Thursday, April 28, 2016

Happy Thursday - one more day until the weekend!

This morning we started our day with some focused Read to Self time before heading to the gym for our rehearsal.  Yesterday, we all cleaned out our reading bins and ensured that we had a “good fit” book or two to read.  At this point in the year, we are expecting students to continue to be reading independently at home each evening as well as their in-school reading. 

Students:  Please tell mom and dad about the book you are currently reading and why it is a ‘good fit’ for you.

Our rehearsal went well this morning and tomorrow will be a full dress rehearsal.

We have been working with Mrs. Peterson’s class on our Global Citizenship Inquiry work.  We formed groups of students based on area’s of interest and have begun searching for answers to their wonders and questions.  Your child can tell you about their topic and what they have learned so far.  We encourage students to look for information at home (with your guidance on the computer) or at the public library, newspaper, etc. 

In math today we continued to connect multiplication with division. We started the day with a 5 minute one hundred multiplication fact sheet.  This was so Mrs. Bowles can see which facts we know and which facts we try and answer.  This is a good way to see our multiplication thinking.  We also looked at some division squares. These are a division puzzle that makes us connect our multiplication thinking to division.

Mr. W read Auggie and Me because Mrs. Bowles is losing her voice.  

In our science inquiry, we continued to work on each of our projects.  The engineers wrote up an information card for the main dome of our Mars model. Now we will break into pairs and write one for each part of the model.  We will look at materials, purpose and how we plan on powering that unit.

The scientists are helping the engineers for their next project by finding out information about wind speed, hours of sunlight and seasons on Mars.  They will then use this information to see if wind turbines will be useful to create energy for power.

In gym, we were outside. We had some free time to play bocce or play on the playground.

• Kids who are on stage are asked to arrive at 5:45 and head to the music room for costumes etc.  
• Students in the Chorus are asked to dress nicely and head to their classrooms at 6:15 pm – line them up Tallest to Smallest
• Room 80 Performances will be on Thursday, May 5th – Afternoon at 1:30 Evening at 6:30.
• Doors will open for seating 15 minutes prior to show ( 1:15 / 6:15)
• Students are asked to enter the school through the TEACHER doors – anticipating large line ups at the front of the building.
• Tickets are currently still available for all show

Question of the Day:

Find one fact about wind or sunlight on Mars.