Upcoming Dates:
January 9 thru 13 - FCPS Family Math week!
Saturday, January 14 - PTO Deadline to order yearbook
Wednesday, January 18 - PTO Panera Spirit Night
FCPS Family Math Week
Mark your calendars for January 9-13, 2023 for a full week of family time with free stories, games, and math activities. Check out https://www.mindresearch.org/fcps-math-week for more information.
Critical and Creative Thinking Strategy
Decisions and Outcomes
Decisions and Outcomes thinking strategies are important to practice. Students must develop an understanding that choosing from alternatives affects events which come next. Learning to apply decisions and outcomes as a strategy can transfer between academic and social situations.
Decisions and outcomes combines divergent and convergent thinking. Taken a step further, it results in considering not only short-term effects, but longer-term consequences and implications.
For example, students use decisions and outcomes to analyze character decisions or consider ways to craft a compelling story plot.
Try this:
- Playing strategy games can be a fun way to practice decisions and outcomes. Choosing to make a certain “play” or move will perhaps determine how many points will be earned, or how the next turn will be set.
- Talk with your child about a character in a book he or she is reading. Did the decisions the character make change the outcome of the story? Would your child change the decision the character made?
- Play a game of “Would You Rather,” and make sure everyone follows up with an explanation of their valid/reasonable decision.
- Other questions to support decisions and outcomes
- If ___ occurred, what would happen next?
- What would happen if there were no___?
- What if___?
Information from:
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/advanced-academics/critical-and-creative-thinking
Monitors Needed!
Crossfield is in need of student monitors to assist with various classes and students from 9:00am-4pm. This hourly position pays 16.36 per hour and can be part-time or full-time. The hours are flexible.
The application link is here. Please contact Mr. Granieri with questions at mtgranieri@fcps.edu.
Support Crossfield:
Amazon Smile
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, a percentage of your purchases will go to Crossfield Elementary PTO's fundraising efforts
To use AmazonSmile through your Amazon app, go into the main menu of the Amazon app and tap into 'Settings'. Tap 'AmazonSmile' and follow the on-screen instructions to turn AmazonSmile on and designate your charity to Crossfield Elementary PTO. You can also register at smile.amazon.com and designate your charity to Crossfield Elementary PTO.
Harris Teeter Together in Education Program
Crossfield proudly joins Harris Teeter's Together in Education program to help raise funds for our school. Simply give the cashier our code, 5139, and your VIC card when you check out or log in to your Harris Teeter profile at harristeeter.com and click on My Account. Once your card is linked, Crossfield will receive a percentage of your Harris Teeter brand purchases credited back to our account for the entire school year.
Box Tops for Education
When you see this label on any product you purchase (like Cheerios!), use the Box Tops app to scan your receipt within 14 days of purchase. BoxTops are worth 10¢ for our school and add up quickly. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to our school’s earnings online. Download the app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=PPLA6UQE
Tutor.com
Imagine the doors of opportunity that could be opened for ALL students if each had access to unlimited academic support before, during, or after school at no cost to their families. Guess what? This exists for FCPS students! Through our partnership with Tutor.com, students have unlimited access to live, 24/7, 1-to-1, on-demand tutoring in Schoology.
Click here for more information on how it works.
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Covid Case Manager
Crossfield has a Covid Case Manager this school year, Ms. Stefanie Ragano. You may include her on emails alerting Crossfield that your child has tested positive. Ms. Ragano will communicate with families with the official letter and a timeline for returning to school for covid-positive students. Ms. Ragano’s email is skragano@fcps.edu.
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