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Our Kindergarteners released Monarch Butterflies into the wild.
Don't forget to wear your pajamas for the Fun Run Rally and lap around the field on Monday, September 17th!
3 Hour Early Dismissal
On Wednesday, September 19th, students will be dismissed at 12:15 pm. Please make the office aware of any transportation changes.
Students will eat lunch before dismissal. Please see the schedule below:
- Kindergarten 10:40-11:10
- First Grade 10:50-11:20
- Second Grade 11:00-11:30
- Third Grade 11:10-11:40
- Fourth Grade 11:20-11:50
- Fifth Grade 10:30-11:00
- Sixth Grade 11:30-12:00
Getting to Know FCPS-
An Orientation Session for Parents
Join us on Tuesday, September 25th, from 7-8 pm in the Little Run Library. Kirsten Buchner from FCPS Family Partnership will be the presenter. Please RSVP by returning the flyer in your child's Tuesday folders coming home next week. Translators will be available in Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese. Please call 703-503-3500, if you have any questions.
Social Media Best Practices for Students
Social media is a powerful platform for engaging students and including them in conversations that affect their ability to thrive in school and life. For more information, click here.
Foreign Language in the Elementary School (FLES)
The Foreign Language in the Elementary
School/Language through Content (FLES/LTC) Program helps students learn a world
language through Science and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts,
and Mathematics) integrated content. The program provides language
learning opportunities to our students in grades K
through 6th.
The goal of FLES/LTC is to develop
students’ language proficiency and 21st century skills by teaching World
Languages through STEAM, with a strong emphasis on Science. Teachers use
Project-Based Learning to help students learn another language while developing
skills in all areas. Generally, students receive 60 minutes of language
instruction per week. This model supports the five goal areas of the national
standards for world language (communication, culture, connections, comparisons,
and communities) and is aligned with the Virginia SOL for World Languages.
For more information, click here.
New Math Curriculum
We will use a new Math curriculum this school year. We know our
teachers shared about it at BTSN, but please feel free to ask them any
questions as we benefit from this new resource this year!
ORIGO Stepping Stones (Gr. K-5) offers a unique and comprehensive
mathematics curriculum that combines print and digital materials. It builds
conceptual understanding through rigorous problem solving activities while also
supporting computational fluency with strategies and practice.
Discovery
Tech Book (Gr. 6) is a highly engaging, digital math textbook that connects
students to math through real-world problems worth solving. Using a balanced
approach to instruction, Math Techbook combines conceptual understanding,
procedural fluency, and application to help all students develop a long-lasting
mastery of mathematics.
Putting a Face to the Name
Earlier this summer, we shared bio's about our new teachers at Little Run. Each week we will share a picture to help put a face to the name!
Meet Jenni Russell, Our New 3rd Grade Teacher
I am so excited
to join the Little Run community! I am originally from Michigan, where most of
my family still lives. I visit every summer to see my parents, grandparents,
brother, and niece. It is hard to live so far away sometimes, but it is
wonderful to always have someone to visit. My husband’s family lives in
Wisconsin, so we travel there every year, too. I have a 3 year old daughter,
Emerson, and she loves to travel to visit our far-away family. I got my
teaching degree from the University of Michigan, and I have a special place in
my heart for Ann Arbor. I have taught for 15 years in Michigan, The Gambia,
Colorado, and Virginia! I loved living in Colorado and being near the mountains
where I could hike in the summer and snowboard in the winter. Now that my
husband and I live here in Virginia, we love to go to Washington, DC, to visit
the museums and explore the city. Emerson loves to go exploring with us,
especially when she gets to be outside! Our whole family loves to read, and my
favorite genre is science fiction. I love thinking about how things might be
some day!
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