MVP Readers

Our class was given a challenge by Coach Johnson to read 300 points worth of books over a 2 week period. Amazingly, our class surpassed that goal and read 518 points in 2 weeks, and everyone contributed to the point earnings with at least 5 points each!!! We now have a total of over 2,300 points-that's tripled our point value since the end of January!

For the next two weeks, we will read for the Conference Championships-our goal is to beat our 518 point top score with at least 519!! If we succeed, we're headed to the Reading Superbowl!!!! 

***Joel and Caden were our MVP readers from the last 2 weeks! Both  boys were rewarded with the choice to have lunch in the classroom with friends or a DQ gift card. They both chose lunch in the classroom with a friend!

One more week of official reading logs at home in order to continue preparing for our upcoming ISTEP testing the week of April 29. After that, we'll make changes as needed!

Community Skate Night

Exciting News and Upcoming Dates

With the welcome of spring, we're also so excited to announce that our entire class PASSED the IREAD reading test we took back on March 18!!!!! We can attribute this success to many, many things, but specifically to (ideas collected from the kids):

• Weekly Reading Logs
• Mr. Johnson's regular season and playoff reading rewards system prizes (and food!)
• Reading Counts books daily
• Reading Counts quizzes daily
• Parents reading with/to us
• Mrs. Hill reading with/to us
• Parent helpers in literacy stations
• Learning Lab teachers
• Amazing lessons with Mrs. Medjeski
• Postive support from Mr. Chambers and Mrs. Benner
• Mrs. Proctor helping us choose books to read at our reading levels
• Literacy stations

April 2013

• April 18:  Spring Pictures
• April 29-May 3: Round #2 of ISTEP testing--multiple choice in reading and math

May 2013

• May 4: Mrs. Hill's running first mini marathon! Wish me luck!
• May 10: Track and Field Day:  9:00-12:00
• May 21: Eagle Creek Field Trip: 9:00-2:00
• May 27: Memorial Day-No school
• May 31: Last day of school

Track and Field Day Volunteer Opportunity

Reagan Track and Field Day

Friday, May 10, 2013

 

On Friday, May 10th Reagan Elementary will have Track and Field Day. Students will compete in track and field events and class competitions. The students and teachers are excited and looking forward to it. Some things to remember for your children on this day will be sunscreen, hat, and a water bottle. 

***If you would like to volunteer to help with Track and Field Day, please contact Mr. Trimmel ptrimmel@brownsburg.k12.in.us or 317-852-1060 ext.2649. Please indicate if you would like to volunteer in the morning (grades 3-5), afternoon (grades K-2), or both. Here is a schedule for the day's events.

Time	Track	Field	Relay Races
9:20 – 10:10	3rd	4th	5th
10:10 – 11:00	5th	3rd	4th
11:00 – 11:50	4th	5th	3rd
11:50– 12:50	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
12:50 – 1:40	K	2nd	1st
1:40 – 2:30	1st	K	2nd
2:30 – 3:20	2nd	1st	K

New Box Top Competition Lurking . . .

PLEASE GET THOSE BOX TOPS IN . . . Or at least begin collecting them again! This is possibly the easiest donation any one parent/family can make to the school and your child's classroom this year and years to come!!!

1) We are 97% of the way to our goal of $6000 this year, and we should blow by that after the spring contest!

2) As of today, Reagan's Box Tops ranking is 2nd in the Central Indy area (to a Plainfield school - we are 1st in Bburg) and 12th in the state!! We really want to be 1st in our area and top 10 in the state, so let's work hard during the last contest!!

3) The last contest will begin after spring break, more details to follow.

4) Bonus Box Tops are again available at Meijer - Buy ANY 10 Box Tops items and get a Bonus 60.  This will definitely help us meet our goal!

MVP Reader #7

**Our MVP reader this week is Eddie Finn! Eddie read and passed the most quizzes for the group since last Wednesday. Great job to all readers, however, as we reached our Reading Counts points’ goal—our class has read over 1,800 Reading Counts Quiz points this school year, and over half of the points were earned in February and March alone!!! We will be celebrating “the regular season” with Mr. Johnson tomorrow afternoon. We will be announcing an exciting new challenge for the “playoffs” just as March Madness gets rolling!

Terrific Thursday 3/21

*I have to tell you all that I am super excited to receive the IREAD test results from the beginning of this week! (We will know sooner rather than later). The kids have worked so diligently for the entire year, and most especially the last five weeks that we’ve been preparing for these assessments! Give your child a high five, a hug, and celebrate with some extra family time over the next two weeks! You all deserve the time to relax together! We will kick things into gear again when we return April 8!

 ***Tomorrow is our PSG Box Top Pajama Day! Since our class turned in more than 400 Box Tops in January and February, we earned a PJ Day at school. Please keep in mind our school’s dress code (appropriate jammies) and that each child MUST come to school in regular shoes. Each child MAY bring slippers, but they will only be worn when inside the building.

 ****We have our Unit 9 Math test tomorrow. Study Guides came home last night, and they will return home again tonight. They should be complete as of 3:40 today, but I encourage you to talk with your child about the skills/types of problems, as these mimic the test items they will see tomorrow.