Hi Yealey Families - 

I hope everyone had a great week! The Fall Festival is in full swing right now and it is so nice to see our families gathered together having fun!  

This has been a great week at school.  I've seen first graders figuring out how to make 10 and I worked with students as they practiced phonics skills.  Students are really starting to get in the swing of school.

Our SBDM asked me to share a link with you that I recently shared with them.  If you'd like more information on the standards we use to plan our lessons, KDE has developed family friendly guides to the standards.  These can be found at https://kystandards.org/standards-family-guides/

Picture day has finally been scheduled and will be 10/6.  Ordering information should come home next week.

We are planning to have our Halloween parade this year and have put together a route that weather permitting will allow for parents to come and view as well as allow students to see each other.  Information on this was sent home from the teachers with an opt out form attached.  Please only sign this form if you DO NOT want your child to participate.  We have had several families sign it when they really wanted their child to participate.  If you accidently signed it, please just email your homeroom teacher so that he/she knows what you really want to do with your child.  If you have any questions, just let us know.

I hope everyone has a great FALL weekend!

Mrs. Turner

 Yealey Families - 

We have had another great week at school.  I have really enjoyed my time in classrooms this week.  I had two students explain to me place value and the value of a zero when using decimals.  According to this student, "When using a decimal you can add as many zeros as your heart desires at the end."  Good advice I think. 😊

One thing we have noticed is that students are taking a longer time getting adjusted to coming to school and getting used to a school routine than previous school years.  If your child is struggling with this, spend some time talking through the school day this weekend with statements like, if this were Monday you would be walking into class now, or it would be your lunch time. Also, remind them at 3:30 that it would be time to come home.  I know sometimes 3:30 can feel a lot earlier on the weekends.  It can also be beneficial to focus on the positives that have happened throughout each day.  If your child is upset about something minor (walking in to class, having to take turns or share, etc.) validate those feelings but follow up with a switch to something positive.  For example, "I know it's hard to take turns.  I don't always like to do that either.  But, tell me about your art project, how is that going?"  I know it's been hard for kids and parents to get back into this routine after the disruption to our normal but I'm confident we will all get there!  The good news is even the ones who seem the most upset in the morning are happy and laughing before we even get through the first hour of each day. 

The PTA is in full planning mode for our Fall Festival next Friday and they could use your help.  Please use this link to sign up and help make sure we have a successful evening!

Fall Festival Sign Up

I hope you all have a great weekend and get out and enjoy some Fall activities.  We will be football and farm tours all weekend long!

See you next week!

Mrs. Turner

 Yealey Families,

What an awesome week we've had! Our first huddle since Covid started was Thursday on a beautiful morning.  It was a great feeling having all the Bobcats together saying the pledge and celebrating each other for showing the 7 habits.  

We have been busy in the classrooms also.  It's been fun for me to see Kindergartners beginning to develop their writing skills by answering questions and providing a reason.  And, it's always a blast for me to see spend time talking to students and helping them make plans to be successful.  

We have an exciting announcement from Mr. Dunlap!

We are looking for twenty Yealey families to complete the Family Challenge this fall. This is an amazing way for you to learn about The Leader In Me and the 7 Habits while completing activities to help your entire family learn the habits as well. Sign up with the form below to participate. #family ##bobcatlife

https://youtu.be/GgNz2j3zvtA

https://forms.gle/pDzZBnNJLfZygzob8

This challenge is a lot of fun and is a great way to have your children teach the family about The Leader In Me. 

PTA has a dinner night at Red Robin this coming Wednesday.  Flyers should come home soon on this. They will also be getting info out soon on ways to volunteer and help out at the FALL Festival coming up on 9/24.  This will be a completely outside this year and should be a lot of fun!  So mark your calendars and look for ways to help out!

I hope everyone can enjoy the beautiful weekend!  I will get more football than I can stand while squeezing in a family birthday party too!

See you next week!

Mrs. Turner

 Yealey Families,

It's been a great week here.  We have been working hard and having some fun too!  Everyone is starting to settle in to the school routine.  I can definitely see the procedures becoming habits at arrival, lunch, and dismissal.  Next week we will be adding a new routine - our monthly morning huddle!  I'm looking forward to seeing that happen again. 

We started STAR testing this week and will finish that up next week.  This should give us a good idea of where each student is so that we can plan instruction appropriately. 

Many of our lessons have focused on the 7 habits and our Leader In Me expectations.  Be sure to ask your child about these lessons and what they plan to do to be successful.

There is no school on Monday for Labor Day.  I hope everyone has the chance to enjoy the day off.  

See you all on Tuesday!

Mrs. Turner