The Wildcat THE WILDCAT November Successes at Wamsley Encourage it Your students set goals to monitor their learning and growth in Reading and Math. As a school, we are encouraging our students to share in the spirit of giving by earning money so they can purchase a small gift for the children in Children s Hospital in Denver. School spirit is alive and thriving here at Wamsley! Kids are excited about showing off their spirit in their Wamsley shirts while enjoying popcorn. Friendships abound as grade levels buddy up for the movie field trip. Ask your child about their new buddy from a different grade level. Experience it All the students are working hard showing all they have learned the last semester on all their assessments right now. Many students are showing amazing growth. Ask your child how they did on iready and Dibels testing. 41 Wildcat students have shown outstanding character and received a Paw On The Back from an adult in school and were my guests for a special lunch in November! Congratulations Wildcats! Our School-wide Attendance percentage for the November was 96.9%! That meets the state goal of 95%! Thank you parents and students for getting to school every day! PTAC T-Shirt sales are a huge success! We had to place a 2nd order. Get yours before they are all gone! The homework ticket bucket is overflowing! Way to go Wildcats! Keep completing homework. You may be the next lucky winner! PTAC s Winter Wonderland is growing every year! This year you can expect to visit 30+ vendor booths while you enjoy the night s festivities. Expect it Once again, Ms. Sherry and her AWESOME kitchen staff put together a delicious Thanksgiving meal for our school. We served close to 400 people for this special lunch! Important Dates Dec. 13th 5:00-7:30pm PTAC Winter Wonderland and Concert Dec. 17th-19th PTAC Santa Shop Dec. 17tth-20th Spirit Week Dec. 19th 8:30am-12pm 3rd Grade Ice Skating Fieldtrip Dec. 20th 11:15am-2:30pm All School Fieldtrip to Movie 3:00pm - Class Parties Dec. 24th - Jan. 4th Winter Break - No School Jan. 7th SCHOOL STARTS Welcome Back! Jan. 8th 4:00pm PTAC Meeting As We Encourage Success and continue to grow at Wamsley, we want to encourage you to share in every moment! Come in to visit, volunteer, and whenever you can give us your feedback! As always, thank you for sharing your children with us! Check out our website for all the latest information at: www.wamsleywildcats.org Find us on Facebook at: Wamsley-Elementary-Wildcats Please call us before 8:00am if your child will be absent at: 970-665-7950 Si desea información en español, por favor llame a la oficina. At Wamsley, we strive to grow learners and leaders by encouraging success in every way, every day! 1
The Wildcat SmartPhone Use & Cyberbullying Getting a cellphone has become a milestone for most kids. Common Sense helps parents lay the groundwork for responsible cellphone use and manage the challenges and opportunities they bring. Learn how to decide the right age to get your kid a cellphone, set rules, choose the right phone and service plan, and stay on top of what your kid is doing on his or her phone. The link below has several short, informative videos with information about cellphone parenting and cyberbullying. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/cellphoneparenting -Adapted from https://www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense is the nation's leading independent non-profit organization dedicated to empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology. Art In Art, we have just finished our unit on Native American Art. 5th graders have been weaving on a loom, 4th grade made pastel native war horses, 3rd graders made giant totem pole animals out of paper, 2nd grade created Kachina doll sun sand paintings, 1st graders painted Kokopellis, and Kinder made clay pinch pots. Now, we are busy making some beautiful holiday art to share with you at the Wamsley Winter Wonderland Art show! Sure hope to see you there! P.E. Hello Wamsley families! Students have begun their unit in basketball and are working hard to master dribbling, shooting and passing. From Kindergarten all the way to 5th grade, students are working on some element of basketball and ball handling skills. We will also begin talking about the importance of staying hydrated in this unit. Please continue to support your Wildcats by encouraging them to get outside and play for 60 minutes a day and keep hydrated! Keep up the amazing work! Preschool Hello Wamsley Preschool Families! What a busy time of year! We have covered letters A through J, and numbers 1 through 14! We have been learning through play, which is what we do best. We hope to see you at the Winter Wonderland, where Preschool will be singing! 2 Garfield RE-2 School District s vision is to encourage, nurture and challenge every student, every day.
The Wildcat Kindergarten We have been working hard in kindergarten! Our superkid friends have helped us learn the letters c,o,g,a,s,d,i,t and l. Your kinder has been working hard to learn how to read and can read words with the letters the superkids have taught us. In kinder our goal is to count to 100 by the end of the year, and everyday your kinder is getting closer and closer to 100. We hope you and your kinder are enjoying reading together with the Raising a Reader bags, just a reminder that they are due every Tuesday. Also, folders are going home everyday, please be sure to check their folders and send it back everyday. We are so proud of how much success your kinder has had so far this year! 1st Grade This month in math, first graders will continue to work on demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction by knowing facts within 10. The kids are learning how to write facts about different topics during our writing block. They will also continue to work on editing their writing for correct capitalization and punctuation. In the social studies economics unit, students are learning about different types of businesses and discussing the goods and services they produce. Kids will be creating, buying, and selling goods and services before winter break. This month is filled with many fun events, so check your child s backpack for notes and the Wamsley calendar for important dates. We would love to see you at Wamsley for all of our December activities! 2nd Grade The month of December is full of exciting learning opportunities in 2nd Grade. In Ms. Termin's class, students have been working hard to create their class books. We are in the finishing stages of the book and will send them to the publisher shortly. In Ms. Schipper's class, students are wrapping up their unit on Rifle's history and are learning about why people setting in certain places. If you have some extra time take a walk with your family through downtown Rifle and talk about the historical buildings and houses that are still a part of our community. In Ms. Harvey's class, students are have been working on new addition and subtraction strategies for word problems. On December 19th, starting at 10:15, we will be having a Grinch themed day! We have a lot of fun activities planned for your student before the long break. We are looking forward to a great month of learning. If you have any questions, please contact any of your student's teachers at 970-665-7950. Thank you! At Wamsley, we strive to grow learners and leaders by encouraging success in every way, every day! 3
The Wildcat 3rd Grade Happy winter third grade families! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! While the temperature is dropping outside, we are keeping things going full steam in third grade. Our days are becoming colder and colder. In math this month your children have been working hard on adding and subtracting and rounding to the nearest 10 and 100. They have become experts at understanding place value to help them with both of these skills. They soon will be learning the skill of telling time to the nearest minute. In social studies we have continued our Civics Unit. We have been learning about the roles and responsibilities of our three branches of government at a local and federal level. We have also been learning about civil discourse, which means that we are respectful to people who have different views than our own and share our ideas in a respectful way. We are beginning to learn about rights and responsibilities and will continue learning about this for the rest of our Civics Unit. In science, students have continued learning about the three main states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. They are able to tell the differences between the three and will soon learn about adding or removing heat in order to understand how matter changes. Have a great December everyone! 4th Grade Happy December fourth grade families! The second quarter has been filled with fun learning opportunities. From science experiments to creating tale tales, the fourth graders have been busy. In Math, they have been working hard to become fluent in multiplication and are practicing division. In Science, we have been investigating different forms of energy and analyzing energy transformations. In Social Studies, students are examining the lives of explorers and mountain men in Colorado. We also have some exciting events coming up. Sunlight Mountain resort came to talk to students about mountain safety, in preparation for our skiing and snowboarding field trip in February. Look for permission slips for this field trip coming home soon. Have a great December! 5th Grade We sure hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday, we do have a lot to be thankful for. Such a great school and lots of learning taking place! In Math the students have been working on adding and subtracting decimals. We are continuing to study body systems in Science and we have just finished the Nervous System. We will begin the Digestive System next. Have your student share something they have learned about a body function. In Social Studies the students are wrapping up their learning about the three colonial regions, the plan is for them to complete this before the Christmas break. Ask your child about the three different regions and what was special about the people, geography, economy and climate of each region. After Christmas they will begin to learn about the conflicts leading up to the American Revolution. Have a wonderful Christmas holiday! 4 Garfield RE-2 School District s vision is to encourage, nurture and challenge every student, every day.
The Wildcat From the Health Room At Wamsley, we strive to grow learners and leaders by encouraging success in every way, every day! 5
The Wildcat 6 Garfield RE-2 School District s vision is to encourage, nurture and challenge every student, every day.
The Wildcat Join us for a fun filled evening! Enjoy a stroll through the halls for our 3rd annual door decorating competition! Enjoy complimentary coffee, hot cocoa and cookies! Pizza and Popcorn available Stop and visit Santa and the Grinch!! Pictures available for $5 We also have kids games and crafts! All grade levels will be performing! (see reverse for times) All proceeds support Wamsley Elementary PTAC At Wamsley, we strive to grow learners and leaders by encouraging success in every way, every day! 7
Winter Wonderland Concert Times Thursday, December 13th 5:30 pm - Preschool 5:45 pm - Kindergarten 6:00 pm - 1st Grade 6:15 pm - 2nd Grade 6:30 pm - 3rd Grade 6:45 pm - 4th Grade 7:00 pm - 5th Grade