November/December 2014

Dear Parents,

   We had a great Fall with our Target students! We are now in full-on testing mode, so we won’t see the students for at least a couple weeks.

    We wrapped up our Shakespeare unit with ‘Shakespeare is my Idol’ and our Shakespeare festival. The students presented modernized versions of a scene from Romeo and Juliet for the judges during ‘Shakespeare is my Idol’.  Students performed individual poetry readings (in costume, of course) for their classmates during our Shakespeare Festival. We really enjoyed our field trip to the Alliance, where we saw a modernized version of Red Badge of Courage and honed our acting skills with professional acting coaches. Special thanks to our guest acting coaches, Ms. Rachel, as well as one of our Target parents, Mrs. Perry. 

    We concluded our River unit with The Streammie Awards (like the Emmy’s but much more prestigious and based on our River Unit). The students wrote acceptance speeches to reflect on all they have learned. They gave their speeches as they received an award and edible trophy. We were disappointed that the 4^th graders weren’t able to make it to the stream one last time, but we brought the stream to us for some final chemical testing. All is well at Rubes creek!

     Second grade culminated their PACE unit of study with Multiple Intelligences projects. They have been working so hard on their primary algebra and critical thinking skills. We are looking forward to diving into their first content-based unit of study in the Spring.

    We are working hard on our Spring units – but we aren’t announcing them quite yet! Stay tuned!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Sanders