Photovisi Directions

Please watch the video below and make a photo collage of your vocabulary word.

PLAY DAY

  IT’S PLAY DAY 2013!!

Play Day 2013 schedule and times
Monday, May 20	Kindergarten 1st Grade	8:15 – 9:30 9:45 – 11:00
Tuesday, May 21	2nd Grade 3rd Grade	8:15 – 9:30 9:45 – 11:00
Wednesday, May 22	5th Grade 4th Grade	8:15 – 9:45 10:00 – 11:30
Thursday, May 23	Make-up Day	TBD & TBA

Reminder for all students

• Wear a swimsuit under a PE t-shirt.
• Wear PE shorts or boxer-style swim trunks.
• Wear socks and running shoes/sneakers (no flip-flops or sandals without a back-strap).
• Expect to get wet, so bring a complete change of uniform clothes,

    change of underwear, socks and shoes.

• Bring a plastic bag clearly labeled with name and class for your wet clothes and shoes.
• Bring a water bottle with student’s name and class clearly labeled on it to be refilled from the water coolers on the field (to reduce cups).
• Wear sunscreen, hat and (sunglasses).

See you at the field!

Mr. Arnold, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Wheeler, Ms. Lawrence, Ms. Schuster, Ms. Wenstrom

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Battle of the Books Finalists

Here is our finalist team for BOB!




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Social Issues Book Clubs

For Social Issues Book Clubs you will be responsible for recording your thinking on a collaborative corkboard.  Once your group has been assigned, click on the link for your group to start jotting stickies during independent reading time.  Please see the sample below.

Sample corkboard:
https://noteapp.com/PlMhhln3FC

Group 1:
https://noteapp.com/VxKSW1FllY

Group 2:
https://noteapp.com/p6bB49Nwi1

Group 3:
https://noteapp.com/QB1BIlI3ZH

Group 4:
https://noteapp.com/H4Et7qJX6B

Group 5:
https://noteapp.com/m1kMpCa1uS

Spirit Week

Insect Research Assessment

Please use this guideline to make sure you have completed your research assessment in its entirety. 

Insect Research

Use the document above to get started on your insect research.

Heifer's Cornerstones

As stated on Heifer's website...

If you ask Heifer project partners, "What are the most fundamental principles upon which you build your life?" many would answer "Heifer's Cornerstones." Used for more than 65 years, these 12 Cornerstones guide communities to self-reliance.

Cornerstones stimulate group wisdom and personal insights, and they keep people's hearts, minds and actions balanced, focused and productive. Our 12 Stones video outlines the meaning and purpose of each Cornerstone, and their impact on our projects in the field.

http://www.heifer.org/ourwork/approach/heifers-cornerstone?msource=magento

Click on the slideshow below to see our notes from this research. (click here for a link)

Water Bucket Activity

Today, we carried buckets of water up and down the hill in front of the school to show empathy for others.  Here is a link to the photos.

https://picasaweb.google.com/117160301568253244800/WaterBucketActivity?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJmggLH91NaG4gE&feat=directlink

Read to Feed Extension

Dear Parents,

Your children have been doing a terrific job reading and recording it in their Read To Feed booklets.  We are continuing to learn about the needs of all people, especially those in developing countries, and we want the children to be knowledgeable when asking for sponsors.  So, we'd like to extend the program for two more weeks before writing a brochure and asking for sponsors.  

Children will continue to read and record through May 3^rd.   Sharing their brochures and finding sponsors may be done during the next week. All money donations should be brought to school by May 13th.

Our optional visit to the Singapore Leprosy Home will be on May 17^th.  More information on this activity will be sent home later in May. Thank you so much for supporting your children in this wonderful program.

Kind regards,

The Third Grade Teachers

Character Dress Up Day

As an incentive activity to encourage our students to read,  Wednesday, April 10th, all third grade students are invited to come to school dressed as their favorite book character. Children will write clues about their character at home to help other students guess who they are. They can even bring their books to share!

Remember Read to Feed is a great way for our children to get involved in a real hands-on way to help solve global problems like hunger and poverty. We appreciate your encouragement and support of your child’s efforts while he or she participates in Read to Feed.

Thank you,

The Third Grade Teachers

           

Included below are a couple of websites which contain book character dress-up ideas.              

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12967397/Book-Character-Dressup-Suggestions

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1042178/book_character_dressup_day_ideas.html?cat=46

Trustworthy Bingo

Students are learning about good research practices in reading class.  This week, we have mostly focused on finding 'trustworthy' information, which means they can find the fact in more than one place.  During this lesson, students interviewed each other and then analyzed their research.  Which responses could they trust?  Why?  Which responses were opinions?  Why?  Which responses would require more research?  Why?