Newsletter
11/12/09 13:00 | Permalink
From Carol’s Desk
During Reading Workshop we continued to talk about getting ideas for writing. We started to take some of our ideas and organize them. Next week we will continue on to put those ideas into writing! We will spending a few weeks discussing the organization process and techniques to writing. We are on th etail end of finishing up our wolf webquests with Jamies class. In mathh we have been workig with comparing numbers and measuring. For science we continue to work on plant skits, which we will be videotaping next week.
Upcoming Events & Other News
Tanaina visited our school today and it was great success. The students had an exciting time showing the little ones around our school and particiapting in various activities with them.
Items for the auction basket (small pet) are due by Febuary 10th!
We would also like to remind you that we are always open to have parents come in and volunteer to share a special talent, or read a book to the kids! The children love this and it is a great opportunity for you to see what is happening around the classroom!
During Reading Workshop we continued to talk about getting ideas for writing. We started to take some of our ideas and organize them. Next week we will continue on to put those ideas into writing! We will spending a few weeks discussing the organization process and techniques to writing. We are on th etail end of finishing up our wolf webquests with Jamies class. In mathh we have been workig with comparing numbers and measuring. For science we continue to work on plant skits, which we will be videotaping next week.
Upcoming Events & Other News
Tanaina visited our school today and it was great success. The students had an exciting time showing the little ones around our school and particiapting in various activities with them.
Items for the auction basket (small pet) are due by Febuary 10th!
We would also like to remind you that we are always open to have parents come in and volunteer to share a special talent, or read a book to the kids! The children love this and it is a great opportunity for you to see what is happening around the classroom!
Newsletter
03/12/09 07:33 | Permalink
From Carol’s Desk
During Reading Workshop we have been learning more about visualizing, getting a picture in our mind while we read. We have been talking about how good readers make pictures in their minds while they read. We are also connecting this to how good writers choose words that give strong images to their reader. Poems are a great way to help support this. Read a poem to your child and have them draw a picture or make a clay figure showing what they "see." We have finished reading White Fang and have been working on projects to share our important learning. During Writing Workshop we have begun to think more about the words we choose to use in our writing. This will be a focus over the next few weeks. We are still working with Jamie's class on our Wolf Webquest. We will finish projects before the break and will put together presentations after Intensives. We continue working with fractions and talking about sharing equally. Ask your child about the digit game or the dice game we have been playing. During Science we continue our yearlong study of plants. We are still measuring the growth of our spider plants and have been researching about plants. After the break we will begin a more in depth investigation about what plants need to grow. We will also be introducing the tundra and boreal forest and begin to study weather.
We would like to thank all those parents that came to Tanaina with us for their Stone Soup Family Meal. It was an amazing experience and the children both here at Polaris and at Tanaina enjoyed it. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
We have the opportunity to go to the PAC to listen to the Air Force Band of the Pacific, "Sound of the Season," on Dec. 15. We will need drivers, however we currently only have space for 3 additional adults (unless you would like to share a seat with your child). Please let us know if you can help.
We will have our last Family Style Meal for the semester on the Thursday before winter Break. This is not an early release day but since we have other fun things going on that day we thought it would be a great idea to end the semester with a family gathering. We will be making homemade pizzas on this day, and using our new found fraction knowledge to cut them up! We will send out the food list again in e-mail. Thank you Amy!
We are also brainstorming ways we can contribute to the community for the holidays. We will be having another class meeting about this on Friday and will let you know what we have planned to do.
We would also like to remind you that we are always open to have parents come in and volunteer to share a special talent, or read a book to the kids! The children love this and it is a great opportunity for you to see what is happening around the classroom!
During Reading Workshop we have been learning more about visualizing, getting a picture in our mind while we read. We have been talking about how good readers make pictures in their minds while they read. We are also connecting this to how good writers choose words that give strong images to their reader. Poems are a great way to help support this. Read a poem to your child and have them draw a picture or make a clay figure showing what they "see." We have finished reading White Fang and have been working on projects to share our important learning. During Writing Workshop we have begun to think more about the words we choose to use in our writing. This will be a focus over the next few weeks. We are still working with Jamie's class on our Wolf Webquest. We will finish projects before the break and will put together presentations after Intensives. We continue working with fractions and talking about sharing equally. Ask your child about the digit game or the dice game we have been playing. During Science we continue our yearlong study of plants. We are still measuring the growth of our spider plants and have been researching about plants. After the break we will begin a more in depth investigation about what plants need to grow. We will also be introducing the tundra and boreal forest and begin to study weather.
We would like to thank all those parents that came to Tanaina with us for their Stone Soup Family Meal. It was an amazing experience and the children both here at Polaris and at Tanaina enjoyed it. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
We have the opportunity to go to the PAC to listen to the Air Force Band of the Pacific, "Sound of the Season," on Dec. 15. We will need drivers, however we currently only have space for 3 additional adults (unless you would like to share a seat with your child). Please let us know if you can help.
We will have our last Family Style Meal for the semester on the Thursday before winter Break. This is not an early release day but since we have other fun things going on that day we thought it would be a great idea to end the semester with a family gathering. We will be making homemade pizzas on this day, and using our new found fraction knowledge to cut them up! We will send out the food list again in e-mail. Thank you Amy!
We are also brainstorming ways we can contribute to the community for the holidays. We will be having another class meeting about this on Friday and will let you know what we have planned to do.
We would also like to remind you that we are always open to have parents come in and volunteer to share a special talent, or read a book to the kids! The children love this and it is a great opportunity for you to see what is happening around the classroom!