Week of September 11-15

At Davis Elementary we will be entering our 10th year supporting the CFF. We have raised more money than any other school in the state of Georgia for the CFF. We will be participating in a series of different fundraisers- all benefitting the CFF.

1-JAR WARS- every classroom will be given a jar. Each day the students will be challenged to bring in a certain denomination of coins/money for their jar. The class who raises the most money for the week wins a donut party!! Here is the jar schedule:

a.Monday- Pennies

b.Tuesday- Nickels

c.Wednesday- Dimes

d.Thursday- Quarters

e.Friday- Dollars/paper money. Checks can be made out to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (of CFF).

2-CFF Bracelet Sales- each morning just outside the gym CF Awareness bracelets will be on sale for $2.

3-Hat Days- On Tuesday and Thursday (Sept 12 & 14) we will be selling hat stickers for $1. Students who purchase a sticker and wear the sticker will be allowed to wear a hat to school that day.

All funds collected will go straight to the CF Foundation. Each year our school has raised between $3,000 and $6,000 for the CF Foundation.

General facts on the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and CF:

-The CFF is the world's leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis, and nearly every CF-specific drug available today was made possible with our financial support. They are a donor-funded, 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is fully accredited by the Better Business Bureau's (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance program.

-Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time.

-In people with CF, a defective gene causes a thick, sticky buildup of mucus in the lungs, pancreas, and other organs. In the lungs, the mucus clogs the airways and traps bacteria leading to infections, extensive lung damage, and eventually, respiratory failure. In the pancreas, the mucus prevents the release of digestive enzymes that allow the body to break down food and absorb vital nutrients.

Please consider donating!

Davis Elementary is proud to support the Cobb County School District’s plan to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey. We will be collecting cases of bottled water from Friday, September 8 to Wednesday, September 13. We will have parent volunteers assisting in the front of the building if you would like to drop off water while in the carpool lane. You may also drop off cases of water to the front atrium area at any time. We appreciate your support of those impacted by the hurricane, and please know the District will be picking up our donations next Thursday and Friday to be sent directly to the relief effort.

Grammar: This week we will focus on irregular plural nouns. An irregular plural noun is an irregular noun in the plural form. An irregular noun is a noun that becomes plural by changing its spelling in other ways than adding an “s” or “es” to the end of the word. This change can happen in a variety of ways. Words that end in “f” are a good example of this case. To make such a word plural, you change the “f” to “ve” and add an “s.” Example: calf-calves. Irregular nouns made plural by changing vowels, changing the word, or adding a different ending. Example: more than one man-men. Certain other nouns have the same plural form as singular form. For example: Deer is "deer" whether singular or plural.

Spelling: Spelling this week will focus on Long e digraph syllable patterns. A digraph is two letters that spell one sound. Digraphs that spell consonant sounds include the letter pairs sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph, ng. Digraphs that spell vowel sounds include the letter pairs ai, ay, ee, ea, ie, ei, oo, ou. ow, oe, oo, ue, ey, ay, oy, oi, au, aw. Here is the regular word list: dream, feel, yield, cream, wheel, field, greedy, increase, relief. The high frequency words are 2nd grade words that need to be spelled correctly when writing. They are: always, far, play, put, school, sometime, while. Some students have a modified list: weed keep, jeep, street, meat, seam, steam, peen, jeet, meap. The sight words they should practice are: went, know, saw

Reading: This weeks focus will be learning to read for information. Students will be learning about different subjects and then writing down facts and adding it to the 'Book of Knowledge'

Writing: We will use the six traits of writing in our personal narrative this 9 weeks. A personal narrative is an experience usually told in first person; its content is nontraditional. Personal refers to a story from your life or your own experiences. We will also focus on capitalization and punctuation.

Math: We will continue discussing coin and the value of each coin. We will also learn different ways to make a $1.00. A great way to help your child at home is to work with them discussing the different coins and looking at size and also the pictures on each coin.

Social Studies: Our focus this week will learn about the Sequoyah. Who was Sequoyah and why was this Native Indian leader famous? Summary: Sequoyah (c. 1765-1843) a Cherokee Native American who created an alphabet of 86 syllables for the Cherokee language in the early 19th century. Sequoyah is the only person known to have invented a whole alphabet, which he used to record the history of his tribe. The Cherokee Native Indians used the alphabet to communicate in writing.

Important Dates for August & September:

September 11-15 CF Jar Wars

September 19-Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night

September 25-29 Fall Break/No School

October 4- Field Trip to Bartow History Museum