Calendar
12/13 - PTA Winter Bingo, 6:30
12/14 – Students Released Three Hours Early
12/24- 1/4 – Winter Break- Office is Closed
January 2019 Calendar
Jan 8 – 6th Grade Visits Whitman Middle School
Jan 15 – Head Start Parent Meeting – SACC Room 186, 9:45am-10:45am
Jan 18 – Students Released 3 hours early
Jan 21 – Martin Luther King Jr. – Student Holiday
Jan 24 – Second Grading Period Ends
Jan 25 – Student Holiday
Dear Families,
Happy winter! Please make sure your child wears a warm coat, hat, and gloves to keep them comfortable on the playground. If you need assistance providing these winter items, please let us know.
Reach out to Sonia Wagner, Tiashia Roberts, Lisa Heath or Jessica Wanzer for coats and winter accessories.
!Feliz invierno! Por favor, asegure que su hijo(a) use un abrigo caliente, gorra y guantes para que se sientan cómodos en el parque. Si su hijo(a) necesita algunos de estos artículos de invierno, por favor avísale a la Sonia Wagner.
News from the Parent Resource Center:
Collaborative IEP Meetings: Parents as Partners Join us for this important workshop for parents of children receiving special education services. Parents are essential partners in the IEP process. Strategies to support your role in your child's IEP meetings will be shared and highlights include: the IEP process and its components, your role in the IEP meeting, responsibilities of the IEP team members, and planning for your child's IEP meeting. Thursday, December 20, 2018, 10 a.m.-noon Register for Collaborative IEP Meetings: Parents as Partners
Register for January Workshops
Workshops below are held at the Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services, 2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, VA, Entrance 1, Room 100. Language interpreters and accommodations are available for all PRC workshops upon request by contacting us at 703-204-3941 or prc@fcps.edu.
Coping Strategies for Anxious Children, National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will present this important workshop for parents of anxious children ages 8-17. Highlights include how to help children with anxiety, when anxiety becomes a disorder, strategies for treating specific anxiety disorders and stress reduction tools. Participants will also hear about current NIMH studies on anxiety in children.
Friday, January 11, 2019, 10 a.m.-noon
Register for Coping Strategies for Anxious Children, National Institute of Mental Health
Introduction to Special Education
This workshop is provided for parents NEW to special education. Topics covered included: what is special education, early intervention resources and services, the special education process, 504 plans, and Individual Education Plans (IEP).
Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Introduction to Special Education
Registration is Open!
Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinsky, encompasses an evidence-based list of life skills that are essential for children to succeed socially, emotionally and intellectually in the short and long term. In these workshops, participants will learn strategies for improving these skills, their importance in children's lives and activities to promote them.
Participants may register for one or all of the workshops and do not need to attend the previous class. Registration is limited, please register early.
All workshops are held at the Dunn Loring Center for Parent Services, 2334 Gallows Road, Dunn Loring, VA, Entrance 1, Room 100. Language interpreters and accommodations are available upon request by contacting us at 703-204-3941 or prc@fcps.edu.
Mind in the Making: Focus and Self Control
This is part one of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Focus & Self Control
Mind in the Making: Perspective Taking
This is part two of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Perspective Taking
Mind in the Making: Communicating
This is part three of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Communicating
Mind in the Making: Making Connections
This is part four of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Making Connections
Mind in the Making: Critical Thinking
This is part five of seven in the Mind in the Making Series.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Critical Thinking
Mind in the Making: Taking on Challenges
This is part six of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Taking on Challenges
Mind in the Making: Self-Directed, Engaged Learning
This is part seven of seven in the Mind in the Making series.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Register for Mind in the Making: Self-Directed, Engaged Learning
Spotlight on Ms. Kopecky's 3rd Grade Class
3rd grade is currently learning how to write fractured fairytales during our story innovation unit. Ms. Kopecky's class wrote The Unicorn and the Three Ghosts our version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
The Unicorn and the 3 Ghosts
Modified from Goldilocks and the Three Bears by students in room 156
Once upon a time there were 3 ghosts; a great big papa ghost, a middle-sized mama ghost and a wee baby ghost who lived in a haunted house. They loved to scared people day and night. One day they went for a float to scare people. At the same time there was a unicorn named Bob who was wandering around the spooky forest. Bob was trick-or-treating when he came across a haunted house. He knocked, but no one answered as the door squeaked open.
Bob entered the house when he saw three bowls of peppers. Bob was really hungry and tried the great big papa ghost’s bowl of spicy ghost peppers, but they were TOO HOT! Then Bob tried the middle-sized mama ghost’s bowl of yellow peppers, but they were too sweet. Finally, Bob tried wee baby ghost’s jalapeno peppers and they were just right. He ate them all up.
Bob was getting too tired from standing, so he teleported to the living room looking for some chairs. The Great big papa ghost’s chair was too dusty, the middle-sized mama ghost’s chair was too clean, but he thought the wee baby ghost’s chair was just right. When he sat down, Bob fell through the wee baby ghost’s chair because it was a ghost chair and the chair disappeared.
Then Bob used his Unicorn magic get to the bedrooms because he was tired. The 1st bed was too scary, the 2nd one was too fluffy, 3rd was just right, and he fell asleep.
The 3 ghosts floated back and saw that someone has been in their haunted house. They went to the kitchen and said, “Who’s been eating my peppers?”, then they went to the living room and said” Who’s been sitting in my Chair?” Then they went to the bedroom and said, “Who’s been sleeping in my bed?” Then they went to baby ghost’s bed and saw Bob sleeping there. When Bob woke up he saw the ghosts and ran away.
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