Hello families!
Here are the updates for this week:
Ms. Lashbrook’s Last Week
We said “see you later” to Ms. Lashbrook this week. We were so fortunate to have her in our classroom this year. Her guidance and care and concern for the students was inspiring. We wish her well with the rest of her courses and in her job search. I’m very excited for her to have her own classroom in the fall!
Small Group/Enrichment Time
Zoomies have small group/enrichment time from 8:10-8:50. During that time, on some days they have a special. When they don’t have a special, they will be working with us in small groups on school work. If they are caught up on their school work, they will have learning enrichment opportunities. Several students are working on passion projects, where they choose a topic of interest to them and share it with the class. It’s awesome to see the creativity of our students!
Earth Day
It was Earth Day on April 22, so we listened to a beautiful story called Thank You Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet by April Sayre, and students explored various activities that inspired them to take care of our earth.
NWEA
Students will be taking the NWEA math and reading tests on the following dates. Students will take the tests virtually from home. The tests allow teachers to see the areas in which students may need support or enrichment.
5/17, 8:10-9:00, NWEA Reading
5/20, 8:10-9:00, NWEA Reading
5/24, 8:10-9:00, NWEA Math
5/27, 8:10-9:00, NWEA Math
Summer School Enrollment
AAPS is preparing for its summer school programs. Below is the link for more information. Registration begins 4/26.
https://www.a2schools.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=16072
Bus Tracker
Bus Tracker
Our school bus partner, Durham School Services has provided an application, Bus Tracker, that will allow parents and guardians to view the location of their child(ren)’s bus in real-time with relation to their assigned bus stop. Please click here for more information.
Coats
Hopefully the cold weather is behind us, but if not, please send your child to school dressed for their weather if s/he is a Roomie. We will always go outside for recess, unless it is raining.
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In morning meeting this week, we learned about using positive self talk when we have strong feelings. We also created a list of positive self-talk to help us with strong feelings. We also learned how to challenge negative thoughts by asking questions like, “What are the facts?”
Math
This week, we reviewed some important math concepts. Students practiced multistep number stories. They planned a party and had to decide how many people to invite, the type of food, entertainment and party favors. Each item had a price, and students had to stick to a $100 budget. We also practiced solving number problems with parentheses. Finally, we reviewed geometric shapes by playing Kahoot.
We continued with our Informational Research Club unit this week. Students used boxes and bullets to organize their thinking. They started their Informational Research Project to prepare for sharing their work with their classmates next week. Students have a choice to create slideshows, posters, videos, books, etc. to show their learning.
We are continuing with our unit Stick Together. We completed an assessment for this second part of the unit where students created imaginary animals with characteristics that help them survive in their habitat (see below). We then started section 3 of this unit where we learned how a forest fire affects the organisms that live there.
Word Study
For Word Study this week, we learned about adding -ing to words. We learned that when a base word ends in a single vowel followed by a single consonant (CVC), double it before adding -ing. When a base word ends in two consonants (CVCC), do nothing except add the -ing.
April 26 – Registration for AAPS Summer Programs
May 17 – NWEA Testing Begins