Ms. Jazmin & Ms. Marion
Week of December 5, 2016
A Note from Ms. Jazmin:
We had another busy week with MAP and SRI assessments that were completed for all of the second and third year students in room 20. Unfortunately I can not share test scores via email, but will be sharing them with you at winter conferences, which will be held the week of January 16th. Please be on the lookout for the sign up. In addition to the assessments we have also been busy wrapping up our studies of Hanukkah. Hopefully you were able to enjoy the Festival of Lights and you were able to see Lower Elementary's display in the hallway. Even though this event is my favorite of the year, I was unable to attend due to feeling under the weather. We also had the pleasure of attending the Musical Explorers field trip where our students enjoyed performances by musicians that played zydeco, old time, and brass quintet music.
We continue to collect food for our classroom's food drive for those in need. Thank you to those that have donated thus far!
Room 20 Second Harvest Food Drive by jazmin on Scribd
Science
research/presentations are due next week! I'm not sure the exact day that each student will be presenting as we will just go through the presentations as time permits between ornament making and field trips.
Please keep in mind the Parade of
Cultural Fashion, the first of our PTA cultural events, that will be January
20, 2017 in the Multipurpose room. We would like any and all cultures
represented at this event with traditional costumes! Please click on the
link Cultural
Parade Sign Up for more information and please sign up to be a part of
highlighting our diverse culture at Ellis! Parade of Cultural Fashion I'm
dressing my own daughters up; one in traditional Puerto Rican costume and the
other in traditional Cuban costume! The head of the PTA Cultural Committee is
one of our very own parents from our classroom, Beverly Williams! I agreed to
help her with the communications portion and helping her get the word out. It
would be wonderful to see a large show of support from our very own classroom
community!
The Ellis GEP students are
continuing to help serve the homeless community in Savannah by collecting
supplies for the Emmaus House. Each day, the Emmaus House serves breakfast and
lunch to people who are unable to provide for themselves. We would like to
begin by providing supplies needed for serving food. Please donate if you are
able to help!
Plastic
utensils
Paper plates
Paper bowls
Napkins
Disposable coffee cups
Large aluminum trays/pans
Wish List
Guinea Pig Supplies- food,
Timothy hay, pine shavings or other bedding , and treats if you wish. *items in
bold are most needed
White card stock 8.5
x 11 for Montessori materials I have purchased online. I also use cardstock
with crafts for the students.
Dates to Remember:
12/13 1st
Grade Field trip
12/14 2nd and
3rd Grade Field trip
12/16
Dress Down $1 8th Grade Bridging Ceremony
12/16 Holiday
Sing-Along during the school day
12/21-1/3 Winter Break (students
return on the 4th)
Upcoming Healthy and Nutrient
Dense snack weeks for 25 students: We do have a low level peanut allergy in the
classroom, so we prefer peanut free snacks so that the student may also
participate in snack with the class.
Some suggestions for snack are:
precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut
vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or
chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham
crackers… The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster
when the students need it. Please keep in mind the nutritional value when
choosing a snack.
12/12 NAZYIA
12/19 HAMISH (2 days)
1/4 LUCY (3 days)
Cultural and Cosmic Focus
Georgia-Geography and Historic Figures
North America
Democratic
Process-Government/Voting etc.
Montessori Great Lesson: The
Coming of the Universe and subsequent exploration of Earth's materials (soils,
minerals, rocks, etc), planet research...
Cosmic Story-Born with a Bang
Tree of Life-Classification
