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Mathoween

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TCU Dance Performance for all grades 10:30-11:30 

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TCU Reading Frogs at TCU 9:00-11:00  

October 27, 2011

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Carbohydrates, Sugar and Your Child 

Carbs are a necessary part of a healthy diet.  What is confusing is that some carbs are better than others, and it's very important the typical added sugar be limited.

Click on this link for answers to the mystery about carbs:

Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Your Child 

 
Parenting Class 
The Family Resource Center at Riverside will host a parenting class in English that starts Wednesday, November 2!    The program is  held during the morning hours of 9:30-10:30 a.m.  The best news is that the program will be  free to our FWISD families!  The Boys and Girls Clubs will facilitate the program and teach parents the Positive Action program.  The program will provide information that has been proven to be very beneficial in helping parents help their children grow to become positive thinking, positive acting, healthy and responsible adults.
 

TCU Reading Frogs

Students are invited to meet and read with the TCU Reading Frogs at the "Fall in Love with Reading Festival" on Saturday, November 5, from 9-11:00 a.m.  The event will be held at the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility on the TCU Campus.  There will be special prizes and free eye exams, as well as free books for kids ages 4-11 years old.  For more information, call 817-429-4024 or visit www.scoreagoal.org.

 

Yummy Snack

Pumpkin Seeds!
Fall means pumpkins, and pumpkins mean pumpkin seeds!

Place seeds on a cookie sheet and brush or spray with olive oil.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper (other spices work, too).
Place in oven, 300 degrees for 20-30 minutes (until golden brown).
Enjoy!
 

The Fix-It-Up Club

We tightened another table for Joey.

We took a pencil sharpener off the wall for Joey.

We fixed Donnette's bird house.

We cleaned two rain barrels. They are for sale. Do you want a rain barrel for $60? (They cost $105 at Marshall Grain)

We assembled a broken chair.

We  took a chain off of Todd's bike.

We did some research on sewing machines. We want to sell one of them. Do you want a sewing machine? They are $100?  Please contact

[email protected]  

if you have any things you need fixed up. Bring your items to room 2 on Friday mornings.

 
Terrific Thursday
Hello, Carlson families!   This week Debbie's fourth grade class took care of hosting Terrific Thursday. The theme was "Halloween."  Thank you to the families of this fourth grade class, and especially to Christine Jones, for coordinating the whole thing.  Good job!
The next Terrific Thursday will be hosted by Michelle's fourth grade class on November 10, followed by Rosemary's class on December 1.
Have a happy Halloween, and "Dia de Los Muertos!"
Thank you all!
Wendy Valenzuela
 
Mathoween

"The 2011-2012 school year Mathoween will be taking place on October 28th from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the school.  Families have been invited to University Baptist Church's Trunk-or-Treat immediately following Mathoween.

 

Mathoween is like Halloween but math has taken over! This year, we'll have a math costume parade and contest!  All costumes have to be related to math and made by you!  We'll provide a rubric to guide costume creation. There will also be a scavenger hunt based on Alice Carlson's 20th year anniversary.

 

For more information, continue reading the Carlson Weekly, look for letters that will be sent home, and check our fifth grade blog at coyotepurple.blogspot.com."

 

Angelica Montano, Genesis Camargo, Wylan Kolts, and Mason Moreau

Mathoween Letters Committee
 

Carlson Teachers Win
Teaching Chairs
One of the secrets of our school's success is our exceptional teaching staff. This year we have much to celebrate. Congratulations to Genifer Best, winner of the 2011 Angela D. Paulos Chair for Teaching Excellence in Visual Arts, and Arthur Harris, winner of the Lockheed Martin Chair for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics. Genifer and Arthur are the sixth and seventh teachers on Carlson's staff to be awarded this prestigious honor. Congratulations!
 

Field Day Volunteers Needed
Field Day will be held on Monday, October 31, from 12:30-2:30.  Adrienne is still looking for a few volunteers, so please let her know if you are available to help out.
 
History Fair
Here are the winners of the 2011 History Fair. An asterisk denotes winners who will go on to compete at the FWISD History Fair on November 3.
Third Grade: Individual Exhibit
1st The Women's Suffrage Movement - Claire Brennan*
2nd Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream - Paloma Casanova
3rd Harriet Tubman's Lifetime of Changing Slavery - William Bumpas
4th tie Bloody Mary - Callie McMillan; Helen Keller's Life - Piper Short

Third Grade: Group Exhibit
1st Rosa Parks the Woman Who Changed Our Country - Nick Summers, Griffin Spencer, Claira Scott*
2nd Good Leader Martin - Karen Olivo, Katrina Quast
3rd The Wright Brothers - Xavier Willars, Henry Givens, Jacob Zavala
4th Helen Keller's Life - Kaylee Pena-Marosi, Olivia Roundtree, Whitney Kinnaman, Meredith Anderson, Anna Walker

Fourth Grade: Individual Exhibit
1st Scott Joplin The King of Ragtime - Clemon White*
2nd Sit-in How 4 Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down - Sarah Tyree
3rd Ulysses S. Grant - Archer Vaughn
4th Jackie Robinson - Matthew Sheffield

Fourth Grade: Group Exhibit
1st Jane Goodall - Grace Beaupre, Abby Spencer*
2nd William Travis - Gracie Jones, Olivia Martin
3rd Mother Teresa - Kennedy Walton, Brecklyn Walton

Fifth Grade: Individual Exhibit
1st The Model T and Henry Ford Revolutionizes the Auto Industry - Yi Bang Feng*
2nd Rosa Parks - Ella Wells
3rd Michelle Obama Mom-n-Chief - Bailey Robinson
4th Martin Luther King and His Fight for Civil Rights - Tyler Crouch
 
Fifth Grade: Group Exhibit
1st The Emancipation Proclamation The Tall Man's Decision - Abigail Tuttle, Madison Elias*
2nd Indians Invaded - Genesis Camargo, Crystal Rodriguez
3rd Germ Theory - Christian Avitia, Coby Rice
4th The Tragedy of 9-11 - Angelica Montano, Brianna Rodriguez

Third Grade: Documentary
1st Thurgood Marshall - Nikki Reyna, Bernadette Gonzalez, Rylee Elam
2nd Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the World - Ava Swinford, Chloe Robbins
3rd Henry Ford - Kyle Lehew
4th Amelia Earhart - Jacob Rodriquez

Fourth Grade: Documentary
1st Paul Revere - Macy Acuna-Taylor, Emma Henry, Emily Fowlkes
2nd Sam Houston - Andrew Branch
3rd An Gorta Mor "The Bad Life" - Keeli Carlton
4th What was the  Impact Cochise made? - Aviva Isgur, Jenna Mullender

Fifth Grade: Documentary
1st How the Railroad Revolutionized America - Allison Helt*
2nd Brown vs. Board of Education School Reform Through Integration - Ruby Clare Moore
3rd 9-11 Before and After - Evan Smith
4th tie Armenian Genocide - Anna Barnes; Texas Revolution - Michael Somerville

Third Grade: Performance
1st Ruby Bridges - Taylor Arnold, Maria Dorraj, Monique Perez

Fifth Grade: Performance
1st Pearl Harbor Plunge into WWII - Amanda Lovett, Seiler Nishimura*
2nd Napolean Bonapart - Austin Mar, Rafael Cocchi
3rd The Montgomery March The Revolutionary March of Reform - A'nya Ivory
4th Red Cross - Kayla Lehew
 

Upcoming Events

November7

Staff Development/Student Holiday

November 10

Glamourcraft- Make Up Picture Day

Terrific Thursday hosted by Michelle's Class

November 15

1st Grade to FW Zoo 

Visitor's Day 9:00 in Cafeteria

November 19

Park for the Arts 12:30

November 21-25

Thanksgiving Break