About Me

My name is Christie Bethel and I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have been teaching at Banks Road Elementary since it opened up in 2009. My current teaching experience includes teaching first grade at Willow Springs Elementary and 2nd grade at Lillington Shawtown Elementary. I am a Fuquay native, but now call Apex home. I love animals, especially my cat Bootsie and my parent's yellow lab Lucy. I completed my first half-marathon in April 2011. So when I'm not at school, you will find me at the gym or on a trail running or playing soccer with my friends. I was honored to be selected as Banks Road Elementary's Teacher of the Year for 2013-2014.

Meet our class!

Meet our class!

Class Schedule

8:45 to 9:15- Morning work, breakfast, and bathroom
9:15 to 9:25- Read Aloud/Calendar
9:30 to 10:15- Specials
10:20 to to 11:00- Writer's Workshop
11:05 to 11:30- Lunch- table 1
11:35 to 12:35- Math
12:40 to 1:00- Team Time
1:00 to 1:30- Recess
1:30 to 1:40- Snack/Restroom/Read Aloud
1:40 to 2:10- Science and Social Studies
2:10 to 3:35- Daily 5
3:40- Dismissal

Important Dates

- Friday, November 22nd- Jason Knowles’ birthday
- Wednesday, November 27th- Book-It! due for the month of November
- Thursday, November 28th- Thanksgiving- No School!
- Friday, November 29th- No School!
- Monday, December 2nd- Ansley Ayers' Birthday
- Wednesday, December 4th- Track out day

-Monday, December 16th- Hank Gozy's birthday
- Friday, December 27th- Will Poplin's birthday

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Weekly Newsletter- volume 31

-   Team Time- Last week we were working with compound words. These are two separate words that we put together to make a new word. Sometimes the new compound word are similar to their individual words like “doghouse” and other times they are completely different from each words individual meaning like “butterfly.” Compound words do not have a space between the words.
-   Math- Last week we started working on adding two 2-digit numbers. We first learned how to do our proof drawings using 10 sticks and ones. If there are more than 10 ones, we can circle the ones, cross it out, and add a new 10 stick. We also learned how to do the building method of addition and adding the new ten above or below. See the math parent letter attached to this, for an example of each of these methods.
-   Science- Last week we first observed the four different seeds with our senses of sights, touch, smell, and hearing. Then we planted our seeds. There are 4 different seeds are pumpkin, sunflower, kidney bean, and pea seed. Ask your child which seed they planted.
-   Wilson Fundations- We have been working on closed syllable words. Words have parts that go together called syllables. A syllable is part of a word that can be pushed out in one breath. Closed syllables have only one vowel and must be followed by or closed in by a consonant and it can be more than one consonant. A closed syllable gives the vowel the short sound. Examples include: bath, bat, it. Me is not a closed syllable word because it does not have a consonant after the vowel AND because it is a long vowel. 
-   Important Information:
-   Family Fancy Dance- Our first Banks Road Family Fancy dance is coming up on Friday, May 24th from 5:45 to 7:45. All Banks Road students are able to attend with their family and celebrate another great school year. It will be free for all students and their families and we will have a DJ and photographer on hand. Hope you can come and make this dance a great success!
-   Family Fun Night- come on out to the multi-purpose room for Family bingo night! You can bring your own dinner and eat with fellow Trailblazers. There will be desserts that you can purchase.

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