All School Meetings
We have All School Meetings on two Wednesdays a month. The dates for these are usually listed on the Renaissance website on the Calendar of Events page. The whole school attends these meetings and different crews take turns leading the meeting. We all really enjoy getting together to see what other crews are learning. Parents are welcome to attend these meetings, too.
Homework
Reading ~ Read a good book or two.
Math ~ Ask your child to teach you how to play Top-It. Directions are on the Math page of our crew blog.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Crew News August 16, 2011
Character Trait
We will be focusing in on one character trait at a time. First, we have been studying perseverance. Perseverance means continuing to try even when things are challenging. We read the book Sink or Swim about a cow who wants to learn to swim and perseveres through many problems to finally become successful. Perseverance is a great trait to remember when we are learning something new. Ask your child how he or she can show perseverance at home and at school.
Homework
Reading ~ Read a good book or two.
Math ~ Home Link 1.9 Calendars
We will be focusing in on one character trait at a time. First, we have been studying perseverance. Perseverance means continuing to try even when things are challenging. We read the book Sink or Swim about a cow who wants to learn to swim and perseveres through many problems to finally become successful. Perseverance is a great trait to remember when we are learning something new. Ask your child how he or she can show perseverance at home and at school.
Homework
Reading ~ Read a good book or two.
Math ~ Home Link 1.9 Calendars
Monday, August 15, 2011
Crew News August 15, 2011
Patrol Groups
Today we met with our patrol groups for the first time. We have two patrol groups in our crew. Patrols are the groups we work with on Voyages. We work together to solve challenges, do team building activities and to help support each other. Our first challenge was to come up with a name for our group. Below are some pictures of us working together to decide on a name. Ask your child what name his or her group chose.
Homework
Reading ~ Read a good book or two.
Math ~ Home Link 1.8 Numbers are Everywhere
Today we met with our patrol groups for the first time. We have two patrol groups in our crew. Patrols are the groups we work with on Voyages. We work together to solve challenges, do team building activities and to help support each other. Our first challenge was to come up with a name for our group. Below are some pictures of us working together to decide on a name. Ask your child what name his or her group chose.
Homework
Reading ~ Read a good book or two.
Math ~ Home Link 1.8 Numbers are Everywhere
Friday, August 12, 2011
Crew News August 12, 2011
Teacher's Helper
We handle our classroom jobs by having one student each day serve as the teacher's helper. The teacher's helper leads us in saying the pledge, leads our line, delivers our lunch count and carries our classroom lunch bin to and from the cafeteria. This job is very important to the students. They love it when their turn comes around.
IA (Integrated Arts)
Our IA next week is PE. Please help your child remember to wear appropriate footwear.
Homework
No homework for the weekend. Enjoy some good books with your child.
We handle our classroom jobs by having one student each day serve as the teacher's helper. The teacher's helper leads us in saying the pledge, leads our line, delivers our lunch count and carries our classroom lunch bin to and from the cafeteria. This job is very important to the students. They love it when their turn comes around.
IA (Integrated Arts)
Our IA next week is PE. Please help your child remember to wear appropriate footwear.
Homework
No homework for the weekend. Enjoy some good books with your child.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Crew News August 11, 2011
Our Crew Code
Centers
We learned all about the centers that we will use in first grade this week. It took lots of patience to listen to how each center worked but the pay-off finally came. Centers is one of our favorite times of day because we have so many choices that we are so interested in trying. You can see how interested we are in the photos below.
Centers
We learned all about the centers that we will use in first grade this week. It took lots of patience to listen to how each center worked but the pay-off finally came. Centers is one of our favorite times of day because we have so many choices that we are so interested in trying. You can see how interested we are in the photos below.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Crew News August 10, 2011
Ms. Dee, Our Educational Assistant
We are so lucky to have Ms. Dee as our educational assistant this year. She is a certified teacher and is great with kids. It is so nice to have her with us all day. She takes on many roles in our room but her most important role in the kids' eyes is that of care-giver. She helps with blisters, lost teeth, band-aids, tears and much more. Be sure to say hello when you see her.
Mr. Cody, Our Adventure Education Coordinator
On Monday, Mr. Cody, our Adventure Education Coordinator, came and worked with our class. We did an activity called traffic. We worked with a partner and one of us was the "car" and one of us was the "driver". The "car" was blindfolded so the driver had to steer them around an obstacle course that Mr. Cody set up for us. We had a lot of fun. Pictures are below.
Volunteering
Please remember that you must sign a Volunteer Agreement prior to volunteering at school. If you haven't or aren't sure if you have, you can check in with Andrea at the front office. You may have already signed the agreement when you did your Express Check- In. The Volunteer Agreement is also here.
We are so lucky to have Ms. Dee as our educational assistant this year. She is a certified teacher and is great with kids. It is so nice to have her with us all day. She takes on many roles in our room but her most important role in the kids' eyes is that of care-giver. She helps with blisters, lost teeth, band-aids, tears and much more. Be sure to say hello when you see her.
Mr. Cody, Our Adventure Education Coordinator
On Monday, Mr. Cody, our Adventure Education Coordinator, came and worked with our class. We did an activity called traffic. We worked with a partner and one of us was the "car" and one of us was the "driver". The "car" was blindfolded so the driver had to steer them around an obstacle course that Mr. Cody set up for us. We had a lot of fun. Pictures are below.
Please remember that you must sign a Volunteer Agreement prior to volunteering at school. If you haven't or aren't sure if you have, you can check in with Andrea at the front office. You may have already signed the agreement when you did your Express Check- In. The Volunteer Agreement is also here.
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