Mrs. Ferrell's Board of Extra Homework

Mrs. Ferrell has had to add a bulletin board in her class because her class keep bringing in extra homework.This is a great problem to have if you are a teacher! Her students are doing this homework not because she has assigned it, but they are bringing in homework that they are doing on their own!

ESTES MADE THE FRONT PAGE

I hope you had the chance to read the newspaper today. Estes made the front page about how we are changing the library into a Project and Research Center. I am so proud of the students and the teachers here at Estes on how they are striving to be the best school in the world. Go TEAM ESTES!

Gallery Walk

Mrs. Gaynor's class is shown here doing a gallery walk. The students were scoring each other on their pictures.

Discovering Matter

Mrs. McKenzie' s class studying Matter and making play dough.

MAP Testing Begins This Week

This is going to be a very exciting week at Estes with MAP testing starting on Tuesday. Parents please make sure your child gets plenty of sleep each night and comes to school every day. Please remember we are serving free breakfast and we need your child to have his or her belly full before taking the test.
MAP testing is a great way for teachers to monitor your child's academic progress throughout the year. If you are new to Estes and don''t know how MAP testing works I will try to explain. MAP testing is a nationally normed tests that is given to students around the country. The test compares your child with children who are in the same grade. Your child will be tested in mathematics and language arts. The MAP test is given three times a year, so that we can make sure your child is meeting his or her yearly academic growth.
Please talk to your child about the importance of this test. We want to make sure your child gives his or her best effort, so that we get a true measure of what your child knows.
At Estes, the MAP test is one way that your child will climb the mountain to success this year!

Ms. Thrasher's Class and Penguins

Ms. Thrasher's class just finished up Mo Willams author study. We love Mo's pigeon!

HOW TO MAKE MORNINGS MORE ENJOYABLE

I am attaching a link to the this blog to help with making mornings more enjoyable for both you and your child. I hope you can find some tips from this article!
http://www.greatschools.org/back-to-school/4903-beat-the-morning-rush.gs?cpn=20130901weeklysend