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Leaders 1-25-21

Dear Family,

This week we will continue learning all about the strong female leaders: Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, Mae Jemison, Rosa Parks, and Sacagawea.  Why are these leaders so important and why is it important that we learn about them?

Vocabulary

blind – deaf – braille – aviator – voyage – engineer – astronaut – nature – experiments – gravity – boycotting – guide – interpreter – expedition

Great Leaders 1/18/21-1/22/21

This week we are learning about 3 of our female great leaders!  We will learn about Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, and Rosa Parks.  We will make connections between the leaders we learned about last week, and make connections to learns today. Why are these leaders so important?
 
Vocabulary:
blind-deaf-braille-aviator-voyage-engineer-boycotting-guide-interpreter-experiment-leader
 
Supporting your child at home:
Talk to your child about leaders today and leaders from the past.  Have conversations about what makes a great leaders!  You can talk about how to be great leader in our class. 

Social Studies: Learders 1/11/21-1/15/21

Dear Family,

This week we will be learning all about the well known male leaders: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Chapman.  Why are these leaders so important? Next week we will begin our investigation my learning about well known female leaders. 

Vocabulary

military – slaves – explorer – cartographer – voyage – activist – equality – segregation – civil rights – protests – nurseryman – apprenticeship – tattered - generous

Supporting Your Student at Home

Match the leader with the correct fact.

Leader Fact
  • George Washington
 
  • Abraham Lincoln

 

  • Christopher Columbus

 

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
  • John Chapman
  • President and created the Emancipation Proclamation
 
  • 1st President and was in the military
 
 
  • A nurseryman and nickname
    was “Johnny Appleseed”
 
  • Was an activist and fought
    for civil rights
 
  • Was an explorer and tried to
    sail to China

Social Studies: Holidays Around The World 12/14/20

Hello Parents, 
This week we will continue our imaginary trip around the world as we investigate how other cultures celebrate their winter holiday. We will examine traditions and create a fun craft that symbolizes each country we visit. Students will have their very own boarding pass and and suitcase to document our travels! 
 
Vocabulary:

culture – tradition – customs - multiculturalism

 
You can support your student at home by comparing your family traditions with the traditions your student learned for that day. 
 
Monday: India
Tuesday: USA
Wednesday: Canada
 
Click here to download our weekly learning calendar, and look at the supplies we need each day. 

Social Studies: Holidays Around The World 12/7/20-12/11/20

Hello Parents, 
 
This week we will continue our imaginary trip around the world as we investigate how other cultures celebrate their winter holiday. We will continue to examine traditions and create fun crafts that symbolizes each country we visit. Students will have their very own boarding pass and passport to document our travels. This is truly one of our favorite units!  We will be "going" to America on Friday in addition to our Friday Field Trip :)
 
You can support your student at home by comparing your family traditions with the traditions your student learned for that day. 
 
Monday: England
Tuesday: Germany
Wednesday: Australia
Thursday: Sweden
Friday: America- Kwanza
Next Monday: India
Next Tuesday:  America-Christmas
Next Wednesday: Canada

Social Studies: Holidays Around The World 11/30/20

Hello Parents, 

This week we will begin our imaginary trip around the world as we investigate how other cultures celebrate their winter holiday. We will examine traditions and create a fun craft that symbolizes each country we visit. Students will have their very own boarding pass and and suitcase to document our travels. This is truly one of our favorite units and I can't wait to get started! 
 
Vocabulary:

culture – tradition – customs - multiculturalism

 
You can support your student at home by comparing your family traditions with the traditions your student learned for that day. 
 
Monday: Netherlands
Tuesday: Israel
Wednesday: Italy
Thursday: Mexico

Science 11/16/2020-11/21/2020

Hello Parents! 
This week we will learn all about Turkeys, their habitat, and make connections to what we already know about living things. We will compare fiction and non-fiction texts about turkeys and document any misconceptions we have about turkeys. Students will label a turkey and look at the turkey lifecycle!
On Friday an email was sent home with a fun family Turkey activity.  Students have a turkey coloring sheet in their science packet.(It was also attached in the email).  The expectation is that this is completed at home and finished no later than Thursday November, 20th. Have fun and get creative designing and creating a disguise for your turkey! Students will share their creation during advocacy all week!
Vocabulary
omnivore - herbivore - carnivore - crown - snood - tail feathers - male - female

Social Studies 11/9/2020

Hello, 
This week we will be learning about Veteran's Day. What is a veteran? What do Veteran's do? What are the five branches of the military? We will make connections to our advocacy lessons and investigate how our military members serve our communities. 
 
Vocabulary
Veteran - Patriotic 
 
You can support your student at home by discussing the 5 branches of the military Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. 
 
You can access our weekly learning calendar here.

Science 11/2/20-11/6/20

Dear Parents,

This week we will be learning all about animal needs habitats. We will begin investigating animals and comparing/contrasting them to plants.  Some questions we will answer during our study will be: Do all animals live in the same place?  Why or why not?  What do animals need to live and grow?  How do you know? 

Vocabulary: 

habitat – experiment - organism - non living- living

Supporting your student at home: 

Discuss, write, and draw about animals that live in the ocean, dessert, forest, or arctic. 

Science 10/26/2020-10/30/2020

Hello Parents,
 
This week is going to be a fun week leading up to Halloween.  This week we are doing our Pumpkin Palooza!  We are going to continue talking about living and nonliving things while exploring the lifecycle of a pumpkin.  We are going to dissect a pumpkin and see what it looks like on the inside.  Then, we are going to make a Jack-o-latern "Jack,"  who we are going to watch decompose slowly in the next month.   On Wednesday we are doing a pumpkin hunt and our pumpkin exploration. We will be making pumpkin glyphs based on our likes and dislikes.
 
Supporting Your Student at Home: 
You can support your student at home by investigating living and nonliving things.  How do they know it is living/nonliving?  You can search for pictures and videos about living things and pumpkins. 

Science 10/19/20-10/23/20

Hello Parents, 
This week we are starting our unit on Living and Non-Living things. We will begin by looking at the needs of a plant and the plant lifecycle. Students will be able to identify the parts of a plant, label the plant lifecycle, and illustrate what plants need to survive. 
 
Vocabulary: 

living – nonliving - experiment - seed - roots - stem - bud - flower

How to Support Your Student at Home:

Observe how the change in weather this last week impacted the plants and other living things in our community. Discuss the impact of the sun and weather on living things.  

Social Studies 10/14/20-10/17/20

Hello Parents,
 
This week in Social Studies we are continuing to time travel and learn about things in the past.  Wednesday we are learning how transportation has changed and Thursday we are learning about how games have changed. We will be discussing similarities and differences throughout the week. Friday we will do our post assessment on Seesaw. 
 
Vocabulary: 
past - present - slate - shelter - electricity - communication - transportation - homemade - plastic
 
Supporting Your Student at Home: 
You can support your student at home by investigating how items such as games and transportation has changed from the past to the present. You can search for pictures and videos about how these items are used and made. 

Social Studies 9/28/20-9/30/20

Hello! 
This week we will be wrapping up our maps unit with a post assessment. Then we will be going back in Time! We will be comparing events from the past with the present. We will see what has remained the same and what has changed. 
Vocabulary: 
past - present - slate - shelter - electricity - communication - transportation - homemade - plastic
Supporting Your Student at Home: 
You can support your student at home by investigating how items such as phones and transportation has changed from the past to the present. You can search for pictures and videos about how these items are used and made. 
 
Click here for your learning calendar. 

Social Studies 9/21/20-9/25/20

Hello! 
This week we will continue learning how to read maps and how to create them. We will be able to identify different land forms and climates as we make more discoveries about maps and globes. 
 
Vocabulary: 
climate - location - equator
 
Support Your Student at Home: 
You can support your student at home by investigating different climates, discussing the climate and seasons we have here in Colorado, and observing how the changing weather is impacting the things around us. As the seasons change and the nights get cooler how do the plants and animals change? Is this the same in all climates? 
 
You can access our weekly learning calendar here.

Social Studies 9/14/20-9/18/20

Hello! 
I am so excited to welcome students back into the building! This week we will wrap up our unit on Rules and community with a post assessment. We will the begin learning all about maps. What is a map? How is a map used? What features help us use maps? These are just some of the questions we will answer this week. 
 
Vocabulary: 
Symbol - Key - Compass - Globe - Map - Continent 
 
Support Your Student at Home: 
You can support your student at home by looking for the ways we use maps in our every day life (car GPS, Google Maps, at the Mall). Explore the compass app on your smart phone or tablet and go on an adventure walk around you yard or neighborhood. 
 
Students will attend school on their designated day (group A M/W or group B T/H) and will have asynchronous lessons and activities posted to Seesaw on the days they are not in school. Please be sure to check Seesaw on the days your student is learning from home. For students who have opted out of returning to the classroom, there will be activities and asynchronous lessons posted to Seesaw each day.
You can access our weekly learning calendar by clicking on their designated group below.
Group A  please click here
 
Group B please click here.