With Valentine’s Day came the kiss of SPRING~ or so it felt.

The students celebrated the month of February recognizing friendships, helping to

fill classroom buckets with compliments and strengthening their own hearts with

JUMPrope for Heart. Our school celebrated success with the students continuing

efforts of our 3B’s program with the sweet prize of popsicles~making everyone’s

heart smile. A small incentive for a big effort!

This month the Richland School District began a new schedule. The elementary

schools begin the day at 8:05. Keep in mind students should be arriving to school

anytime after 7:35, when adult supervision is provided on the playground. Break-

fast will be offered from 7:35-7:55.

Ask your child, “What does it mean to fill someone’s bucket?” and “What does it

mean if you empty someone’s bucket?” . These are questions that Mrs. Goff, our

Guidance Counselor, has discussed with all of our students. It is a simple way to

allow children to reflect on their choice of words and actions. It partners well

with our 3B’s Program that focuses on Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe.

Thank you to all who sponsored and helped to raise funds for

JUMPrope for Heart, a worthy event. The students certainly enjoyed

the balmy weather on Friday, February 17th. An applause to Mrs.

Keller for her organizing and leading this event.

The spring like days were wonderful while they lasted~ welcome back winter.

~Mrs. Amy Hardy, Principal

Illnesses, Absence and Trying to Keep Healthy

The past few weeks we have seen an increase in illnesses. If your child will be ab-

sent please call school (647-6351) in the morning before 8:30. Also, share if you

would like your child’s homework to be picked up. If your child is diagnosed with

an illness contact the office so we are able to better care for other students that

may present similar symptoms. Encourage your child to wash their hands with

soap & water, drink with plenty of water and get plenty of rest in hopes of keeping

healthy.

School Delay/Closure Information

Please listen to our local radio station (100.9-FM WRCO)

or watch Channel 3 (CBS-Madison) or Channel 27 (ABC-Madison)

for any school district announcements related to school delays or closures.

Special Points:

If you go to the Rich-

land School District

website and click on

Schools, then Jeffer-

son, you will find our

webpage. Included

in the webpage is

our school calendar,

breakfast/lunch men-

us, medication

forms, and our

monthly newsletters.

This is a great place

to check out the

exciting happenings

at Jefferson.

VOLUNTEERS

WANTED! If you

are interested in

volunteering at our

school talk with your

child ’s classroom

teacher and/or the

office. There is re-

quired paperwork to

be completed (each

year) prior to volun-

teering.

Change of Infor-

mation. If you have a

change in contact

information please

let the office or your

child’s teacher know.

It ensures easy con-

tact if there were to

be an emergency or

illness with your

child.

If your child will

be absent you

must call school.

The information will

be passed on to your

child’s teacher. Also,

specify if you would

like homework pre-

pared for your child.

From the Office

February 2017

Volume 3, Issue 6

Jazzed About Jefferson

Monthly Newsletter

Feb. 27-March 3 Read Across America Week

Feb. 27 Crazy Socks Day

CounterAct Parents Night at Doudna 7:00-8:00pm (5th graders)

Feb. 28 Crazy Hat Day

March 1 Dress Up as Favorite Character Day

PATT Meeting at Jefferson in Gym at 5:30pm

March 2 Red & White Day

March 3 Pajama Day

March 10 PATT Family Fitness Night 5:30-7:00pm @ Jefferson

(2nd & 3rd Grade co-sponsoring event with PATT)

March 24 Early Release at 1:00pm

We will be posting all Parent Newsletters on our website at

http://www.richland.k12.wi.us/RES/Jefferson/jefindex.html

Phy. Ed News

Mrs. Keller has begun the Borrow Bin. Thank you to all that donated tennis

shoes to make the Borrow Bin possible; allowing our students to increase their

participation in gym class.

**Students will be able to use tennis shoes from the Borrow Bin for 3 times,

there after they will not be able to participate in PE. It is the responsibility of

our students to have tennis shoes on PE day but we recognize that sometimes we

simply forget or get off schedule.

Rollerskating is just around the corner. The students look

forward to this fast movin’ unit each year. Thank you to our

P.A.T.T. for funding this unit.

JEFFERSON P.A.T.T. ~Interested??

If you would like to become involved with this organization please send an email to the fol-lowing address: rcjeffersonpatt@gmail.com

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Jazzed About Jefferson

There are many ways you can support your child’s learning and their school.

Try these tips:

Spend a few minutes every evening looking over handouts your child

brings home. Fill out forms to return the next day.

Tell your child’s teachers if you can volunteer at school or from home.

Make sure teachers know you appreciate their efforts.

Contact your child’s teacher immediately if you see a problem. Working

together will help your child succeed.

Attend conferences, parent meetings and school events.

Good readers form mental pictures as they read. To

improve your child’s comprehension, read a book with-

out letting your child see it. Then, ask your child to

guess what the illustrations look like.

Examples: How are the characters dressed? Is the

setting bright or gloomy?

Read Across

America Week

February 27-March 3

Home & School Connection

Home & School Connection

Charlie: Thing one and Thing 2.

Reid: The Cat in the Hat

Hunter: The Grinch

Ava: The Cat in the Hat

Taytum: Lorax

Tate: Yertle the Turtle

Kiera: The Grinch

Ella: Green Eggs and Ham

Teagan: Lorax

Wyatt: Hop on Pop

Nate: Thing 1 and Thing 2

Nene: The Cat in the Hat

Owen: The Cat comes Back

Lilly- The Cat in the Hat is super

funny.

Kaliyah- Thing 1 and Thing 2 because

they work for the Cat in the Hat.

Robbie- The Tiger because he can

balance ten apples on his head.

Clay- The Lorax because he has a

mustache.

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Volume 3, Issue 6

Second Grade Happenings by Mrs. Mattice & Mrs. Stibbe

We have been enjoying the warm temperatures and being more active in second grade. We walked

to the public library and enjoyed a STEM project. We were given the challenge of creating a bridge

using only newspapers and strings and then stacked books on our bridge to test its strength. Some of

our bridges held over 100 books! In math we are continuing to add and subtract two and three digit

numbers, telling time to 5 minutes, fractions, and counting money with quarters and dollars. We en-

joyed extra fun math and group activities for our Hundredth day of school. We are working on Opin-

ion writing in our Writer's Workshop as well as writing friendly letters. We interviewed and wrote

about a friend while studying friendship during Valentine's Day. We are working our reading fluen-

cy by decoding faster, figurative language using similes and idioms, and playful language by the

author to understand meaning. In science we are studying animal habitats and animal groups.

First Grade Happenings by Ms. Clements & Mrs. Koenig

First graders are looking forward to Read Across America Week.

My favorite Dr. Seuss character is ……….

Arizona- Cat in the Hat because I

like cats. They are cute and cuddly.

Rowan- The Grinch because at the

end of the story he gave back the

gifts that he stole.

Behr- Max because he is a dog.

Cayden- The Grinch is my favorite

because he steals presents, even the

kids’ candy canes. The Grinch is so

funny and scary, but not to me.

Ellie- Cat in the Hat because I like

cats.

Arturo- The Lorax is my favorite be-

cause I like the movie.

Izabella- Cat in the Hat because he

is fun.

Michael- Thing 1 and Thing 2 because

they are cute.

Dawson- The Grinch.

Aili- The Grinch because he is green.

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Volume 3, Issue 6

Third Grade Happenings by Mrs. Louis

February has brought warmer weather and bigger smiles in

third grade! Many of our third graders have commented on

how “hot” it is outside and have asked the looming question,

“Do we HAVE to wear our coats outside today?” This new energy has helped

push us along in our classroom work, as well! We have been continuing to

work on building fluency with multiplication and division through 12 as well

as writing and completing our own story problems. Another exciting thing in

our room is the flexible seating we have been trying out in our room. Many stu-

dents prefer to sit on the floor, on a stool, on a rug, or at a shortened table to do

the best work they can instead of at their traditional desks. A few friends and

family donated some money to our classroom so that we can get some addi-

tional new seating options! They have been shipped and are on the way here,

which is very exciting! Thank you so much for the continued support of our

school and students!

Happy February! Our students have gotten off to a great start in this sec-

ond semester, and they have been up to many different things. In math, we have

been exploring two-step word problems and are developing strategies to make

these types of problems easier to solve. In addition, we are keeping our math

facts fluent by practicing them on Reflex Math.

In Writer’s Workshop, we have begun a new unit on opinion writing.

Each student has chosen a topic or issue that they would like to persuade others

about- we’ll see in a few weeks how convincing our students are! We are div-

ing deeper into our Reader’s Workshop as we discuss the characters of our sto-

ries and their values. We also love reading with our 1st grade buddies in Mrs.

Koenig’s classroom every Friday- it is a special treat!

Lastly, please remember to keep washing your hands

and drinking lots of water as we brave our way through this

cold and flu season. Keep yourself healthy- thank you!

Third Grade Happenings by Mrs. Green

Fourth Grade Happenings by Ms. Harrington & Mrs. Shipley

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As we head into March we are looking forward to the

warmer weather! We will continue our non fiction unit

on the American Revolution in Reading and writing

about the Revolution in Writing. In math we will be

moving into our unit on measurement. In Science, we

will continue our unit on the Human Body and in Social

Studies we will continue learning about the fur trade

era in Wisconsin. We will then discover Wisconsin’s

push towards statehood.

Fifth Grade Happenings by Mrs. Schroeder

What the Flag Means to Me

Our flag means a lot to me because it represents our freedom, justice and

liberty. At many sporting events we honor our flag and at school we honor our

flag. We should always honor our flag even if we aren’t near it.

If you are asking yourself why? That’s because people risk their life for our

freedom, justice and liberty. This is why we should always honor our flag.

We should also respect our flag because what if we didn’t have freedom

there would still be slaves. Do you think it would be fun to be a slave? I don’t

think it would be fun at all.

If you were the one who owned the slaves …well that would just be mean. It

would also be unfair to the slaves, because you are making them do your work.

The flag is special to me because we have freedom and rights unlike some

people that do not.

I took first place in an essay contest for Richland County and I got to read it on the radio at WRCO!

By: Reanna Schauer