December
January
This Week
Monday
* Wear Plaid
* High School Lab Visits
* Tokyo Joe's lunch provided by the office
Tuesday
* Ugly Sweater Day
* 1st Grade Plan Day
Wednesday
* Wear Red & Green
* Kindie Plan Day
* SD: Winter Cheer
Thursday
* Sparkle, Shimmer & Shine
* Release EPRs by 3:00
* 4:00 Staff Holiday Party
Friday
No School!
Reminders
* On January 9th we will be updating READ Plans during staff development. Please make sure your yellow data sheets are updated with their MOY iReady data by this date. If students fell below the cut score for the first time, they will need to be given a growth monitor to verify the need for a READ plan. If they fell below the cut score on BoY and MoY, they automatically qualify. New READ plans are due by February 15th.
* Our Holiday Party is right around the corner at Gail Golish's house - 8235 N. Sunburst Trail. There will be good food (Chicken Shack is catering) and great company! Don't miss it. And most importantly - the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament finale will be at the party. If you have not been working on your bracket, get going!! We must be to the final round by next Thursday! That super cool shirt is waiting for you!
* Since December is such a busy month, your Social Committee decided to add some fun to boring old January. Instead of "Secret Santa", this year we decided to have the "January Fairy" visit Gold Rush. Watch for more information right after the winter break.
Revised Lunch Choices This Week
Monday - Chicken Nuggets
Tuesday - Pancake Bites
Wednesday - Pizza, Cheese & Pepperoni
Thursday - Bosco Sticks
Happy Birthday
Amy Fugier - December 17th
Hays Padrnos - December 25th
Kym Koford - January 1st
Shari Hokanson - January 2nd
Melissa Robart - January 7th
Go For the Gold
* Thank you Karen Petty for all of the outstanding Rock Concerts!
* Thank you Christi Dismang and Anita Rudman for all of the work put into Kindie Round-up!
* Thank you Anita Rudman for setting up for the Principal's meeting and our staff lunch!
* Thank you Jenny Brown for providing lunch on Monday!
* Thank you Gail Golish for hosting our holiday party!
Golden Nuggets
Morning Announcements: Hagerty
Lounge Duty: Brakefield/Braden
2nd Grade Technology CoTeaching
Second Grade Scientists applied their understanding of Force and Motion to build and analyze Lego Simple Machines. Students used Seesaw to videotape each Simple Machine “working” and described the forces applied and the motion that the force elicited. After completing the build scientists then analyzed each build using the following questions:
How will the amount of force change an object’s motion?
How does applying a force affect the way an object moves?
How does an object’s properties (shape, size, build, or texture) affect how it will move when a force is applied?
Student Samples:
Car Example:
Catapult Example:
Gear Example:
