Outstanding Week!
Empathy- I am open-minded and can understand other people's ideas and feelings.
A review of the week in pictures, along with a few new important items. Please read carefully!
School camp out never tasted so good! Some more, S'mores?
We have created base groups. Each group brainstormed three rules (one behavior, one social, one learning), and group roles, or jobs - all which they came to a consensus about. After creating a group name that represented them all, they created a Tableau (a frozen scene) by choosing a Learner Attribute that most closely represented their group. Check them out!
Commitment - I try hard and never give up.
Empathy- I am open-minded and can understand other people's ideas and feelings.
Cooperation- I work well with others.
We have been hard at work creating, discussing, and arguing mathematically about rotational and mirror symmetry. Ask your child what they are and to draw an example for you. It's fun!
Can you describe a symmetric design without telling someone where to put the pattern blocks? We can!
Symmetry with geoboards.
Most excitingly, students expanded their knowledge on the complexity of foods with a real-life experience at the Bazaar! Expertly, students bargained with vendors, discovered costs of items and where they were grown or made. I am sure many of you enjoyed your tumeric, flowers, apples, grapes, and many other items students purchased at the Bazaar. Check out the captions to get some clues about food issues we have been discussing.
Tomatoes: Would you buy the ones grown on a local farm, or someone's local garden?
"That's right. I know my potatoes!"
"Where are those red peppers from? We need to know!"
"Is your smile as big as a banana? Mine is!"
Grapes? So many choices? How exactly did they get to the bazaar?
My mom will love these flowers!
Why are the nan so warm? I don't see an oven?
Of course, we will continue our inquiry on food this coming week with a final field trip (Tuesday, September 16) to the farm. Comparing and contrasting our experiences at the supermarket, bazaar, and farm should bring to light many wonders for our inquirers. Finally, we will have a culminating food celebration of unit with a Potluck Lunch here at school on Friday, 9/26 12:35 p.m. -1:35 p.m. More info to come later.
Message from P.E.
Over cooperative unit students are engaged in variety of
team building games, in order to review and develop an effective communication
in active physical activities.
Owl of the Week
My name is Kwahish and I live in Uzbekistan with my father, mother, younger sister, and younger brother. One exciting thing about school is playing with my friend's Katya and Margaret. Outside of school, I like to read scary books and play with friends. If I could change one thing about the world it would be to save the world from dangerous diseases. Two people I admire most are my parents because they take careful care of me. My favorite dinner is Margarita Pizza and chicken pizza and my least favorite dinner is any fish.
Monthly Book Presentations
We are now starting a book sharing program in the fourth
grade. The goals of the program are to
encourage fourth graders to try a variety of types of books, to give them a
chance to recommend titles of good books to their friends, and to help improve
their ability to speak before a group.
A different genre of book will be assigned each month. Your child will be able to choose any title
that fits the type as long as he or she has not read it before and it is at an
appropriate reading level.
The format of each month’s presentation will vary. I will give out guidelines for the next
month’s format on or around the fifteenth.
Students will then share their books on the day of the month that is the
same as their birth date. For example, a
student whose birthday is July 18 will share his books on the eighteenth of
each month. If the presentation is
supposed to be on a Saturday, it will be made on the preceding Friday; while
Sunday presentations will be moved to the following Mondays.
Reading and
preparation are to be done at home.
No class time will be given, although your son or daughter can certainly
ask me for help, ideas, and materials.
Please help by assisting your child in making a plan for
when he or she will read the book, prepare for the presentation, and then
rehearse.
For your information, the monthly book types will be:
October: Fiction
books with a main character of the opposite gender
November: Science
fiction or fantasy
December: Mystery
January: Historical
Fiction
February: Myth or
Tall Tale
March: Animal stories
April: Non-fiction
May: Free choice
Thanks for your help! We look forward to some fun, creative presentations!
NWEA Testing
We need to measure students' performance in different ways. As such, we administer a multiple-choice test to in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) as a benchmark for where a child is academically. Dates are noted below. It is important to remember this is just one measure of student academic performance and growth. If you have any questions about this, please email me.
NWEA Testing
We need to measure students' performance in different ways. As such, we administer a multiple-choice test to in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) as a benchmark for where a child is academically. Dates are noted below. It is important to remember this is just one measure of student academic performance and growth. If you have any questions about this, please email me.
*Homework:
Monday: Drops in the Bucket
Tuesday: Do one spelling activity of your
choice. If it is one that does not get written in your notebook, please
write down which one you did and have a parent sign your notebook!
Wednesday: In your Unit of Inquiry notebook, write a
paragraph about the most interesting thing you thought about as a result of the
farm trip. Your paragraph should be at least 5 sentences
long. Give it a title!
Thursday: Typing Ace. Use your home row
keys!
*It is expected that every child read 20 minutes nightly to improve their fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and overall reading skills. Plus, reading is fun!
*Please note: Everyday a Take-Home folder must go to and from school.
Up-coming Events:
9/18 NWEA ELA Testing
9/20 20th Anniversary of TIS Celebration
9/20 20th Anniversary of TIS Celebration
9/22 NWEA Math Testing
9/24 Teacher Professional Development - 1/2 Day
9/26 12:35-1:35 Potluck at TIS (Culminating Food Inquiry Celebration)
10/1 No School- Teacher's Day
10/6-1/13 No School- Fall break
10/23 Elementary Math Night
10/15 UN Day
10/29 Teacher Professional Development - 1/2 Day
9/24 Teacher Professional Development - 1/2 Day
9/26 12:35-1:35 Potluck at TIS (Culminating Food Inquiry Celebration)
10/1 No School- Teacher's Day
10/6-1/13 No School- Fall break
10/23 Elementary Math Night
10/15 UN Day
10/29 Teacher Professional Development - 1/2 Day
They look like they had such a great time at the bazaar! Monthly book presentations is such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWe did have such a great time! I am looking forward to enjoying the fantastic book presentations. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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