Tech Work at the Multicultural Fair

Hopefully you had a chance to come and see the displays the students made for the Multicultural Fair. Maybe you noticed some of the work they did in Tech classes, making labels, printing maps and flags and creating trifold brochures. We had a lot of fun doing it and hopefully these are skills that will be useful in many projects to come!

Professor Watermelon Visits

Professor Watermelon, former CHA librarian Chadwick Gillenwater, has published a new book called Herbert.  

Herbert is a fly who makes delicious honey. But flies aren’t supposed to make honey. They are supposed to forage the dump for all things spoiled and rotten. Instead of staying at the dump and disgracing his family, Herbert sets out to find the Honeycomb Palace. Will he make it without one of the ferocious and carnivorous dragonflies devouring him? And if he does make it, will Her Majesty the Queen Bee even let a fly inside her hive? Herbert’s journey is filled with triumphs and setbacks, and along the way, a cast of not-so-ordinary characters show Herbert that life isn’t so black and white beyond the dump.

 

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Professor Gillenwater graciously donated his time and shared chapters and writing hints with the Kindergarten through fourth grade classes.  Many students and families pre-ordered the book, but if you would like a copy, please let Mrs. Duffina know.

'Tis the Season!

Congratulations to our 3rd graders on a fantastic performance at Bellevue Square Mall! They sang 14 songs, and did a wonderful job of representing CHA. They are a talented group and it is great working with them!

K-4th PE

Happy Holidays here at CHA! What a wonderful time of the year. This week, all of our students participated in games and activities that emphasized kicking. Our K & 1st graders dribbled around cones and also tried to knock them over by kicking a ball. 2nd-4th grade students played a few games of "Human Foosball", which was a modified version of indoor soccer, as students had an assigned, restricted area to move around in. Here we can see some of our 2nd graders in the heat of foosball. Enjoy your weekend!

 

It is that time of year!!!

Our students had so much fun working on the Art auction projects.

We have been blessed with very creative and fun parent volunteers.

Thank you so much for your time and all the fun projects.

 

 

 

Tying in Technology with the Cultural Fair

Kindergarten and First Grade students had the opportunity to create maps of their Cultural Fair countries this week in Technology.  Using the Microsoft Paint program, Kindergarten students created a map of Turkey and First Graders created a map of Thailand which included labels of the capital and surrounding countries.   These maps were printed and will be placed in their portfolios.

New Titles in the Library

Mrs. Duffina has been busy cataloging new books to add to our CHA library collection.  These books have been donated by individual students as birthday books and donations from the book fair.  A big thank you goes to CHAPTER for donating many new titles ranging from Kindergarten reading level all the way through Middle School.  Not only were fiction books donated, but we also acquired quite a few new non-fiction titles.  Mrs. Duffina shared many of them with the students, and they were quickly checked out!

Congratulations...

 

...to our latest Type to Learn 3 Graduate. Well done Ethan!

Windows 8 in the Tech Lab!

Thank you so much to all the parents who donated copies of Windows 8 so that I could upgrade the Tech lab at CHA. The students are really excited, as you can tell from the answer this student provided in a Math test this afternoon!

Concert season is here!

It's great working with students as we prepare for concert season here at CHA! Our 3rd graders have been gearing up for their performance at Belle Square mall this Wednesday. It will be excting to see and hear them perform for parents, and also the many mall shoppers! Last year, I remember quite a crowd gathering the see student's perform. Our 3rd graders are a strong group of singers. It's great to hear them sing with such clarity and energy, and I'm amazed at how quickly they learn songs!

Other grades are hard at work for the upcoming Peace and Light Festival. Kindergarten will be studying and singing about the country of Turkey. 1st grade-Thailand, 2nd grade- Russia, 3rd grade- Spain, 4th grade Kenya, and 5th grade-Egypt. I hope everyone is enjoying the start of their holiday season!

"Dónde está la pegatina?" (Where is the sticker?) - Kinder

Kindergarteners reviewed classroom vocabulary by playing "Dónde está la pegatina?" (Where is the sticker?).  A sticker was hidden underneath one of the vocabulary cards and they needed to guess where it was by saying the name of the object in Spanish. If they found the sticker they could keep it.

3rd grade - review game

Third graders finished up their bedroom projects this week and were able to play a new review game with a group of students. One student chose a card from the pile and if they could say what it was in English (or from English to Spanish), then they kept the card. If they didn't know what the answer was or said the incorrect word, then they placed the card back in the pile. The student with the most cards at the end won the game. Third graders had a great time playing this review game!

Fourth grade - "Qué te gusta hacer?" (What do you like to do?)

Last week fourth grade students asked four different people "Qué te gusta hacer?" (What do you like to do?) and "Qué no te gusta hacer?" (What don't you like to do?). They then used the data they collected to make a class tally chart, marking the likes and dislikes. We then discussed which activities were most and least popular.

 

 

 

 

This week Señorita Mary came and visited the Spanish classroom and joined in a classroom chat about things the students liked to do and didn't like to do. Fourth graders enjoyed having her visit the classroom! Gracias Señorita!