Enjoy photos from Field Day! Hello families, What an amazing year we had together! Thank you all so much for your support and help with your students at home and in the classroom and in the greater QAE community. I know families have many fun things planned this summer. However, no matter where you go, your students can continue learning and practicing the skills they gained over the year. Below is a short list of things students can do this summer to build skills. This is such a small list though! You could have your students make their own lists that suits their likes and goals for the summer. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the returning students in the fall in 3rd grade and good luck to all families venturing out to new destinations! Reading Start a book club with friends Summer reading lists - Imagination Soup 2nd - 3rd - 4th - Education.com Seattle Public Schools Summer Programs Finish a whole series Writing Keep a Journal Writing Projects Photo journal - Take photos and describe the moments in the photos Math Photo journal - Take photos and describe the math (shapes, addition and subtraction, arrays, time) Make your own math game Be the change counter over the summer for your family Play Blackjack to practice mental math Math in Focus workbooks Reflex Math ST Math
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Important dates: June 19 - Father's Day June 23 - Field Day June 24 - Last day of school - 1-hour early release Hello families! Showcase For all those that were able to make it, thank you so much for coming to the PBL showcase night! As you saw, students worked hard to create interesting and informative presentations. The amazing turn out of families made it feel official and important. As someone familiar with project-based learning, and a new teacher, it was heart warming to feel the excitement and support among families from all grades at QAE. Thank again! Beach Reading Students participated in the first annual Beach Reading event with their reading buddies from Ms. Wards class. We brought towels, blankets and buckets of books. Luckily, we just evaded the rain! Mother nature wanted to make sure we got our reading celebration in! Last Week! Monday and Tuesday we will be decorating our t-shirts for field day! Jody and Shinae will provide all the necessary materials including the shirts. The only thing you need to do is make sure your student brings in or wears paint clothes on Monday and Tuesday. We're going to finish the year with cleaning, refections on the year and thoughts about next year. One request is if any families have any books from either the QAE library or Ms. Thibault's library (my library :)), please return them by Thursday. Also, don't forget to return the art portfolio if your student plans on coming back next year. Important Dates:
June 14 - Volunteer breakfast - 9am June 16 - PBL Showcase June 17 - Unity Celebration June 19 - Father's Day June 23 - Field Day June 24 - Last Day of School Hi families, It's gonna be a quick note this week. We have been furiously working on our whale projects this week! Though it is not super PD of me to say, I am proud of all students for their hard work and stamina this week. Students have focused on planning, revising (starting another draft, gasp!), accepting and giving feedback, writing facts in our own words, using Google Drive and Google Docs and working hard to produce our best work. Some students have opted to put all their information on Google Drive. If you would like to access Google Drive, the username is first letter of first name, first letter of middle name, and last name @qae.us. Password is birthday, 8-digits. For example: [email protected] Password: 03121985 (not my actual password! :) ) Other students have chosen to hand write their work. I supported either option. Come next Thursday to see your student's hard work! Email me if you have any questions. Important Dates: June 8 - MAP testing June 16 - PBL Showcase June 17 - Unity Celebration June 19 - Father's Day June 23 - Field Day June 24 - Last Day of School Hi families, Whale Wonder Work All week students have been hard at work researching their whales. Students read and took notes on their whale's appearance, diet, habitat, communication and pod behaviors, threats and an action plan to save whales and their habitats. To start their research, students plan their own learning each day by using a checklist, marking off each fact needed to complete the project, and circling the facts they still need to find. Students also help each other by having an ongoing list of shared kid-friendly online resources written on the front white board. Students give feedback to each other on these resources, and then use the resources that are most helpful. The students have found some amazing resources filled with valuable facts and information! As students finish their research, they compile their keywords to create a glossary, and finish their resource page. Once they have collected all their data, that is when the writing begins! Next week students will start using their research to create expert whale informational texts! Math Challenge #14 Thanks to our very own Lara Francisco, our students were give the gift of math challenge #14! This challenge asks students to create their own math game, accompanied with rules, materials, number of players and a game board (if needed). Students started last Friday on their creations and we will finish them up today, turning them into Ms. Francisco this evening. Students have been very invested in their creations, making multiple drafts and revisions, incorporating addition, subtraction, time, money and some multiplication! Students even chose to work on their games instead of having choice time! Next week we will finish up time and start counting money! Whale photos I apologize for the tardiness of this. Here is a link to whale photos taken by Ms. Shaw and some of the chaperones: Ms. Shaw: https://drive.google.com/a/qae.us/folderview?id=0BxaAvcmDMX3uMTJyRXo1NU5DOEk&usp=sharing Ben Hanisko: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/grzvtpdrtohg695/AABGfHKsOds9sdPrcRoOOMQVa?dl=0 For other chaperones that came, if you would like to add some photos, please do! Important Dates: May 24 - Poetry Reading Celebration - 9:25am May 30 - Memorial Day - No School June 1 - Early Release - 1:40pm June x(2?), 8 - MAP testing June 16 - PBL Night June 23 - Field Day June 24 - Last Day of School Hi families, It seems like lately all we have had are exciting weeks, however, this was another truly adventurous week. Whale PBL: Students have continued to work on scientific drawings of their whales. Students have practiced creating many revisions and giving and receiving critiques for following drafts. Using positive language and not considering a "not perfect" draft a failure has been the big learning goals. In addition, students received a research packet with a page dedicated for whale research topics such as habitat, appearance, diet, young, and action plans to help save whales. Students use note-taking skills and specific keyword searches to acquire the information they need. Writing: We have been working hard to build up our poetry portfolios. Tuesday, May 24th we will celebrate by having a poetry reading. Students will pick one poem that they feels highlights a certain strategy, or is just plain enjoyable. Be there! Math: We started our time unit with skip counting by 5's, followed by writing analog time to digital time, playing a time memory game to practice. Later on, we looked at the root of AM and PM (ante meridiem - antes in Spanish = before (thanks Cecilia!)- before noon! Conversely, post meridiem - post test =an after test - after noon!). |
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