We have received our trophies for the fifth and sixth grade Quiz Bowl teams. The fifth grade had a great first place finish and the sixth with a second place. The fifth grade will be in today, so will get to see the trophy and then we should put it in their school trophy case.
The seventh and eight grade Quiz Bowl teams also finished first ! We have done this for a number of years and this is the best finish ever ! The students did a great job of answering quickly and accurately and deserve a great deal of credit for besting the other teams in Iowa. There were 30 total teams in the seventh grade competition and 40 in the 8th grade. Their trophies will arrive soon. What an accomplishment !
The highest scorers in First in Math for first quarter had a party yesterday for their achievement. We had chicken for lunch and then they received gift cards as well. Now the competition is on for second quarter. Those students were Emily Robinson - 1st place, Kyle Jennett - 2nd place, Jay Wolfe - 3rd place, Audrey Fyock and Itzayanna Rubio - 4th place. All great workers !
In Math this week, the 7th grade is finishing a chapter on Number Theory and will be working on scientific notation today. They will have to do some research on how scientific notation is used in regard to space which should be interesting.
The 6th grade Math will be finishing a unit on Decimals before Thanksgiving and we are trying to make sure that the dividing is clear and will be retained.
Eighth grade Reading students are finishing "Murder on the Orient Express". Agatha Christie stories are still interesting even today - especially with a twist at the end.
The 7th graders are exploring some Mark Twain stories this week and the 6th grade is finishing some reading and research on Thomas Edison as they are going to a program in Des Moines on the inventor. They will be reading "Elephant Run" next by Roland Smith - an interesting tale that takes place mainly in Burma during World War II. I actually got interested in elephants after reading this book. I hope they will like it as well as the students last year.
I am working on finding funding to bring the author Gordon Korman to Creston next fall. We have been corresponding about his writing and as he is a nationally known author, the students are excited to hear him speak. I am hoping to locate some grants to help fund this speaker. He has written some of the "39 Clues" books and has several series of books that the kids love.
That's all for now !
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
More from November
One thing I forgot to add....
Seventh grade TAG read the book "Night", a memoir by Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, and the students wrote on and sent a birthday card to him. They received a letter back from Mr. Wiesel thanking them for the kind words and encouraging them to keep fighting against injustice and to continue reading It was very cool to receive the letter and he actually addressed all the students by name, which was impressive. This book had such a profound impact on the students in the way that it outlined the horrors suffered by the Jews during World War II. Many said that this was their favorite book that we have read, out of eleven whole class books.
Seventh grade TAG read the book "Night", a memoir by Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, and the students wrote on and sent a birthday card to him. They received a letter back from Mr. Wiesel thanking them for the kind words and encouraging them to keep fighting against injustice and to continue reading It was very cool to receive the letter and he actually addressed all the students by name, which was impressive. This book had such a profound impact on the students in the way that it outlined the horrors suffered by the Jews during World War II. Many said that this was their favorite book that we have read, out of eleven whole class books.
November TAG News
Sorry, it's been forever !
A few updates are:
1. The 5th graders are doing videos about information on the oceans and we hope we can put them on School Tube when they are done . It's pretty entertaining ! One example is learning about the uses of algae from an "algaeologist" (new word).The 5th grade will be doing Quiz Bowl today - November 3rd.
2. We won the Card of the Day contest for the month of October in First in Math ! That means our team will be posted all month on their web site and we won some prizes of the games and some awards to give out. I play the Card of the Day for each team every day and it is entered into a contest. Yea - we won !!!!
3. Emily Robinson (5th grade) was the highest scorer for First in Math for first quarter. Second place was Kyle Jennet. Third place was Jay Wolfe and 4th place were Audrey Fyock and Itzayanna Rubio.I have gotten them Subway gift cards and we will have lunch together one noon - chicken from Pizza Ranch. Congratulations on all your hard work !
4. The 8th grade TAG Reading is starting on "Murder on the Orient Express" - a great old Agatha Christie book. It will be fun.
5. 7th grade Reading is doing "Hope Was Here" and sixth graders are finishing presentations about "Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey" which we are also doing as videos.
6. In Math. the 7th grade is doing a great unit on Number Theory - inequalities, primes, composites, exponents, number sets - all the odd little mathematical theories that we need to learn and keep in our mathematical "bag of tricks'. They are taking notes and practicing as we go. Today they will be doing some with exponents and Mersenne primes using the "Math' magazine featuring the Jonas Brothers. Hopefully that will inspire them !
Well, that is a little update. Contact us if you can ! More later.
A few updates are:
1. The 5th graders are doing videos about information on the oceans and we hope we can put them on School Tube when they are done . It's pretty entertaining ! One example is learning about the uses of algae from an "algaeologist" (new word).The 5th grade will be doing Quiz Bowl today - November 3rd.
2. We won the Card of the Day contest for the month of October in First in Math ! That means our team will be posted all month on their web site and we won some prizes of the games and some awards to give out. I play the Card of the Day for each team every day and it is entered into a contest. Yea - we won !!!!
3. Emily Robinson (5th grade) was the highest scorer for First in Math for first quarter. Second place was Kyle Jennet. Third place was Jay Wolfe and 4th place were Audrey Fyock and Itzayanna Rubio.I have gotten them Subway gift cards and we will have lunch together one noon - chicken from Pizza Ranch. Congratulations on all your hard work !
4. The 8th grade TAG Reading is starting on "Murder on the Orient Express" - a great old Agatha Christie book. It will be fun.
5. 7th grade Reading is doing "Hope Was Here" and sixth graders are finishing presentations about "Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey" which we are also doing as videos.
6. In Math. the 7th grade is doing a great unit on Number Theory - inequalities, primes, composites, exponents, number sets - all the odd little mathematical theories that we need to learn and keep in our mathematical "bag of tricks'. They are taking notes and practicing as we go. Today they will be doing some with exponents and Mersenne primes using the "Math' magazine featuring the Jonas Brothers. Hopefully that will inspire them !
Well, that is a little update. Contact us if you can ! More later.
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