Transcript CAMP Newsletter - Tarver

C.A.M.P. NEWSLETTER
2ND SIX WEEKS
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It’s been another busy six weeks! The kids have
been working hard learning new skills. Our
CAMP life skills this six weeks were Asking for
Permission and Listening. We are hoping that
you find your child using the skills at home.
Here are the steps you can review with them:
Asking for Permission1. Look at the person.
2. Use a calm and pleasant voice.
3. Say “May I…”
4. Accept the answer calmly
Listening1. Look at the person talking.
2. Wait until the other person is finished
before you speak.
3. Show you heard the person by nodding
your head, saying “Okay” or “That’s
interesting”, etc.
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Important Dates:
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Jump Rope for Heart donations due by
November 18. (online donations only)
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3rd grade presentation November 14
after the PTA meeting.
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November 18 is Jump Rope for Heart
Day! All students need to wear tennis
shoes to school. Everyone will
participate in this event during their
CAMP time.
Computer News- Mrs. Drake
2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students are working on increasing their keyboarding speed and accuracy in our online
program, Typing Agent. Students are practicing good posture and proper hand placement while they
keyboard.
Kindergarten learned how to create pictures in Tux Paint, a multi media program. It is a free download.
http://tux-paint.en.softonic.com/ You can also add more stamps to the program with this download.
http://tux-paint-stamps.en.softonic.com/ They have practiced using all the drawing tools. We have
listened to stories and drawn our favorite scene or character from the story.
1st grade students are creating pictures in Kid Pix3D. This multimedia program was purchased by our PTA
last year. The kids are learning how to resize graphics, insert sounds and music all while creating pictures.
They have turned into amazing graphic designers!
2nd, and 3rd grade students are learning word processing. They are working in Microsoft Word as they type
thank you notes to be sent to veterans in the Dallas Veterans Hospital. They have learned how to space
words, change font size, style and color, as well as insert and resize images.
4th grade is creating word cloud art to be sent to the Veterans’ hospital in Dallas. First students worked in
small groups to write down words that describe veterans or words that are associated with veterans.
Students then created their own list of words to create a word cloud for the veterans. Students created
their word cloud on tagul.com.
Art News from Ms. Ross
Students created seasonal and holiday related art this six weeks. They learned about the
history of the type of art work as well as the traditions and customs related to the
holidays.
Kindergarten created monsters, spider webs and pencil eraser Blue Bonnets.
1st grade made zentangle pumpkins, Owl in the Night Sky, and Glue Flags with oil pastels.
2nd grade designed Picasso Frankenstein, Sugar Skulls, and Red, White and Blue Falling
Stars
3rd grade formed Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Sculptures, Tints and Shades Pumpkins and
Statue of Liberty drawings
4th grade created pumpkin still life pictures, Mexican Folk Art Mirrors and Waving American
Flag pictures.
Music News from Mrs. Moore
The mission of Mansfield ISD and Tarver Rendon is to inspire and educate students to be productive adults. In music class we seek to become productive by
becoming music adults. Musical adults are able to participate in community events. In the last newsletter we looked at how music helped support literacy.
Today, I would like to look at ways music supports learning math skills. Brain research shows that large areas of the brain that are active when performing
math skills are also active when performing musical activities, especially playing a musical instrument.
In fact, children who participate in music will outperform students without the music instruction.
Music seems to help develop math skills in the following ways…
•Helps students move concepts from concrete (manipulatives) to abstract (mental concepts).
•Students who participate in music have a greater ability to hold and manipulate objects in space.
•Music seems to help with spatial reasoning, proportions, and temporal reasoning (time),that help support geometric concepts.
Some ways you can support your student.
•Sing with your child – (don’t worry about your own singing skills, it is as much about opportunity then skill) encourage your child to sing
•Move to music – March through the store, tiptoe to music, hop, jump and step to music.
•Listen to beautiful music. Talk about your favorite song. What touches you with the music? Encourage your child to talk about the music you hear.
If possible, encourage your child to take music lessons.
PE News- Mr. Smith and Mrs. Rusk
Tarver-Rendon Jump Rope For Heart
October 18 through November 18, 2016
TARVER-RENDON STUDENTS JUMP FOR THEIR HEARTS AND HELP SAVE LIVES
Students at Tarver-Rendon Elementary are jumping at the chance to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation’s No. 1
and No. 5 killers. On November 18, 2016 Tarver-Rendon will host its 25th annual Jump Rope For Heart event to raise
money for the American Heart Association, which funds lifesaving heart and stroke research and community and
educational programs for our youth.
Please help our students help others by making a donation. All Donations must be made online.
Students may register at heart.org/jump. Once you are registered you can begin collecting donations online.
Tarver-Rendon Elementary will not accept cash or checks for the American Heart Association.
Students have been working on various activities during their PE time to help strengthen their heart and increase
stamina.