Writing Celebration and More!

 Before the Writing Celebration began, we had a private '1D Writing CEREMONY' complete with music, certificates, treats, and a giant pencil for all!  

Excitement mounting with the announcement of a special ceremony

   

Certificate and Giant Pencils...

 by Antonela Xavier

Cat, What Are You Doing!?
By Chloe Sperb

The GOOOOAL  
by Ezra Pinsky

Me and My Cousin
by Ian Craig

by Nachi Benchimol

by Juan Andres Tiberio

How Did I Get the Golden G? 
by Malu Cuoco

by Olivia Vita

The Day I Went to the Beach
by Stella Funaro

by Eliza Altman

by Alice Bao

by Isabela Santos de Oliveira 

We Love the Golden G
by Keiichiro Kondo

The Bee
by Matheus Daniello

The Space Needle 
by Colette Cantor

THEN, the celebration began!  We invited Ms. Fitch's 3rd Grade and some other special guests to share our writing with...

Malu with 3rd Grader

Isabela with 3rd Grader

Antonela with Ms. Hammernik (Assistant Principal)

Eliza reading to Chloe

Olivia with Ms. Bobbie (Counselor)

Keeichiro with Mr. Hossack (Teaching and Learning)

Chloe with Ms. Bounet (Dean of Student Life

Chloe with Ms. Hammernik

Ian with 3rd Graders

                                      

Alice with Ms. Bounet 

Stella with Mr. Boijoli

Colette with Ms. Hammernik and 3rd Graders

Matheus with 3rd grader

Antonela with 3rd grader

Chloe with 3rd graders

Stella with Ms. Bobbie and 3rd grader

Ezra with Ms. Hammernik and 3rd Grader

Ian with Dr. Purcell (Librarian)

Keiichrio with 3rd Grader

Nachi with Ms. Fran (Mom Volunteer)

Olivia with 3rd Grader

Ian with Mr. Boijoli

Ezra with Ms. Fran

Alice with 3rd Grader

Nachi with 3rd Graders

Eliza with 3rd Graders

Juan with his 3rd Grader brother, Miguel

   

Colette with Ms. Fitch (3rd Gr. Teacher and Mr. Hossack

Eliza with a 3rd Graders

Keiichiro with 3rd Graders

Alice with 3rd Grader

Colette with 3rd Grader

Matheus with Mr. Hossack

It was a very special DAY!
  

Lower School Update - October 14, 2019

Parent-Teacher Conferences

On Wednesday and Thursday this week, we will have Parent-Teacher Conferences. This is an opportunity for parents to meet with the homeroom teacher to discuss strengths, areas for growth, and next steps. Please be sure to review your child’s report card on Veracross before attending the conference. 

There will be no school for students on Wednesday and Thursday. There will also be no supervision on campus on these days. If children come to campus, they must be directly supervised by a parent and are asked not to interrupt conferences of others.  

Graded Glow Run

Don’t miss Graded’s first Glow Run!  This is the fifth year for Run Against Cancer but this time it’s in the dark! Register now to take part in this exciting event.  

Intellectual Curiosity

The core value of the month for the Lower School is intellectual curiosity.  We know that this means having a “hungry mind.” Here is a list of apps for curious kids.  

Eagle’s Nest

Each week during our Eagle’s Nest on Monday mornings, two classes are awarded the “Golden G.”  Nominated by teachers, this class is chosen by exhibiting the Eagle Way around the school. This week, Dona Sandra’s fifth grade Brazilian Social Studies class won for working hard to investigate concepts and explore new ways to understand the material presented in class.  Ms. Keane’s class won for following directions when their teacher was busy and the students were flexible and attentive to the new teacher with a different routine.  

Donations

The Global Issues Network Club, run by high school students, is hosting a basic necessities drive this semester. The aim of this drive is to collect items like toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap or any other item which could potentially improve the hygiene for those less fortunate. The team has placed cardboard boxes throughout the whole school, including the hallways, near the office and in the student center so that depositing donations takes only a second. They will be accepting donations all throughout October and November and will package the donations for the upcoming holiday season. On behalf of GIN, we thank you for your participation; we can all make a difference.

Student Council

This October, Graded Lower School will embark on a new initiative with our grade 3, 4 and 5 students. We will be holding elections for Class Representatives to serve on a Student Council. Our StuCo (nickname) will be tasked with supporting and creating activities related to the promotion of school spirit and community. Some ideas include special activities for Kindness Week, School Spirit Challenges and much more. Please encourage your son or daughter to try their leadership skills in this new endeavor! Applications are due on Friday, October 18. 

News from the Library

We hope you can join us for this special opportunity with world-renowned author/illustrator, Peter H. Reynolds. In this interactive session, Peter will explore how families can promote creativity in their homes. There are limited spots, so please RSVP today! CLICK HERE TO RSVP. Livro Facil will have several of his most popular books for sale if you'd like to get autographed copies. His books have important messages and kids love them! The bookstore already has copies of Say Something, as well as the Portuguese translations of The Dot and The Word Collector. On Oct. 20, they'll have English copies of The Dot, Going Places, and Ish. Get yours while they last! 

Upcoming Important Dates

October 14	4:00 pm Report Cards 0nline for Parents
October 16	No school - Parent-Teacher Conferences
October 17	No school - Parent-Teacher Conferences
October 18	Graded Run Against Cancer (Night Run)
October 21 to 25	PTA - Teacher Appreciation Week
October 24 to 30	Visiting Author - Peter Reynolds
October 29	8:30 am LS Parent Coffee: Visiting Author - Peter Reynolds (Innovation Studio)
November 1	Halloween Parade
November 7	Pre-primary Field trip to Jardim Botanico
November 9	PTA Thanksgiving
November 11 - 14	Kindness week
November 15	Holiday - No School (Proclamação da Republica)
November 18	Holiday - No School (Observance Consiencia Negra)
November 19	LS Parent Coffee
November 26	LS Musical
November 28 & 29	No School - Thanksgiving

Around the Lower School 

Curriculum Update

Literacy-Students are finishing their first readers’ and writers’ units. They are celebrating all their work by sharing published writing pieces and showing off new reading habits and strategies to partners.The next readers’ workshop unit is Learning About the World, reading nonfiction. The next writers’ workshop unit is Nonfiction Chapter books. Please speak to your child about topics in which they are experts. This will help them with writing their expert books.

Math- Students have taken the mid-module assessment. They are being introduced to subtraction. They are solving addition math stories with addition and relating it to subtraction. Students will understand that these are fact families. They will be counting up and down using a number line (or number path) to find an unknown part.

Science- Students can now identify, describe and compare the difference between living and non-living things. They learned about the life cycle of plants and can name the main parts of plants and their functions. Students can also describe plants’ basic survival needs.

                   

Portuguese- Na próxima semana, encerraremos nossos estudos sobre os sons das letras, com foco nas vogais em Português. Em seguida, iniciaremos uma unidade de reflexão linguística a partir de cantigas e parlendas.

1D Swimming Classes

Hello 1D Families,

Several of you have expressed confusion about the SWIM schedules.  There are two different groups of classes based on who your child has as a PE Teacher.  One starting Oct 10, but OUR goup will begin in November.

Here are the specific dates for our class:

Nov.12 (E day)
Nov. 26 (E day)
Dec. 3 (H day)
Dec. 4 (H day)
Dec. 10 (E day)

I will be sending reminders and details the week before so don't worry.  These classes will be during their PE class time on these dates.

If you have any questions, just shoot me an email.

Shannon

Lower School Update - October 7, 2019

Intellectual Curiosity

As you know, we are focusing on intellectual curiosity this month.  We read a book, “Going Places,” during Eagle’s Nest last week about two children who were in a go-cart competition.  They let curiosity guide their design and when the reach the finish line, they are curious about another way to design a go-cart. Ask your child what the characters saw at the end of the book!

Children are naturally curious about the world around them and we need to help nurture this curiosity.  This article lists ways to encourage curiosity and “How Stuff Works” is a great website for students to engage their wonderings.  

Eagle’s Nest

Each week during our Eagle’s Nest on Monday mornings, two classes are awarded the “Golden G.”  Nominated by teachers, this class is chosen by exhibiting the Eagle Way around the school. This week, Ms. Bruna’s class was awarded the Golden G for their exemplary hallway behavior and Mrs. Fitch’s class was awarded the Golden G for great behavior in the cafeteria and cleaning up after themselves.  

Student Council

Also during our Eagle’s Nest this week, Ms. Colette announced the Lower School Student Council.  Students in Grades 3-5 listened to a brief overview of the purpose - to promote fun and community.  They also learned about the process for electing representatives from each class. If your child would like to apply, applications are due on Friday, October 18th.  

News from the Library

We hope you can join us for this special opportunity with world-renowned author/illustrator, Peter H. Reynolds. In this interactive session, Peter will explore how families can promote creativity in their homes. There are limited spots, so please RSVP today! CLICK HERE TO RSVP

Upcoming Important Dates

October 8	5th Grade Field Trip - Jardim Botanico (Kitto & Gehrels)
October 10	5th Grade Field Trip - Jardim Botancio (Wilganowski, Wolfe & Gaines)
October 11	Professional Learning Day for Teachers  (No school for students)
October 14	4:00 pm Report Cards 0nline
October 16	No school - Parent-Teacher Conferences
October 17	No school - Parent-Teacher Conferences
October 18	Graded Run Against Cancer (Night Run)
October 21 to 25	PTA - Teacher Appreciation Week
October 24 to 30	Visiting Author - Peter Reynolds
October 29	8:30 am LS Parent Coffee: Visiting Author - Peter Reynolds (Innovation Studio)
November 1	Halloween Parade

Around the Lower School