Can you believe that this year is almost over? We have only a few days left together. It has gone so quickly. As I reflect over this year, I am amazed at how much the children have learned and grown this year. I have enjoyed working with each one of your beautiful children and will miss them next year. Please have a safe and relaxing break!
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The students participated in coding activities on Friday. They played a board game called Robot Turtles. The turtles tried to get their jewel by playing the correct cards. They also continued to work on the Minecraft coding puzzles that they did first semester during our Hour of Code. Another station was using an app called Scratch Jr. With this app the students explored creating scenes and moving their characters using code. The favorite station of the students was the Dash Robot station. Here the children learned to move a robot through a maze using code. They had a great time, exercised their brain and learned a bit about coding. Here are a few pictures. Student Led ConferencesThank you everyone for coming! The students all did an excellent job of sharing their learning! I was so proud of each one of them. I hope you enjoyed this special time with your children. They have worked very hard and it shows! Congratulations 1P on a job well done! We are sad to say good-bye to our dear friend and classmate Lily. Best of luck to her and her family as they move back to the United States.
We are excited to welcome a new classmate to 1P. Kara will be joining us this week. Be sure to say hello when you see her or her family and welcome them to FDR. Upcoming important dates: Wednesday, June 22 at 10:00 am - End of the year Classroom Program Tuesday, June 28 - Last day of school Important Dates to Remember
May 19th, Thursday - 3rd grade Market Day - 20 soles May 21st, 10:30-6:00, Saturday - Kermesse May 25, 8:00, Wednesday - FDR Community Day May 26-27, Thursday-Friday - Student Led Conferences June 23, 10:00 am., Wednesday - End of Year Program Please remember to sign up for your conference time for Student Led Conferences. There will be no school on these days. Each student is expected to come with their parents at their selected time slot, to celebrate the great accomplishments of your child this year. We will be spending this week and next getting ready for these conferences. This Thursday the students will have the opportunity to go to the 3rd Grade Market Day. It is suggested that they bring up to 20 soles to purchase goods made by the 3rd graders. This is an optional activity. Have a great week! Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all had a wonderful day today. The children worked hard to make their special book for you. I hope you enjoyed them. Don't forget to sign up for a time slot for Student-Led Conferences. An email about this was sent out over the weekend. Upcoming Events: Saturday, May 14th - Family Fun Swim Saturday, May 21st - Kermesse Thursday and Friday, May 26-27 - Student Led Conferences Remember that students are now expected to wear their regular school uniforms. Don't forget to send in a box of cereal for the children in the orphanage in Pachacamac. This is action taken by a group of 5th grade students for their Exhibition project. A big thank you to those mothers who helped out with our field trip last week. They did a nice job keeping the students focused and engaged. We all had a wonderful time exploring this wetland habitat. Here are a few pictures from our trip. Happy May Day!
Upcoming dates to remember: Monday, May 2nd - New after school activities begin Tuesday, May 3rd - Field Trip to Pantanos de Villa Saturday, May 21 - Kermesse School Carnival Thursday and Friday, May 26-27 - Student Led Conferences Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help with our field trip on Tuesday. Don't forget to send your child with a snack for the bus that is easy to eat, a water bottle, sun hat and put sunscreen and bug spray on them that morning. I want to say a big THANK YOU to the students and parents that participated in the ASSAA conference on Saturday. The students were wonderful. They showed their math thinking with confidence. They were super well behaved. Thanks moms and dads for bringing your children to school on a busy Saturday. Here are a few pictures of the session. Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday, April 20 - Community Day - Earth Day Friday, April 22 - Earthquake Drill - complete Interim Reports sent home We will be beginning our new Unit this week - How the World Works. We will continue to look to take action based on what we learned during our Sharing the Planet Unit. A new unit for writing will also begin. We will finish our animal books and begin our unit on Persuasive writing. Have a wonderful week. Sorry for the lapse in our newsletter. As many of you know, my husband had an accident in March as was quite seriously hurt. He is doing so much better now! Thank you for your understanding.
Next week is a short but eventful week. There are 2 swimming sessions next week. These are the last 2 sessions. The students will swim on Monday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 13th. There is NO SCHOOL on Thursday, April 14th, and Friday, April 15th due to the AASSA Conference that FDR will be hosting. This Association of American Schools of South America conference will bring in teachers from all over South America. A very big THANK YOU to those students and their parents who have volunteered to come in on Saturday, April 16th, to be part of my Learning Lab. I will be sharing the great math thinking that 1P is doing! Teachers will be watching a lesson and then discussing what learning is taking place. I am very proud and excited to share what we are working on. We will be finishing up our unit on Sharing the Planet this week. Monday the students will have a family homework assignment on what one or two things you can do as a family to make good choices to help our planet. They will also be taking their unit assessment on Wednesday. We are also wrapping up our writing unit on their Animal Books. They are doing a wonderful job on these. They will be sharing these with you during the Student-led conferences in May. Lastly, we are starting a new unit in Math. Unit 3 was a quick introduction to measuring and data handling. We will be reviewing these skills and putting them to use in our next unit on Matter. We will be starting unit 4 on Monday. I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. I hope you all had a restful weekend. We have a busy week coming up. Here are a few things to remember:
Swimming starts this Thursday, March 17. Do not forget to send you child's swimsuit, swim cap, goggles and towel on Thursday. Help your child to independently get their suit on so they are ready for classes on Thursday. Book Fair posters are due tomorrow, Monday, March 14. I hope you have worked hard to create a poster of your favorite book. Thank you to Gabriel and Won who have turned their report in already. Animal Research - due this coming Friday, March 18. Help your child to locate and read information about their animal. This is a project that you should do WITH your child not FOR your child. On Monday we will be going to the library to check out a book about their chosen animal. Easter Break - Next week we will have Easter Break. Students have school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but NOT on Thursday or Friday, March 24th and 25th. See you tomorrow! Welcome back everyone. It almost seems like we never left! We want to welcome Micaela Toscano to our class. We are so excited to have you join us. We have a lot of things coming up soon. Here are a few things to remember:
Monday, March 7: After school activities begin. Make sure you let your child know how they will be getting home from school. Tuesday, March 8: 100th day of school - Collections are due (see sheet sent home on Friday) International Day of Women - Out of uniform (tops only) You can wear a purple shirt to show your support. Bring 5 soles. All funds will be donated to the Visionaria program. This organization provides leadership and entrepreneurial training for young Peruvian women who have experienced abuse. Wednesday, March 9 - PTA International Food Fair from 12:30-3:00. Monday, March 14 - Book Fair posters are due. Wednesday, March 16 - FDR Book Fair Thursday, March 17 - Swimming begins during PE classes. Your child will need to bring their suit, swim cap, towel, flip flops, goggles in a bag on these dates: March 22 March 31 April 5 April 11 April 13 |
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