Week of April 1st-5th

Take time for class meetings, character development and other activities that support educating our students and supporting their growth as individuals! 

National School Library Month

Tuesday, April 9: National Library Workers Day, a day for library staff, administrators, and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. Please thank Mrs. Browne and recognize her for all that she does for ourMarkham family.

Staff Shout Outs-Timberwolf "howl"

Melissa Mainini: For handling all the change and challenges in her classroom with grace and patience. Melissa is always willing to try new things for the benefit of her students.

The amazing office staff: Thank you for being so flexible with my sudden absence.

 Volunteers: I would like to thank the 5th grade and 4th grade classrooms who volunteered their time and students to be communication peer models. As Developmental Disabilities Month comes to a close, I have had the pleasure of speaking with students and teachers who are excited to help and learn from students with communication differences. #neurodiversity

Melissa Mainini: Thanks for being a great VTA rep partner! I would not be able to survive at this position by myself! Thank you for always sending out the meeting notes. 

Anna Campos: She is been endlessly ELPAC testing and subbing. One of Markhams Stars!

Chelcy:  She is a great advocate for her students, and she cares so much!

Jose and Samantha: for always being available to help and answer questions! :)

Jessica Cano: Jessica is open to ideas and suggestions. It is a joy to watch her grow as a teacher!

Sunshine: Great job preparing and hosting Marcela's baby shower!

Kathy Vough: for being such a warm and caring person. We are lucky to have you.

Gina:  She has spent endless hours on Elpac testing and gathering the follow up information on our reclassified students!

Ana Hernandez: Even though Ana is a very experienced teacher, she continually is searching for innovative plans and ideas to bring something fresh and new into her teaching. It is motivating and inspiring to watch her at work with her students and keep refining her craft. The Markham community is fortunate to have her as one of its teachers.

Admin and office staff:  Thank you all for working together to help Iván with the proposal surprise last Friday!

My Kinder/TK team: I love you all! Thanks for being wonderful. I'm going to miss you so much!

Gina Kiefer:  Ms. Gina is new to my TK class, bit she hasn't missed a beat! She fits right in and works extra time on most days. She is also a wonderful resource for anyone looking for help with a behavior intervention. Thanks Gina for being such a wonderful addition to Markham!

Important Dates... check out the yearlong calendar by clicking HERE

Mon. Apr. 1	Tues. Apr. 2	Weds. Apr. 3	Thurs. Apr. 4	Fri. Apr. 5
	Jepson visit (Lander & Ceja) @ 9:15am GOTR @ 2:40 Art Smart @2:40	PTO Board Meeting 6 p.m.	Cano & Romo on Fieldtrip Guerrero Fieldtrip Jepson Visit (Mainini, Vanhoy & O'Rear) @ 9:15 Spiritwear Sale Begins!	Jones Fieldtrip PTO Paint Night @ 5pm
Mon. Apr. 8	Tues. Apr. 9	Weds. Apr. 10	Thurs. Apr. 11	Fri. Apr. 12
	Muffins with Mom day 1 8am GOTR @ 2:40	Muffins with Mom day 2 8am PTO Dine & Donate at Villa Corona - 4-7 p.m.		AR Breakfast

PBIS WORLD- Great Resources for Tier 1,2 & 3 Interventions Click here for more resources

Hello from the PTO!

We have a few members of our Markham Family who are struggling right now and could use our help.  A meal train has been set up for Sally Poe, who is battling cancer.  You can follow this link to sign up.  https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/y27wnk?fbclid=IwAR32KWXjnX0gIl_uTIGwJSq64RDBK95hAdJxjuHmgH30sahypXXAOJpjIZQ

Also, Ryley Hampton, who is in First Grade, is battling leukemia.  A Go Fund Me has been established for her family, to assist them as they spend time supporting her treatment.  You can follow this link to help: https://www.gofundme.com/ryley039s-warriors?fbclid=IwAR2Df2Ip-Uju_lZFUS6TgrxIhQ-EOJCWtoq6b5qLmUl7B7MgRwkQ3kAfAp8

Our next board meeting is this Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Room 9.  The agenda is posted in the bulletin board.  We hope you will consider joining us.  Among other things, we will be discussing fundraising for next year.  We would love your ideas!

We will be launching our Spring Spiritwear sale on April 4th.  We will collect orders through April 12th, and expect orders to be back right after Spring Break.  If you have not yet taken advantage of your 10% first order discount, please do so when you place your order.  Also, please be sure to turn in all orders to the office when you receive them.  We had some very disappointed people during our last sale, because their orders were not turned in and they did not receive their items, and we would love to avoid that this time around.

Speaking of flyers and fundraisers, the PTO would appreciate it tremendously if you could timely distribute items that we attempt to send home.  Please let us know if there is a best day to give flyers to you for distribution, or if there is a "submit by" date within your classroom to ensure that flyers go home.

We still have LOTS of school supplies, so if you are starting to think about stocking up for next year, we have erasers, pencils, spiral notebooks, scissors, crayons, markers, pencil sharpeners and rulers.  We'd love to get these out of storage and into your hands so that you can stock your classrooms.  We have some glue sticks, but very few.

The PTO's Recycle for Reading Program has raised over $523.00!  All proceeds are given to the library to purchase books.  Special thanks for Sal Lucido for his tireless volunteer work in sorting our recycling, and for his passion for the program, as well as to the parent volunteers and board members who turn in the recycling each month during their weekends.

Dia del Nino is set for April 30th.  Kids will enjoy inflatable slides, an inflatable obstacle course, bounce house, otter pops, music, and other activities during their lunchtime recess.  We will be sending a flyer home about this event, and are hoping to get parents to volunteer.  The more volunteers we have, the more activities we can have available for the kids!

Our Multicultural Festival is on May 3rd.  We would like to hear from you!  Please COPY and PASTE link into your browser to participate in a Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/poll/gztpp4b36hgbp6ne  and tell us what you would like this event to be!  Ideally, we would love to receive your responses by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3RD, so that we can discuss at our board meeting.  The poll will close on Friday, April 5th.

Have a great week!

Kim & the PTO Team

MATH Interactive Tool!

Interactive Math Tool- Here is an online tool that might be useful. It lists vertically all the standards so you can scroll through and see how different concepts are articulated through the grade levels and exactly how standards build throughout the grade levels.

http://www.mathcoachinteractive.com/mci_common_core.php

MATH PROGRESSION VIDEOS

I encourage all elementary math teachers to check out Graham Fletcher’s website www.gfletchy.com It has great information including performance tasks and progression videos that show where the heart of understanding in certain math strands. From a vertical articulation standpoint it gives great information to educators on depth in certain grade levels.

The Progression of Multiplication (Progresssion Video)

The Progression of Fractions [Progression Video]

The Progression of Division [Progression Video]

The Progression of Addition and Subtraction [Progression Video]

The Progression of Early Number & Counting (Progression Video)

BETTER LESSON- Science, Math, ELA and more

Visit the website www.betterlesson.com and see the plethora of free lessons in several content areas and grade levels for science (and other subjects too!)