We were lucky enough to end the week with an incredibly inspiring visit from author, photographer, Olympian and adventurer Jan Reynolds. She has been all over the world and has a series of books bringing awareness to vanishing cultures. 3-5th Graders are hard at work on their IB, biography unit with the central idea that societies perspective can promote and deny social justice. Students are beginning to choose a person who has worked to promote social justice, to become an expert on. Families and friends are invited to join us on May 4, at 1:00 for a Wax Museum. Students will dress as their person and give a short speech about how their person promoted social justice. We hope you will save this date and come learn more about the chosen historical figures. Here are a few images from the 2017 Wax Museum. Third Grade Math: Students will be finishing up Unit 5, Multiplication, Division and Area and beginning a Geometry Unit with a major focus on comparing quadrilaterals. Here is a link to the family information page. www.mathlearningcenter.org/sites/default/files/documents/family/PAR-BR3-U6.pdf Please encourage your student to continue to practice his her multiplication facts at home! Grade 4 Math: Students in grade 4 just completed the unit assessment for Unit 5 and began Unit 6. The overview is here: www.mathlearningcenter.org/sites/default/files/documents/family/PAR-BR4-U6.pdf Grade 5 Math: Fifth graders are continuing to work in Unit 6 and are working to determine equations for any given cube arrangement. These activities are concrete ways to attack algebraic thinking. The following is the link for the unit's overview: www.mathlearningcenter.org/sites/default/files/documents/family/PAR-BR5-U6.pdf Last week, we also explored the SBAC Portal, so students could see they type of questions the will encounter on the SBAC test that they will be taking in May. I have attached a link to the student and families practice site, so that you and your student can explore the test. vt.portal.airast.org Talent show forms are due back by Wednesday! School newsletter: www.acsdvt.org/cms/lib/VT01918853/Centricity/Domain/13/Newsletter%203.19.18.pdf Coming Up: Tuesday: Kids on the Run, 2:30-3:30 Friday: Band, Movie Night
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Dear Families, The 3-5 grade are hard at work on their current IB unit. The central idea for this unit is that society's perspective can promote or deny social justice. Below are photos of our lines of inquiry and some of the work we have completed. Third Graders are currently reading a biography of Harriet Tubman. Ask your third grader to tell you about some of his/her learning! Fourth Graders are reading, Counting on Grace, a story about a young Vermont girl who must leave school to work in the mills. All of the 3-5 graders had a chance to create their own country and come up with 10 laws for the country. Students worked in small groups for this task. Each group was assigned a "dictator" to lead the group, to help students experience different types of government. Some of the dictators said that they felt "powerful" and others said they felt "guilty" and wanted to make sure everyone is their group was happy with their roles. It was a learning experience for all. Shakespeare Celebration: On Thursday evening 15 Salisbury students attended the Town Hall Theater's Shakespeare documentary launch. If you haven't seen the 9 minute video and would like to, follow this link: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0db83uHO1W4 Here are a few photos from the evening's event: After School Opportunity-Kids on the Run Paperwork about this after school opportunity will be going home this week. It was a lot of fun last year and we hope we can recreate the success! Student Led Conferences: Student led conferences begin this week and there is no school on Friday. Below are some various photos from the week: |