Family Literacy Day

Family Literacy Day is coming up. It will be held on March 31 beginning at 1:00 pm in the school gym. There will be a band and speakers.

Families please join your child at this event!

Junior Achievement - Thank you, Nancy and Pam!

Junior Achievement (JA) is ensuring students have the knowledge and skills to succeed.   Thanks to more than 2,100 JA classroom volunteers who committed to teaching JA programs, over 50,000 South Dakota students are being empowered to achieve their dreams.

JA volunteers play a key role in bringing JA to life.   By sharing their personal and professional experiences, JA volunteers guide students to make the connection between what they are learning in school and what they will need to succeed in work and life.  

Please extend a special thank you to the volunteers and teachers listed below who participated in JA during the 2015-16 school year.   Because of this teacher/JA volunteer partnership, students are well on their way to preparing themselves to become our future leaders.  

If you would be interested in sharing your knowledge and experiences with students in elementary, middle, or high school, please contact the JA office at (605)336-7318 or jasd@ja.org.  A Junior Achievement experience will leave you feeling proud, energized, and hopeful about a better future for our young people.

Aberdeen

2015-16 Junior Achievement Volunteers and Teachers

Simmons Elementary School

  

Grade     Teacher                                    JA Program                        JA Volunteer                      Employer

 

3	Amanda Brown	JA Our City	Nancy Kappes	Dacotah Banks, Inc.
3	Amanda Brown	JA Our City	Pam Martyn	Dacotah Bank
3	Missy Goethals	JA Our City	Becki Woehl	Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury
3	Deb Rieck	JA Our City	Jordan Kvernevig	Wells Fargo Auto Finance
3	Deb Rieck	JA Our City	Zachary Anderson	Wells Fargo Auto Finance
4	Karleena Balgaard	JA Our Region	Liz Nicolai	Walmart
4	Trent Deyo	JA Our Region	Jean Peterson	South Dakota Wheat Growers
4	Kelly Hinds	JA Our Region	Bob Compton	Dacotah Banks, Inc.
5	Lisa Hunt	JA Our Nation	Andrew Bauer	Walmart
5	Taylor Rozell	JA Our Nation	VaLynda Weller	Dacotah Bank
5	Nicole Schutter	JA Our Nation	Becki Woehl	Pierson Ford-Lincoln-Mercury

Skate Away Party

"SADD will be sponsoring its 13^th annual 3^rd Grade Skate Away Party on Thursday, March 24 from 7-9 pm.  Last year we had 156 students attend and we hope to exceed that this year!  We will be giving away prizes donated by local merchants every half hour with a grand prize worth $50 being drawn for at 9 pm.  SADD chapter members will be chaperoning as well as employees at Skate Away."

Dr. Seuss Dress Up Days

Monday: Green Eggs and Ham - Wear Green
Tuesday: The Cat in the Hat - Wear Stripes
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday - Wear Wacky Clothes
Thursday: My Many Colored Day - Wear Neon/Bright Colors
Friday: Fox in Socks - Wear Fun Socks

February 29-March 4

Math: We will about arrays and relate them to multiplication. We will also learn a new math game about arrays.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have a syllable slash between two vowels.
create       medium      piano       idea        radio
video        studio        violin        duo        patio
rodeo        pioneer     trio          stadium  audio
audience    radiate     cereal       Creole    recreation

Language Arts: We will learn how to find cause and effect and how to compare and contrast. We will also learn about adjectives, articles, and synonyms. Our vocabulary words this week are: cotton, festival, graceful, handkerchief, paces, pale, rhythm, and snug. You can listen to our grammar jammer about adjectives by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer - click on Language Arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Suki's Kimono.

Writing: We will finish our stories about Thing 1 and Thing 2.

Social Studies: We will finish learn about natural resources.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive S.

COIN WARS ARE THIS WEEK!

February 22-26

Math: We will continue working on multiplication. We will start working with arrays.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week all have three consonants in the middle.
monster     surprise     hundred      complete      control
sample       instant       inspect       pilgrim         contrast
explode      district      address       substance    children
merchant   embrace    purchase     curtsy          contract

Language Arts: We will learn how to find cause and effect and how to draw conclustions. We will also learn about prepositions. Our vocabulary words this week are: clutched, gully, scrambled, valley, echoed, reeds, and thatch. You can listen to our grammar jammer about prepositions by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer - click on language arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Fly, Eagle, Fly.

Writing: We will write a Cat in the Hat story.

Social Studies: We will learn how to use a grid map.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive R.

We will have another character assembly on Tuesday. We'll find out which classmate earned the award of always being a great friend.

A Few Pictures

 These kids all made it to Homework Club for the month of January! They remembered their homework every time!

We worked in small groups to build quadrilaterals with our straw kits.

We played games and had treats with our Kindergarten buddies for Valentine's Day!

February 15-19

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY!

Math: We will continue to work on multiplication.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week are have suffixes.
dentist       editor          artist       hostess       actress
swimmer    seller           tutor        tourist        organist
lioness       shipper        chemist     investor      conductor
announcer  pharmacist   journalist  commuter    pianist

Language Arts: We will learn about facts and opinions. We will also learn about contractions. Our vocabulary words this week are: celebrate, continued, current, drowned, medals, stirred, and strokes. You can listen to our grammar jammer about contractions by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer- click on Language Arts.

Reading: Our story of the week is America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle.

Writing: We will research and write about a person for black history month.

Social Studies: We will learn about continents and oceans.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive Q.

February 8-12

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY!

Math: We will learn how to make equal groups and multiply.

Spelling: Our spelling words this week are have prefixes.
prepaid        midnight      overflow     outdoors     outline
overgrown    prefix         Midwest      pretest        midpoint
outgoing       overtime     overdue       outside        outfield
precaution    prediction   midsection   overweight  prehistoric

Language Arts: We will learn about facts and opinions. We will also learn how to find cause and effects in stories we read. We will also learn about possessive pronouns. Our vocabulary words this week are: customer, chores, board, attic, stamps, spare, and labeled. You can listen to our grammar jammer about pronouns by clicking on this link: Grammar Jammer - Click on Language Arts

Reading: Our story of the week is Rocks in his Head.

Writing: We will finish writing our President's Day stories.

Handwriting: We will learn cursive P.

OUR VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY IS ON THURSDAY!