Optional projects are a fun way to extend your learning and to show what you have learned in a creative way. Optional project information was given to all students last week. We encourage all our students to do optional projects….and we do mean our students! Parents may not help students!! If you have another idea for an optional project, please discuss it with your teacher and receive his or her permission prior to working on it. We can’t wait to see what interesting projects YOU create!!
Due dates: 2nd grade: 11/30/11 4th grade: 12/06/11 5th grade: 12/08/11
4th and 5th Graders: Thank you, parents, for your overwhelming support of our upcoming field trip to the Georgia Department of Transportation. Our students will learn about bridges in Georgia, about their design, and about various jobs at GA DOT. In addition, students will have the opportunity to see designers in action. They may even have an opportunity to use a computer program that the GA DOT engineers use! This should be an exciting and educational field trip.
Fourth graders will attend this field trip on October 18, 2011. Fifth graders will attend this field trip on October 20, 2011. Our departure time for both dates is 9:15 a.m., returning around 1:00 p.m., on CCSD school busses. Please remind your child to either bring a sack lunch or buy one from the cafeteria on that day.
Students continue to expand their understanding of bridges, materials that are used for bridge construction, and how forces impact both. Bridge companies have been formed and students are collaborating on bridge design, budgets, and the smooth operation of a business. Several students are showing promise as budding entrepreneurs, architects, and accountants!
2nd graders are relishing in their writing as they finish up their Harris Burdick mystery stories. They learned about DNA and solved the mystery case, DNA Net, by comparing a representation of DNA collected at a crime scene with that of several suspects. Next, they will explore codes and ciphers as they learn about the history of cryptography.
Students will begin working on their mystery vocabulary words. This will not only introduce new words, but it will reinforce their dictionary skills and further develop their resesarch abilities.
As we continue reading Chasing Vermeer, students are making valuable connections to events in their lives and to other books they have read. Several have discovered that there seems to be a pattern in the illustrations as they scramble to find the hidden pentomino and question its role in the story. It's such a mystery!
