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The Dragon’s Tale Weekly School Newsletter December 10, 2019 Volume 6, Issue 15
139 S. Monroe Avenue Green Bay, Wisconsin 920-448-2135
December Calendar Notes
Early Release
12:35 PM Friday, December 13th
Winter Break
December 21, 2019 through January 1, 2020
Students return to school Thursday, January 2, 2020.
K-5 Music Concerts This Thursday
K-5 students will share their musical talents on Thursday, December 12th at 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM. The students will present the same concert twice. Concert day information: Doors open 30 minutes before the performance. Due to concert set up we are unable to welcome guests
for lunch on December 12th. If you won the concert preferred parking spots, please
display the parking pass in your front window when arriv-ing. You will be able to park in the old playground next to the visitor lot.
The Pi Day 5K Sign Up Link is Open!
The Fifth Grade Pi Day Planning Team under the direction
of Mrs. Allison Hockers is hard at work preparing for the
2020 Pi Day 5K Walk/Run. Make plans to be a part of
this fun family tradition. All proceeds support the Habitat
for Humanity organization. Our students know how im-
portant it is for a family to have a place to call home. To
date, Leonardo da Vinci has raised over $80,000 for the
organization. Let’s make this year the most successful
year yet!
Sign Up Link
DECEMBER
10 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 11 Grade 3 walks to library 2:35—4:00 Chess Club 12 No lunch guests please 8:30 K-5 Vocal Music Concert 1:00 K-5 Vocal Music Concert 2:35—4:00 Show Choir 13 12:35 Dismissal 14 9:00 –12:00 SeaPerch 16 K-5 At Home Projects Due Popcorn Order Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 17 Popcorn Delivery Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 19 2:35—4:00 Show Choir December 21—January 1 WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 2 Students return to school 2:35—4:00 Show Choir 4 9:00—12:00 SeaPerch 6 Popcorn Order Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys)
Calendar Notes
Leonardo da Vinci School and the da Vinci PTO proudly present an:
Important Grade 4-8 Parent Presentation
Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Cyberbullying Research Center Date: Monday, January 13, 2020 Place: Leonardo da Vinci School Time: 6:00 PM, School Gym This presentation will define and provide examples of cyberbully-ing and discuss the role of parents in preventing and responding to inappropriate online behaviors. It will also describe many of the online environments popular among adolescents today and strategies to use to make sure they are used safely and respon-sibly.
PTO Information
PTO In The Know!
Next meeting: January 21st, 6:30 PM
Dr. Justin Patchin is a professor of criminal jus-tice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Since 2002 he has been exploring the intersection of teens and technology, with particular focus on cyberbullying and social networking. He travels around the United States and abroad training educa-tors, counselors, law enforcement officers, parents, and youth on how to prevent and address the conse-
quences of cyberbullying. Dr. Patchin is Co-Director of the Cyberbul-lying Research Center (www.cyberbullying.org) and has written eight books and numerous articles on adolescent behaviors online. His co-authored book: Bullying beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying was named Educator Book of the Year by ForeWord reviews. He published a book for teens Words Wound: Delete Cyberbullying and Make Kindness Go Viral, as well as, his most recent book Bullying Today: Bullet Points and Best Practic-es. He has presented at the White House and the FBI Academy, and has appeared on CNN, NPR, and in the New York Times to discuss issues related to teens use and misuse of technology.
Dragon Dress Up Days
The last week before the winter break will be extra
exciting with student selected dress ups days. Join
in the fun!
Monday, 12/16/19 Comfy, Cozy Day (sweats, soft comfy clothes) Tuesday, 12/17/19 Crazy Hat, Hair and Sock Day Wednesday, 12/18/19 Color Day (wear the color for your grade) Thursday, 12/19/19 Flannel/Plaid Day Friday, 12/20/19 Festive Day (dress for your favorite holiday)
English Language Arts 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.
Davister
Add -s to some words to show more than one
Use a storyboard to organize thoughts
Identify the main idea of a table team’s mystery bag
Use a hook to grab a reader’s attention
Use clues in the picture to identify the main idea
Use transition words when composing a personal narrative
Work with a partner to sort details and figure out the main ideas
Use an ending technique to wrap up a personal narrative
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text
Share a personal narrative with a partner
Johnson
Understand what a contraction is and find examples in books
Identify the parts of a non-fiction book
Identify the main idea and details in non-fiction texts
Play Rally Coach to create compound words
Select a topic and complete a personal narrative planning sheet
Understand the different types of hooks and write a hook for a personal
narrative
Write a personal narrative using a planning sheet
Hanson
List character feelings
Understand the difference between character traits and feelings
Compare and contrast character traits using a Venn diagram
Read a story with a small group of peers and identify character traits of
the characters in the story
Create a character trait web
Provide evidence or examples to support the chosen character traits for
a character
Identify the main idea of a paragraph
Read a passage and answer comprehension questions
Use the writing process to compose a personal narrative using a time-
line or storyboard
Korth/Frelich
Illustrate the setting of The Green Book
Share and explain the setting of The Green Book
Read and discuss chapter 5 and 6 of The Green Book
Describe a character using character traits and evidence from the text
Share turkey narrative with a partner
Publish a personal narrative
List facts about an informational topic
Write an alphabetical list of facts about a topic
Plan informational writing piece
Becker
Establish expectations for a reading group
Create a schedule for a reading group
Follow the team created schedule and prepare for first literary discus-
sion
Use sound effect words to describe surroundings
Write a descriptive paragraph about da Vinci using at least five exam-
ples
Revise a writing piece based on teacher comments
Add alliteration and onomatopoeia to paragraph describing a setting
Carlsen
Establish reading group expectations
Create a schedule for reading group
Prepare for first group discussion
Use a checklist to guide my writing
Publish a writing piece
Durant
Complete final novel study assignment
Participate in a novel study discussion
Work with group on novel study project
Incorporate two descriptive attributes into a paragraph
Use symmetry and special features to describe various objects
Revise a boring paragraph by adding details and varying sentence
length
Expand sentences with adjectives
Compose a paragraph using five adjectives and sentence variation
Mayenschein
Listen to Magritte’s Marvelous Hat and discuss with a peer
Examine surrealist art and discuss how it relates to Margritte’s Marvelous
Hat
Continue examining surrealist art by reading and discussing the poem
“Mobius Strip”
Practice writing a journal entry that matches expectations
Explore and discuss various types of presentation formats for how-to
writing
Explore progression transitions in how-to writing
Choose a bulleted or enumerated set of directions and rewrite in para-
graph form with transitions
Write a beginning hook and introductory paragraph for the how to pro-
cess
Griffin
Review when to start a new paragraph
Share how the setting for a narrative writing piece was developed
Draft second memory
Create a storyboard for third memory
Discuss the background of Jerry Spinelli
Refer to the author or title of an article in a written response
Use professional writing skills to comment on a website
Understand an author’s use of tone in a story
Watson
Examine letters about literature and describe the qualities of an effective
letter
Draft a letter to authors about a connection made through reading their
novels
Create a skit using the different types of sentences
Make a connection to a short story by analyzing the theme of selfless-
ness and meaningful gifts
Build vocabulary by previewing vocabulary from “The Gift of Magi”
Read and analyze “The Gift of the Magi”
Participate in the book group discussion
Gussert 6—Courage
Add insights and make connections during a literature discussion
Use transitions and elaboration to appeal to a specific audience
Use craft and tone to appeal to an audience
Understand the expectations for the heroic person presentation
Demonstrate knowledge of Greek and Latin roots
Oldenburg 6—Persuasion
Review figurative language
Compare fiction and non-fiction account of a historical event
Research using primary resources
Categorize types of conflict in a novel
Write a news-style article
Gussert 7—Justice
Participate in a novel discussion
Compare and contrast different images and determine the significance of
the differences
Review subjects and predicates
Compare and contrast a poem with the musical representation of it
Write a journal on a moment in my life when nurture had a greater impact
on me or the outcome of the event
Oldenburg 7—1940’s
Know figurative language terminology
Know poetry from terminology
Connect a poem’s elements to the author’s meaning
Independently analyze a poem
Gussert 8—Utopia
Read and respond to comprehension questions
Create symbolic representations to teach classmates literary elements
Share visual representations of literary elements with classmates and
take notes
Understand and identify different uses of three types of irony
Work in small groups to write a skit in which an assigned type of irony is
depicted
Oldenburg 8—Threads of Change
Identify the elements of satire in Dr. Seuss
Read historical text from the time to analyze the meaning of satire
Identify the elements of satire in more challenging language
Write a satire
Explore elements of satire in Huckleberry Finn
English Language Arts 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.
Math 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.
Davister—K/1 Math Cluster
Add with doubles
Represent 2-digit numbers as tens and ones
Read and write numerals and number words
Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number
Use tens and ones to add
Johnson—Math 1 Cluster
Solve a variety of real world problems
Review for the unit 4 assessment
Complete unit 4 assessment
Solve teen addition problems with unknown partners
Solve teen subtraction problems
Hanson—Math 2 Cluster
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, dimes, and pennies
Explain in writing the steps for two-digit addition with carrying
Create a proof drawing
Review unit 2
Complete unit 2 assessment
Complete unit 3 pre-assessment
Korth—Math 2/3 Cluster
Tell time to the hour
Tell time to the minute
Create and answer questions about a pictograph
Create a bar graph and answers questions about it
Solve problems using a bar graph
Novak—Math 3 Cluster
Estimate using customary units of measure
Solve problems using customary units of measure
Estimate volume and solve real world problems using metric measure-
ment
Estimate and measure weight and mass
Becker—Math 3 Cluster
Measure lengths in inches, half-inches and quarter inches with a ruler
Interpret data using a line plot
Use customary units of liquid measure
Carlsen—Math 4 Cluster
Accurately divide using the digit-by-digit method
Divide with 4 digit dividends
Solve division questions
Solve equations with zero in the quotient
Solve division equations
Soleski—Math 5 Cluster
Add, subtract, compare and multiply fractions to solve real world prob-
lems
Predict whether the product will be greater than, less than or equal to the
second factor
Relate division and multiplication to one another
Solve division word problems
Determine whether solving a word problem requires multiplication or
division
Watson—Math 4/5 Cluster
Solve division word problems involving two-digit divisors
Understand several ways to adjust the estimated divisor when it is too
small
Practice dividing whole numbers
Express and interpret remainders
Divide whole numbers
Mayenschein—Math 5 Cluster
Complete a quick quiz demonstrating knowledge of fractions
Understand how multiplying and dividing fractions is related
Write and solve division word problems
Determine whether solving a word problem requires multiplication or
division
Solve numerical and word problems involving all four operations
Soleski—Math 6 Cluster
Use area models to model addition, subtraction, multiplication and divi-
sion of fractions and decimals
Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and deci-
mals
Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and deci-
mals
Complete module 5 quiz
VanStraten—Math 7 Cluster
Understand how a graph can be used to represent a proportional rela-
tionship
Identify, analyze and graph proportional relationships
Use effective study guide strategies to prepare for the module 4 quiz
Complete module 4 quiz
Reflect on module 4 performance
Durant—Math 8 Cluster
Represent and solve equations with variables on both sides
Solve equations with rational number coefficients and constants
Use the distributive property to solve equations
Give examples of equations with a given number of solutions
Oldenburg—Accelerated 7
Simplify algebraic expressions
Solve one-step equations
Write and solve a two-step equation
Review module 6
Feldhausen—Adv. Algebra 1
Find the inverse of a relation
Review for module 3 test
Complete linear functions and equations of linear functions assessment
Karoliussen—Geometry
Perform and describe compositions of rigid transformations
Conjecture about the effects of compositions of rigid transformations
Complete unit 4 lesson 1-3 quiz
Review and prepare for unit 4 assessment
Wallberg—Adv. Algebra II
Applications of quadratic equations
Review unit 3
Complete unit 3 assessment
Understand polynomial functions
Evaluate and simplify polynomial expressions
Math 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.