News for the week of February 8, 2016

Bailly Elementary! 

Congrats to the kids who brought in the answer to this weeks riddle: smile!
Because there is a mile between the s's! I loved ALL the answers turned in and each child was rewarded! It's so exciting for kids to meet me in class before school starts to bring me the answer! 

It came to my attention that I did not have email addresses for many of the high ability families so I sent home a note to confirm the email addresses so we can stay connected! If you have not sent that back yet, please send it in next week!  

This weeks riddle:

What goes up and doesn’t come back down?

• The Life Skill of the Week was Pride.
• The Word of the Week was Optimistic.
• The Quote of the Week was "Brilliance does not have any limit!"-Nathan P., 2nd grade 
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Kindergarten CogAT Testing for HA

Next week I'll be screening the make up kindergarten students for High Ability Services for the 2016-2017 school year on Tuesday 2/16 and giving the full test on the week of 2/22. I'm doing my best to still see my first graders each of those dates.  We get the best results when we test in the morning and that happens to be when I see my first grade groups. Come March it will be screening all of second grade for High Ability Services for the 2016-2017 school year, so flexible scheduling will continue . . . 

First Grade Math:

We got to meet once this week and continued our lesson on clocks and time! This week we got to listen to Katy Perry while they walked around the classroom telling time They really liked learning how to tell time on a clock down to the minute, they are quick learners! We will continue with a time lesson next week!

 

First Grade LA:

 This week Emmersynn and I got to meet one day. We worked on hieroglyphs. She learned how to write her name and guess what some of of the symbols! She's starting a timeline that we hope to complete next week!

Second Grade Math:

We worked on a packet called "Pascal's Triangles".  It's showing them a number pattern in the form of a triangle. We are also working on Magic Triangles, it's lots of fun! 

Happy Birthday Kali!

  

Second Grade LA:

They gathered around in a circle and finished reading Edward Tulane. Everyone took turns reading. We wrote in our journals about the book using PQA. Next week we will begin reading The Velveteen Rabbit and making some connections between the stories!

Third Grade Math:

We started off by taking another Multiplication Sweet timed test. I asked them each to take a sheet home to practice this long weekend! They formed buddy groups to solve their latest packet about logic, they worked great together!
 

Congrats to our newest member of the Math Masters Club... Luke S!

  

Third Grade LA:

This week we started a lesson about Fables. Natalie read The Lion and the Mouse to the class and Tony read The Ants and the Grasshopper. We spent some time writing in our journals about the lesson.

 

Fourth Grade Math:

This week we got to practice a lock down drill! The kids did great listening to my direction, staying still and quiet. We began a new lesson called "Role Reversal". The kids will get to create a lesson plan to teach their peers. You'll need to discuss with your student ideas. We had some very creative thinkers... I can't wait to see what they come up with!  

Meet Riona! She likes to come up with "problems of the day" for 4th grade to solve!  

Fourth Grade LA

They are still hard to work on the bio projects!  This week we have been practicing giving their presentations in first person. They should be dressing the part and giving their presentation as the person they chose! Again, they have signed up for presentation dates. Please encourage your child to practice at home too!   
Luke 2/22
Olivia 2/29
Riona 2/22
Ira 2/29
David 2/29
Logan 2/23
Michael 2/23

#ALLSTARS
Thank you to this weeks #AllStars! Kids get a star if I catch them doing something extraordinary!