Thursday, January 25, 2024

1.26.24

 Ask Your Child About...

  • Community Building 
    • Morning Meeting
      • Playing Wordle
      • Categories Game with Different Letters
      • Videos/Discussions 
        • perseverance, useful vs. spinning worries, not giving up
    • Friday Gathering 
      • Ms. Coles' middle schoolers presented on composting 
    • GAINS Lesson - Ms. Velez
      • Congratulations to Nora for being nominated by her teachers for most flexible thinker!
  • Writing
    • Published Ag Fair Soil Poem
    • Taking Notes on Chocolate Milk Debate
      • Planning essay for debate
  • Reading
    • Continued Reading Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers 
    • Researching Flavored Milk Bans 
    • Choosing a group topic to research from the options below:
      • Should insects be served in food? 
      • Should we discontinue pennies? 
      • Should sports be divided by boys and girls?
      • Should Antartica be promoted as a tourist destination?
  • Word Study 
    • Started list #6 with NEW word study groups 
    • Capitalization Mazes 
  • Math
    • Continuing to Update January Calendar (graphing patterns) & Collection (multiplying fractions and converting it to time or money amounts)
    • Decimal Multiplication
      • Example:
    • More Decimals
      • on a number line
      • comparing, rounding, adding, & subtracting
  • Science
    • STEM Fair
      • Finalized Groups/Projects, & Topics/Questions
      • Set Up Google Folder & Doc
      • Began Research/Notecards
        • 5-10 notecards per group/project due Tuesday 1/30
  • Global Perspectives 
    • Winners of Healthy Shopping Project: 
      • Best Budgeting: 
      • Healthiest Options: 
      • Most Meal Variety: 
Announcements:
  • Monday, Jan. 29th - Lower School Afterschool Clubs Begin Next Week!
    • Clubs meet from 3:45 to 4:30pm 
    • Sign Up Form HERE
Photos From The Week: 



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Friday, January 19, 2024

1.19.24

 Ask Your Child About...

  • Community Building 
    • Morning Meeting
      • Behaving Respectfully 
      • Perspective Taking 
      • Practicing Empathy
      • How to Disagree 
    • GAINS Monthly Lesson
      • Ms. Velez taught us about flexible thinking!
  • Writing
    • Newspaper Edition #3 Planning 
    • Ag Fair Soil Poem
    • Taking Notes on Chocolate Milk Debate
  • Reading
    • STAR Reading Check-Point 
    • Researching Flavored Milk Bans 
    • BUDDY READING 
      • Today we had our first weekly reading session with 1st Grade!
  • Math
    • Continuing to Update Calendar (graphing color patterns) & Collection (fractions of money and time for allowance and screen time)
    • Playing Color 10 vs. Ms. Hill
    • New Work Station Game - Target One
    • Charting Fractions & Decimals
    • Constant Difference Subtraction Strategy for Decimals 

  • Science
    • STEM Fair
      • Lesson on Types of STEM Fair Questions
        • What is the effect of _____________ on _____________? 
        • Which/What _________ (verb) _________________?
        • How does the ____________ affect _____________?
      • Working with their group to brainstorm topic & questions
  • Global Perspectives 
    • Healthy Grocery Planning on a budget
      • Worked in pairs to create a meal plan for a week using instacart.com 
Announcements:
  • Friday, Jan. 19th - Spaghetti BINGO at 5-7pm in Pavilion 
  • Monday, Jan. 29th - Lower School Afterschool Clubs Begin!
    • Be on the lookout for the club sign-up sheet SOON
    • Clubs will run for 6 weeks - ending the week before Spring Break
Photos From The Week: 












Friday, January 12, 2024

1.12.24

Ask Your Child About...

  • Community Building 
    • Morning Meeting
      • Happy Birthday, Nora!
      • Deciphering anagrams
      • Teamwork, biggest dreams, empathy, appreciating diversity, naming emotions
    • Nora's Birthday Celebration!
  • Writing
    • Writing SMART Goals
    • 2024 Agomograph 
    • Letter to MLK Jr. 
  • Reading
    • Reading SMART Goals
    • Unit 3 Preassessment 
      • Researching Debatable Issues 
    • NEW Read Aloud Book
      • Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers
  • Math
    • Beginning January Calendar Pattern and Collection
      • Graphing patterns on a coordinate grid and writing its equation in y=mx+b form
      • Collecting money amounts and time (including having to find fractions of a dollar or clock)
      • Decimal Subtraction on a Number Line
        • Removal vs. differencing strategies
        • Getting to a friendly number 
      • Extending the Great Wall of Base Ten
        • Finding fractions of a decimal grid
        • Labeling 1/1,000 and 1/10,000
      • How to Input a Fraction on a Calculator (ie fraction sign is the same as division)
      • Playing Draw and Compare Decimals vs. a Partner
      • Playing Round and Add Tenths with a Partner
      • Decimal Equivalencies Work Sample & Decimal Place Value Checkpoint 1
  • Science
    • STEM Fair Topic Survey
    • Topic and Question Brainstorming
  • Global Perspectives 
    • Matching Sources with Purposes
    • Healthy Eating Review 
Announcements:
  • No School This Monday, January 15th - MLK Day
  • STEM Fair Packet - Back page signed by a parent and student by next Wednesday Jan. 17th
    • Calendar is also linked on the main blog page HERE and will be updated there as needed (also see photo below for where to find it on the blog)
    • Lastly, there is another copy of the full calendar below on this blog post
    • Announcement From Robyn Brunson
      • Cambridge International Sessions for Lower School Parents - Parents, join school administrators on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 4 - 5 p.m. for updates on our implementation of Cambridge International and the exciting plans for the 2024-25 school year. Please feel free to leave your little ones in After Care (free of charge) and join us for an engaging session! 

Photos From The Week: 



MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1/8 through 1/19

In Class - Topic and Question Brainstorming

1/23

Group Topic and Question Due

1/24

1/25


1/26


1/29

1/30

Research (Note Cards) Due

1/31

2/1


2/2

Bibliography &

Variables Identified Due

2/5

2/6

Hypothesis Due

2/7

2/8


2/9

Materials List Due

2/12

2/13

Procedure Due

2/14

Start Experiment

2/15

2/16

NO SCHOOL - Faculty Workshop Day

2/19

NO SCHOOL - Presidents’ Day

2/20


2/21


2/22


2/23


2/26

Finish Experiment!

2/27

Data & Results Due

2/28

2/29 (Leap Year!)

3/1

Project Title &

Chart(s)/Graph(s) Due

3/4


3/5

Printed/Emailed Photos of Experiment Due


3/6


3/7



3/8

Conclusion and

Abstract Due

SPRING BREAK 3/9-3/17

3/18

Display Board Due to School

3/19


3/20


3/21


3/22

Final Board Due

3/25

In Class Presentations

3/26

In Class Presentations

3/27

In Class Presentations

3/28

NO SCHOOL - Spring Conference Day

3/29

NO SCHOOL - Easter Break

4/1

NO SCHOOL - Easter Break/Transfer Day

4/2

SET UP BOARDS IN GYM

4/3

STEM FAIR JUDGING

4/4

CLASSES/COMMUNITY VISIT STEM FAIR

4/5

TAKE DOWN BOARDS