Upcoming Days in Rotation

Monday, February 8^th – Day 6

Tuesday, February 9^th – Day 7

Wednesday, February 10^th – Day 1

Thursday, February 11^th – Day 2

Friday, February 12^th – Day 3

Reminders

• Save the date for our annual Gently Used Book Sale on March 17th and 18th. We ask families to donate books the first two weeks of March (any book is accepted). All books will be sold for $0.50 and the money raised will be donated to Pet Helpers and remaining books will be donated to HALOS and Reading Partners. 
• The "live" book fair is closed as of 4pm on Friday but the Online Book Fair is still active until February 17.  Please visit http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/portergaud

The Road to Revolution

Fourth graders are busy studying the events leading up to the American Revolution.  Students in Mrs. Baran's homeroom reenacted history as Loyalists arguing to stay under British rule and as Patriots arguing for independence. 

Celebrating Black History Month in Chapel

Mrs. Rounds shared a wonderful gift with us this week in Chapel.  She taught us the song, “People Get Ready” by Curtis Mayfield, which was written the year after the March on Washington. Mrs. Rounds’s voice was beautiful as she led us in this moving song about faith and inclusion.

Honesty

Brian Burke, former professional tennis player and husband of our very own Terra Burke (3^rd grade reading and math teacher), introduced the virtue of honesty to our students this week.  He made great connections with our students about the value of honesty and what it means to be an honest person.

Grammar Lesson or Dance Lesson?

Second graders in Mrs. Dixon’s class learned about contractions and showed off their moves at the same time! Mrs. Dixon calls it the “Dance Party Contraction Scoot”. Students dance when they finish a question and when the music stops, they "scoot" to the next one, answer it and dance some more. Tons of fun!

Book Fair Fun 

The Book Fair has been the highlight of our week.  It has been wonderful to see so many children excited about books!

Can You Hear Me Now?

Fifth graders have been studying the variables that affect the pitch and volume of a sound.  As a culminating challenge, they were presented with various materials and asked to design a communication system that effectively transmitted a message at least 6 meters.  Finally, wrote the procedures so that another group could use their communication system!

Ancient China

Fifth graders completed a unit of study on ancient China.  Their learning culminated with a “museum walk” through their projects on topics such as the Great Wall, and ancient Chinese dragons.  

The 100th Day of School

First grade was taken over by 100 year olds on Monday! All first graders came to school dressed as 100 year olds to celebrate our 100^th day of school. Wow! What a transformation!

Students in second grade celebrated the 100th day of school by creating a 100 year old portrait and wrote about what their life would be like as a 100 year old person. 

Graphing

Second graders have been learning about different types of graphs. Students surveyed each other to create graphs.  

Virtue Celebration

We celebrated our monthly virtue of respect with a beautiful Valentine themed luncheon for first through third graders who received virtue vouchers over the past few weeks. Our fourth and fifth graders enjoyed an assembly to celebrate their virtuous behaviors.