“I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou
Upcoming Days in Rotation
Monday, February 1st – Day 1
Tuesday, February 2nd – Day 2
Wednesday, February 3rd – Day 3
Thursday, February 4th – Day 4
Friday, February 5th – Day 5
Reminders
- The Porter Gaud blood drive is on Friday, February 5th in the Wendell Center from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Parents may email Gretchen Tate (gtate@portergud.edu) to schedule a time to give blood on February 5th.
- We will hold our annual Scholastic Book Fair on Wednesday, February 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Informational letters and advertising flyers went home this week in student's book bags. Please feel free to come and shop anytime between 8:00am to 4:00pm, or with your child during their class time or after school. If you'd like to check the schedule or shop online, please go to http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/portergaud. To volunteer to work a shift during the Book Fair, please go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080b45a5af29a20-2016 or contact Mrs. Easter at seaster@portergaud.edu. Thank you for supporting our community of readers!
2nd and 3rd Graders Learn About Sportsmanship
This week, second and third graders were treated to a special lesson on the subject of sportsmanship from Upper School athletes, Maggie Cochrane and Allen Walters. The important message take aways were: 1) there is no "I" in team and 2) it is more important to enjoy the game with your friends as teammates than to win!
Frog and Toad
First and second graders enjoyed a trip downtown to the Dock Street Theater to see Frog and Toad.
3rd Grade Science Presentations
Third graders gave terrific presentations in Science class of food chain vocabulary words. Well done!
Fun Fraction Friday
Fifth grade math classes participated in Fun Fraction Friday to kick off the next unit of study in math. The boys and girls were asked to wear their favorite color t-shirts to class and were grouped by blues, greens, yellows, oranges, and reds. Students discussed that fractions show parts of a whole and then students moved around the classroom to make different combinations. They then discussed how fractional parts related to those "whole" groups. The math skills incorporated in the lesson were: understanding of fractions, finding simplest form, greatest common factors and least common denominators, and understanding the relationship among fractions, decimals, and percents. For the most PART, this WHOLE FRIDAY had an element of FUN with FRACTIONS! Please take a moment and ask your fifth grader to change a fraction to a decimal, or better yet, a fraction to a percent!
Division Party
Mrs. Harrison’s third grade class enjoyed a Division Party this week. Bags of treats (i.e. goldfish, gummy bears, pretzels) were given to the students. Everyone enjoyed counting the total number of treats in their bags, dividing by ten, and finding the remainder. The remainders were gobbled up quickly after the math was done!