november, 2011 - Sunset Lakes Elementary

Sunset
Lakes
Elementary
Newsletter
18400 
 SW 25 th Street, Miramar, FL 33029.
754-323-7650. 




Sunsetakes.browardschool.com
www.SunsetLakesElem.com
Dates to Remember
October 31-November 18 Pasta for Pennies
Fundraiser
October 31-Novemer 10 Harvest Drive
Collection
November 15 Papa John’s Night
November 16 Talent Show (Parent
Night)
November 17 SAC Meeting 5:30p.m.
November 17 Report Cards Issued
November 21-25 Day Off
November 29 Field Trip Gr. 2
December 1 Barnes & Noble Night
December 2 Field Trip Gr. 4
December 7 Winter Music
Performance
December 8 Interims Go Home
December 9 Patriots Breakfast
December 12 Pre-K Field Trip
December 19-30 Winter Holiday
January 2, 2012 Students Return
M r . M a r c C h a r p e n t i e r , P r i n c i p a l
Mr. Paul Wilson, Asst. Principal
N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 1 1
Dear Parents,
Principal’s News
Calendar Change and Turkey Trot
Back in September, the School Board of
Broward County made a decision to
furlough all of its employees on
November 21st and 22nd. The result of
the impending furlough is that all
schools will be closed Thanksgiving
week. The students will return on
Monday, November 28. If you have any
questions, please call the main office at
754-323-7650.
On Friday, November 18, our students
will participate in our Annual Turkey
Trot. This mile long walk around Publix
Supermarket and the Sunset Lakes
Community Center, is part of a long
standing tradition at Sunset Lakes. The
students will participate as a group and
refreshments will be available
throughout the course. This event
promotes a healthy lifestyle among
students. We look forward to another
great event!
Have a great day!
Thank you,
ARRIVAL
&
DISMISSAL
Did
You
Know:
• To facilitate quick movement of the car line, all students should be completely prepared to exit the
vehicle as soon as the vehicle stops.
• For dismissal, please make sure you have a windshield sign visible with the names of all your children
displayed on your dashboard.
• If you have siblings to pick up, the older sibling should be seated with the younger sibling at dismissal
time.
• According to Broward County School Board Safety Guidelines, employees should not open the vehicle
doors.

Exciting News from the Media Center!!!
The media center now has e-Books for use by our
students and staff. These books are electronic versions
of books about 30 different countries. We are one of
the first schools in the county to add e-Books to our
collection and we are excited about the additional
means with which to share information with our
students. The books can be accessed and read online
either at home or at school in either an individual or a
read-aloud mode. Features on the pages allow for full-
page access, zooming in or out, thumbnail style,
turning pages, etc. We anticipate placing a link on the
Sunset Lakes website soon; however, you do not need
to wait until that is available.
To access the books, go to http://library.esebco.com.
The login is: sunsetlakes and the password is EAGLE
(all caps.) The student must then enter his 10 digit
student ID # and name. If you have questions about
this, please do not hesitate to call Ms. Bierwiler at the
school number, 754-323-7650. Let us know how you
like this new feature!!
Mrs. Bierwiler, Media Specialist
Sharing Bucketfilling Ideas
Counselor’s Corner
Bucket Notes
BAT II (Benchmark 1. Have each child write his Assessment or her name at the top of a Test) for 3
piece of paper and put it into a large bucket.
2. Pass the bucket around the room and have each child
pull the name of a classmate.
3. Have each student write
something nice about the person
whose name they pulled.
rd – 5 th grades will be Tuesday, November 29th –
Monday, December 3 rd . Please make sure your child has a good night’s sleep, a healthy breakfast
and arrives to school on time. Thank you for your cooperation!
This lesson comes to us from
Pamela VanderBee, a second-grade
teacher in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
She tells us that the last words in
her classroom each day are, “Go out
and fill a bucket!”
We’d love to share your
bucketfilling idea or ideas with our
readers.
Lesson #17, November 2009
Email us—
info@bucketfillers101.com
3. Collect the notes in the bucket and
Be sure to include:
read three or four to the class at
1.Your name, city and state
the end of the day.
2. Name of your school
3. Grade and subject you teach
4. Photo(s) (optional) that
illustrate your lesson(s)
4. Celebrate the reader and the
writer by having them sit together
as the note is read.
5. Encourage the chidren to share
their notes with their parents.
3 NOTES AND REMINDERS
Use this space to evaluate the lesson and/or summarize your preparations for it
rd & 4th Reading Reading Math Math
Grade Tues., 11/29 Wed., 11/30 Thurs., 12/1 Fri., 12/2 Mon., 11/3
© BUCKET FILLERS, INC. • www.bucketfillers101.com
(3 rd Grade Only)
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Science
Mrs.
Feinberg,
School
Counselor
IMPORTANT NOTICE
School begins at 8:00a.m. and ends at 2:00p.m. A
student is not to report to school before 7:30a.m.
Breakfast begins at 7:30a.m. Once a student has
eaten, he/she is to go to their designated area.
Reminder: There is no supervision before 7:30 a.m.
SUNSHINE CHILD CARE
Sunshine Child Care is providing Teacher Planning
Days, Holidays, Winter and Spring Camp 2011-
2012. Please see Sunshine Child Care desk for
registration or call at 954-236-8850.

Pre-K News
Pre-K has been learning about apples, fall/autumn, pumpkins, bats and spiders and had the opportunity to explore
some of these items. We enjoyed learning about Mr. B and sharing our Bears to our friends. Pre-K had a
wonderful time walking through the Cafeteria for the Storybook Parade. We are looking forward to the Turkey
Trot on Friday, November 18 th . We will be learning about the letters K, D, and F. In addition, we will be
discussing: being kind, helping each other, differences, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Thank you to all our
parents who have donated and/or volunteered so far this year.
Kindergarten News
The Kindergarten students were quite the little scientists this month. We learned all about the properties of water
and what’s the matter? Well... solid, liquid and gas of course! And then to expand our knowledge of animals we
discussed all about our new friend the “bat”. Did you know that they are the only mammals that can take flight?
But that’s not all. We learned about the hairy 8 legged arachnids too. Then we visited the Fairy Tale reading genre
and chose our favorite Fairy Tale character to represent during our Fairy Tale/Storybook Fall Festival celebration.
Mathematically we are getting the foundations of addition and subtraction off to a great start. We have been
learning about more and fewer. Fire safety is very important so the neighboring firefighters with their truck
zoomed by our school and spoke to our students about the fire safety rules. And of course, in the month of October
we celebrate Hispanic Heritage and learned several farm animal names in Spanish and performed the song for our
school friends. This was just perfect since we’re soon off to visit a local farm!
1 st Grade News
Autumn is here and we are “Falling” all over our books! First Grade students are on their way to earning Red,
White, Blue and Gold stars through Reading Counts. Encourage your child to read and take a test on the computer
every week. Also, all first grade students are now going directly to building 4 instead of the cafeteria. This is a
great opportunity for them to read a book for Reading Counts.
On November 17, we will have an amazing Science experience with High Touch - High. Our budding scientists
are very excited and will be eager to tell you all about what they learned. Contact your child’s teacher for further
information.
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Thank you for your continued support.
nd Grade News
We had a great time during our fall festival. The students looked amazing in their storybook character costumes.
The 2 nd grade teachers would like to thank all of the parents for their donations and all those parents who
volunteered to help make this day a success.
Second Graders continue to work hard and put forth maximum effort daily in order to achieve success. In the area
of reading, the students have been working on improving their reading skills by using various strategies when
reading. This past month we have focused on main idea and details, sequencing events in a story, as well as plot
development. Please continue to review these skills at home with your child when reading. This month we will
work on making inferences, cause and effect and author’s purpose. We also will continue to work on increasing
the student’s vocabulary to help increase their comprehension.
In math, the students continue to work on a variety of strategies to solve math problems. This month we will focus
on learning two and three digit addition with and without regrouping. We also will work on two and three digit
subtraction with and without regrouping. Please review these skills with your child at home.
We look forward to our field trip to the Miami Children’s Museum on November 29 th . You can pay for this trip
online or send in cash no later than November 15 th .

3 rd Grade News
This month the Third Graders have started collecting for the Harvest Drive. Please remember to help us provide
support to those who need it most. We are collecting the following House Supplies: paper towels, dish soap,
napkins, aluminum foil, and laundry detergent.
In our classes this quarter we have begun working on multiplication tables. The students will participate in timed
drills that are meant to provide practice and speed. The first few students to master this task will earn a reward
from his/her teacher. Please help your children practice their multiplication tables at home.
4 th Grade News
4 th Grade is working on narrative writing skills and literature based activities in class that enhance our curriculum
and making learning exciting and fun! This fall we worked on our “Teacher Creature Feature” in which we read
various books on a different type of teacher, created various projects related to our story, and teachers even dressed
up like the one from the book! In science we are learning about matter and in social studies we are soon to be
working on Early Florida Indian projects! We are soon to be heading to Billie Swamp Safari, too!
5 th Grade News
On September 17th the entire Fifth Grade class traveled to Junior Achievement World to participate in the JA
Biztown experience. The students had the opportunity to apply real-world math and reading skills as they
experienced a day in the life of a member of the JA Biztown community. Students played a variety of roles such as
mayor, DJ, attorney, banker, FPL worker, and Channel 10 news team member. The Fifth Grade Teachers would
like to thank our many volunteers for making this such a valuable learning experience for our students.

The 
 School Board of Broward County, Florida, prohibits any policy or procedure which results in
discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, marital status, race,
religion
or sexual orientation. Individuals who wish to file a discrimination and/or harassment
complaint 
 may call the Executive Director, Benefits & EEO Compliance at 754-321-2150 or Teletype
Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158.
Individuals with disabilities requesting accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) may call Equal Educational Opportunities (EEO) at
754-321-2150 or Teletype Machine (TTY) 754-321-2158.
Sunset
Lakes
Elementary
PTSA
News
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A message from your PTSA
It has been a very active year so far for your Sunset Lakes PTSA. We appreciate all the support from the
administration, the teachers, and the parent volunteers without whose help our goals could not be
achieved.
Our Spirit T-Shirts have arrived to rave reviews. Note that the T-Shirts were custom-ordered. Despite the
arrival of new students at our school and some late orders being placed, we feel every student who wanted
a Spirit T-Shirt was able to purchase one. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Special thanks go out to Mrs. Perlman, all the teachers, support staff, and the group of parent volunteers
who made Pinwheels of Peace Day a big success again this year.
The Adopt-A-Puppy fundraiser proved to be very successful. The top-seller was Kristin McLean from
Ms. Espinosa’s Kindergarten Class who was announced at the pizza party in October. We issued an
adoption certificate and a stuffed puppy to all those participants who sold 10 items or more. We would
like to thank all the parents, parent volunteers, and students for making this fundraiser successful and for
supporting our school.
Once again, our Galactic Book Fair, which was held during the week of October 17-21, was met with
excitement by students and teachers alike.
We had our first PTSA general meeting on October 19. All the SAC candidates were approved by the
members of the PTSA .
A Red Ribbon slogan contest ran from October 10-17. Mr. Charpentier and Mr. Wilson served as judges.
The winning class was Ms. Leonard’s Fifth Grade and the winning slogan, “Be Alert; Drugs Hurt”, was
displayed in the front of the school along the fence. Her class will receive an ice cream party as a reward.
We thank all students and teachers who participated in the contest.

September 2011 Patriot of the Month October 2011 Patriot of the Month
Cooperation Responsibility
Jayden Tamez Javier Orrego
Sebastian Suarez Joseph Pinelo
Shirin Azizinamini Gabriel Mateo
Jaeden Henry Samantha Ramirez
Sebastian Semanante Bianca Naranjo
Amara Greene Triton Wilson
Emily Barroso Jacob Yakubisin
Genesis Villalona Artayshia Melton
Lorenzo Pulmano Justin Lawson
Cameron Ipock Layla Lee
Abby Rios Leanna Rechards
Camila Marin Riley Ramon
Daniel Beesing Natalie Soterakis
Sabrina Gonzalez Andrea Hinds
Angelina Lopez Amaya Sukhlall
Elton Chen Gabriella Cianci
Logan Lee Samamtha Markowitz
Breanne Hasson Rochelle Casimir
Sofia Guerrero Jaiden Torres
Talia Rhodes Gavin Fleury
Priscilla Lozano Nicole Barroso
Natalia Perez Erica Torres
Tyler Venegas Imani Bodet
Alexiah Williams Krystena Ramsammy
Leah Kiliszek Aaron Nagel
Nicole Perez Mikael Labrador
Maria Victoria Navarro Abraham Lima
Amiyah Brown Alisha Mildort
Christina Garazi Sebastian Romney
Kevin Riobe Gabriela Ospina
Jose Padilla Jullio Delanoy
Robert Reyes Gabriella Hernandez
Meril Manoj Melisa Diaz
Mitchell Eggert Gabriel Widjaja
Emma Fermayer Melanie Pacheco
Kieren Martin Cassandra Dirskz
Kaitlyn Martinez Isabella Burgess
Victor Navarro Shelsa Menard
Shirley Wong Adriana Paz-Soldan
Brendan Reece Rawan Eldabbas
Julian Coronado Melody Fanfan
Valerie Martino Narvaez Markens Aris
Neckerson Montinard Annie Chen
Samuel Gonzalez Valeria Aguiar
Diego Juarez Junstin Venegas
Anayia Cornileus Natasha Batalla