CCE TAG: News for 12/17

It has been a short but very busy week. We had a lot of fun and did a lot of learning in these three days. It has been a great first semester and we are looking forward to an awesome 2019!1st:

1st Grade Talent Development

First graders enjoyed a tea party this week to celebrate the end of our Mary Poppins unit. We had so much fun decorating gingerbread people (ask your student why we chose gingerbread!), and drinking some lemonade. We discussed our favorite parts of the book and movie, and all agreed we want to see the new movie that premiered this week. We have had so much fun with this unit!

2nd Grade Talent Development

The second grade completed reading "A Bear Called Paddington" this week. We enjoyed our culminating activity of creating gingerbread book characters. The students had a great time!

3rd Grade Math

Third graders continued learning about data analysis this week. We finished up bar graphs and spent the rest of the week wrapping up our ISP hotel projects. They are almost done- we can't wait to show them off at STEAM night in January!

4th Grade Math

Fourth graders took a DCA this week over units 5 and 6- multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals. Grades are in HAC. We spent the rest of the week busily working on our ISP library projects. They are close to being finished and we can't wait to show them off at STEAM night in January!

5th Grade Math

Fifth graders took a DCA this week over units 4 and 5- rates, ratios, percents, expressions and equations. Grades are in HAC. We spent the rest of the week busily working on our ISP artist projects. They are close to being finished and we can't wait to show them off at STEAM night in January!

3rd Reading

Third grade completed their biography projects this week. They presented them to our class. They did a great job sharing their knowledge. We also wrapped up the week with some literary fun. The students created gingerbread book characters from our novel "Rump". They had a great time being creative with the cookies!

4th Reading

Fourth grade wrapped up the week with a little book fun. We created book characters using gingerbread. Each student had to create one of the characters from "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library". It was so fun to see how creative the students were with their cookies.

5th Reading

Fifth grade ended the semester with some great things. The first was taking the ekphrastic poetry they had written about the art in our school and going on the art hunt. They each got a copy of the booklet full of classmates' poetry and then had to figure out which piece of art was speaking through it. This project was inspired by our reading of "The Harlem Charade". They had a great time figuring out which poem went with which piece of art.

We also spent the last day having a little fun with book characters. The students created gingerbread book characters representing the characters in our novel "The Harlem Charade". It was so much fun to see the creativity!