Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
Lower School Update - January 27, 2020
Access Control
Thank you for your patience as we work through the implementation of the access control system. As there has been limited success with fingerprint recognition, students in fourth and fifth grade will receive ID cards to enter the turnstiles. We expect the system to be fully functional for use on Thursday.
Please make sure all students keep the badges connected to their backpacks and backpacks are brought every day. Students who forget their badge will need to check in at reception in the parking garage to secure a temporary pass for the day.
Metacognition
We often ask students to think about their thinking especially when explaining their solutions to problems. Studies show that students who use metacognition strategies are more successful both in and out of school. Here’s a great article to help you understand more and how you can help your child use this powerful tool.
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Around the Lower School
AFriday, January 24, 2020
Feliz Aniversário São Paulo!
No dia 25 de janeiro comemoramos o aniversário de São Paulo.
Aproveite a data e curta a cidade com as crianças.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Curriculum Update - January 21, 2020
Welcome back families! We are so excited to have everyone back. We
feel invigorated and look forward to a successful and productive 2020!
Math:
In math, we will continue working on Module 3. This module builds directly on students’ work with
multiplication and division in Module 1. At this point, Module 1
instruction coupled with fluency practice in Module 2 has students well on
their way to meeting the Grade 3 fluency expectation for multiplying and
dividing within 100. Module 3 extends the study of factors from 2, 3, 4, 5, and
10 to include all units from 0 to 10, as well as multiples of 10 within
100. Please continue to check the blog for biweekly parent newsletter.
Language Arts:
Students will be reading informational texts to figure out the
main ideas and supporting details. Students will learn how authors use text
features to structure their writing and help readers better understand what
they read.
Students will also practice oral and written summaries of what
they read.
In writing, students will transfer their reading skills to help
them research and write their own informational pieces. Using authors as
mentors, students will follow the writing process to produce their own
non-fiction pieces.
Throughout Language Arts there will be many opportunities to
integrate our Science content related to Weather and Climate.
Science:
We will begin our unit on Weather and Climate. The focus of this
unit will be collecting data about local weather, displaying data and making
predictions based on that data. Students will inquire into extreme weather
events and their impact. We will also be doing various activities in our new
Innovation Studio!
Monday, January 20, 2020
Lower School Update - January 20, 2020
Returning to School
We hope your family had a fantastic break and we are excited to see students on Tuesday! We know it’s often hard for students to return to school when they’ve enjoyed sleeping late, lots of fun activities and spending time with family and friends. Here is an article to help smooth the transition with tips for a successful start to the second semester.
Access Control
Students in pre-primary to Grade 3 will receive their access control badges at school on Tuesday, January 21. It’s important to make sure that it stays connected to your child’s backpack to easily allow entrance to our campus every day. We will have teachers in the Student Center ready to walk our youngest students to class.
Please expect full implementation of the access control system on Wednesday, January 22.
Swimming
Just a reminder that swimming for some classes starts tomorrow! Please check communication from your child’s teacher.
Library News
Welcome Back to Your Library!
We are looking forward to seeing you and your children in the library. Please stop by to welcome our new library assistant, Isabela Martins. She is excited to meet everyone, and her passion for books is contagious! New parents, stop by to have Isabela set up a parent account for you to check out books, too!
Please bookmark the LS Library website at home to access the wonderful resources we have available! Look for print and eBooks in our library catalog. Check out Tumblebooks to access over 1000 online books (including read-alongs) at all different levels. Look up country information in Culturegrams. Read encyclopedia articles and play learning games through World Book. Watch short educational cartoons, take quizzes, and play games through BrainPOP. Read encyclopedia articles in Portuguese through Britannica Escola. Watch for new information about our latest database, PebbleGo, for excellent nonfiction books online.
AND access magazines and newspapers for yourself! If you haven't had a chance to look at Flipster yet, it's on the Teacher Resource page of the library site, and gives you free access to all issues of numerous popular magazines.
Usernames and passwords for our resources are included on the site.
If you have questions, please contact Heather Purcell (heather.purcell@graded.br).
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