Parent Teacher Conferences

Parent Teacher conferences will be held Monday April 18th and Tuesday April 19th from 4-7:30pm. Click the link to sign up for a conference time.
http://www.signupgenius.com/

Looking forward to meeting with you!

Friday Note

Friday Note - 3/25/16

Progress Reports are coming home today. These are your copy to keep. If you have any questions email me at wengerk@clever.k12.mo.us or call me at 743-4810.

Events of the Week: Our theme was spring.  We spent the week learning about how the season affects plants, animals, and people. 

Language Workshop: This week we read informational books about spring.  The students wrote about key details they learned from the books.  We discussed the changes we are seeing outside.  We learned about the weather changes in spring and how the behavior of animals and people change as well. 

Writing Workshop: We looked at several spring pictures.  We labeled the pictures and wrote sentences about what was in each picture.  We are working on adding detail to our writing.  Our sentence writing is getting better every day!  Continue to practice writing sentences at home. 

Reading Workshop: We took our Spring NWEA test. We will talk about the results at parent teacher conferences.

Word Study: We practiced making words from other words. (example: Change pig to wig)

Math: We started a new unit called Composing Numbers 11 to 19.  For each number, we are putting that many counters in ten frames.  Then we are figuring out the parts that make up each number (such as one set of 10 plus 5 leftover ones equal 15).  Please look over your child’s math page each night and continue to practice this skill at home. 

Important Dates:

April 1 - Day in K - for incoming Kindergartners
April 5- Spring pictures
April 28 - April 29 - Kindergarten screening

April 29 - NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten students (due to K screening)

May 4-  Field Trip to the Zoo: more information at a later date

Thanks for all the candy and trinkets for the Easter Egg Hunt. The students really enjoyed it.

 The kindergarten teachers will be assisting with Kindergarten Screening on Friday, April 29^th.  Therefore, there will be NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS on that day.  Thank you for your understanding.

Art  News

URGENT! Art Night cannot happen without volunteers. Please consider volunteering an hour of your time to continue this event.

11^th Annual Art Night April 8^th 5:30-8:30pm

To continue to run this event we need VOLUNTEERS to run rooms. We can use you for just an hour or longer please follow the link below and help continue to host Clever Art Night.

https://docs.google.com/…/1BrAfsD_YwU70HsqJndb7M5z…/viewform 

Summer School

    There is still time to sign up for summer school!  We have a lot of exciting changes this year.  Be sure to sign you child up soon!  You can register your child online at http://goo.gl/forms/hRO5EOyjcq or call the office (743-4810). 

Next Week: 

§  We will learn about plants.  

§  We will finish our unit in math on composing numbers.

§  Our sight word will be “am” and “was”. 

Have a great weekend!!
Mrs. Wenger 

Message From Mrs. Russell

Art Night!! If you can volunteer for even an hour please fill out the form or link and let me know. We need VOLUNTEERS for this event. 
https://docs.google.com/…/1BrAfsD_YwU70HsqJndb7M5z…/viewform

From Mrs. Wallin

Dear Parents:

Many of you may have already heard about this through the grapevine, but I wanted to send an official correspondence to let you know about an upcoming change in the district. A while back, I was approached about a position at my church, Crossway Baptist Church.  I was not seeking to change careers at this point in my life, but after much prayer and consideration I know that this is where I’m supposed to finish my career.  I will be serving as the Director of Preschool & Nursery Ministry beginning July 1^st.

This has been an extremely difficult decision for my family as it will require us to leave a district and community that we have grown to adore throughout my 21 years in Clever.  Our oldest daughter will graduate this year and I couldn’t be more pleased with the education she has received here.  Our youngest three daughters will finish out in Springfield Public Schools and I’m sure it will be wonderful but it won’t be Clever L

The great news is that we have hired a tremendous Principal to take my place in the fall. Renee Ramey will be joining us with 12 years of classroom experience as an educator and facilitator of learning.  Throughout the interview process, one of the things that impressed us the most was her constant focus on student growth and continuous improvement.  Several of our teachers served on the interview committee and helped us narrow down the selection and we were all in agreement that Mrs. Ramey will be a positive asset to the Clever School District.

Over the last several months I have had the opportunity to reflect on my years in the district and I feel so honored and privileged to have been a part of this community that values education.  There are so many amazing things happening here and I look forward to hearing about the journey forward in the years to come.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Shelly Wallin

Clever Schools

Friday Note

Friday Note - 3/11/16

Events of the Week: Our theme was weather.  We spent the week learning about different types of weather.  The student’s that earned their 3^rd quarter reading journey enjoyed going to different classrooms today to read.  Everyone had a great time dressing up as their favorite book character.  What a fun way to end 3^rd quarter! 

Math: We worked in math centers to review addition and subtraction.  During this time I pulled small groups to work on these skills.  Please continue to work on these skills at home since switching between the two is often difficult in kindergarten.  Remind your child to pay extra close attention to the + and – to know which operation they need to use. 

Language Workshop: Each day we focused on a different type of weather.  We read different informational books as well as fiction books about weather.

Writing Workshop: We wrote an opinion piece about our favorite play center.  Please look over your child’s writing and continue to practice at home.  We wrote an opinion piece about our favorite type of weather.   

Reading Workshop: We read the book, How is the Weather Today? as a class all week.  We found the sight words in the book and practiced using our reading strategies to figure out unknown words.  This book was a harder level then I use in reading groups and they did such a great job reading it.  I am so proud of each of them!

Word Study: We practiced making –at words such as cat, hat, bat, that and flat on our whiteboards. 

Important Dates:

March 14 - March 18th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break

March 21 - 4th Quarter begins

March 21 -24 – NWEA Testing  

April 1 - Day in K - for incoming Kindergartners
April 5- Spring pictures
April 28 - April 29 - Kindergarten screening

April 29 - NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten students (due to K screening)

  

Summer School information came home this week.  We have a lot of exciting changes this year for summer school.  Be sure to sign you child up soon!  You can register your child online at http://goo.gl/forms/hRO5EOyjcq or call the office (743-4810). 

Next Week:  SPRING BREAK!

March 21-25:

• We will learn about spring.
• We will be NWEA testing in the computer lab Monday-Thursday at 10:45.  Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast each morning and arrives at school on time.
• We will practice making words.
• We will begin a new math topic on composing numbers 11-19. 
• Our sight word will be “for”.    
• Our 4^th quarter reading journey will begin.
• Progress reports will be sent home.   * (Students must a current lunch balance and no overdue library books)

Have a great spring break!
Mrs. Wenger

More Summer School information

Welcome to Kindergarten Information

A DAY IN K

Friday, April 1

9:00-10:30am

            Open to students who will be in kindergarten during 

          2016-2017 and their parents

            Meet the teachers and staff

            Eat a snack in the cafeteria

            Visit the kindergarten classrooms

            Parents-informational meeting

            Students-take a bus ride

            School tour

            Play on the playground

            Sign up for Kindergarten screening April 28th  and 29^th

Please call 743-4810 to RSVP

Summer School Sign Up

Parents,

The Clever R-V School District is excited to offer its annual Summer School programs again this year. Summer School will begin on Tuesday, May 31st and run through Thursday, June 23rd. There have been many new changes to how summer school will look this year.

·         Length of Day 8:00-3:00

·         Free Transportation (including the walking zone)

·         Free Breakfast & Lunch

·         Weekly field trips (Free of charge)

·         Free T-Shirt 

Attached you will find an electronic registration form for all incoming K-8 grade students. Please take several minutes to complete and submit this form to secure your child’s spot this summer. If you are unable to complete the online registration, contact the school office (Lower EleMiddle 743-4810 & Upper EleMiddle 743-4820) to register your child as soon as possible. 
http://goo.gl/forms/hRO5EOyjcq
Thanks,

Clever R-V Schools

           

 

  Friday Note - 3/04/16

Events of the Week: Our theme this week was Dr. Seuss. We read a few Dr. Seuss books, including The Cat in the Hat, The Sleep Book, Wacky Wednesday, Green Eggs and Ham, and more.  We also had a lot of fun eating green eggs and ham that we made and dressing up during the week!  Finally, we were busy with third quarter assessments.

Math: In math we reviewed addition and subtraction.  Please continue to work on this skill at home since switching between the two is often difficult in kindergarten.  Remind them to pay extra close attention to the + and – to know which operation they need to use. I also assessed making ten and decomposing numbers in more than one way.  If your child is still having trouble with these skills, please practice at home.  I will reassess next week. 

Writing Workshop: We practiced writing an opinion piece together as a class using a graphic organizer to help us prepare our thoughts.  An opinion piece consists of three sentences (or more).  The first sentence states an opinion (I like green eggs and ham).  The next two (or more) sentences give reasons why. The students then wrote an individual piece using the same organizer and then transferred their writing to paragraph form.

Reading Workshop: Students are working daily in Literacy Centers.  While students are working independently, I am meeting with small groups to focus on different reading skills.  During independent reading time, students are practicing the skills they are learning during small groups and using their reading strategies.  I hope that you are able to see them using these reading strategies when they are reading with you at home.

Word Study: We enjoyed finding the silly rhyming words in the Dr. Seuss books and completing activities involving word families (for example, the -at family consists of words like cat, bat, mat, sat, etc). 

 

Important Dates:

March 10th - Reading Challenge Ends
March 11th - Reading Challenge Reward
March 11th - End of 3rd Quarter
March 14th - March 18th - NO SCHOOL - Spring Break
March 21st - 4th Quarter begins

April 1st - Day in K - for incoming Kindergartners
April 5th - Spring pictures
April 28th - April 29th - Kindergarten screening

April 29^th- NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten students

The Character Word for March is:

Honesty

Always tell the truth

   

Sight Words—Keep practicing!

I   is   like   see   my   a   the   be  have   it   he   she

to   can   with   go   we   me   you   and   are   they  in  of  do  not

Reading Challenge

The reading challenge ends March 10^th.  Please remember to return your child’s book bag every Friday.

Next Week:                             

§  We will review all sight words learned thus far.

§  We will continue reviewing addition and subtraction.

§  We will learn about different types of weather.

§  We will have fun learning to make simple words.

                                        

Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs. Wenger