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Thanks so much for sending in supplies for our classroom!

It was great seeing your children in class this week!  They seemed eager to get started...we kicked off the week with a bridge simulation activity in 4th and 5th grades and wrote a mystery poem in 2nd grade.  For those of you who were unable to attend our Open House,  4^th and 5^th graders will learn about the Ultimate Connection:  Bridges.  In 2^nd and 3^rd grade, we will go Beyond the Magnifying Glass and investigate ways to solve mysteries.

Communication is key to understanding your child’s progress in Target.  Your child should bring home a weekly Target Tally.  Please review it, ask questions about their day, discuss their feelings about their progress (or the need to progress!), and ways to improve their performance.  This Tally needs to be signed and returned the following week.  It is your child’s responsibility to ask you to sign it, place it in his/her backpack, and return it to school. 

Just a reminder:  an important element of education is one’s discovery of the joy of learning.  I know many of you are tempted to come up with ideas and ways to implement them, prompt your child to complete their assignments, and in some cases, you may have actually completed the assignment.  Please, please, please let your child take responsibility for his/her own learning.  They need to discover to think for themselves, to design strategies to accomplish tasks, and to have the motivation to complete assignments and projects in a timely manner.  Sometimes this means that a child may stumble a bit, but that’s all in the learning process and allows a child to learn life-long lessons.  Let’s let them learn on their own….they can do it!

Thank you for your support; I look forward to working with you and your child this year!

TARGET LUNCH TIME:  12:17-12:47, Table 1

 

A L P   S T A N D A R D S

New This Year!!  Updated ALP (Advanced Learning Program) Standards have recently been introducted.  To access the link, please visit:  ALP Standards. After arriving at the Picasso ALP site, hover over your child's grade level and click.  The ALP standards for his/her grade level will be displayed.

Target Open House

Parents, please join us for an informal look into the updated gifted standards and our curriculum for this year during our Target Open House.   Target Open House will be held on August 16^th, at 6:00 p.m., for Grades 3-5 and on August 18^th at 6:00 p.m., for 2^nd Graders.  Both will be held in the GM Media Center.

 

Target classes will begin the week of August 22nd.  Please watch for a flyer being sent home on August 15th which will inform you of your Target teacher and the day on which you will have Target.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school!  I hope you all had a super summer and that you're ready to roll up your sleeves and get busy with our new Target units!   

4th and 5th graders:  Solve this puzzle to see what we'll be learning about in the fall.    http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/EA055D4D83E6

2nd and 3rd graders:  When solved, this puzzle will give you a clue to one component of our fall unit.  You will need to use all your critical thinking skills to piece together the clues to solve this!  http://www.jigzone.com/puzzles/54055D50B612

 

  Looking forward to seeing you at Sneak A Peek on August 12th.....please stop by Room 206 to say hello!