Picture Day is Wednesday, November 4th! Mark your calendars and send your child ready to share their best smile. 😊

We can’t wait to capture these special school memories! 💙💛

Instruction begins promptly at 7:50 a.m. Please help your child arrive on time so they are ready to learn alongside their classmates. Arriving on time builds positive routines and helps students make the most of each school day.

Dismissal is at 3:20 p.m. Please arrange for your child to be picked up on time each afternoon. Timely pickup helps students feel secure and allows our dismissal process to run smoothly. Thank you for partnering with us to support every Falcon!

It's a wonderful opportunity to discuss how balanced nutrition supports stable energy, mood, and focus in children. Swapping processed, sugary snacks for whole foods can make a profound difference in your child's school day performance.

Please contact the Health Office at (972) 882-7107 or email Rklein2@mesquiteisd.org if you have updates regarding your child's medical needs.

We are excited to kick off Battle of the Books! Students who love reading, book trivia, and teamwork are invited to participate. Students interested in joining should pick up a permission slip from Ms. McElwee or the library.

Our first meeting will be Thursday, November 12, from 3:40–4:00 PM!

We look forward to seeing our future reading champions!

 

Parents, please take a moment to remind your students to return any overdue library books. We encourage you to help your child look for missing books at home, including in backpacks, bedrooms, and other places they may have been left.

If a library book has been lost, please contact the librarian at **emorris@mesquiteisd.org** so we can discuss the next steps.

Thank you for helping us keep our library collection available for all students!

Our Little Readers program is a monthly reading session, and we are excited to welcome our little readers back!

We look forward to another fun opportunity to share our love of reading!

Math is all around us, and some of the best learning opportunities happen outside the classroom! Helping your child notice numbers, look for patterns, and think about how numbers work can strengthen their math skills in fun and meaningful ways. Even a few minutes of math practice during everyday routines can make a difference!

🔢 Tip of the Month

Turn everyday moments into quick math games! While driving, look for numbers on license plates and challenge your child to add them together. Younger children can practice recognizing numbers or finding the largest and smallest number. Older children can use the digits to create multiplication problems or the greatest number possible.

Playing with numbers helps children develop number sense, mental math skills, and flexible thinking. These simple activities build confidence and show children that practicing math can be fun!

Did you know that everyday experiences can help grow your child's vocabulary? When children describe what they see, hear, smell, and feel, they learn new words and strengthen the language skills they need to become successful readers!

Try this at home: While cooking, taking a walk, or spending time together, encourage your child to notice and describe things around them.

⭐ Look: What do you notice? What colors, shapes, or details do you see?

⭐ Listen: What sounds do you hear? Are they loud, quiet, or soft?

⭐ Describe: How does it feel? Is it smooth, rough, soft, or bumpy?

⭐ Compare: How are these two things alike or different?

💡 Parent Tip: Help your child grow their vocabulary by adding to what they say! If your child says, "The leaf is big," you might respond, "Yes! That leaf is enormous!"

Big learning happens in little moments! Every new word helps build a stronger foundation for reading and writing. 📚

Our teachers use assessment results to better understand your child’s strengths and learning needs. This information helps them plan small group lessons and provide support that helps each student grow.

Being at school each day helps your child receive valuable instruction and complete assessments with their class. When students miss an assessment, making it up may take them away from other classroom learning. 

Please see important dates below to plan appointments outside of scheduled assessment times whenever possible. We appreciate your partnership!

Nov. 11 - Math Campus Checkpoint (2nd-5th Grades)

Nov. 18 - Reading Campus Checkpoint (3rd-5th Grades)

Nov. 30 - iReady Middle of Year Assessment testing window opens. 

📝These assessments provide our students with practice applying all skills taught so far this school year. They also allow teachers to monitor and adjust instruction to help support gaps students might have. 

Thank you for helping your child arrive ready to learn each day. Together, we can support every Falcon’s success! ❤️