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Jon Gailmor Artist in Residence
March 12-16
Trimester II Report Cards
March 16, 2018
Parent Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, March 20 and Thursday, March 22
Please contact Debbie in the office to schedule a conference time
No School March 23, 2018
COTS Penny War Winners
The first and second graders were the winners of our COTS penny war! Thank you to all of the families who donated money or other items. On Friday, we enjoyed our special ice cream treat! Here is a silly picture from our special day!
Marble Maze Fun
Building our own marble maze was a fun way to learn the engineering process. Students learned about planning to solve a problem, creating, building, revising and sharing with others. This project was more about engaging in the process than building a maze. It was fascinating to watch the kids critique and engage in talk with each other. I also saw many students taking feedback from others and then going back to the drawing board to change their maze to make it better.
Writers' Workshop
This week, students worked on writing their own reviews! Students chose the item they wanted to write about, and worked in small groups to write engaging leads and endings. Later, students worked on writing detail sentences. In first and second grade, students learn about the idea of elaboration. We think about elaboration in terms of how to write more and how to write specific details using their senses or feelings.
Patterns in the Sky
This week, we finished up our Patterns in the Sky unit of study with a sun dial/compass engineering task. The first and second graders created a sundial/compass in our room using their knowledge of the patterns we have observed in the sky. Together as a group, they planned, built and revised their sundial/compass. In our consensus meeting, students explained and agreed that the Sun rises and sets in the same place each day. The Sun's light can also create a shadow. Students discovered that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so they were able to find the other two directions using this knowledge. Up next, we will do a mini-unit of States of Matter. On Friday, students jotted what they know about matter in their science notebooks! I am SO excited to begin a new journey with these amazing scientists!
Readers' Workshop
Readers' Theater Performance
Our readers' theater performance was a big success! The first and second graders did such an amazing job reading their parts with accuracy, fluency and worked really hard to change their voices to match their characters' feelings. I was so proud of all of them for taking a responsible risk and performing in front of an audience! Thank you to all of the families who came out to see our performances! It was so special!
Our readers' theater performance was a big success! The first and second graders did such an amazing job reading their parts with accuracy, fluency and worked really hard to change their voices to match their characters' feelings. I was so proud of all of them for taking a responsible risk and performing in front of an audience! Thank you to all of the families who came out to see our performances! It was so special!
OLYMPIC GAMES
The Olympic games were a lot of fun! Each classroom created a flag representing a country. The first and second graders created the Australian flag. The classes entered one at a time, and the flags were taped onto the walls of the gym. Mr. Lee did such a great job painting the flags during Art class. We had a fantastic opening ceremony and we all enjoyed watching Ms. Stephanie light the Olympic torch. The rainy weather didn't dampen our spirits, students thought flexibly and enjoyed the various events set up throughout the school. Events varied from bobsledding to figure skating. Every student earned a medal in an event at our closing ceremony. Later, students enjoyed a special movie treat!
The Olympic games were a lot of fun! Each classroom created a flag representing a country. The first and second graders created the Australian flag. The classes entered one at a time, and the flags were taped onto the walls of the gym. Mr. Lee did such a great job painting the flags during Art class. We had a fantastic opening ceremony and we all enjoyed watching Ms. Stephanie light the Olympic torch. The rainy weather didn't dampen our spirits, students thought flexibly and enjoyed the various events set up throughout the school. Events varied from bobsledding to figure skating. Every student earned a medal in an event at our closing ceremony. Later, students enjoyed a special movie treat!
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