Hello Everyone! We are having a great week in Core 2! We have begun the process of creating artifacts to represent ourselves out of clay. I had some really great conversations this week with students about whether an object really represents something important about them, or if it is just something that they like. Watching kids think about what is truly important about themselves was awesome and inspiring! This is a conversation that would be interesting to extend at home. A lot of students struggled to get from the idea of “I am going to make a cat because I like cats,” to “I am going to choose a cat because cats are curious and I am a curious person.” It takes some guidance and exploration, but leads to really interesting insight about what students think of as important about themselves. I did a short assessment at the beginning of the week to learn more about each student’s specific math strengths and weaknesses. Math topics that we are going to be working on in the near future: place value, skip counting. If you would like to take a look at what your student struggled with to get ideas for next steps at home, please feel free to come by and I will share that with you :) We are just beginning time lines, and I have changed my mind about how I am going to be doing that activity, so you will not be getting a paper home that you need to help them with. Sorry about the confusion. In Reading this week some of the students continued to work on compare/ contrast, while others focused on word study. I showed them how to use the online children’s dictionary to look up unknown words. They really liked that experience, and I think that this would be a great activity to do regularly at home. Reminders:
- I am looking for a parent that is willing to dig us a hole to bury our time capsule in. We have not decided where on campus we want to bury it yet, but it will most likely need to be a fairly big hole. I am hoping to have the hole dug in the week before Exhibition, but I am open to ideas :) Please email me if you are up for it :) -October 31st and November 1st are Pizza and Spirit Days: The Spirit Days for October will focus on the "Reflection" Habit of Heart & Mind. Students are encouraged to dress up in a costume that symbolizes how they reflect on their school work, themselves and/or their world. One example is a student wearing her Brownie uniform because she has reflected that Brownies make the world a better place. Another might be a student who dresses as Leonardo Da Vinci because he reflected that his Da Vinci report didn't capture his best work. Students will have an opportunity to share their costume at Community Dialogue meetings. - ¡DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION! Friday, November 1st, 5:00p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Da Vinci Design Please join us for some fun, food and music. Learn about this important celebration through our students. Come see their work and experience Latin American culture! Children are welcome to join us and learn about the día de los muertos! I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week! Please let me know if you have questions/ concerns about anything :) Robin Comments are closed.
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