Ms. Greenes & Ms.

Cicconi
Classroom Newsletter
August 25, 2014
August/September Edition
Welcome Families:

We are happy to welcome you to the 2013-2014
school year! We are looking forward to a productive
partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve
their highest potential. We recognize that in order to be
successful in school, our children need support from both
the home and school. We know a strong partnership with
you will make a great difference in your childs education.
As partners, we share the responsibility for our childrens
success and want you to know that we will do our very best
to carry out our responsibilities.
Our classroom is a structured classroom setting
which support students academic and behavior needs. We
utilized a daily point and level system to help promote
positive behavior and academic growth for all students at
all times. We differentiate instruction to meet the needs of
each student. Social skills are reinforced and taught on a
daily basis, thorough reading, storytelling, and role play.
Students who demonstrated appropriate behavior have the
opportunity to participate in the regular classroom setting
to receive instruction. It is an expectation to have daily
point sheets signed daily to promote communication
between home and school, as we work together to support
our children.

Important Dates:
August 25 First Day of School
August 27 5
th
Grade Dare
Program Parent Meeting 6:15-
6:45pm Media Center
Sept. 1 Labor Day Holiday- No
School
Sept. 5 Early Release Day (1:15
pm)
Sept. 19 Back to School Night
6:00 pm
Sept. 25 Teachers Workday
Sept. 26 Interims go
home


Birthday Wishes
June 18 Veson
June 28 Ms. Torri
Aug. 7 SaQuin


Mrs. Latesha Greene (lgreene7@wcpss.net)
Ms. Victoria Cicconi (vcicconi@wcpss.net)
Con Active Learning and Technology Magnet Webpage: http://connes.wcpss.net
1220 Brookside Drive Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 856-7637 (919) 856-7643 (Fax)
Literacy Tip: Read nightly to help increase fluency & expand vocabulary have student to ask &
answer question to increase comprehension. Math Tip: Use flash card to master basic math operation
(-, /, x, or +) skills. Small candy like M&M or skittles can be used to add or multiply using the colors.
Graphics ThistleGirlDesigns.com

Student will investigate, engage, and demonstrate
Reading: As a result in learning, students should be able to: set
reading goals, build stamina by reading for 20 minutes and practice
fluency, summarize fiction and informational text from read aloud
and/or independent text, choose good fit books, follow routines.
Identify characters, settings and events within a text.
Math: (3
rd
grade)Adding and subtracting addend (4th grade) Students
identify place value for numbers using place value drawings, dot
arrays, base ten blocks, and through a variety of forms such as
standard, word, and expanded. (5th grade) Students round numbers up
to nearest thousand using drawings and number lines. Students
investigate place value relationships of whole numbers using
manipulative, models, fractional language (including use of powers of
10), and equations.
Writing: As a result in learning, students should be able to: Follow
the writing process to write a narrative
participate in the development of rules for Writers' Workshop;
follow the procedures in Writers' Workshop; and
Identify planning processes for identifying writing topics.
As a result in learning, students should be able to:
understand the components of the writing process,
identify and agree on the rules and expectations for Writers'
Workshop time, and
Participate in a variety of writing experiences.
Science: (3
rd
grade) Human Body 4th grade: Magnets
5th grade: ecosystems, force & motion, weather.
Social Studies: (3
rd
Grade) (4th grade) NC History
(5th grade) Market Economy & U. S. Government



Parents:
We ask that you guide and support your childs
learning by ensuring that he/she:
1) Attends school daily and arrives on time,
ready for the days learning experience
2) Completes all homework assignments given
by teachers. Return Daily point sheets signed.
3) Reads daily to develop a love for reading
and to improve literacy skills
4) allow your student to shares school
experiences with you so that you are aware of
his/her school life
5) Informs you if he/she needs additional
support in any area or subject
**6) Keep all contact information updated at
all times
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Meet the Teacher
My name is Ms. Latesha Greene,
ED II teacher and I am really
honored to be a part of your child's
class and educational journey this
year. I graduated from Shaw
University with a Bachelor of Social
Work; Wake Technical Community
College majoring in Human Service
and later did my teaching licensure
program in Special Education from
North Carolina Wesleyan College. I
have worked in the education field
for 16 years, in both childcare and
public schools settings. I enjoy
reading, cooking, traveling, and
writing poetry. I'm married and we
have 5 children. Im looking
forward to an amazing school year.

Meet the Instructional Assistant
Dear Families, Hello my name is Victoria Cicconi, I will be the
teacher assistant for Mrs. Greene at Conn Elementary. I am
looking forward to meeting as well as knowing each student of
my class and their parents! I am from the Pittsburgh area and I
love my Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. I graduated Slippery Rock
University in 2011 with a bachelor degree in CPAD
(Community Programs for Americans with Disabilities). Since
then I have been a therapeutic support staff and a direct care
staff at a psychiatric hospital in the IDD/ASD residential
program. My family includes my mother, father, and my
younger brother. My brother will be a freshman in college this
fall. You can reach me for now at (919) 856 7637.
Sincerely, Victoria Cicconi