McTeacher Night

Don't worry about cooking tomorrow night, Tuesday October 29th!
The Gardner Elementary teachers and staff will be "at your service" at the Waterloo McDonald's!!
Bring the family and see your child's teacher and Mrs. Ivers... you will be "lovin it" .... and also helping your child's school build teh education/technology fund for their classrooms!
The profit from last year's McTeacher Night ($800) went toward our new playground!

Red Ribbon Week

We see RED when we think of drugs!

say no to drugs!

Don't Forget to Wear Your CAP/ HAT tomorrow!

Red Ribbon Week

Don't forget this week is Red Ribbon Week!
Monday is wear RED day!  
(We see red when we think of drugs)

McTeacher's Night

Come in or drive thru McDonald's on Tuesday, October 29th and see some of your favorite Gardner team members working and waiting on you!

Staff members will be serving at the Waterloo McDonald's from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Gardner Elementary will receive 10% of the total sales.

See you there!

Math-a-Thon

Math-a-Thon for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is starting!
Please consider participating...get your permission slips in!
(We only have the printed funbook available - not the online funbook)

Here's the website that the video we watched on Friday talked about:
http://www.mathathon.org/games/index.shtml


On this wesite, you can plan math games for fun.  
There's also information about St. Jude, information for parents, and more!
Check it out!

The finished books and money collected are due Nov. 15

Rally for Bulldog Improvement (RBI)

A goal is something big that you want to accomplish.  It is something important to YOU.  It might be learning something new, stopping bad habits, or getting better at doing something that is hard for you to do.  A goal is something that is not always easy to reach, but it can be accomplished by making a plan and following steps to reach it.

Ice Cream treats on Friday to kick off RBI this schoolyear

This week the fourth and fifth graders at Gardner Elementary will set two goals for yourself.  One of the goals should be related to school.  The second goal can be another school related goal or a personal goal.  After they write their goals, we will think of steps they can take to reach each one.  Remember that BIG goals may take awhile to accomplish, and may take several steps.

Miss Liefer will keep a copy of the goals.  We will review them periodically and keep track of how we are doing.  

To earn RBI, we compare grade point averages.  We will add up your total percentage points for each subject and divide by four since there are four subjects.  In other words, the formula to earn RBI is 

First Quarter Grades: 

Literacy_____ + Math_____ + S. S._____ + Science_____ =

Total Percentage Points- First Quarter:________   

If you raise your total percentage points by 1 point each quarter, you will be rewarded!  (“A” students need to maintain their “A” average). 

Let's all Rally for Bulldog Improvement!  Let's get an RBI!

A Dictionary/Thesaurus of my very own!

Thank you so much to Miss Liefer's Great Uncle Joe in Oklahoma for sending us an incredible gift.  As part of the "Dictionary Project" each student received his/her own copy of Webster's Dictionary/Thesaurus from the Cross Timbers Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma.  

A dictionary is an essential tool and powerful resource in education.

We really appreciate your generosity and have already started using it in our lessons.