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September 17th, School Picture Day
Friday,September 17th
Seattle Woodland Park Zoo
6:00p.m.-10:00 pm
Here's what's new
in the
Beacons' World !
It's been a very exciting, educational and busy first week of the new school year. The first three days of school last week were filled in part with learning the perfunctory "rules" of the school. Starting first thing last Wednesday morning, we had a special all school Gathering. Mrs. Wollum explained all the important "Playground Safety Rules" and students were taken outside and shown precisely how to use the equipment and how to stay safe. Your Beacon was an attentive listener. We were especially proud of our Beacons as school was dismissed this week for they all remembered the safety procedures for car "pick up". After the long Labor Day weekend, the Beacons arrived at school yesterday well rested and ready to work! All the Beacons are settling into the routine of the new school year by working hard and having a smile on their face.
Math: We have had a week of math assessments. We will be completing our math assessments at the end of this week and then we will begin our 2 math groups. Both groups will be working at an accelerated math level. Also this week, students have had a wonderful time learning interactive and educational math games. Please ask your Beacon about the two new ones they've learned since school began.
Math: We have had a week of math assessments. We will be completing our math assessments at the end of this week and then we will begin our 2 math groups. Both groups will be working at an accelerated math level. Also this week, students have had a wonderful time learning interactive and educational math games. Please ask your Beacon about the two new ones they've learned since school began.
Reading: Our Reading assessments are continuing as well. We will begin our Reading groups on Monday. We have also spent time this week reading poems about school.
Language Arts: This week we started writing poems and learning that not all poems have to rhyme. (This was a shocking revelation to some students!) Beacons also wrote a fantasy story about their summers. In addition, each Beacon has written a recipe cards for success! Throughout this past week we have reviewed nouns and verbs, worked on our Daily Oral Language editing skills, written in our journals and have had a vocabulary word of the day everyday since school began last Wednesday. "Embark","novice","bolt", "cease","procrastinate" and "apprentice" are just a few of the vocabulary words your Beacon would love to share with you.
Science: These Beacons sure love learning about animals! We have launched into the study of vertebrates this week and everyone is very excited!
Social Studies: We have begun our first trimester's unit of study on Explorers by learning about the 7 continents and the 7 oceans. We are also leaning how to spell them correctly. Be sure to ask your Beacon about the "ant" that carried a rubber tree plant across "Ant"arctica! Students are making maps of the land masses and bodies of water. Look our world, here we come!
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
~John Dewey
We're off to a great start
to an amazing school year!
Looking forward to another exciting week with your Beacon,
Betsy and Tiffany
