Good afternoon Roosevelt Families,

 

 

For this week's e-blast I am asking parents to go on a Roosevelt Elementary scavenger hunt to seek out answers for the following items.  Maybe this would be a fun activity to do with your child.  HINT:  You should be able to find these answers within this email, our website, or by looking at previous week's eblasts from my office.  Have fun!

 

 

 

THINGS TO DO WITH THIS EBLAST

• Read the information.
• Complete the Website/E-BLAST Scavenger Hunt.
• Open and review the various attachments.

 

 

WEBSITE/E-BLAST SCAVENGER HUNT 

1. November 14 is the deadline for PTA Reflections.   Whom should I contact if I have questions?  
2. I want to order a Wreath and/or Poinsettia this week.  Find a copy of the order form.
3. When does the Livonia Goodfellows Food Drive conclude?  
4. When is PTA Bounce it Up?
5. MOD PIZZA NIGHT " The Battle of the Schools" is????
6. Locate a digital copy of our lunch menu and our elementary handbook!
7. BONUS:  Does your child have an i-READY license?  If so have them log in today and show you their dashboard.  Do they have 45 minutes completed for the week?  If not, they need to spend some time today doing a few lessons.

 

I hope you enjoyed researching the above-mentioned items!

 

 

COLD WEATHER

The leaves are almost all down from the trees. COLD WEATHER IS HERE!  As a reminder, if the temperature with the wind chill is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit then boys and girls lineup and play outside for recess.  Requests to stay inside for recess should be accompanied by a doctor's note.

 

 

 

LUNCH PROGRAM INFORMATION

 

MyPaymentsPlus is the school district's online lunch portal.  Mrs. Green and I relied on MyPaymentsPlus when the Green children were in school and found it informative not only in regards to our children's lunch choices but also the ease in which we could add money to their accounts and monitor their balances.  

 

In addition, this LPS Meal Charging Procedure link contains the procedures at all levels for meal charging.  If you have any additional Food Service questions please visit their webpage.

 

 

 

PROMOTING GREAT SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS FROM MRS. SHANKER AND MRS. DEGENER

 

As the weather changes and we start spending more time indoors, we would like to offer some suggestions for games and activities that are fun to play with your child(ren), and which boosts speech and language skills! Board games and other interactive games give children practice with many skills that improve expressive language, vocabulary, describing, grammar, turn-taking, social skills, articulation (speech sounds) and fluency. Here are some suggestions:

 

Apples to Apples: Practices word relationships, describing, comparing/contrasting, and vocabulary.

Cariboo: Practice with requesting, conceptual skills and turn-taking.

Guess Who: Works on attention, auditory comprehension, description skills, formulating questions, memory, reasoning and sequencing skills.

Headbanz: Practice with attention, asking and answering questions, understanding categories, vocabulary, memory, cognitive organization, and sequencing.

Outburst: Works on auditory comprehension, cognitive organization, and reasoning, memory.

Rory's Story Cubes: Build your own stories, practice with grammar, vocabulary building, expanding sentences, sequencing stories, and many other language skills. 

Scattergories: Practice with rapidly naming items in categories, which works on concepts and ideas by strengthening connections in the brain.

Spot it!: Works on attention, reasoning, and visual-spatial skills.

 

Mrs. Shanker and Mrs. Degener

Roosevelt Speech/Language Pathologists

 

 

PTA REFLECTIONS REMINDER

Has your child expressed an interest in PTA Reflections? The 2019-2020 Look Within informational flyer is attached.  The entry deadline is November 14.  Thank you to Ms. Walczyk for chairing this PTA sponsored event. Questions?  Her contact information is on the attached flier.

 

 

TWITTER REMINDER

Our students did a great job at our Red Wings Assembly on Friday.  Thank you to Mrs. Liss for organizing. Visit our Twitter feed to see pictures.  You can also check our Twitter feed to see some wonderful Roosevelt Artwork hanging up around the school district. Visit @RooseveltTigers for the latest happenings at our school.

 

 

YEARBOOK ORDERS

Order your student's yearbook online!  Visit https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ and use code 8741620 or search for the code by city and state.

 

 

Take a look below to see what is taking place this week at Roosevelt Elementary School.

 

 

 

Monday, November 11, 2019

• Veterans Day is today.  Please visit http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.aspfor a history of Veterans Day!  To quote from the link above, Veterans Day is "A celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good."  If you know a veteran, please thank them for their service to our country.  We are blessed for the service you have given to ensure all of us our many freedoms.
• Goodfellows Canned Food Drive continues and ends this Friday.
• ASD AdvancED Accreditation Visit.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, November 14, 2019

• Professional learning before school.  As a reminder that on these staff learning days we have indoor lineup at arrival.
• MOD PIZZA NIGHT: Battle of the Schools (Round 2)
• PTA Reflections deadline.

 

 

Friday, November 15, 2019

• Rivalry week.  Encourage your child to wear their colors of choice to either support the Spartans or Wolverines. 
• Goodfellows Can Food Drive concludes. See attached.
• Poinsettia and Wreath Orders due. See attached.

 

 

 

ON THE HORIZON 

• November 21: NUTS ABOUT SCIENCE: Freaky Physics begins.  See attached registration
• November 22: PTA Popcorn Friday/Spirit Day-Disney Day/November birthday lunch with Mr. Green.
• November 26: PTA Bounce It Up.  See attached.
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Vacation.

 

 

Enjoy the week and thank you for your continued support!

 

Mr. Green

www.livoniapublicschools.org/Roosevelt

 

 

Notice of Nondiscrimination

Livonia Public Schools prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, height, weight, marital status, handicap or disability in any of its educational programs or activities.  The following person has been designated to handle inquiries and grievances regarding discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, height, weight, and marital status-Director of Human Resources, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154at (734) 744-2566.  The following person has been designated to handle inquiries and grievances regarding discrimination based on handicap or disability-Director of Student Services, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154 at (734) 744-2524.

 

2019-20 Livonia Goodfellows Food Drive note.pdf
Bounce it Up flier 2019.docx
Livonia HAS fall 2019 pdf revised.pdf
PTAREFLECTIONS.JPG
RedWingsflyer2019.pdf
Roosevelt FREAKY FUN PHYSICS FLYER.pdf
WreathOrders.pdf

Good morning Roosevelt families,

 

 

Can you believe November is here already? 

 

 

Approximately once a month all k-4 classes meet in the gym to review and discuss universal character traits.  September's focus was RESPECT, while we focused on RESPONSIBILITY in October.  For November we let the students vote.  The character element of GRIT won out, so GRIT IS IT for November.  Throughout the year teachers integrate the various character traits within their lessons and activities throughout the day.  This aligns with one of our school beliefs, which is the Roosevelt staff will provide a safe, nurturing and respectful environment where all students can grow to become reflective and inquisitive learners.  Feel free to visit our district website to learn more about our Community With Character.

  

 

As a reminder, set your clocks back one hour today as Daylight Savings Time ends.   This used to be more exciting when you had to remember to set them back yourself.  Now a lot of our digital devices automatically set the clocks back for us. Visit this Daylight Saving Time article to create some Sunday conversation on this topic.

 

 

 

AMERICAS FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS 

Brennan H., along with the Xaidan and Xavier G., Colin G., Leo W., and Jax C. will have a video on America's Funniest Video's that will air this Sunday(tonight)!  It's a video from Livonia Parks and Recreation Coach Pitch - the boys, along with other Roosevelt students, were on the Pirates team.  Brennan is the batter and hits a ball right at his dad, but makes it into a bucket....hole in one!  Congratulations!

 

 

 

PROMOTING GREAT SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS FROM MRS. SHANKER AND MRS. DEGENER

 

As the weather changes and we start spending more time indoors, we would like to offer some suggestions for games and activities that are fun to play with your child(ren), and which boosts speech and language skills! Board games and other interactive games give children practice with many skills that improve expressive language, vocabulary, describing, grammar, turn-taking, social skills, articulation (speech sounds) and fluency. Here are some suggestions:

 

Apples to Apples: Practices word relationships, describing, comparing/contrasting, and vocabulary.

Cariboo: Practice with requesting, conceptual skills and turn-taking.

Guess Who: Works on attention, auditory comprehension, description skills, formulating questions, memory, reasoning and sequencing skills.

Headbanz: Practice with attention, asking and answering questions, understanding categories, vocabulary, memory, cognitive organization, and sequencing.

Outburst: Works on auditory comprehension, cognitive organization, and reasoning, memory.

Rory's Story Cubes: Build your own stories, practice with grammar, vocabulary building, expanding sentences, sequencing stories, and many other language skills. 

Scattergories: Practice with rapidly naming items in categories, which works on concepts and ideas by strengthening connections in the brain.

Spot it!: Works on attention, reasoning, and visual-spatial skills.

 

Mrs. Shanker and Mrs. Degener

Roosevelt Speech/Language Pathologists

 

 

 

PTA REFLECTIONS REMINDER

Has your child expressed an interest in PTA Reflections? The 2019-2020 Look Within informational flyer is attached. The entry deadline is November 14.  Thank you to Ms. Walczyk for chairing this PTA sponsored event. Questions?  Her contact information is on the attached flier.

 

 

 

TWITTER REMINDER

Follow us on Twitter! Roosevelt now has a Twitter account. Follow us @RooseveltTigers for the latest happenings at our school.

 

 

Take a look below to see what is taking place this week at Roosevelt Elementary School.

 

 

Sunday, November 3, 2019

• Daylight Savings Time Ends.  Set your clocks back one hour.

 

 

 

Monday, November 4, 2019

• Goodfellow Canned Food Drive Continues.
• Please consider coming to see Brooks Gibbs speak on Monday, November 4, 2019, at the beautiful Franklin High School Performing Arts Center on the topic of "Raise them Strong!!"  The event is free of charge and we will be providing some light refreshments prior to the 6 pm start time (doors open at 5:30 pm).   

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

• No school for students.  Teaching staff will be engaging in a variety of Professional Development opportunities while voting takes place in the gym

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

• PTA meeting at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 7, 2019

• ASD Preschool Conferences after school.

 

 

 

Friday, November 8, 2019

• ASD Preschool Conferences.  No ASD preschool today.
• Red Wings Assembly.  Students are encouraged to wear Red Wing gear or dress in red and white. 

 

 

ON THE HORIZON 

• November 11: Veteran's Day
• November 12: Bowling program starts at Merri-Bowl.  See attached.
• November 14: MOD Pizza Night: Battle of the Schools (Round 2).  

o   PTA fundraiser as we are going up against Randolph Elementary to see who can raise more money. Last year Roosevelt raised more per pupil, but Randolph raised a higher total.  

• November 15: PTA Reflections entry deadline. See the above and attached.
• November 21: NUTS ABOUT SCIENCE: Freaky Physics begins.  See attached registration.
• November 22: PTA Popcorn Friday/Spirit Day-Disney Day/November birthday lunch with Mr. Green
• November 23: MSU Girl Stem Day is attached
• November 27-29: Thanksgiving Vacation

 

 

Have a lovely week!

 

Mr. Green

www.livoniapublicschools.org/Roosevelt

 

 

Notice of Nondiscrimination

Livonia Public Schools prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, height, weight, marital status, handicap or disability in any of its educational programs or activities.  The following person has been designated to handle inquiries and grievances regarding discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, height, weight, and marital status-Director of Human Resources, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154at (734) 744-2566.  The following person has been designated to handle inquiries and grievances regarding discrimination based on handicap or disability-Director of Student Services, 15125 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154 at (734) 744-2524.

 

2019-20 Livonia Goodfellows Food Drive note.pdf
GirlsstemDayFlyer.19.pdf
Livonia HAS fall 2019 pdf revised.pdf
PTAREFLECTIONS.JPG
Roosevelt FREAKY FUN PHYSICS FLYER.pdf