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We had a busy week at the Elmore School! On Monday we had School Board Member/community member, Ann Marie Dryden visit our classroom to work alongside our school PoG representative, Evalyn Schoeberlein, as they talked to the class about the Portrait of a Graduate (PoG) process. Then students spent some time reflecting on their school experience and what they are proud of, what they would like to see improved/changed, how to make improvements/changes and what that change would look/sound like in the future.
On Tuesday we had Farm to School (FTS) with Kyle Weatherhogg. Kyle brought a book to share with the class titled SIT - IN How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Before reading the book, Kyle had the students write what a doughnut and hot cocoa means to them. Then she read the book and students reflected about the injustice the four friends experienced by not being served at the lunch counter when all they wanted was a simple doughnut and coffee with cream on the side. Kyle did a great lesson tying in the connection of food and the simple act of wanting to order a doughnut and coffee, and being refused service because of their skin color, and how these four friends peacefully protested by refusing to leave the lunch counter. Then, she had students write again about what doughnuts and hot cocoa/coffee represented after hear the story. It was a great way for us to reflect on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement.
In Literacy, this week students have been working on drafting their informational text. We have learned how to write a paragraph and organize our writing with subtopics that support our topic. It has been demanding work but the students are working hard and things are coming together for them!
We also took the STAR reading assessment this week. This is the second of three benchmarks we will do this year, with the last one in May. Overall, students are showing steady growth!
This week we also read a biography about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which we tied into our history unit about the past and how it has affected the present. On Friday students wrote "I have a Dream..." statements about a dream they have for a better world in the future.
Students have been busy during math. First graders have been learning make 10 strategies for adding two numbers whose sum is greater than 10. Second graders have been learning how to shift (or regroup) 10's and 100's which they will use later when adding and subtraction 3 digit numbers. Many of us grew up calling this "borrowing". Third graders have been connecting multiplication to division and finally solving word problems involving division using a bar model to represent the problems.
We enjoyed a delicious Turkey Chili on Friday, brought to us by the Tartaglia/Smejkal Family. A Huge thank you to all the families who have provided lunch so far this year!
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Friday Family Hot Lunch next week will be Mac and Cheese provided by the Bowen Family!
Ski and Skate at Spruce Peak:We Plan to head to Spruce Peak again next Wednesday. All kids will be able to skate, and hopefully we will have the option to nordic ski, too! Chaperones next week are Tim Sargent, Shawn Smejkal (transporting ski equipment if needed), and Caitlin Mahoney. A group snack next week is provided by the Gabaree's. Thank you to all the volunteers. Without you we would not be about to have this wonderful opportunity!
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