Top 40!

Wow! I am so proud of everbody and what a fantastic job they did in our 3 performances of our Top 40 Musical! The show was outstanding and I was amazed by our fabulous performers. I did not get the chance to take many pictures so I would love to get pictures sent to me so that I can out them together for a slide show. Stay tuned for more about the musical...

Musical is Coming Soon!

Our gifted musical is fast approaching! Please mark your calendars...Evening performance January 22nd 7:00pm and morning performances January 23rd K-2 9:30am and 3-5 10:30am. Please join us for some "Top 40" tunes!

K/1 Goes Green!

Wordle - k/1 goes green (click on the link to see our "word cloud")

Our new Book of the Month When Santa Turned Green by Victoria Perla inspired us to brainstorm ways that we could help save the planet. The author wrote this book to teach her own children about global warming in a non-scary way. She wanted to show them that they could make a big impact just by making lots of little changes. Each of us made our own list of ways that we could help and then we used Wordle to create a word cloud. As you can tell the biggest thing we can do is to recycle! Check out this list off more ways you can "go green."

It Looked Like Spilt Milk...

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Today we read a book called The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey. The 7 Habits are based on principles such as responsibilty, vision, respect, teamwork, and balance. Today we met the kids of 7 Oaks- Goob Bear, Lilly Skunk, Sophie Squirrel, Sammy Squirrel, Pokey Porcupine,Jumper Rabbit, and Tagalong Allie. We also heard a story about Sammy the Squirrel who was "Bored, Bored, Bored." We learned the 1st habit-Be Proactive, in other words you're in charge. We taked about being responsible for our own lives, for our own fun and boredom, our own learning, and for our own happiness or unhappiness. We can't wait to read more and learn the other 6 Habits!

Of course, we could not let this important Election Day go by without talking about the elections, past presidents and how important it is to vote. We did an activity called President for a Day and found out what a typical day might be like for the president.

See you next week!

T is for Think

Every Tuesday morning when we come to gifted we start our day with writing our agenda and then we put our "thinking hats" on to complete a Tin Man Press Activity from "T is for Think." "T is for Think" presents students with a variety of visual information, combined with words, and asks that they think analytically and flexibly about what they are seeing and reading. The students must look at the letter and how it had been changed or what it is doing and think about an answer that begins with that same letter. Visual information and word relationships are important in finding the answers. This kind of activity falls under the "Critical Appreciation" domain of our gifted curriculum. Critical Appreciation includes creative problem solving as well as critical thinking skills. In gifted...L is for Learning and F is for FUN!!!

Bonjour Ami!

Bonjour from Paris, France! Today we visited the Eiffel Tower, the most famous landmark in France. The Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889 by an architect named Gustave Eiffel. It was originally built for an exhibition as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. The Eiffel Tower stands over 900 ft tall! Did you know that you can eat and shop in the Eiffel Tower? We became architects today and built mini Eiffel Towers out of toothpicks. We also looked at more of Claude Monet's artwork and painted a scene of our favorite season. We had a blast in France. Next week we are staying in the classroom to learn about bats. WHo knows maybe our next trip will be to a bat cave? See you next week!
Ton ami(your friend),
Mrs. Skipper