December 8

Students practicing using atlatls as a part of our early human unit.

Friday Folders
These are coming home today.  Please review them with your student and return them on Monday.  Any work that is in the folder can be kept at home.

PenPals
Some students are writing letters to their PenPals in South Korea.  Students will be including a small gift with their letters.  If your student has a South Korean PenPal, please send in $3 or a small, light gift that can be mailed with their letters.

Holiday Feast
Flyers for the Holiday Feast went home in Friday Folders.  Please respond with who will be attending the feast along with what dish your student will be bringing.

Mr. Taylor's Leave
Mr. Taylor will be going on paternity leave for the months of January and February.  During that time, Stefi Clymer will be working on Team Quest.  Stefi teaches one block of Math on Team Wizards, but will be spending the rest of her time with us.  Molly Flynn, who has been interning on Team Titan, will join our team for the time when Stefi is unavailable (Recess and Integrated Inquiry). 

November 30

Welcome December

Anna presents her Critter of the Past project to Heidi.  Students researches organisms from the geologic time scale and created dioramas of their organism in its environment.  Students then sat in order of geologic time period, and we had a little walk through time.  

Wonder Field Trip  We had a very nice trip to the movies today to see the movie Wonder.  At this point every student in the school has seen it.  It may be a good discussion topic for you and your student.

Holiday Feast   Be sure to RSVP for the feast!  Contact Mrs. Williams, Mrs. LaRock, or Mr. Taylor with the number of people who will be attending, and the dish you can bring.

II  In Integrated Inquiry, we are working on a five paragraph essay about how early hominids evolved over time.  This five paragraph essay will be done in school with other hands on activities to supplement students' knowledge.

Friday Folders  These came home today.  Please look over the student's work, sign the workshop schedule, have your student take their Mr. Weekly from it, and return the folder with the signed workshop schedule.  This folder provides personalized feedback about your student. 

JumpRope

JumpRope scores have been updated.  Students were formally assessed on their progress in Math (multiplication, division, and volume).  These assessments can be found in their Friday Folders.  Here are a list of ways students can continue to make progress on these skills.

1.  Ninja Math - Students can use this site at home (if they are logged into their school google account) or during our workshop time.  Many students are still working to complete Ninja Math assignments in these skill areas and will continue to make progress as they complete the assignments.  This is self-paced, so students are allowed to work on these at home.

2.  Mr. Weekly - These skills will be reviewed each week on Mr. Weekly assignments.  If students are struggling with some of these skills, please refer to the practice videos and questions on the Ninja Math website.

3.  Study Hall / After-school - Students are welcome to stay after school to get help.  If they have a study hall, they can get help at that time as well.