Oh, you shouldn’t have…
Coming soon to Arno…
Dec. 10
Ad council 9:00
Board Meeting 7:00
Dec. 11
Pizza Lunch
Restaurant fundraiser
Dec. 12
PBIS meeting 7:45
XMAS Smalley 11:30
XMAS Pushman 1:15
Dec. 13
Safety Committee 9:30
Dec. 14
Early Dismissal 11:30
Dec. 17
Christmas sing-along 2:30
XMAS Schultz 12:20
XMAS Warneck 1:15
Dec. 18
Metro Parks Amonette
Choir Concert 6:30 APAC
Dec. 19
SIP Meeting 7:45
K to Marquis theater 9:00
XMAS Wesley 2:00
Dec. 20
XMAS Kalis 3:00
Dec. 21
1st to Henry Ford
PBIS Reward
Break begins end of day
Christmas Break Dec. 22-Jan 6
School Resumes Jan 7, 2019
Arno Vision
Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower
and inspire students to become collaborative learners
that strive for academic excellence-
(and clean the lounge)
The Best Staff Santa Has Ever Seen
Congrats Alex! Outstanding Educator
Congrats Heather! Support Personnel
From the PTA
This year we are holding a brand-new fundraiser at Five Below and just in time for the Christmas Holiday! This fundraiser will be held from December 14-16th from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Allen Park location. 10% of your total purchase will be donated BACK to Arno Elementary PTA! The flyer for this event will be sent home next week. Remember to bring the flyer that is being sent home to the event, so we can get credit for your purchase! Go grab your stocking stuffers and gifts folks!
Congratulations to our Founder’s Day Winners!
Business Partner: Awesome Audio Video Solutions
Support Personnel: Heather Manson
Outstanding Program: Fun Run
Distinguished Service Award: Julie Hegedus
Outstanding Educator: Alexandra Cervantes
Spirit wear orders will be arriving around December 17th just in time for Christmas. They will be sent home with your littles so keep a look out!
Calling all Dads!!! We are looking to add as many “dad” memberships to the PTA! Dads, stepdads, uncles, grandfather etc. ALL count! To join the ARNO PTA please visit https://arnopta.memberhub.store/shopping/categories/2860 OR submit a completed membership form along with the $7 membership fee to the ARNO office.
**When you join the PTA before December 28th 2018 each new “dad” membership will be entered to win a free couples entry to the Mother/Son night or Daddy/Daughter Dance.**
Congratulations to all our Reflections Winners! We had an amazing group of students this year! An invitation to the District wide celebration will be sent home in January.
Primary pre-K to 2nd
Literature:
Gabriel Minton Mrs. Watson
Brady Proctor Mrs. Watson
Visual Arts:
Nina Hegedus. Mrs. Martinchick
Landon Yuhaz Mrs. Martinchick
Music Composition:
Leyla Franklin Mrs. Schultz
Intermediate: Grades 3-5
Literature:
Ava Proctor Mrs. Smalley
Alle Bailey Mrs. Smalley
Five Below PTA Fundraiser
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Safeties of the Month
Congratulations to November’s Shining Stars!
Christmas Sing-Along
We will gather everyone in the gym on Dec. 17th at 2:30 for the Christmas sing-along as Jeff and Todd lead us in Christmas cheer.
Helping Students Own Language
This is a great resource from Oakland Schools detailing helping students through word study, vocab, and grammar instruction
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0iwooWNmHgReUNJOE5VRnFCMVk/view?ts=583a422a
Time to pack for Kalahari
Please see the attached brochure for another Arno fundraiser at Kalahari Resort. Thanks to Rachel for setting this up again!
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Resources to help with differentiation…
http://www.fortheteachers.org/Graphics/Differentiation_Planning-31.png
Instructional Strategies...
Strategy Ideas:
 Determine if Students are Ready to Move On |
 Discuss & Examine Events, People, Concepts and Ideas |
 Put Students in Groups |
 Physical Activity Increases Engagement and Memory Retention |
 Opportunities for Students to Learn from Each Other |
 Make Activities and Materials More Simple or More Challenging |
 Students Discuss What They Think Based on What They’ve Learned |
 Record Info to Increase Understanding and for Later Reference |
Health Corner
Winter time brings some additional challenges to school aside from the cold weather. Below are a few reminders for helping our students to stay safe and healthy at school:
- Wash hands frequently — especially after using the restroom, coughing, or sneezing.
- Cover your cough — cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue.
- Encourage children to put hats and gloves into coat sleeves when hanging among others’ items.
Please report all cases of communicable illnesses or circumstances to our office when reporting your child’s absence.
** Students should be fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication before returning to school.
** Students who have been treated for head lice must have a head check in the office before returning to class, even if the head lice was discovered over the weekend.
By reporting these things to our staff, we can limit the spread of germs and other things. The two attachments contain additional information that may be helpful to you. Please know that information related to illnesses is kept confidential. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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Tech Time
18 Holiday Websites and 14 Projects For Your Students
Need a few websites to fill in sponge time? Here are Holiday websites that will keep students busy while teaching them:
- 12 Days of Christmas
- Christmas puzzles and games
- Christmas—history—fun video
- Gift Hunt–updated version of 12 Days of Christmas–just as much fun
- Holiday collection
- Holiday Crossword
- Holiday Elf Games
- Holiday music II–sing along with the music–the site provides the words
- Holiday—Design Gingerbread House
- Holiday—find the word
- Holiday—Math Facts
- Holiday—North Pole Academy
- Holidays around the world
- Holidays–various
- Penguin Show
- Phone call from Santa
- Santa Tracker
Here are some great projects to keep your children tech-involved over the holidays. They take lots of critical thinking, problem-solving, and are worth the effort! Let me know how these go:
- 16 Holiday Projects
- Holiday Newsletter
- A Holiday Card in KidPix
- A Holiday Memory in Word or KidPix
- A Holiday Letter for Grades 2-6
- Holiday Card in Publisher
- Holiday Flier in Publisher
- A Holiday Story in MS Word for Grades 2-7
- A Holiday Newsletter in Publisher for Elementary School
- A Holiday Calendar in MS Publisher for Elementary School
- NORAD Santa
- 5 Fabulous Last-minute Gifts
- Where’d Christmas Come From
- The Power of Symbols–What does the word ‘Turkey’ mean?
The Shortest Day of the Year
Good morning from chilly Paris Hill, Maine where my thermometer reads 11F, but it feels more like 0F. Not only is it going to be cold all day, it’s also going to be the day that we have the least sunlight all year. That is because today is the winter solstice.
Here’s a small collection of resources for teaching and learning about the winter solstice.
PBS Kids Nature Cat has a cute video that explains the basic concept of winter and summer solstice.
TIME recently published a video featuring “four things you probably didn’t know about the winter solstice.” Spoiler alert! You probably knew them, but the video will remind you about those things.
Mechanism Of The Seasons is a six minute video about why the length of daylight we receive in a location changes throughout the year. This video could be helpful in a flipped classroom environment.
Sixty Symbols offers an eleven minute video about equinoxes and solstices. It’s not a video that most kids will find engaging, but I’m including it because in it you can see a demonstration of how you can use the free Stellarium software in your lessons.
Programming With Santa
If you’re looking for an educational and Christmas-themed activity to do with your kids this weekend, take a look at Google’s Santa Tracker Code Lab. I learned about this neat resource this morning from Brian Aspinall and I spent a bit of time playing with it this afternoon.
Santa Tracker Code Lab has fourteen levels that kids can work through as they apply some basic programming concepts. The Santa Tracker Code Lab starts with simple skills like matching pieces to an outline before moving into programming a full animation with logic blocks similar to those that you might find in Scratch.
