This week's IA: Art
Next week's IA: Music
Last week during All School Meeting, we kicked off our fall fundraiser, Bootcamp! To go along with Bootcamp this year, each crew is collecting non-perishable food for the Douglas County Task Force. At the end of each week, the crew that has the most cans, gets to have a visit from the Bootcamp Mascot for the entire next week. Well, our crew ROCKED the first week of the food drive, brining in 119 cans! Yes, you read that right, 119 cans in just TWO days! Wow, when these kids are called to action, they really respond! The food drive will continue until Bootcamp, which is Friday, October 5th. So, thank you so much for all of the generosity you've already shown and let's keep it up! Here is our mascot with our huge donation pile.
Reader's Workshop
This week in Reader's Workshop, we are learning how to determine what's important while we read, and what's unimportant but interesting. This is an important skill that we use when we summarize what we read. Please help your child with this at home, but asking them to tell you what was important that they read, and how do they know it's important?
Writer's Workshop
We continue to write personal narratives, or stories that are true about our lives. We've learned that some experiences are just so great, that they just have to be written down. We have read many published personal narratives, looking for what details authors choose to include. I have been so impressed with how the students are stretching their details out and are including powerful words. I can't wait to share these pieces of writing with you!
Math
In math today, we talked about the importance of "fact power." Students know that it is much faster to memorize easy math facts. This is a great thing for you to practice at home. Please consider doing some addition and subtraction flash card practice at home with your child. Just a few minutes each day can make a big difference.
Expedition
In small groups, we have been creating posters that represent what we know about community. Here are just a couple of examples of what we're working on.
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