Thursday, March 31, 2011
Spring Break
Wow, I can't believe that the month of March has come to a close! There are just a few quick announcements to make this time around. First of all, there will be no school Friday, April 1st. This is going to be a staff development day for us. School will resume April 11th, after spring break. Also,tonight is going to be our family night at Innovations, we will be discussing some changes that will occur next year. It will begin at 5:30 and run until about 7:30. If I don't see you tonight, I wish you all a happy spring break. Have fun!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Marching Along
I would like to thank all of our volunteers who came to Biz Town to help out running the businesses. Without you help, there is no way we would have been able to run all the shops as efficiently.
Our class has just finished publishing our writers' workshop. Most of the students have shared their final drafts with me on Google Documents. Since there is no printer in our room, it is necessary to have the student work on Google Documents so I can print up their stories in the other building. It is also fun to log on with your child at home and look at the stories your children are working on. We are now making the creation of a Gmail account mandatory. Each year at Innovations, students will be accessing their accounts to write papers and create power point presentations. The accounts will be monitored for safety. If you are opposed to creating a Gmail account, please email or speak directly with our director.
Now that Biz Town is completed, we are going to be finishing up with our What's the Matter? project. It had to be put on the back burner for the last few weeks.
In math we begun a new project called "Shape up!" We will be studying aspects of geometry and teaching these concepts to the third grade. An extension to the project will be to ether take photos or bring in magazines of different geometric shapes that they find outside of school.
On a side note, I know that many students like to play computers games on the Internet. I recently came across a website called whyville. It has educational games and at the same time teaches children about Internet safety. Have fun!
Our class has just finished publishing our writers' workshop. Most of the students have shared their final drafts with me on Google Documents. Since there is no printer in our room, it is necessary to have the student work on Google Documents so I can print up their stories in the other building. It is also fun to log on with your child at home and look at the stories your children are working on. We are now making the creation of a Gmail account mandatory. Each year at Innovations, students will be accessing their accounts to write papers and create power point presentations. The accounts will be monitored for safety. If you are opposed to creating a Gmail account, please email or speak directly with our director.
Now that Biz Town is completed, we are going to be finishing up with our What's the Matter? project. It had to be put on the back burner for the last few weeks.
In math we begun a new project called "Shape up!" We will be studying aspects of geometry and teaching these concepts to the third grade. An extension to the project will be to ether take photos or bring in magazines of different geometric shapes that they find outside of school.
On a side note, I know that many students like to play computers games on the Internet. I recently came across a website called whyville. It has educational games and at the same time teaches children about Internet safety. Have fun!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Busy Biz Town
This week and next are going to be very busy times. Right now we are finishing up preparing for Biz Town. All of the students are currently in their assigned business groups. We are having fun making advertisements, setting prices, paying taxes, and figuring out the cost of doing business. Make sure that you send 20 dollars to school to cover the cost of Biz Town. If you are unable to pay please come and speak with me. Next Thursday we will be walking over to the Biz Town at 9:00, so be sure to arrive early that day 8:30-8:45. Parent volunteers need to arrive at the JA Biz Town facility at 8:00. You can drop off your student that day at before care for no extra charge. The Biz town facility is located at 4756 Mission Gorge Place, SD
92120. Thank you for all of your help, opportunities like these would not be possible without your support.
92120. Thank you for all of your help, opportunities like these would not be possible without your support.
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