What a busy week for us here at Riverside. The first Rocket Night is now over with and it was a big success. We collected a bunch of food for the Neighborhood Center Food pantry and the kids had a great time. It is a crazy hour and a half but the kids love it.
On Wednesday night we had a PBL information night and a gallery walk with some of our students presenting some of their projects. We are so proud of these kids and what they have been able to do so far this year. There was a pretty big turn out and our students did a wonderful job answering questions. Remember if you are wanting your child to learn in the PBL environment next year you need to fill out the online application that is on the Plymouth Website. The application goes "live" on December 10th at 8:30 am and will remain "live" until December 21. If you have any questions about where this is available ask your child as Mrs. Dennie showed each class where the application was on Thursday.
The students have been working on their Indian projects and most are finished with what we are calling "Phase one" and are beginning their building which is "Phase Two". Ask your student about their Indian group and what they have learned so far. Students will be finishing up their building next week and we will have them present to each other the 17th to the 20th. Then after Christmas Break the top projects will be going to Washington Discovery Academy to present to some students there.
We are planning on having a Christmas/Winter "party" on December 21. We will get more details out next week. We will probably show a movie and have food.
The items for our two families that we have "adopted" are due by next Tuesday, December 11th so we can have time to wrap the items and get them to the Neighborhood Center. We have had a lot of items brought in already and hope to see the rest after this weekend. We love the giving spirit of our students this year! It has been neat to see them bring items in and be so excited about what they bought from boots to food! We are truly blessed this year with your children.
In our classes this week we have been busy as well. We have been multiplying and dividing fractions in math. We have been working on commas in language arts and reading our trade books. We have finished up our animals in science and we have been learning more about Native Americans in social studies. In art class the Graffiti walls turned out really well and are hanging in the halls when you come for the music program you will have to take a look.
We hope you have a great weekend and we look forward to a good but busy next two weeks!
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