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The Dragon’s Tale

Weekly School Newsletter February 13, 2018 Volume 4, Issue 27

A Night of Pure Imagination Thursday Evening

The third and fourth grade theater arts students will present several one-act productions this Thursday, February 15th. The doors open at

5:30 PM and the performances begin at 6:00 PM.

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$18,000 for Habitat

EARLY DISMISSAL THIS FRIDAY February 16th

12:35 PM

Conference Sign Up Begins Tomorrow, February 14th

Conference time is just around the corner. The sign up window opens at 12:00 AM on February 14th. K-5 conferences will be held with base team teachers only. Parents/guardians of 6-8 students can set up a conference with any teacher except base team. Directions for conference sign-up were included in the February 6th handouts. Conference dates/times are as follows: Tuesday, February 27th 3:00 – 6:45 PM Thursday, March 8th 3:00 – 6:45 PM Friday, March 9th 12:00 – 3:00 PM

Musical Tryouts This Friday, February 16th

Students in grades 5-8 interested in being a part of the spring musical will try out this Friday from 12:35 to 3:00 PM. Information was included with last week’s handouts.

Transition Questions on Web Page

A new tab has been added to the Leonardo da Vinci web page. The tab provides answers to questions that we have been asked by parents in the last few weeks. As new questions are brought to our attention, we will forward them to the appropriate people, get the answers and update that part of our web page.

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Our Mission: Educating world leaders… one child at a time.

Our Vision: Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners provides the appropriate level of challenge for academically gifted students in a rigorous, student-centered and diverse learning environment that prepares them to be world leaders. We are learners. We are leaders.

February 13 2:40BattleoftheBooks 2:40BasketballPractice(Girls) 2:40SeaPerch 2:40TheaterArts3-4 4:15BasketballGameatSullivan(Boys)14 2:40TheaterArts3-415 2:40Forensics 2:40BasketballPractice(Boys) 4:15BasketballGameatWilder(Girls) 6:00ANightofPureImagination16 12:35EarlyDismissal 12:35–3:00MusicalTryouts5-817 DICompetition SeaPerchCompetition19 PopcornOrderDay 3:15ForensicsTournamentatEdison20 PopcornDeliveryDay 2:40BattleoftheBooks 2:40BasketballPractice(Girls) 4:15BasketballGameatWequiock(Boys)22 1:15ScienceFair 2:40Forensics 2:40BasketballPractice(Boys) 4:15BasketballGameatdaVinci(McAuliffe)23 NOSCHOOL27 3:00–6:45Conferences

Calendar Notes

LEARNERS Excel—We excel academically. Altruistic—We are altruistic; we give back to our community. Determined—We are determined to accomplish our goals. Engaged—We are engaged in all that we do. Respectful—We are respectful of our learning, our school community and ourselves. Safe—We put safety first.

2018 Pi Day 5K Walk/Run Saturday, March 10th

8:00 AM Leonardo da Vinci students work with Mrs. Hockers, our Physical Education teacher, to organize a walk/run. This is an important leadership opportunity for our fifth grade planning team, but an ALTRUISTIC opportunity for our entire school community. In the past three years our school community has raised over $44,000 for Habitat for Humanity. We hope you can be a part of this year’s walk/run. Grab your warm gear and join us on the 10th! https://raceroster.com/events/2018/14689/pi-day-5k-2018

Science Fair February 22nd We hope you will be able to join us for the Science Fair on Thursday, February 22nd. The fair begins at 1:15 PM and concludes at 2:15 PM. Students are already getting set for the big event.

Help the Homeless Drive A team of 7th and 8th grade students is planning a drive to help the homeless. The goal is to collect toiletries for the homeless. The main needs are: toilet paper, diapers, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, garbage bags, soaps, and paper towels. They will be collecting these items from February 14th to March 7th, 2018. At the end of the collection, the base team with the most points will win a prize. Good Luck!

Leonardo da Vinci PTO Looking for information about the PTO and PTO events? Check out the web page: davincipto.weebly.com

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PARENT411–LITERACYLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

DAVISTERK-1• Use a web to organize facts about a topic • Understand how a mental image helps us better understand text • Group related details and identify details that do not fit with a topic • Draw and share a mental image of a poem • Write a hook and thesis statement to introduce a topic to a reader • Use key details to draw a mental image of what an animal looks like, what it is doing and where it is • Read a writing piece and revise as needed • Use five senses when creating a mental image • Use an ending technique to wrap up a writing piece

JOHNSON1-2• Discuss early forms of writing and understand that writing has

changed over time • Choose an animal/subject to research and create a web for that

subject• Record information about what cave drawings/writing looked like• Clump ideas that go together on the web and share with a

partner• Create words from Word Wizard and practice word ladders• Write an introductory paragraph• Brainstorm a list of systems and think about the elements,

boundaries, interactions, inputs and outputs of those systems• Write a paragraph using a group of details about chosen animal• Organize a list of systems into categories

HANSON1-2• Explain the meaning of the word idiom • Identify the literal and metaphorical meaning of an idiom • Examine the organization of informational writing pieces • Review literacy concepts covered so far • Add details to a graphic organizer about bats • Compare and contrast texts on the same topic • Imbed a definition in a sentence • Outline what an informational writing piece should include • Begin writing a piece about bats

KORTH2-3• Complete informational writing post-assessment • Read and discuss the second section of My America: Our

Strange New Land • Write a strong informational piece • Create a vocabulary web matching game for classmates to

understand new vocabulary words • Identify common features in letters • Identify and describe parts of a friendly letter • Write a letter using chronological order • Develop keyboarding skills

FRELICH2-3• Identify common features in letters• Identify and describe parts of a friendly letter• Write a letter using chronological order• Write a letter to future self about how students are learners

and leaders • Connect project topic with five generalizations of change• Create Change Generalization project presentation

CARLSEN3-4• Draft an expository writing piece • Recognize and use the eight parts of speech • Read and discuss a legend • Field trip to library • Use sentence variation when writing • Incorporate descriptive writing skills when writing • Use a vocabulary web to better understand words and their

meanings

BECKER3-4• Discuss the concept of change• Generate example and nonexamples of change• Listen to “Star of Fear, Star of Hope” and complete a

character change map in class• Use the electronic catalog to check out books at the library• Listen to “The Butterfly” and compare/contrast the “Star of

Fear, Star of Hope”• Compare and contrast holidays• Relate change generalizations to “The Butterfly” and “Star of

Fear, Star of Hope”• Edit a piece of writing using teacher feedback• Create the title page and revise the introduction for

informational book• Revise the body and concluding paragraphs of informational

book

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PARENT411LITERACYLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

DURANT4-5• Revise expository writing piece • Publish a poem and share with peers • Work with peers to complete tasks for fourth grade publications • Listen to and discuss Surrealism • Brainstorm ideas, characters and plot of story for fourth grade

book • Examine and discuss examples of Surrealist art • Share expository writing

MAYENSCHEIN4-5• Continue drafting expository writing piece • Revise and edit expository piece • Publish expository writing piece • Discuss chapters from The Phantom Tollbooth • Work with peers to complete tasks for fourth grade

publication • Plan narrative for publication • Create a dodecahedron similar to the one discussed in The

Phantom Tollbooth

GRIFFIN5-6• Learn about the different types of procedural writing • Create a set of directions to a location in the school • Create an “expert” list • Write an introduction to a procedural writing piece that includes

a thesis statement • Work collaboratively with a partner to complete a chapter of the

fifth grade novel • Present favorite memory from autobiography to class • Presentions: “Person of Study”

WATSON5-6• Share expository writing pieces and provide feedback to

peers • Develop analytical and interpretative skills• Create a thesis for procedural writing piece• Brainstorm life experiences for autobiographical writing

project• Compose introductory paragraph for procedural writing• Analyze photobiographies including quotes and vocabulary• List and order steps for a procedural writing piece• Write using sentence variation

GUSSERT“COURAGE,CONNECTIONSANDREFLECTION”• Work with a peer to edit a writing piece • Review and add narrative transitions to the piece • Submit final copy of writing piece • Understand expectations for personal hero project and be

prepared to present

OLDENBURG“PERSUASION”• Understand the expectations for the novel Code Talker• Apply logos, pathos, and ethos to an advertisement• Evaluate the use of logos, pathos, and ethos in the ads of

peers• Know the first four elements of Paul’s Model of Reasoning

GUSSERT“THEPURSUITOFJUSTICE”• Define persuasion and analyze Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the

Virginia Convention” • Brainstorm ideas for possible persuasive essays listing both

pros and cons • Understand the importance of narrowing a topic • Participate in a novel discussion

OLDENBURG“1940S–ADECADEOFCHANGE”• Compare the impact of oral histories, primary sources and

historical fiction• Become familiar with the Library of Congress and the

Presidential Libraries as research resources• Analyze real-world examples of persuasive techniques in the

promotion of Hiroshima• Summarize non-fiction articles and evaluate their value in

research GUSSERT“UTOPIA”

• Understand the different roles of a court trial • Understand the expectations for the class trial and the role

being played • Participate in a novel discussion

OLDENBURG“THREADSOFCHANGEIN19THCENTURY”• Consider the role of rural/farm life and land in the American

Dream• Analyze the human geography of urbanization• Understand the term “muckraking” and its positive/negative

impact• Understand the expectations for novel study• Compare the point of view in songs about industrialism

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PARENT411–MATHLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

MATH1DAVISTER• Solve “compare” problems• Use math skills to solve a variety of math problems• Review and prepare for unit assessment• Use math skills to complete unit assessment

MATH1-2JOHNSON• Use ten sticks and ones to represent numbers • Add 3 addends • Find ten more or ten less than a given number • Tell time to the hour and half hour • Use a graph to solve a variety of problems

MATH2HANSON• Solve addition and subtraction word problems• Calculate change from one dollar• Add up to solve unknown addend word problems• Dragon Dash• Complete pre-assessment for unit 5

MATH3KORTH• Review for unit 3 assessment• Complete unit 3 assessment• Add and subtract multi-digit numbers• Solve word problems using four operations• Reflect upon and analyze results of assessment

MATH3BECKER• Round addends to determine if an answer is reasonable • Round to the nearest ten • Solve addition problems • Regroup when adding • Complete unit 5 preassessment • Dragon Dash • Solve word problems using a data chart • Identify when to ungroup to subtract

MATH3-4CARLSEN• Add multi-digit numbers • Use estimation and mental math to solve problems • Subtract mutli-digit numbers into the thousands • Solve addition and subtraction problems with greater numbers • Write numbers in a variety of forms • Find the patterns in place value

MATH4-5FRELICH• Round and estimate with decimals• Solve decimal addition and subtraction word problems• Complete unit pre-assessment• Dragon Dash

MATH4-5DURANT• Complete unit assessment • Reflect upon and analyze results of assessment • Divide multi-digit whole numbers by one and two digits with

and without remainders • Interpret remainders of whole number division problems • Dragon Dash

MATH5MAYENSCHEIN• Solve division problems having two-digit divisors • Understand several ways to adjust the estimated divisor when

it is too small • Express and interpret remainders for a variety of problem

types • Practice dividing whole numbers • Complete a quick quiz and Dragon Dash

MATH5WATSON• Divide whole numbers • Solve division problems that have decimal devisors • Solve division problems in which both numbers are decimals • Solve problems that require multiplying and dividing whole

numbers and decimals numbers • Review and prepare for unit 5 assessment

MATH5-6FELDHAUSEN• Use ratios to compare to quantities • Use rates to compare quantities • Use ratios and rates to make comparisons and predictions • Represent real-world problems involving ratios and rate with

tables and graphs

MATH6NOVAK• Use exponents to represent numbers • Write the prime factorization for numbers • Use the order of operations to simplify expressions with

exponents • Create a module study plan and review for module 9

assessment • Complete module 9 assessment

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PARENT411–MATHLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

MATH6-7VANSTRATEN• Write, solve and graph an inequality • Write, solve and graph equations and inequalities in

prepartion for module quiz • Reflect upon module quiz performance • Plot points on a four-quadrant coordinate grid

ACCEL7FELDHAUSEN• Use angle relationships to solve problems • Draw conclusions about angles • Make conclusions about triangles and the measures of their

angles • Determine if two triangles are similar

MATH8OLDENBURG• Compare the properties of a reflection to a translation • Compare the properties of a rotation to other transformations • Analyze the role of congruence between transformation types • Make a Valentine card using transformed heart shapes

ADVALGEBRAFELDHAUSEN• Graph quadratic equations from a vertex form • Explore how adding/subtracting a “k” alters a graph • Explore how adding/subtracting “h” alters a graph

ADVALGEBRAIIFICK

• Simplify and solve using properties of logs • Use exponential and logarithmic functions • Review for and complete assessment

GEOMETRYKAROLIUSSEN• Show that two triangles are similar • Use slope to partition a directed line segment between two

points into a given ratio • Apply partition to a directed line segment using ratio • Find a point on a segment given the partition ratio

PRE-CALCULUSFICK• Prepare for Vectors assessment • Complete Vectors assessment • Use definition of a line to estimate limits • Determine whether limits of functions exist • Use properties of limits to evaluate limits • Use substitution to evaluate limits • Divide to evaluate limits • Rationalize to evaluate limits