I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
This week is Red Ribbon week. Here is the schedule:
Monday-wear red for dedication for a healthy drug-free life
Tuesday- wear pajamas and slippers for following your dreams and staying away from drugs
Wednesday- wear sweats for saying no to drugs is no sweat
Thursday- wear crazy socks for don't be be crazy, say no to drugs
Friday- wear your favorite hat for hats off to a healthy, drug free life
Thursday will be our fall party. The parade will begin at 2:45 pm and the classroom party will be at 3:00. Thank you for all the donations for the party and a special thank you to Lori Shank and Nikki Schnepf for organizing the party.
A majority of the genius hour projects are complete. We will be presenting them this week. The students have done an amazing job putting their research together. The motivation level of the students being able to study anything they are passionate about has been incredible. A majority of the projects will be posted very soon!
ELA/Science: We will begin our force and interactions unit this week. The overall guiding question will be, "How do you know forces are acting on an object?" We will be conducting investigations to better understand how unbalanced and balanced forces impact motion. Our reading strategy this week will be identifying the main idea of a text by recounting the details and explaining how they support the main idea. We will be using active reading behaviors to accomplish this.
Spelling/Vocabulary: The tests will be on Friday, November 8. The words for the next two weeks are:
force: a push or a pull
motion: a change in place or position
friction: a force caused by two objects rubbing against each other
distance: a measure of how far and object moves
measure: to find out how much there is of something
speed: a measure of how fast and object is moving
time: a measure of how fast it takes an object to move a certain distance
relative position: the position of one object compared to the position of other objects
gravity: a force that pulls objects down
pendulum: an object that swings rhythmically back and forth
inertia: state of being at rest or in motion until acted on
exert: to apply effort or force
accelerate: to speed up or cause to move faster
mass: amount of matter (substance) in an object
momentum: the force or speed of movement
Spelling games for this list are: https://www.spellingcity.com/bleggett/
Vocabulary games for this list are: http://www.classtools.net/mob/quiz_21/Forces_and_Interactions_Test_Nov_8_ZVcnx.htm
Math: We will be working on our multiplication facts this week 2, 5, 9, 0, 1, 10 and patterns. The focus will be on the students really understanding and explaining the patterns, rather than only memorizing the facts and not understanding the meaning of multiplication.
SS: We will be finishing our communities movies this week.
Have a fantastic week!
Coach BLeggett
Monday, October 28, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Pay it Forward - Red Bandannas in Honor of Welles Crowther
For one part of our community walk, the students where able to understand what civic responsibility truly means as they passed out red bandannas and kind cards in honor of September 11th fallen hero, Welles Crowther, who sacrificed his life helping many individuals get out of the Twin Towers safely before they collapsed. Crowther always wore a red bandanna. Students learned about Crowther and how they are challenged to make a positive difference in the world. http://www.crowthertrust.org/
Pay it Forward Thank You - From the Shawnee Police Department
For our Pay it Forward project, the students are taught to not look for anything in return. So, when we received this kind letter and photo from the Shawnee Police Department in response to their letters and USA magnets, the students were pretty excited to know they made a difference.
Mrs. Leggett,
On behalf of the women and men of the Shawnee Police Department, please
accept our gratitude for the thoughtful letters written by your students.
Kind gestures such as these do make a difference to officers on patrol.
The importance of introducing the police officers of tomorrow to this
aspect of their community cannot be understated. You never know which one
of those young authors may become a police officer in their own community.
Sincerely,
CPT Mitchell R. Brim, # 858
Special Operations Bureau,
Patrol Division,
Mrs. Leggett,
On behalf of the women and men of the Shawnee Police Department, please
accept our gratitude for the thoughtful letters written by your students.
Kind gestures such as these do make a difference to officers on patrol.
The importance of introducing the police officers of tomorrow to this
aspect of their community cannot be understated. You never know which one
of those young authors may become a police officer in their own community.
Sincerely,
CPT Mitchell R. Brim, # 858
Special Operations Bureau,
Patrol Division,
Pay it Forward - Happy Fall Cards and Crafts for Nursing Home Residents
The students created crafts and cards for nursing home residents at Medicalodge in Gardner, Kansas as part of our class Pay it Forward project. The residents were thrilled to receive such thoughtful gifts from the students. It truly made their day!
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| The students are holding cards and fall crafts for nursing home residents. |
Storybird Multiplication Stories
We have been working on the meaning of multiplication in class. The students used their creativity from images on Storybird to write a multiplication story.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Curriculum Update October 22-25
I hope everyone had a wonderful, long weekend with your children!
This week, we are going on our community walk on Thursday. We will be stopping at McDonald's on the way back. It is optional if you want to give your child money. It is only for a snack. We will leave after lunch.
Grammar: We are working on possessives this week and continuing to recognize what words to capitalize in titles.
Math: We are working on the meaning of multiplication. We will have a test this week and begin our multiplication facts.
Writing: We are beginning our postcard writing project this week. Also, we are working beginning our opinion paper on Shawnee's past having an impact on Shawnee today.
Spelling/Vocab: There is no new spelling or vocabulary this week.
Reading/SS: We are continuing to learn about the past and present of Kansas and Shawnee. We are working on using text features and search tools to locate information. Students will continue their project-based learning research answering the following driving question? How does Shawnee's past play a part in Shawnee today?
Have a fantastic week!
This week, we are going on our community walk on Thursday. We will be stopping at McDonald's on the way back. It is optional if you want to give your child money. It is only for a snack. We will leave after lunch.
Grammar: We are working on possessives this week and continuing to recognize what words to capitalize in titles.
Math: We are working on the meaning of multiplication. We will have a test this week and begin our multiplication facts.
Writing: We are beginning our postcard writing project this week. Also, we are working beginning our opinion paper on Shawnee's past having an impact on Shawnee today.
Spelling/Vocab: There is no new spelling or vocabulary this week.
Reading/SS: We are continuing to learn about the past and present of Kansas and Shawnee. We are working on using text features and search tools to locate information. Students will continue their project-based learning research answering the following driving question? How does Shawnee's past play a part in Shawnee today?
Have a fantastic week!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Soil Tunnel Trailer
Thank you to Gayla Speer from the Johnson County Conservation District for bringing the soil tunnel trailer to Prairie Ridge. We really enjoyed learning about what impacts our precious natural resource. We loved the interactive experience!
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