EXTRA, EXTRA, Read All About It!
Our first edition of the Seabury News Tribune has hit the stands! (or should I say, classrooms). All students who turned in their columns on time were published. 16 front and back pages were produced and I am very proud of my Explorers. Please review with your Explorer what you liked about it and any suggestions you have for future editions.
Good luck with this and have fun! This is a 5th grade math problem. If you can't stand word math problems, still give it a go. Just try it and let me know on Monday what you think the answer is. There is a website that has an exell answer. In order to access the answer you must first enter the correct answer as a password. So students will come to school tomorrow with their answers and as part of computer lab time we will try and gain entry to the answer page through the correct password. It will be a challenging and fun activity...especially for parents who want to prove the inevitable question: "Are YOU smarter than a 5th grader?"
This is not a trick question. This is a real math problem so don't say that a bus does not have any legs and please forget about the bus driver's legs to be added to the answer for there isn't a bus driver on board. Here we go. Have fun and good luck.
There are 7 girls in a bus
Each girl has 7 backpacks
In each backpack, there are 7 big cats
For every big cat there are 7 little cats
Question: How many legs are there in the bus?
The number of legs is the password to unlock the Excel sheet in Mrs. Gellert's math class and Explorer computer class tomorrow.
Remember that the other homework for this week includes the Weekly Spelling test on Tuesday.
Also Spelling Definitions are due on Tuesday as well.
Wordly Wise is due this week on WEDNESDAY this week only!
Navigators' Only: Your Medieval Crest is due tomorrow.
There will NOT be any school on Thursday, Valentine's Day, February 14th nor on Friday, February 15th. Both of those days will be In-service Days for teachers. These days are long and full of lengthy work for the upcoming accreditation. You have no idea how labor intensive this is. It also is an excellent way to explore the challenging and rigorous gifted education curriculum which we have each day and what new curriculum there is available to pilot so we can continue to meet the individual needs of each student.
Last week we had many meetings after school in preparation for the In-service Days this week. I was putting in literally 11 to 12 hour days. There is a lot to do each and every day to help meet the needs of each Seabury student's unique learning style.
There will also be NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day.
There will NOT be any school on Thursday, Valentine's Day, February 14th nor on Friday, February 15th. Both of those days will be In-service Days for teachers. These days are long and full of lengthy work for the upcoming accreditation. You have no idea how labor intensive this is. It also is an excellent way to explore the challenging and rigorous gifted education curriculum which we have each day and what new curriculum there is available to pilot so we can continue to meet the individual needs of each student.
Last week we had many meetings after school in preparation for the In-service Days this week. I was putting in literally 11 to 12 hour days. There is a lot to do each and every day to help meet the needs of each Seabury student's unique learning style.
There will also be NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day.
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