Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics have arrived at our school campus, and we have prepared countless lessons and activities that tie in with the 2014 Winter Olympic games! Each grade level is representing a different country and will be learning about traditions, food, history, mathematical calculations and statistics of specific sports, etc throughout the week.

Pre-Kinder:     China
Kindergaren:   Germany
1st:                  Australia
2nd:                 Canada
3rd:                  Italy
4th:                  U.S.A.
5th:                  France
Phys. Ed:          Russia

 


  



                       


The library will be hosting an Olympic Book Fair for the next two weeks: February 3rd - 14th. During that time, students will have the opportunity to purchase books/items at our book fair as well as learning and working on activities pertaining to their individual country.

Since we are currently on a poetry unit, Upper Grades will get a chance to work on Acrostic poems.
Lower Grades will work on various crafts and help decorate the library with their work.

Click here to play Winter Olympic Games online!

Weather

This week's poetry theme is weather. We have poetry for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade in various tones and moods, from serious to humorous. Join us on a poetic journey from various poets.

Kinder: Teddy Wear by Graham Denton
1st gr: My Dog by Charles Waters
2nd gr: Why Does Weather? by Mary Quattlebaum
3rd gr: Wondering by Cynthia Cotten
4th gr: When the Rain Falls by Susan Taylor Brown
5th gr: Apprehension by Autumn by Kristy Dempsey

Pre-Kinder, Kindergarten, & LifeSkills: Students will read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Activity: Use cotton balls to decorate a snowy landscape from the book The Snowy Day.

Remembrance Day: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This week we remember and honor a very important figure in our country's history, none other than Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who serves as a great example of the courage it entails to reach your dreams, despite the obstacles.

Click here to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Pre-Kinder - Kindergarten: We will be reading Happy Birthday Martin Luther King! together and watching a brief video on Martin Luther King Jr. via BrainPopJr.com. Afterwards, students will work on an interactive activity, putting events from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life in chronological order.

1st - 5th: Students will view the video of Martin Luther King Jr. via Brainpop.com. Some classes will be conducting research using our biographies and encyclopedias.

Winter Time Together

We're back from Christmas and New Year break and are ready to talk about the time we've spent with our family and friends!

Kinder - 5th grade: We will read a poem from Poetry Anthology according to grade level. This week's theme is "Time Together." Students will read and analyze their poem and discuss and draw inferences as well as identify poetic devices. The poems we're covering this week are listed below:

Kinder: Stormy Day by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
1st gr: Watching Football by Janet Wong
2nd gr: After Sledding by Betsy Franco
3rd gr: My Noisy Family by Michael Salinger
4th gr: Bailes by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
5th gr: Greetings by Leslea Newman

PreKinder, Kindergarten, & Life Skills: Students will learn about the winter season at the changes in weather. Story time reading is The Snowman by Raymond Briggs.
Activity: Make a Snowman garland. Click here.