Target

January 2012

We have missed our students and are delighted to welcome about 80 new students to our Target program.

Target classes will resume the week of January 30th.

Monday-2nd Grade

Tuesday-4th Grade

Wednesday-3rd Grade

Thursday- 5th Grade (except McDowell & Farkas)

Friday-1st Grade and 5th McDowell & Farkas

Please come prepared on your Target day with your Target bag, needed supplies, snack and water bottle.

Can you help us????? We are in need of some stethoscopes and blood pressure machines for our new Heart Unit. Please let us know if you can locate and lend us these instruments.

December 16, 2011

We would like to wish all of you a joyous holiday season and best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.

Please note:  Target classes will resume the end of January once Target reevaluation testing is completed.  We look forward to welcoming many new students to our Target family in January when we will begin our new units,"Anurans on the Run" for 4th and 5th, and "The Heart" for 2nd and 3rd.

Have a safe wonderful winter break!     The Target Teachers

    

Week of December 12, 2011 (12/14)

Due to check-point testing in homeroom classes we had a late start.  Today was the last day of Target for this semester.  The art detectives were quite surprised about the outcome of our mystery Chasing Vermeer.  The epilogue helped put many of the puzzle pieces together.  Students were amazed at all the coincidences of the number 12.  We added our own that we finished the novel the week of 12/12. Some of the students with strong reading skills may be interested in the sequel of Carter's, Petra's, and Tommy's adventures in The Wright by Blue Balliett.  We ended the day with our mystery celebration and watched the movie The Great Mouse Detective.

We would like to wish all of you a joyous holiday season.  Target classes will resume the end of January once Target reevaluation testing is completed.  We look forward to welcoming many new third grade students to our Target family in January when we begin our new unit "The Heart."

Week of December 12, 2011

Due to check-point testing in homeroom classes, we had a late start this morning.Today was our last day of Target for this semester.  We put all our detective skills and knowledge together as we read through and answered questions to the Kids Discover Magazine "Detectives."  We had our mystery celebration and ended the day with the movie "The Great Mouse Detective." 

We want to wish all of you a joyous holiday season.  Due to Target reevaluation the beginning of January, we will not resume Target classes until the end of January with our new unit "The Heart."  Have a great winter break!

Week of December 5, 2011 (12/7)

The students were very excited today. Calder and Petra found the missing Vermeer painting, "The Lady Writing." Next week we will find out who the thief is, however, the student detectives have several hypotheses. Vocabulary this week was: ruthless, precariously, cavernous. Students demonstrated their growing logical analytical abilities with several logic puzzles and divergent abilities with a Gotta Think activity sheet.

The students in Mrs. Goldstein's and Ms. Boucher's classes finished sharing their wonderful mystery research projects.

Please note that next week will be our last Target class before the winter break.

Week of December 5, 2011

Along with working on a math activity and waker-upper, the final evidence came in today. The class assembled all their clues and solved the final logic problem. JEWEL WAS THE THIEF! She has our recipes. Students wrote an epilogue to our case, some are finishing this for homework.

Please note that next week will be our unit celebration and our last class meeting before Winter Break.

We missed our fifth graders this week, but we know they are having so much fun in Jekyll!  Kids, please take good care of Ms. Boucher and Mrs. Goldstein, who must be enjoying spending some quality time at the beach with you.

Fourth graders concentrated on our projects.  Some students did their final presentations in their classes, while others did "dry runs" and will present in costume next week.  We cannot wait to see the exciting projects you have been creating!

Fourth graders also participated in a simulation about trade and the economic system of the Middle Ages.  We learned about bartering and trade routes and the surprises and hazards of trading.  Our day ended with a video about "The Merchant in the Middle Ages."

Fifth graders will participate in a Medieval Fair by presenting their projects to the entire fifth grade class on Thursday, Dec. 8.  The cafeteria will be available for you to drop off your tri-fold boards from 7:15, so bring them there when you get to school on Fair Day.

Homework:  Be sure to bring your project and costume!

Week of November 28, 2011 (11/30)

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. The students caught up with some unfinished tasks due to our shortened tornado day during our last class meeting.

Mrs. Bullard's class enjoyed sharing their mystery research projects. Mrs. Goldstein's and Mrs. Boucher's classes will finish sharing their projects next Wednesday.

Our mystery Chasing Vermeer is building to a final climax. Students had fun using their pentomino letters like Calder and Mrs. Sharp to form words. Vocabulary words were: rational, decades, frayed, accommodation.

Week of November 28th, 2011

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Monday was an exciting day with the sharing of many wonderful mystery projects. The students were enthralled listening to their peer's research and exciting mystery book reports. We are close to discovering who stole our recipes. We are waiting for some important evidence to identify our suspect.

Week of Nov. 28, 2011

Our fourth graders did a phenomenal job on their visual presentations! All of the Target teachers are looking forward to seeing the students' costumes and hearing their formal presentations next week (Dec. 6) in our Target classrooms!

This week the Fifth Grade students will be going to Jekyll Island, as will Ms. Boucher and Mrs. Goldstein, therefore, Target will resume next Thursday, Dec. 8. This is the day the Fifth Graders will participate in our Medieval Festival in the Sope Creek cafeteria. They should bring their costumes and be prepared to present what they've learned. We are looking forward to it!