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Elementary School
Each Month the School Advisory Council (SAC) hears a report from each of the school divisions. We thought that your would like to hear what has been happening in Elementary.
Elemenary Report for November 2009 Meeting:
Kindergarten
- Working on family portraits
- Preparing for Thanksgiving Feast with families
- November grocery shopping field trip at Publix
- Cooking food
- Learning about celebrations
1st grade
- Starting Measurement Unit in Math
- Planning / collaborative Kagan structures in daily Math
2nd Grade
- Native American Studies
- Field trip this Friday to Silver Springs for Native American festival
3rd grade
- Beginning Social Studies unit on North America
4th grade
- Finished SS. Unit on causes of American Revolution (part of 4th and 5th grade 2 year curriculum)
- Working on culminating projects – timeline and Revolutionary Diaries
5th grade
- Beginning research on Civil War project (which will be a powerpoint presentation)
Retrogamerz:
- Started Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) program after school with 4th and 5th grade students. It involves the Socratic method (questioning students into the right answer).
- This program uses technology!
- They’ve begun their writing unit.
