12/08 - 12/12

Behavior Stars Siddu Brycen Crystal Katie C. Rithwik Liam Tremonte Emma Trey Gabriel Austin Rachel Mikayla Osi

Homework Stars

Luke Osi Rachel Julian David Austin Aidan Trey Rithwik Katie C. Crystal Brycen

Math Facts Fluency

Aladesuyi NewsletterTeaching &

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Email: toroalade@sps186.org Phone: (217) 525-3226 Class webpage: http://www.sps186.org/teachers/toroalade/?b=12

Our mission is to recognize, and nurture the talents, and abilities of gifted children, as they develop their awareness of themselves as internationally minded people.

IB Inquiry Current Transdisciplinary Theme: How We Express Ourselves Central Idea: Literature and the arts reflect the culture and values of a societyStudents will display their work on tri-fold poster boards. They can be purchased from the office. The white poster board and header combined, are $ 5.00. Colored boards, (black, yellow, red, green, or blue), are $4.17 each, and white headers are $1.23. The office only has white headers. Below are past examples of poster boards and a scrapbook .

Scrapbook Example

Poster Board Examples

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Congratulations to the “Inquirer of the Week” finalists: Osi, Rachel, Austin, Trey, Rithwik, Katie C., Crystal, and Brycen, .

Our Inquirers are behavior and homework stars!

There isn’t a new Inquirer of the week

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Siddu Brycen Crystal Katie C.Rithwik Asia Austin David

3-Digit +, -David Rithwik Katie C. CrystalBrycen

Dates to Remember

Christmas Party, 1:00p.m, December 19Winter Break, 12/22 - 01/05

*Next Market Day: 2:30p.m, friday, 01/09*

January Snack Sign Up: Siddu, DavidDecember Classroom Party Helpers:Jennifer Gillen; Ann Nieman. We need classroom party helpers. Please let me know if you can help or if would like to provide snacks for the classroom party.

!PARCC Assessment Practice: Students need get comfortable with taking the online PARCC assessments, and they need to develop keyboarding skills. Please encourage and support student practice at home, or at the public library. I’ve included a copy of the PARCC reading response and writing rubric for your information. Students will not be allowed to use calculators on the PARCC math assessment. Please encourage students to practice basic facts, and math problem-solving over the school break.

To prevent the learning loss that often occurs during holidays, please encourage students to read daily. They have the opportunity to earn a Six Flags ticket if they read log up to 360 minutes of reading over the break. Reading related to research for the current inquiry unit counts toward the reading minutes. Students should gather required information for the remaining components of the inquiry unit project during the holidays.