Hi all, Welcome to school year 2014-15! Off to a great start; students are excited to be here and are really demonstrating excellent learning and behavior skills. Some students have already been out on fieldwork; we have many great learning adventures lined up for fall. Please sign up to help out – really nice time to get to know your children’s crews (and hopefully learn something new as well). […]
Two days into the new year and already crew is coming together. In the first few weeks we will focus strongly on aspects of our character expedition, Who Am I? and the development of study team roles and the new math program. We will not begin our science expedition until after our character kick-off at Grizzly Adventure Camp.
I will post regular crew updates on this blog:
Expedition - Character 6th grade is all about choice and responsibility. Crew began by taking responsibility for choosing their own best-fit math study team, individual "ThinkSpace", and cubby.
Dojo is a hit - and thank you parents who have logged in and are following along. Remember, this is just a snapshot of times during a day I may notice your child practicing habits of work in positive or negative ways.
College Prep Math - Crew took a pre-assessment on all the concepts we will explore this year. It will come home Tuesday. Chapter 1 is designed to learn and practice Study Team Roles and the processes we will follow this year while introducing concepts we will study late this year.
Expedition - Science -Kick-off is the Lassen Volcanic Road trip on September 30!
Literacy - Using their items from the summer reading assignment, crew began creating an idea board for themselves as if they were the next character in Seedfolks. We will develop that idea into our first narrative writing.
We will explore VERSO as a way to read, write, and respond to other's ideas.
Look For and Reminders: This week math pretetss, parent info on math, and Grizzly Adventure Camp permission slips ( due September 9th).
Parents, All 2014-15 documents have been loaded to the website (See the 'For Parents' section on the left sidebar and below). There are english and spanish version for all documents. All documents should be printed, signed, and returned to your child's crew. 2014-15 Documents: Family Handbook Manual de la Familia (Español) Commitment to Excellence Comprometida [...]
Aug 7, 2014 Hi all SELS families, Three weeks until school starts (Thurs, Aug 28). Hope everyone is having a nice summer. Also hope everyone is spending some time reading, particularly the all-school and crew summer reads. I wanted to also connect and provide some info as we get closer to our return to school: [...]
Director’s Notes Hi all, Final Director’s Notes of the the ’13-14 school year. Where did it go? Exciting to be heading into summer, especially after this past week of a superb Celebration of Learning and the past 2 days of wonderful Passages. […]
Please see the attached Board Meeting agenda. Additionally, at 5:30 pm Tom Gemma from TTUSD will give a short informative presentation on the upcoming Facilties Bond the District hopes to have on the Nov '14 ballot. All are welcome to attend both meetings, held in M-8.
Director's Notes [...]
Director's Notes [...]
Director's notes May 21, 2014 Hi all, Hitting the final stretch of expeditions. Still lots of fieldwork happening; students have camped at Prosser, Lava Beds National Monument, and will be going to Mono Lake and Yosemite. They have also visited farms, are going rafting, and have been rock climbing. Great experiences all around; many thanks [...]
Expedition Express Play Ball! Case Study #3 is winding down as we begin to prepare for Celebration of Learning. Students enjoyed fieldwork to the Reno Aces vs. Salt Lake City Bees baseball game last Thursday. The game was followed up by our Spring overnight adventure trip. Students continued to learn the principles of physical science by [...]
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