May 1

Southmoor Elementary

Gaby Nava-Hernandez

Apr 29, 2023 08:29 AM MDT

May 1

Hello Families-

Each year we try to better understand how Southmoor is succeeding in reaching all of our families and how we can continue to grow next year. We will start our annual Empathy Conversations. These are casual conversations that take place between YOU (hopefully) and a Southmoor staff or community member. They are only a 15 minutes long, and we work around YOUR schedule. If you are interested, please fill out the following survey. Your feedback directly impacts the future of Southmoor. This is a super quick survey just to find out the time, date, and way that you would like to have the conversation. We appreciate you!

Southmoor Multicultural Night Celebration is back! Mark your calendars, the event will be on Thursday, May 11, from 5:30 to 7pm.

Fill your passport as you visit country tables, enjoy music and tastes of food from around the world, visit craft stations, enjoy entertainment, view a multicultural Fashion/Flag Show with Southmoor students, and more! And, for the first time, this event will be a part of a Multicultural Week celebration at Southmoor.

And, we need your help!

host a country/culture table,
walk in the student fashion/flag show,
provide food to share (bite/sample size),
provide multicultural song suggestions for a playlist used at the event,
set-up before the event,
help run the event (greet people/answer event questions/etc.),
clean-up after the event,
submit a family/cultural recipe for a Southmoor family recipe e-book by May 1st.

Sign-up to participate and/or volunteer and/or submit a family/cultural recipe here: https://www.southmoor.dpsk12.org/upcoming-dates/multicultural-night

Students/families will set up tables to represent their country or culture of origin with maps, flags, pictures, interesting facts, crafts, games, and/or food samples. Organizers will provide the tri-fold poster board in advance of the event, printing help and support as needed.

See event website and FAQs for more details. https://www.southmoor.dpsk12.org/upcoming-dates/multicultural-night

Click the survey link here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdejgjlNGLFZJfRogWR-LKAqgaGSyfW9junfIdfdg75irk7Nw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Events:

05/05 Non Student contact day | NO SCHOOL
05/09 Community Dine Out - Chipotle (4-8)
05/11 Multicultural Night (5:30-7:00 pm)

Pictures https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KOnMuWzfv4iDgggm_aMmIo2FM0P2CfIu

Read aloud to class

I would like to invite family members to visit our classroom to read a story to our class. Please see the attached link to learn more and sign up

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4DA5A92BA5F85-guest1

Specials: rotation this week - Art

Library - Thursday - please have students return books

Homework

Read - 20 minutes per evening - every student is assigned a book on Razkids and needs to read, listen and complete the quiz by end of the week.

Spelling words: no spelling words this week because of the short week.

Home Connections -pages 150-151

Reminders:

students all need headphones

Students need a water bottle and a snack

Please charge Chrome book everyday

Curriculum:

Reading/ History: Immigration. Students are learning why individuals immigrate to another country. Ask your child to explain some of the push and pull factors.

Writing: informational writing - students are learning to cite evidence in their writing.

Math: Unit 6 - Geometry