Important Dates and Reminders:
Monday, October 1: Count Day and Hero Day - Come to school dressed as your favorite hero, fictional or real!
Friday, October 5: Monday, October 8 - Fall Break
Saturday, October 6: Jesse Wilson's The Night the Moon Ate My Room! Performance and book release signing. 3-4:30 pm Marmalade at Smokebrush, 219 W. Colorado Avenue, Ste. 210 (Evening performance at 5pm)
Friday, October 12: Early Release 12:00pm and Read-A-Thon! Be sure to find your ten sponsors! End of 1st Quarter
Monday, October 15: No School for Students - Teacher Work Day
Tuesday, October 16: 2nd Quarter Begins - Big Idea: Patterns
Tuesday, October 23: Picture re-takes
Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26: 1st Quarter Family Conferences
Division III News
Scribe's Corner by Keeghan M.
CLASH! Fighting is what the medieval people did for possession of land. And how do I know this? In our study of medieval inventions, we discovered just that. My group and I made our own mini catapult using popsicle sticks, glue, a wooden spoon, and wood.
Did you know that Leonardo DaVinci didn't make the catapult? He just designed it. He also invented the tank. We are excited that we have been invited to go to the Leonardo DaVinci exhibit in Denver with Division V in October!
CLASH! Fighting is what the medieval people did for possession of land. And how do I know this? In our study of medieval inventions, we discovered just that. My group and I made our own mini catapult using popsicle sticks, glue, a wooden spoon, and wood.
Did you know that Leonardo DaVinci didn't make the catapult? He just designed it. He also invented the tank. We are excited that we have been invited to go to the Leonardo DaVinci exhibit in Denver with Division V in October!
Lifeskills
Students in Dr. Ricotta's homeroom have been learning to understand different perspectives and how perception of others comes into play.
All three classes have been composing persuasive letters to Mrs. Myers to convince her to allow us to travel to Denver in October with Divisions IV and V for the DaVinci Machines Exhibit. Composing well-written persuasive letters is one of the requirements to be allowed to go on a field trip. Permission slips for this trip, another requirement, went home in Thursday folders today and must be returned with applicable funds no later than October 4. Students bringing permission slips or money after this date will NOT be allowed to go on the field trip. Because all three Divisions are attending and it is such a large group, we will not accept late submissions. Additional information will follow shortly.
World of Math
Ms. Brown's math class has moved into Unit 2, and is studying several different strategies for solving addition problems. Family letters went home in student binders on Monday. Several students have still not returned Unit 1 tests with signatures. Please return those as soon as possible!
Art of Language
In Dr. Ricotta's language arts class, the use of the dictionary has aided the students in completing a vocabulary web for Caesar's English. They are engrossed with reading and responding to "The Secret Garden." Students are having hard time putting it down! It is that good! Classic literature never dies!
Ms. Browns' class is finishing up their expository pieces about nutrition. Students have chosen to include very valuable information, as well as integrated informational text features such as diagrams, pictures with captions, headings and subheadings, as well as charts and graphs! Students have had a great time interviewing one another and putting their research together.
Next week, students will need to bring non-fiction books of their choosing to class. An email about this went home to families on Thursday afternoon.
Scientific and Historical Inquiry
Students completed their Medieval Inventions this week and they are FANTASTIC! They'll be on display soon in the front cabinets.
Next week, we'll begin learning about medieval medicine and remedies. Students will be assigned a medieval remedy and will research it, creating a page for our class medicine book. We'll be learning the scientific name for each medicine, it's common uses during the middle ages, and whether or not it is still used today. We'll illustrate each remedy and provide small samples as well. (Samples of most medicines can be purchased at most local health food stores (Mountain Mama, Whole Foods, Vitamin Cottage, etc.) Students are making paper, another medieval invention, with Ms. Hellen in Art, and that paper will be used to publish our research in our books.
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