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October 4, 2019
START Club
START club will be on Thursday mornings from 8:00-9:10 on October 17, 24, and 31. The cost is $5 to participate.
For 5th Grade
The middle school specialty program information night will be on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15 from 7:00-9:00 at the Kelly Leadership Center. This is a great opportunity to learn about the different specialty middle school offered in Prince William County.
What are we working on this month?
1st grade - Students are finishing our first unit, LaserLinks. In this unit, students are using manipulatives to increase their spatial thinking, deductive thinking, and logical reasoning skills.
2nd grade - Students are controlling two linked variables (money and a pattern) to create a pattern for a necklace that will cost them exactly $0.97.
3rd grade - Students are working in our math unit, "Athenian Secret". Students will journey through the city of ancient Athens as they solve mathematical challenges using a variety of problem solving strategies. They will learn to work together with a team in their quest to earn drachmas and become Master Mathematicians.
SIGNET - Students have started the year long unit, "Amazing Almanzo's Awesome Adventureland". They are currently doing the introduction unit which focuses on the concept of systems as well as data and the brain. Fourth grade students are being introduced to Hands on Equations and learning how to solve algebraic equations using manipulatives. Fifth graders have begun Level 2 in Hands on Equations and are learning about the "opposite of x" while solving algebraic equations. Students also continue to work in their independent research centers where they are following a contract to learn about a topic of their choosing. Each week we also do a "Case of the Red Herring" which is mystery that students must use deductive thinking to solve.
September 5, 2019
Welcome back! I am looking forward to another wonderful year of learning adventures.
Newsletters
Yesterday you should have received our beginning of the year newsletter. If not, you can find it under the "Files and Documents" section.
Permission Forms
Services will begin the week of September 9th. If a permission form was sent home with your newsletter, please return to me as soon as possible. If you did not receive a permission form, I already have one on file for your child.
Back to School Night
I will hold our gifted back to school night on Wednesday, September 25th. Please note this is a different day than our school's back to school night. Grades 1-3 will be from 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. and grades 4-5 will be from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Family Nights
We have family nights throughout the year so your child can show off what they have been working on in our gifted program. This is a chance for you to come with your child to see all their work and to ask me any questions that may have come up. Stop by anytime between 5:00 and 6:30 and stay for as long as you would like. You do not have to stay the entire time. The dates for our family night this year are:
December 5th
February 26th
May 21st
SIGNET Lunch Schedule
Please note that on the days your child has SIGNET (4th and 5th grade only) they will be eating lunch at a different time. The students will eat lunch at 12:40 p.m. on those days.
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