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A Title 1 School Judy Center Partner JANUARY
2013
Principals News
Upcoming Events
       JANUARY 1/18 Schools Closed
Professional Development 1/21 Schools Closed
MLK Day 1/25 Report Card
Distribution 1/28 SIT Meeting 1/29 PAC Meeting
_at_ 600 1/31 PBIS Incentive P.J. Day
for Identified Students FEBRUARY
2/1 School Spirit/ Movie Night 2/4 PFY
Spring session begins 2/6 DNR Assembly Prek
thru 1st 2/12 PTA meeting/ 1st Grade
Showcase 2/12 Scholastic Bookfair open to
parents 4-6 pm -Media Center 2/12-2/14
Scholastic Bookfair in
the Media Center 2/18 Schools Closed
SES is Recognized at the January 9th Board of
Education Meeting Congratulations to Ms.
Carol Byerly, the recipient of the Shining Star
Award. Ms. Byerly is the coordinator of the PFY,
after school program. Her organization and
attention to detail does not go without notice.
Thank you for your contributions to SES!
Congratulations to Gracie Inzer, the recipient of
the "Hero" Student (Anti-Bullying Award) of the
Month. Gracie is a fourth grade student at SES
and takes an active role in bully prevention.
She was nominated by Alli Embert. Thank you for
your contributions to SES!
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AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
By Mrs. Hampton I am interested in
recognizing the creative and fabulous authors we
have at Sudlersville Elementary School. When a
teacher turns in an excellent student writing
sample to me, I plan to provide that student with
an Author of the Week certificate. I will also
include his/her name in our monthly newsletter as
an Author of the Week. Why is writing
important? It deepens our thinking and increases
our engagement with reading. A good writing
assignment will prompt students to think more
deeply about what they have learned. Writing a
book review, for example, forces students to
ready more thoroughly and critically. As an old
saying goes, How do I know what I think until I
see what I say? Additionally, writing gives
teachers a window into our students thinking and
learning. Students may make connections that
teachers themselves may have not made. Teachers
can also discover what confuses students.
Writing assignments provide us with an
opportunity to teach students to organize ideas,
develop points logically, make connections,
elaborate ideas, argue points.all of which are
valued skills. Students remember what they write
about because writing slows thinking down and
requires careful, sustained analysis of a
subject. No matter how many years it has been,
most of us can remember some paper we have
written. Finally, writing is a skill that
must be practiced. We need to ensure that our
SES students are writing regularly and getting
regular practice. It is our responsibility to
make sure students are thinking and writing
clearly. I cant wait to see the writings from
our Authors of the Week!!!!
Not pictured are Devon Yoder, D.J. Boyles,
Kassidy Atherholt, Mackenzie Rodriquez, Abby
Blackiston
CONGRATULATIONS TO Nathan Johnston Jeraldy
Elizondo Alexis McKenzie DJ Boyles
Austin Cook Natalie Seward Mackenzie
Rodriques Daniel Hernandez Kassidy Atherholt
Aaron Buellis MacKenzie Ebling Kaiden
Minnick Devon Yoder Abby Blackiston
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Grade 2 News
Pre-K News
Kindergarten News
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a wonderful
holiday. To start off 2013, Mrs. Chances class
will be taking a pretend trip to Mexico. Her
class will be learning about the culture. Mrs.
Deans class will be focusing on the four
seasons. Her class will talk about the different
kinds of weather, learn how weather affects the
environment, and discover how and why the seasons
change. Both classes will continue to work on
sorting objects into categories, naming shapes,
recognizing written numerals, exploring addition
and subtraction with objects, identifying letters
of the alphabet, their sounds, and writing. This
is a wonderful time of the year to do some
sensory learning at home. For example, take a
cookie sheet and cover it with rice, shaving
cream, or sand. Have your child practice writing
their name, letters of the alphabet, numbers from
0-10, and shapes on the cookie sheet. This is a
great activity to help reinforce your childs
knowledge of letters, numbers, shapes, and their
name. If you have any questions or concerns
please feel free to contact us.   The Pre-K Team
Just when you think you have a minute to breathe
its back to the grindstone. We hope you had a
wonderful break. Are you making sure your child
is reading every night? We cant stress enough
the importance of this nightly task. Its good
for you to read to them too. Make it fun. New
Year already? Happy 2013! Unit themes we will
cover this next marking period are Economics,
Physics (Heat and Light), adding and subtracting
with double digit numbers and writing opinions.
All of the students are working hard and making
progress. The second half of the year will be
more challenging as we prepare the children for
third grade. Respect, responsibility and the
Golden Rule are important characteristics to
teach the children. Treating others the way you
want to be treated is the key to a well
functioning society. Talking to your children and
modeling good behavior will go a long way towards
making them really good citizens. Your second
grade team is always here for you. If you have
any questions or concerns, please contact us.
Report cards will be sent home on January 25th. 
For the first marking period, parent conferences
were held to discuss the information on the
report card.If you would like to discuss any
information on your child's report card, please
contact your child's teacher and we will arrange
time to discuss any questions or concerns you may
have about your child's progress.  For the next
marking period, we will be working on reading and
comprehending what has been read.  When you read
with your child make sure you discuss events that
occur in the story, who was in the story, a
problem in the story and how it was resolved. New
reading logs will be sent home at the beginning
of the new marking period.  Be sure to record, on
the log,  the books you read with your child so
your child can receive an award at the end of the
next marking period. Happy New Year! The
First Graders are working hard in Literacy
Block, please continue to have them read daily
and complete their reading logs. In Math we are
beginning Topic 7 on Counting and Number Patterns
to 120. We have begun our unit on Earth Science
and in Social Studies we are learning about land
and water. In Language Arts we are becoming good
writers. Please encourage your child to write as
often as possible, using correct capitalization,
spacing and punctuation. Our class books have
arrived and will be presented on February 12,
2013 at the PTA Meeting/First Grade show case
night. ( If you ordered a book they will be given
to students that night after the show
case). Thank you for all of your support! First
Grade Team
Grade 1 News
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Grade 3 News
Reading Situation When student is reading orally
they seem to not understand the text. Suggested
Strategies for Parents Encourage silent
reading before oral reading. Allow students to
practice with alone or with a partner before
reading-aloud.
Reading Situation Child is able to recognize
words but has poor comprehension. Suggested
Strategies for Parents Have students predict
what the story will be about or what they will
learn. Make sure the students think about what
they already know (access their prior knowledge)
before reading. Model the think aloud strategy
to show that you reflect as you read.   Reading
Situation Your child lacks confidence as a
reader. Suggested Strategies for Parents Use
books that students CAN read and are
interesting. Use predictable and fun books. Take
your child to the local library and check out
books that he or she likes.   Reading
Situation Your child has difficulty recognizing
words in the text or story. Suggested Strategies
for Parents Encourage your child to predict
what would make sense. Start with beginning
sounds and then go to rhyming patterns to
facilitate understanding. Have the student look
for parts of words that he or she already knows.
Jamming January 2013 Happy New Year! We
hope that you are staying warm and using the
inside time as a chance for your child to read
as well as complete the weekly reading logs.
Thanks to all the parents/ relatives who
chaperoned for our field trip in December it was
a very enriching, exciting trip! Also, many
thanks to those who donated and helped with our
first annual holiday brunch ? January is a busy
month! Schools will be closed for professional
development on Friday, January 18th, 2013 and
closed for Martin Luther Kings birthday on
Monday, January 21st, 2013. Third grade
quarterly reading testing will occur the week of
January 21st, 2013 and Math Quarterlies will be
administered the week of January 25th, 2013. We
will end the month with report cards being
distributed. Below, you will find some reading
situations that you may find helpful and some
suggested strategies to try at home. These
strategies were found in A Quick Reference Guide
to Teaching Strategies By Dr W. Dorsey Hammond a
well renowned Education professor at Salisbury
University. We hope these are useful to you.
Thanks as always for your support.
Grade 4 News
We have started the new Math log to accompany
Math homework.  Our goal with this new log is to
help increase automatic recall of multiplication
and division facts with all our students before
they move on to 5th grade. Please continue to
check agendas.  We do record homework and
important information in them nightly.  Thank
you to all the wonderful parents who volunteered
time for the holiday parties. 
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Health Room
must take the medication for 24 hours before
returning to school. Also, your child should not
return to school for 24 hours after having
diarrhea and or vomiting. These guidelines are
in place to protect all students and staff. Im
sure we all agree that students need to be in
school to achieve optimal learning. However, in
order for our children to perform well and do
their best at school they need to be feeling well
and be healthy. Stay healthy.  
Guidance
Since the cold and flu season is upon us here
are some tips that will help keep respiratory
infections from spreading. Practicing good
respiratory manners such as covering your nose
and mouth with a Kleenex or your inner elbow
every time you sneeze or cough, placing used
Kleenex in the trash , and washing your hands
frequently will help prevent the spread of these
illnesses from person to person. Simple tips to
follow to help prevent illnesses are as follows
1. Keep your hands away from your eyes, nose,
and mouth. 2. Do not share food, utensils,
beverage containers, straws, pens, or make-up. 3.
Avoid close contact with people who are ill if
possible. If you or your child becomes ill 1.
Get plenty of rest. 2. Drink plenty of fluids
such as water, juice, Gatorade, and popsicles.
3. Eat some chicken soup or warm soup. 4.
Saline nose drops might help. Get advice from
your physician regarding any over the counter
medications. Call your physician if you or your
child should develop a fever, rash, thick
secretions, or a bad cough. When the colds come
sometimes the cough soon follows. The Board of
Education has a strict medication policy which
limits the use of cough drops in school ( due to
the active ingredients they contain they are
considered a drug). Ludens is the only brand of
cough drops which can be given at school with a
parent permission note only. All others require
a written order from your health care provider in
addition to a parent permission note. Here are
some guidelines to follow regarding student
illnesses Students must be fever free for 24
hours without the aid of fever reducing
medication, in order to return to school. If
your child receives an antibiotic for strep
throat, pink eye, or another contagious illness,
they
Recent school violence has triggered some
concerns among families, staff and students.
Here are some quick tips to help your child feel
safe and secure in their surroundings. Talk about
the event but dont dwell on it. Children know
when something has happened and if you dont tell
them, others will. Watch for signs of anxiety or
fear. (i.e. change in sleeping, not wanting to
come to school, eating habits change) If they are
present, encourage them to talk about it. Monitor
the amount of news coverage that is watched. The
news can be overwhelming for anyone. Be aware of
your anxiety about the situation and how that may
affect them. We are all human and nothing is
more important than the safety of our
children. Tell them that trustworthy people are
in charge and will keep them safe. This message
is so important and should be repeated often.
Police will be around more often and drills will
be practiced more. This will become more routine
with practice. If you child is showing and signs
of difficulty as a result of the Newtown tragedy,
please dont hesitate to call me and Ill be
happy to help in any way. Mrs. Webster  
Sudlersville Elementary School Has a Carson
Scholarship Nominee We are very proud of Abigail
Blackiston, Carson Scholar nominee from
Sudlersville Elementary School. The Carsons
Scholars Fund awards 1,000 to students in grades
4-11 who excel academically and are dedicated to
serving their communities. Scholarship winners
receive the honor of being named "Carson
Scholars" and are awarded with an Olympic-sized
medal and a trophy for their school to celebrate
their accomplishments. Abigail will represent
SES well! Congratulations and good luck,
Abigail! http//carsonscholars.org
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Math Matters
Home-School Connection There are many ways to
practice fractions at home with your child. Get
beyond slicing a pizza into equal parts and think
of other activities to do with your child. Divide
a large pile of objects (cereal, plastic animals,
blocks, etc.) equally into 4 piles to illustrate
one-fourth. Recombine the group to divide into
other fractions. Get out the measuring cups and
spoons!  Let your child play with them in the
bath to experience one-half cup or one-third
teaspoon. Fold a piece of paper into halves, and
then into halves again with your child. Open it
up to show the division of fourths. Count the
rooms in your house and make some fraction facts
about them.  One-half of the rooms have windows.
One-third of them have pillows. While in the car,
mark the passing of time with fractions.  "We are
one-third of the way there." "It will take us 20
minutes to get to the library." "In how many
minutes will we be half-way there?
To understand fractions, students must be able to
partition a whole into equal portions and
understand how the portions are related to the
whole. Students as young as grade 1 are asked to
partition circles and rectangles into 2 and 4
equal shares and name them with words like half
and fourths or quarters. In general, students
understand fractions of whole geometric regions
before they understand fractions of sets of
objects or fractions of numbers. Fractions are
also represented on a number line. Students in
grade 3 and up are expected to partition and
label the spaces between whole numbers using
fractions and measure partial increments.
Students must also understand how fractional
quantities are symbolized mathematically. So, in
the fraction a/b, b (the denominator) denotes how
many equal parts are in the whole, and a (the
numerator) denotes how many equal parts are in
the fractional quantity specified by a/b. This
type of labeling of fractions using number
representation is expected in grade 3 and up.
Another essential idea in understanding
fractions is equivalent fractions. Two fractions
are equivalent if they specify the same quantity.
For example, 3/4 and 6/8 are equivalent because
they specify the same amount of shading of the
whole.   Fractions can also be compared and
ordered. Students in grades 3 and up are asked
to compare fractions with the same numerator, the
same denominator by using reasoning.   By grade
4, students are expected to add and subtract
fractional amounts and solve problems using
fractions.   Why does my child need this
skill? Knowledge of fractions is needed to cook,
measure for home-improvement projects, calculate
sales prices, understand taxes and earn a living
in an increasingly technical work
world.Fractions are also used in music and
medicine. Even simple sharing involves
fractional concepts!
Common Core Update At the end of January, your
child will take the benchmark assessment for the
second time. We will look at the progress that
students are making on grade level math concepts.
We will be able to directly compare the fall
score on this assessment to the mid-year score.
This data will help us address strengths and
weaknesses in math instruction. It also helps us
see which students are in need of assistance with
math concepts. Students will take this benchmark
again in the late spring as a way to see progress
in the entire year of math instruction. We
expect that at least 80 of our students will
learn 70 or more of the math concepts for their
grade level. Standard of Mathematical Practice
4- Model with Mathematics This math practice
asks students to make a mathematical model of a
real-world math situation. They need to decide
what numbers and what operations may help them
solve a problem. They also need to think about
the reasonableness of their solution and
understand what their solution represents.
Students also need to think about what strategies
or tools may help them represent and solve the
problem. Example-There are seven bananas on the
counter. You eat three. How many bananas are
left? Students are expected to know that this is
a subtraction situation and show 7-34 to
represent the situation. They may need to act
out the story, use counters, number lines or
other manipulatives to solve the problem. In
the same way, students should be able to tell a
math story given a number sentence. For
example, when given an equation like 2x612, they
should be able to say, There are 2 rows of six
eggs in the carton. The total number of eggs in
the carton is 12 or a dozen. Content-
Fractions Fractions are numbers that express a
quantity, often a part or portion of a whole.
Americanism Essay Contest By Michele
Hampton Students in grade 3-8 were provided the
opportunity to enter an essay contest sponsored
by the American Legion. The topic for the essay
is, "What Freedom Do I Enjoy the Most?"
Sudlersville Elementary School had two entries.
Emily Short, Alli Embert, Jeraldy Elizondo,
Ashlynn Kunes and Alex Simonetti chose to
participate. This contest is voluntary and
students chose to participate or not. The entries
will be judged against other students in the
county who participated. Good luck to our
participants! I appreciate their enthusiasm.
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Reading
Parent Involvement
Eagle Squad
Congratulations to Mrs. Annette DiMaggio who
was nominated for the Maryland Parent Involvement
Matters Award (PIMA) for Sudlersville Elementary
Title I School. She is being nominated for her
efforts in organizing and managing the Backpack
Fridays Program for our students. There will be
a winner selected from all the entries to
represent Queen Annes County and also one
selected to represent the state in the spring.
Thank you and good luck Mrs. DiMaggio!   I have
been meeting with parents of Kindergarten and 1st
grade students who were unable to attend the
Reading and Math event held for them in November
2012 to review the take home packet from our
Reading and Math Specialists and the Judy Center.
The packet includes resources to use at home
with your students. If you are a parent of a
Kindergarten or 1st grade student and you have
not received one and would like to do so, please
contact me and I will meet with you.   There
will be a PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) meeting
on January 29th at 600 p.m. Any parent
interested participating is invited to attend. A
notification will be sent home. Please
RSVP.   Looking ahead we are having the very
popular Math Event at the Millington Food Lion
again on March 26th. Look for more information
to be sent home soon! Elaine Butler, Parent
Coordinator x248
The Importance of Sight Words in Becoming a
Fluent Reader Reading is all about understanding
what we read. This understanding is dependent on
the rapid, automatic, and effortless recognition
of words. If children are to read and write
fluently with comprehension and meaning, they
must be able to automatically read and spell the
most frequent words. Readers need to recognize
each word as quickly and effortlessly as possible
so that they can pay attention to the more
mentally demanding task of understanding what
they are reading. As children learn to recognize
and automatically spell the most frequently
occurring words, all their attention is freed for
decoding and spelling less frequent words and
more importantly, for comprehending what they are
reading. 13 words account for approximately 25
of all words in school texts 109 words account
for 50 of the words in school texts the first
300 sight words make up about 65 of all written
material It is important for you to practice
these sight words with your child on a regular
basis. You can just google The Dolch List
and you will find a list of high frequency words
from early first grade through grade 3. Start
practicing these sight words beginning with your
Pre/K and Kdg. students.
Sudlersville Elementary School Eagle Squad To
Perform for SVFD Ceremony The SES Eagle Squad
has the honor of opening the ceremony for
installation of 2013 officers of the Sudlersville
Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday, January
19, 715 pm. SVFD organizer, Pam Wise, said, We
are excited that the SES Eagle Squad can join us
to make the presentation of colors so special for
our installation ceremony. Eagle Squad
students will feature two new maneuverstwirling
arms and reverse arms. Sergeant-at-Arms Josh
Mussetter and student instructor Audrey Karbaum
helped lead drill team practices so the squad
would be ready for their January performance.
Eagle Squad members include Alyssa Apple, Will
Brown, Bradley Davis, Savannah Fritzsche, Peyton
Gestole, Levi Lofland, Mackenzie Rodriguez,
Trenay Wigfall, Brooke Garcia, Kiara Hohrein,
Armando Macario-Galan as well as Josh Mussetter
and Audrey Karbaum.

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Media News
Our school will be participating in the Delmarva
Shorebirds "Hit the Books" reading program again
this year. The students will be receiving a
bookmark with a letter explaining the program.
Please ask your child for the letter and
encourage them to participate. The Scholastic
Bookfair will be set up in the Media Center
during February 12th, 13th ending on the 14th.
This bookfair will raise money to buy more books
to support the Common Core Curriculum.
"KISS" (Kids Inviting Someone Special) is the
theme for the bookfair. Invitations will be sent
home with your child inviting someone special to
come and shop with them. If you have any
questions please call Mrs. Embert at
410-438-3164. Happy Reading!!!!
The Judy Center Partnership News The Judy
Centers mission is that all children enter
school ready to learn and that families provide
the foundation for childrens success. We provide
support to the pre-k and Kindergarten classrooms
by purchasing materials of instruction, providing
professional development and social-emotional
lessons. Parent involvement is a key factor to
your childs success in school. We offer many
parent workshops as well as family involvement
activities throughout the year. Please watch the
school calendar for upcoming events and join us!
We have a parent workshop on January 24th, 2013
from 530 p.m. 730 p.m. Read and Rise workshop
and the topic is Telling Our Stories. The
message to our children is, by sharing my
stories, I prepare my child for reading,
learning, and life! Dinner will be provided and
there will be activities for the children. This
workshop is being offered free of charge to
children under 6 and their families. Look for a
flyer to come home soon!
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR! Please join us for the
Scholastic Book Fair on February 12-14th in the
Media Center. It will be open to parents on
February 12th from 4-6 pm.
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Students of the MonthCongratulations to the
Students of the Month for the month of December.
Caring was the Character Counts Pillar for the
month. A big cheer for these outstanding students
who were recognized for their outstanding
behavior!!!
Cameron Torres Pre-K Mrs. Chance
Jennifer Chavez Pre-K Mrs. Dean
Kaylee Leager Pre-K Mrs. Dean
Kayla Meyers K Mrs. Nuse
Estefani Nolasco K Mrs. Beres
Dalana Skinner K Ms. Landgraf
Madison Cunningham K Mrs. Munson
Keegan Cardoza 1 Mrs. Bennett
Lacey Hughes 1 Mrs. Davis
Nathaniel Gross 1 Mrs. Darling
Jordanna Al Atiyyat 2 Mrs. Troyer
Kailee Reed 2 Mrs. Eber
Kayla Hughes 2 Mrs. Kane
Jazmin Elizondo 3 Mrs. Bildstein
Parker Dalrymple 3 Mrs. Leventhal
Peyton Gestole 3 Mrs. Thren
Kara Jones 4 Mrs. Settelmaier
Brooke Garcia 4 Mrs. Comegys
Gracie Inzer 4 Mrs. Rosendale