I hope you all had an awesome last weekend of March. On a personal note, Team Dombrowski was pretty busy last weekend. First, I had taken last Friday off to enjoy a Spring Training Game! We got our picture with Clark the Cubby Bear!
Last Saturday, we also had THREE birthday parties to attend! WHEW! My brother-in-law turned 30, a good friend from college ALSO turned 30, and Mr. D's sweet Godson turned 2. It was BUSY and fun-filled weekend! It's hard to believe that March has come and gone! March is one of my favorite months of the year, not only because of springtime and beautiful weather, but because Mr. Dombrowski and I got married on March 29, 2014! We celebrated three years of wedded bliss on Wednesday! Photo to share :-)...
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Scholar Shout-Outs:
Your scholars are doing GREAT with reciting Lincoln (click to hear recording) by Nancy Byrd Turner. We will assess their recitation next week. Don't forget to practice at home, making sure your child is projecting their voice, and add a little expression too :-). Poem recitation stance should look like this:
Upcoming Events:
April 5-7: Usborne Book Fair
Friday, April 7: Fine Arts and French Night ~ The students did a video recording this week and are looking forward to you seeing this. I will be there and hope to see you too!
Thursday, April 13: Field Trip
Friday, April 14-Monday, April 17: No School R&R
Monday, April 17: Happy Birthday Abby!
Wednesday, April 19: Assembly 8:00-8:30am
Wednesday, April 26: Happy Birthday Jocelyn!
Thursday, April 27: Healthy Snack Day (Protein)
Saturday, April 29: Happy Birthday, Beatrice!
Next Week in 2B...
Spalding Words:
Monday: cities, city, known, know, several, desire, nearly, too (more than, also), two (2), to
Tuesday: animal, basin, breeze, button, cabbage, careful, cough, cousin, dollars, excuse *noun*, excuse *verb*
Wednesday: island, grief, guard, guilty, hungry, language, laughter, laugh, lining, line
Literature: If you haven't done so already, please make sure to send your scholar to school with a copy of our newest classic: Little House in the Big Woods. We will discuss the setting and how it relates to us in Arizona, and outline the 5 main characters in the story. After reading we will discuss how Laura’s house and our homes differ, and learn the steps of food preservation! Ask your literature master what the vocabulary word ‘headcheese’ means!
Writing and Grammar: We will be working through the writing process next week! Students will start with prewriting on Monday, brainstorming a list of their favorite activities. Tuesday will be spent writing a rough draft, Wednesday and Thursday will be spent revising and editing their drafts (first on their own, then with a peer). On Friday students will write their final papers. Mrs. Lacsa and I will be emphasizing that final papers should be students BEST work! This includes neat handwriting, proper formatting, and being proud of their work!
We will read a story called About Lying, and have a discussion about how lying leads to great problems than one might initially realized.
Math: We will look at capacity! We will compare the capacity of containers to begin with, and then learn about liters. We will compare the capacity of containers in liters and compare them to units we are familiar with (cups, gallons etc.) We will solve word problems involving capacity, and make a fun visual to see how all units compare! Make sure to ask your capacity captain all about their new best friend: The Gallon Bot!
History: Our journey West will conclude next week with learning about Native Americans. We will spend time reviewing and assessing our understanding from this unit: Americans Move West. Your scholar will bring their classwork packet that we've been working hard on in class to review at home. Can your scholar tell you about mining towns and how they turned into ghost towns? Can they explain the importance of Sequoyah, the Cherokee People, the Trail of Tears, and buffalo to Plains Indians? How did the settlers moving west affect the Native Americans? These are all great talking points to have your scholar retell!
Science: Next week we will assess our understanding of magnets! Can you help our class by donating supplies to make MAGNETIC SLIME? Please see this sign up genius link!
We have LOVED playing with magnets!
Summer Academy with Mrs. Smith!
Mrs. Smith is teaching Summer Academy at Arete this year! She is so excited and would love to see your scholars there. See the classes and course descriptions below. Sign up by tomorrow, April 1st for a 10% early-bird discount.
Farm to Table
Week 1: June 5-9
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Our journey from “Farm to Table” gives campers a chance to learn what it means to grow, harvest, raise, and preserve food. We will be looking at the lost skills of farming through art history and passed-down family recipes. Experiments with photosynthesis, anatomy, and decomposition will help campers see nature at work. By the end of the week we will have a real farmer’s market where each student will sell goods they have made. Additionally, we will host a local farmer with produce for families to browse and shop, while discussing the importance of healthy choices for mind, body, and soul!
Inventions and Discoveries
Week 2: June 12-16
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Albert Einstein said, “Play is the highest form of research.” We will learn to “play” with the past as we learn about foundational discoveries affecting our lives today – From paper and plastic, catapults and castles, the light bulb and robotics, we will explore how discoveries and inventions are like a snowball effect, as one idea is a platform for another. Scholars will learn how it can take centuries of ideas before inventions come to fruition. On Friday, we will host a science fair, displaying the different inventions campers “played” with and came up with on their own!
Sign up here: http://www.greatheartsamerica.org/summeracademy/
Love,
Mrs. Dombrowski
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