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May. 14 - Jun. 2 | 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
MRA & SOL Testing (5/14-6/1)

May. 22 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
3rd Gr. History SOL Test (Online)

May. 23 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
6th Gr. Reading SOL Test

May. 23 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
4th Gr. History SOL Test (Online)

May. 24 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
3rd Gr. Science SOL Test (Online)

May. 24 - | 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
2nd Gr. Field Trip to Brookside Gardens

May. 25 |
SCA Spirit Day-Class Choice Day

May. 28 |
Memorial Day Holiday - No School

May. 30 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
6th Gr. Math

May. 30 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
4th Gr. Math SOL Test

May. 31 |
June PandaGram Sent Home

May. 31 - | 9:30 am - 11:30 am
5th Gr. Math SOL Test

Jun. 6 - | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Andrew the Knight (Medieval Presentation)

Jun. 7 - | 9:30 am - 10:00 am
Kindergarten Musical Performance for Parents

Jun. 7 - | 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Spring Strings Concert at RRMS

Jun. 8 |
Volunteer Reception and Field Day

Jun. 8 - | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Field Day

Jun. 9 - | 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Carwash at GBW to support Leslie Lynk - bring buckets and towels

Jun. 11 - | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Kinder End Of Year Party

Jun. 12 - | 9:45 am - 10:15 am
YOJO Reading Assembly (K-4)

¡Hablemos español!

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For the children participating in the Spanish FLES program, 2012 has gotten off to a wonderful start despite the cold outdoor temperatures at GBW. The Spanish word wall in the cafeteria is alive and full of vocabulary words that appear in the weekly “Spanish Word” contest. Children enjoy looking up and reading the words while having thier breakfast or lunch. They note the use of many cognates that relate to both English and Spanish. Upper grade students are competing with lower grade students for the weekly word of the week prize of the “Sombrero de la Sabiduria.

 

First graders have talked about the temperature and weather and can identify the seasons and months of the year. We are now talking about different members of the family.

Second graders can easily count to 100 by 5’s and have learned to tell time in Spanish as well as add and subtract different amounts of money using U.S. and Peruvian coins.

Third graders also reviewed telling time. They learned vocabulary related to simple machines and are mirroring in Spanish what they are learning in their English science lessons about Earth Cycles. They have worked on identifying sequence of events that occur in nature to include the phases of the moon in Spanish.

Fourth graders have talked about different modes of transportation and landforms found in both North and South America.

Fifth graders are also reviewing landforms as well as learning to use the past and present verb tenses. 

It is a pleasure watching them all learn so much Spanish and connect Spanish to concepts learned in their grade level lessons. May we continue to have a ¡Felíz Año 2012!

—Señoras Margie Koller & Kim Shahin