions made
to
demanding kids rob them of the
opportunity
to learn respectfulness, responsibility,
and
how to earn what they want.
To avoid a fight with your kids,
tell them what you will provide, not
what they have to do.
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Love and Logic Stories
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Last week, Jim Fay explained the
importance of each family member
doing their fair share of work
around the house. This week, he
shares an idea of how your kids can
help.
MAKE THEM PART OF THE FAMILY
I last wrote about the importance of
kids contributing to the workload of
the family. One of our basic human
needs is to be needed and to be a
part of a family. When children live
their lives as guests in a four star
hotel instead of as a contributing
member of a family, this basic need
is denied. The usual result is for
them to feel increasingly resentful
without knowing why.
One way to help a child feel needed,
important, and valued in the family
is to put him/her in charge of one
family meal per week. This means
planning, cooking, serving, and
cleaning up. Most kids are capable
of doing this by the time they are
eight years old.
Of course the quality of the food
will suffer temporarily while they
are in training mode. But this
changes dramatically as they learn
and become excited about being able
to cook.
Many parents report to us that their
kids resist at first, but soon think
that they enjoy cooking. In many
cases, what the kids enjoy and don't
recognize are the wonderful feelings
of being valued.
Thanks for reading!
Jim Fay
P.S. You can learn more about
involving kids in the family
workload in Pearl #7 in the book,
"Parenting With Love and Logic."
Another good resource is the audio
CD, "Didn't I Tell You To Take Out
The Trash?"
Seminars & Conferences
 A
Day of Love and Logic: For Parents,
Educators and Professional |
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