The Tellez Team Blog

Monday, April 16, 2012

STAAR Math and Reading Tests

The STAAR Math test is on April 24th.
The STAAR Reading Test is on April 25th.
Each of the tests is four hours long.
No visitors are premitted at school on STAAR Testing days.
Please be sure that your child goes to bed
early before the tests and has a good breakfast each morning.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

National Honor Society Induction 4-2-12

Congratulations to Parker Chapman who was inducted into the National Honor Society last night. I was thrilled to see that many of my past students were also honored last night. Having taught half of the scholars in this year's group was a thrill for me! I am so proud of all the students who earned this honor through their hard work, good behavior and work habits.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

All School Reading and PJ Day, Feb. 10, 2012

Here is a picture that was taken during our first all school reading and PJ day. The class had a lot of fun reading and wearing comfortable PJ's.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Valentine Party

Our class will celebrate Valentine's Day with a small teacher directed party on Feb. 14th. The party will be from 2:45-3:20. If a student wants to pass out Valentine cards they need to bring one for each child in the class. No special gifts can be given to friends at school. Students can volunteer to bring cupcakes, cookies or juice boxes for the party. Small plates and napkins are also needed for the party.
Remember, no special gifts can be passed out at school. If passing out anything for Valentine's Day students must have enough for everyone in the class to aviod hurting anyone's feelings.

Field Trip to Haltom High School

Our class will be going on a field trip to Haltom High School on February 6th to attend a performance of The Bremen Town Musicians. Students should wear nice casual clothes. Students will also need to bring a sack lunch and a drink that day.
No volunteers are needed for the field trip.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Hassan Mahmood is a Great Speller!

Congratulations to Hassam Mahmood!
Hassan participated in the school spelling bee today, Jan. 11th, and he
finished in 10th place. He did an excellent job. There were over 30 students in the spelling bee. Hassan did a great job and everyone in our class is very proud of our Tellez Team scholar. We hope to see Hassan in next year's spelling bee when he is in the fifth grade. Congratulations!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

WARNING! Money at School

It is very important that students do not bring large amounts of money to school. Yesterday a student was showing everyone the money he/she received as a gift over the holidays. This could lead to missing or lost money. Please do not let your child bring large amounts of money to school.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Happy Holidays from The Tellez Team

Free greeting card created with Smilebox

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Fourth Grade PTA Program

The Fourth Grade PTA Program was Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30pm. The fourth graders put on the show, Lights, Camera, Action. Everyone enjoyed preforming for the large crowd that filled the cafeteria. Congratulations to all the students who worked so hard to put on an excellent show. Many thanks to Mrs. Compton for the wonderful job she did practicing with the students.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Reading Stories, Spelling and Vocabulary Online

This is a link to our reading stories online.
Most of our stories are available but please remember
that not all stories are available and they are not in order.
http://www.usd489.com/Technology/textbooks/Index/Grade4.html

Monday, September 19, 2011

BUDDIES 2011-12

This year our class has joined with Mrs. Beagles class and we are helping her students become better scholars. Last week we helped her class read stories and improve their fluency. Here are a few piuctures of some of the buddies reading together. We hope you enjoy them.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Grandparents Day 2011

We had a great turn out for Grandparents' Day at Smithfield. It was wonderful to see so many grandparents here this morning. This is a picture of a bulliten board display that I made of all the grandparents that visited. Thanks so much for coming to visit our classroom today. “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” ~Alex Haley

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Fourth Grade Scavenger Hunt

The Tellez Team enjoys a getting to know you activity with the other fourth grade classes.

Fourth Grade Fun!

Fourth graders enjoy the first week of school.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

New BISD Start and End Times

This school year you and your elementary school student can now sleep in a little bit later. The new start and end times are:
Elementary (K-5) - 8:10 a.m. - 3:25 p.m

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Happy Summer Vacation!

I hope that everyone is enjoying the summer vacation as much as I am. Seems there are big changes in the works for many of Smithfield's teachers for the 2011-12 school year. I will be updating my blog as we get closer to school starting. I look forward to meeting my new students and prehaps seeing some former students also.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

End of the Year Party 2011

Monday, May 23, 2011

Rainy Day Blues

Field Day 2011 had to be shortened due to rain.
Most of the class was very sad!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Beautiful Flowers

Thank you for all the beautiful flowers I received for Teacher Appreciation Day.
I put all the flowers together and ended up with a huge bouquet!

Dr. Pepper Teaches us About Science

What Can My Child Wear to School?

What can my child wear to school?
2010-11 Dress Code Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide
(For a complete Copy of the Code of Conduct, visit the Student Services website)
The District’s dress code, at all grade levels, is established to teach grooming and hygiene, instill
discipline, prevent disruption, avoid safety hazards and teach respect for authority. Students
shall be dressed and groomed in a manner that is clean and neat and that will not be a health or
safety hazard to themselves or others.
1. Hair styles and non-natural colors that, in the opinion of the school principal or
principal’s designee, cause a health or safety hazard or cause a disruption of the
education process shall not be permitted. Well-kept beards and mustaches are allowed.
2. All students are expected to wear clothing and undergarments in keeping with their
gender. Undergarments must not be exposed at any time.
3. Tank tops(less than 2 inches), low cut dresses, low cut blouses, blouses that are strapless,
backless, or have spaghetti-type straps, are prohibited.
4. Students may wear shorts, skirts, and dresses provided they are neatly hemmed and
modest in appearance. Specifically prohibited are: cutoffs (of any derivation), pajama
bottoms, form-fitting/skin tight shorts of lycra, spandex, or any other similar material.
The length of shorts, skirts, and dresses are as follows:
Elementary: No higher than fingertip length
Secondary: No higher than 4” from the top of the knee
All shorts are to be without holes and not shredded.
5. Form-fitting/skin tight pants, such as leggings and tights, must be covered with a top
reaching no higher than four inches above the knee for secondary students and no higher
than fingertip length for elementary students.
6. No sagging. Oversized clothing shall not be worn to school or to any BISD function.
Specifically, “bagging or sagging” pants or shorts are prohibited. All pants and shorts
are to be worn at the waist.
7. Pants may not expose the skin above the knee and must be presentable for school. Extra
long belts are prohibited. Belts must be used appropriately.
8. No hats or head coverings (i.e., scarves, bandanas, hoodies) of any kind are to be worn
or brought to school unless approved by the school principal for a special occasion.
Unless there is a medical justification, no sunglasses are to be worn in the building.
9. All students must wear appropriate footwear. Heelies are prohibited. Due to safety
concerns during recess and P.E, elementary students are not allowed to wear flip-flops
during this time.
10. Heavy full-length outerwear, such as “dusters”, trench coats, or Gothic attire, is
prohibited from being worn on campus or school sponsored activities.
11. The wearing of heavy chains or spiked jewelry or “grills” is prohibited. Pierced body
ornaments must be restricted to the ear and appropriate for school.
12. Tattoos (permanent or temporary) must be covered and not visible to others in the
classroom.
13. The length of uniforms for spirit groups such as drill teams, cheerleaders, dance clubs,
etc. shall be consistent with BISD student dress code when these uniforms are worn to
class.
14. Regulations in reference to grooming and dress for each campus, are under the
direction of the principal.
15. The Academy @ Carrie Francis Thomas, the Academy at West Birdville, Birdville
Elementary, and Richland Middle School require the wearing of school uniforms or
standardized dress for all students, as approved by the Campus Site-Based Committee

JPS School Based Clinics

Birdville ISD and JPS have joined together to provide two school based clinics in the district. One is in Haltom City at 2807 Layton Ave. in Haltom City, and the other is on the south side of the Academy at C.F. Thomas at 8200 O’Brian Way in North Richland Hills. The clinic treats students in BISD and their sibling’s ages newborn to 18-years-old for a $5 office charge. Services include: well child visits, sports physicals, acute care, chronic illnesses (asthma, diabetes), immunizations, and much more. The clinic does not have X-ray capabilities or dental services. They see uninsured students or Medicaid that do not have a specified primary care physician. For appointments, call 817.759.2035 (Haltom City) or 817.547.3046 (C.F. Thomas).

Open Enrollment

BISD is accepting OPEN ENROLLMENT transfers of residents and non-residents students. Transfers are considered on a case-by case basis and require approval by the superintendent or his/her designee. Criteria for approval includes good grades, discipline, attendance, and passing all sections of the most recent TAKS or other recognized test if TAKS is not available (kindergarten, second grade, private schools, parochial schools or home schools).BISD will accept applications for grade levels kindergarten (K) -12th grade for schools which have been declared “Open” based on campus capacity. The number of openings for transfer students in grades K-5 is limited. Transfer applications will be processed on a first-come basis. Preference is given to children of BISD full-time employees and students that are already in attendance at the requested campus. All other students will continue to be accepted pending eligibility and available space. There will not be a tuition fee for out-of-district students for the 2008-09 school year; however, this waiver will be reviewed in successive years.Completed applications will be reviewed by an administrator in the office of student services and the campus principal to determine final disposition. Parents will be notified electronically of the status of the application. Once the application has been approved by both the campus principal and student services, the parent should make a copy of the approval and call the individual campus to make arrangements for registration. If an application is denied based on campus/program capacity, the office of student services will assist the parent with options in choosing a campus that has available capacity.