Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
October
Dear Parents,
We’ve had lots of laughter and
learning in our classrooms this month!
1st graders are developing their divergent thing
skills in Leonardo DaVinci: The Ultimate Renaissance Man. We have been completing
weekly STEAM activities that Leonardo would certainly be impressed with! Our
flying machines (parachutes and paper airplanes) were a big success! Next week,
we’ll be constructing bridges from pasta.
2nd graders have been working hard to develop
convergent thinking skills. They are becoming very adept at brainteasers!
They’ve also been developing algebraic thinking skills through the primary
algebra program. We have some very talented future mathematicians!
2nd and 3rd graders have been working hard to find the
missing Coco and Mr. Bones! They’ve been studying fingerprints and DNA evidence
in preparation for the crime scene. We’re looking forward to a guest speaker
from the Cobb CSI unit next week.
4th graders have what it takes to survive! We’re
enjoying our new unit Survival: Wit meets Wilderness. We’ve been reading ‘A
Week in the Woods’ and learning what it takes to survive the wildness – both
physically and mentally. We have been working through various STEAM
activities (creating compasses and simple shelters) to develop critical
thinking skills. We’re looking forward to our field trip on
November 9th. Please return the field trip forms as soon as
possible.
5th graders have been practicing their engineering
skills and learning about the engineer design process (EDP). They have done an
excellent job of collaborating and using evaluative thinking to create
products. We’re looking forward to diving into the Inventure program with
Georgia Tech very soon!
All grade levels will be participating
in the famous Target Buck Bash during conference week! Please send in old toys
(or new dollar store toys) for our auction items.
We are also in need of paper towel and toilet paper rolls. We’re
offering a buck for each one donated!
As a reminder, students
will be receiving progress reports for the 1st nine weeks on an
as-needed basis.
Thanks for your support,
Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Sanders
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