SUNNYSIDE SCOOP FEBRUARY, 2019
Principal Points February 2019 Building Resiliency in our Kids As parents we always want to do what’s best for our kids, including preparing them for a future of independence, and one of them is helping them to build resiliency and a healthy lifestyle in their lives. There are some specific things we can do to assist them in this growth, including helping them cultivate gratitude, perform deliberate acts of kindness, and get an adequate nights sleep. All three of the aforementioned areas have a huge impact on the long term health of our students. The following is a shortened list of some powerful things we can do to help improve resiliency. • According to research, the most powerful and simple way to momentarily increase your wellbeing daily is to do 1 deliberate act of kindness for someone else. • To assist with cultivating gratitude, have a child for 1-2 weeks before bed, write down 3 good things that happened to them that day and what their role in them was. Research showed that by doing this students saw a mental health boost of 6-12 months! • Example: The sunset was amazing with all its colors! My role was taking the time to stop and notice it. • Ensure a good night’s sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, kids at different ages need different total hours of sleep: • Newborns to one years of age need 17 hours per night • 1-2 year olds need between 11 and 14 hours per night • 3-5 year olds need between 10-13 hours per night • Pre-teens (6-12 year olds) need between 9 - 11 hours per night • Teens need 8-10 hours of sleep per night • Adults - We should be averaging 7-9 hours per night. • Getting a good night's sleep helps with mood regulation, improves willpower, focus, and memory Helping our kids learn ways to regulate their bodies, socially, emotionally, and physically, has an enormous long term benefit to their overall well being and health. Partnering together, Dr. Flansburg
Important Dates: Wednesday, February 6 Kindergarten Round-up at PLEC, 4:30-5:30pm Thursday, February 7 APEX Fun Run During Specialist Time Communication Night, 4:00-7:30pm Grade 3 Folk Dance in Gym, 6:45-7:15pm Friday, February 8 2nd Grade to Children’s Theatre Thursday, February 14 Group Pictures Friday, February 15 Student Leadership Meeting, 7:35-8:05am 5th Grade to Biztown Monday, February 18 No School Tuesday, February 19 School Spirit Day: PJ Day Birthday Lunches with Principal Wednesday, February 20 School Spirit Day: Dress as Favorite Movie/Book/Video Character Day Thursday, February 21 School Spirit Day: Tie/Bow Tie Day Math and Science Night Scholastic Book Fair Science Fair Friday, February 22 School Spirit Day: Crazy Hair/Crazy Clothing Day Monday, February 25 Star Lab Begins
February Specialist Update! 1st Grade: Music - Continue practicing sol-mi by performing, composing, and notating simple melodic patterns using these solfege sounds. (Looking Ahead: Spring Programs during specialist times April 1-4) Art - Earthenware Clay Pinch Pot, Pinch Pot Drawing Phy Ed -Quidditch and the Pacer Test Science -Space 2nd Grade: Music - Begin working on spring program play as well as introduce half note and half rest rhythms. (Looking Ahead: Spring Programs during specialist times April 1-4) Art -Earthenware Clay introduction, Clay Owls Phy Ed - Quidditch and the Pacer Test Science - Plants 3rd Grade: Music - Review instruments of the orchestra and their families. (Reminder: Folk Dance Night Rescheduled to February 7, 6:45pm) Art - Torn Paper Self-Portraits, 3-D Earthenware Clay Fish Phy Ed - Quidditch and the Pacer Test Science - Animal Specializations- Defenses, Camouflage, Inherited traits Technology - We are finishing our coding unit by creating a robot zoo. Come check it out at Math & Science Night on Thursday, 2/21! 4th Grade: Music - Continuing practice of reading, identifying, and performing B,A,G, and E on the staff. As well as begin learning spring program selections. (Looking Ahead: Spring Program April 11 6:30pm) Art -Value Still Life Drawing, Earthenware Clay Introduction to Face Pots Phy Ed - Quidditch and the Pacer Test Science - Space 5th Grade: Music - Ukulele unit and spring program selections. (Looking Ahead: Spring Program April 11, 6:30pm)) Art - Clay Names, One Point Perspective Drawing Phy Ed - Quidditch and the Pacer Test Science - Ecosystems- water, ground water, flooding prevention
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held the week of February 19th to coincide with I Love to Read Month and our Family Math and Science Night. This is a great opportunity to get exciting new books for our students to read at home and at school. If you are interested in volunteering, sign up at https://bit.ly/2BdMX7J. Tentative book fair hours are 9-4 Tuesday (9/19), 9-4 Wednesday (2/20), and 9-8 Thursday (2/21). Book fair hours will depend on how many volunteers help to staff the fair, though. We will also need help setting up on Friday, 2/15 from 3:30-4:30 and packing up on Friday, 2/22 during the school day. Thank you in advance for your support, and happy reading!
The Sunnyside Design Input Team has begun meeting to discuss plans for our school! The team consists of Sunnyside Staff and Parents. We are looking forward to what the future will bring!
News from Band: The 5th Grade is doing wonderfully! Everyone involved is encouraged to sign up for band next year in 6th grade. Our next concert takes place at 7:00pm on Thursday, May 16th at Edgewood Middle School. All 4th Grade students will soon have the opportunity of trying band instruments during the school day. Any and all students are encouraged to join the 5th Grade Band. More information will come out in the near future. The group is going to be great and should have a lot of students involved!
Title One at Sunnyside Elementary School Sunnyside Elementary is a Title One School. Title One funds are used to support additional literacy needs. Sunnyside Elementary wants to ensure that all children are making growth and are meeting their academic goals. Teachers work together as a team and make decisions on how best to meet the literacy needs of each and every student. One way we help to ensure that children are making the needed growth, is by providing an additional small group in reading for those students who would benefit. In this small group, students meet with a reading intervention teacher for literacy instruction at his/her instructional reading level, in addition to meeting with their classroom teacher.