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12/22/2017

Oh, What Fun it is to Celebrate in December!

Congrats to our Grades 3-5 Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Inquirers!

Inquirers develop their natural curiosity. They acquire the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research and show independence in learning. They actively enjoy learning and this love of learning will be sustained throughout their lives.

Names (nominated by)
Angelina Mim (Wells)
Mather Taseff (Webb)
Joshua Browning (McCarthy)
Chloe Xie (McCafferty)
Tristan Williams (Grzelak)
Eloise Peckham (Bubbett)
Deonna McElrath (Hawley)
Yazmeen Abdul-Wasi (Outrich)
Joshua Young (Guardado)
Olivia Moritz (Kirby)
Kaylee Moody (Nasca)
Jackie Garland (Glickman)

Enjoying Mr. Bearden's famous smoothies for Ambassadors lunch on the stage!

Oh, What Fun it is to...Share our holiday traditions with others!

Oh, What Fun It Is...To Perform in Winter Concerts!

Our K-2, 4-6, and choir had their winter concert this week. What an amazing job they all did! Thank you to all our families for coming out to support our students.

Our MYP Chamber Orchestra performed on Fox 8 News and brought joy to all the viewers who tuned in! They also made us very proud!

Our Woodwind Chamber Group took their show on the road and brought cheer to people all over the city. They played at the Cleveland Public Library, City Hall, the Mayor's office, and the Board of Education. They ended their day with a stop by Channel 3. What a great experience and a terrific way to spread joy during the holiday season!

Woodwind Chamber Group Channel 3

Woodwind Chamber Group video FB

Oh, What Fun it is...to explore and learn about science!

Kindergarten explored materials in their Inquiry Station using a thinking routine,
What do you See, Think, Wonder?

(Thinking about and exploring science concepts using what we already know...formulating questions about what we want to know.)

4th Graders enjoyed getting a little messy during their archaeological dig.

This activity was part of their unit covering Earth's Living History.

(Hands-on learning about science)

6th grade enjoyed playing Kahoot together to review for their assessment on Rocks & Minerals.

(Integrating technology to assess our understanding of science concepts)

7th Grade enjoyed a trip to the Science Center.

(Experiencing science and making real-world connections through field trips)

We're so Thankful for you...

Families who Live the Learner Profile and take action to Make the World a Better Place!

Fun Dress Down Days that bring excitement to morning routines and raise money for charities!

Our Principal, Ms. Beers!
Thank you for your hard work in opening our new school and bringing two buildings together again.

Happy Holidays, Campus International School!
Enjoy this time filling up on love and laughter with family + friends.

See you in 2018!

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Staying Warm While Learning and Having Fun Together!

12/16/2017

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Congrats to our PYP K-2 November Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Inquirers!

Names (nominated by)
Owen Friedrichsen (Snyder)
Kite Lin (Dottore)
Evie Harsh (Hubeny)
Melita Alaref (Fergie)
Myles Wardzala (Wightman)
Khai Cole (Fairman)
Abel Perez (Meaker)
Madeline Swol (Mori)
Emma Pieraugh (Morris)
Theo Uva (Humphrey)
Jibril Walker (Chambers)
Mya Crawford (Hill)

This week during our PYP K-2 Morning Meeting, we were able to hear the 4th grade orchestra perform! This is their first year playing and we were very impressed!

This week we experienced our coldest temperatures of the school year, so far. Due to the temperature being so cold, we had to move recess indoors. We were creative in finding ways to fit everyone, while having some choices with indoor fun. We are unable to use the gym, due to PE classes that occur during lunch time, but we are able to use the dance studio, bleachers (quiet reading), stage (drawing/board games), and the brown tables for group activities.

Winter Band Concert

Our concerts are performed at Cleveland State University
in the Music and Communications Building

Click button below to see location

Music and Communications Building

4th Grade celebrated the anniversary of the Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights

Ms. Glickman's 5th grade enjoyed hot cocoa in their favorite mug, while reading and citing sources together!

Learning + Fun in the Classroom

Kindergarten, How We Express Ourselves...
in math (sequencing numbers)
our culture/traditions (Hanukkah)
and in science (observing the sun, moon, and stars)

First Grade Fun
How We Express Ourselves
"Communication allows us to connect with others"

Fun in Grade 2
Taking Action to Bring Holiday Cheer!

Students made and delivered cookies in Mrs. Humphrey's class.
Miss Chamber's students took a candy cane challenge and delivered over 187 candy canes to people. They're not finished!

Fun in Grade 3
Number Talks
Working in groups to inquiry about arrays

Fun in 4th

Research + Perspective

"Perspective influences interpretation and appreciation"

Making Learning Visible

Fun in grades 6-8th

Design Challenge

Winter Fun with the Browns!
Celebrating the Browns #give10 with ice skating at Public Square!

Browns mascot Chomps, Councilman Tony Brancatelli, Alumni players Bernie Kosar and Kevin Mack, future hockey stars Leo Barle and Jake Bill.

Having Fun with Parents at Coffee with the Principal

Fun with taking ACTION!

Thank you to all who helped with our December Service Projects!

We collected over 150 pairs of socks for the homeless.
We collected over 208 pairs of pajamas for children in need.
We collected over $800.00 for CMSD's Charities of Choice Campaign.
We are still collecting...and currently have, 3 boxes full of items for The Providence House. See their wish list on the right side of the blog.

Thank you for helping us bring smiles to others during the holiday season!

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Celebrating Good Times and Giving People

12/10/2017

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Congrats to our MYP November Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Inquirers!
Names (nominated by)
Jonah Schwab (Weber)
Sidney Reese (Taylor)
Elliot Zoldak (Grimes)
Kristyn Crumb (Thomas)
Trinity Wilson (Dudik)
Angelo Yurko (Arens)
Zena Altawallbeh (Orbash)
Anya Bruce (Orbash)
Jonah Sagers (Mishaga)

MYP (6-8) Monday Morning Meeting

During MYP Morning Meeting, we celebrated students who are giving...
Cahle, Nazir, and Davieon have been taking action to clean the school and spoke to students about the importance of everyone taking responsibility for the cleanliness of our building.

Eric and Charlie Pohl shared their action of giving to others. They donated proceeds from their handmade Cheric Dolls, Lake Erie Lucy and Swamp Sally to the Ohio Environmental Council. The dolls sold out and they were able to give $400.00.

To learn more about their inspiring story, click the button below.

Cheric Dolls Business

More Middle School Action

8th Grade shared their Volcano Books with the school community.
This is the 8th grade Community Project.
They are going through the Action Plan with PYP classes.

Celebrating good times and Cleveland State's Women's Basketball win over Ohio University. We love taking this trip each year! Now we're even closer to the Wolstein Center. Thank you to Coach Peterson Abiad and CSU Athletics for providing us with such a fun day!

Our choir was asked to sing the National Anthem again! What an honor!

CSU beat Ohio University 71-64!

Our High Steppers performed during a time out!

Celebrating Good Times at the All City Arts Winter Concert!

These students were amazing! We are so proud of all their hard work and commitment to practice and representing their school and school district!

Thank you to all the directors who inspire and work so patiently with the many students involved.

5th Grade ended their unit of inquiry by celebrating and sharing their summative assessment with families and staff
Central Idea: Global civilizations from the past shape modern life
Summative task: Create a game demonstrating your understanding of the central idea

6th graders have been giving time to support grade 2 with learning how to code.

Thank you to our Coding expert teachers, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Humphrey for arranging this partnership.

This week we celebrated the holidays by purchasing gifts for family and friends from our Good Gift Holiday Shop!

Thank you to parents who volunteered their time, our Biz Kids who made items to sell, and all our family vendors. We enjoyed seeing students shop, sell, and all the learning involved in buying and selling.

Special thanks to teachers who partnered with younger grades to assist with shopping and wrapping.

Mrs. Humphrey's class made bird feeders for their families to show how humans can make positive changes to the environment. This activity connects with their unit, Sharing the Planet and their focus on Ohio Animals.

Thank you to the parents who gave their time to assist with this learning experience!

Celebrating Cleveland State Student Teachers

Congratulations!!!

We wish you all the best on your new journey as teachers. Thank you for choosing CIS for your learning experience.

Come back and visit!

Thank you to CSU students who worked with students during recess and lunch on social skills, through their, Every Moment Counts program.

We will continue to work towards having a "Comfortable Cafe" and a "Refreshing Recess."

Our students get a lot because of ALL the wonderful people who make time to give!

Thank you!

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Making Every Moment Count!

12/3/2017

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Congrats to our PYP 3-5 Ambassadors who came to school Ready to Learn by being Reflective!

Names (nominated by)
Andrew Monday (McCafferty)
Rianna Marshall (Webb)
Dorsa Varasteh (McCarthy)
Taaj Abdul-Wasi (Wells)
Jake Healey (Grzelak)
Patrick Rosa-Brusin (Outrich)
Leo Barle (Hawley)
Akaylah Hicks (Bubbett)
Breylen Moore (Glickman)
Nora Larkin (Kirby)
Gavin Hearst (Nasca)
Zaid Altawallbeh (Guardado)

"Dress Up Mondays" are going well!
Don't forget, on your grade level's Monday Morning Meeting, you may dress up...not down.

Smoothies to celebrate being Reflective!

Congrats to the following students for earning “Random Acts of Attitudes” certificates for showing these IB Attitudes:

K-2
Alia McCoy (enthusiasm)
Beatrice Peckham (empathy/creativity)
Michael Arrington (integrity)
Lucas Ryman (empathy)
Kaitlyn Clark (integrity/respect)
3-5
Logan Wolf (commitment)
Iyanna Massey (Confidence)
Dari’elle Johnson (empathy)
Tiffany Zheng (cooperation, enthusiasm)
6-8
Amahriah Ransom (respect)
Joy Graves (integrity, independence)
Jelyssa Banks (commitment)
Sydney Richardson (empathy)
Isabella Craun (respect, tolerance)
Makenzie Gilchrist (commitment)

All School Meeting

Next All School Meeting: Monday, January 29th

Adam and Mrs. O'Rourke
Discussing the results of our All School Inquiry
How much waste is produced in 1 day in our Cafe?

Using a See, Think, Wonder strategy to figure out what these numbers represent.

Students are sharing their ideas on this white board in the atrium. It's interesting to see, from K-8, what students are writing.

I'll post a picture next week to share what students think.

Mrs. Turos sharing updates about the Good Gift Holiday Shop opening up next week for students and families.

Each year, students can enter into the Holiday Shop T-Shirt Design contest.
Last year, 7th grader, Zena Altawallbeh won. This year, 4th grader, Destiny Hubbard won.
Congrats!

Classroom Morning Meetings

This week, I went around to see Morning Meetings in PYP classrooms. There is so much learning that takes place during the first 30 minutes of school. During many Class Morning Meetings, students are:

Practicing leadership skills by taking on the role of Ambassador and leading the meeting
Sharing personal stories
Discussing current events...local/global
Reviewing and learning new skills (all subjects)
Building their mental math ability through Number Talks
Building on their ability to self organize by planning their day and setting goals
Building classroom culture through review of the Essential Agreements, giving "Shout-outs" to each other, and starting the day with balance

Note: In MYP, students do many of these types of activities at the start of each class period. Students in MYP need to arrive to their classes on time and check the white board in each class to see their agenda, review/complete their "Minds On" warm-up activities, and plan for learning.

Did you know students who are 15 minutes late to school every day between Kindergarten and 8th grade, will lose one full year of school by 9th grade?
Looking at these morning boards shows why.

This is an example of a Kindergarten morning board where students look/discuss their agenda for the day.

Kindergartners go over their job boards and everyone knows exactly what they are to do to start the day.

Grade 1 applies math concepts to everyday problems....showing the relevance of math.

Building on social skills and how to be kind, each first grader gives the Ambassador of the day a compliment. The Ambassador then reads their list of compliments aloud (oral reading/presentation skills). This happens daily!

In grade 2, students go over their morning board, discuss their agenda, and begin their day.

Grade 3 students connect ACTION to their morning discussions. What action did you take yesterday?
Ambassadors help lead their Number Talks discussion, and review of the day's agenda.

Units of Inquiry

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Writing Workshop

Grade 2

I purchased this book, and Mrs. Hill's class was nice enough to let me come in and read it to them!
Maybe I'll get to read it to other classes this week:)

Grade 3

Grade 4

Students in Ms. Outrich's class used the “Zoom In” thinking routine to activate prior knowledge and make connections to their new unit: How We Express Ourselves. Students made observations of artwork from three different perspectives and gave interpretations of them, while noting how their ideas may have changed. They also had an opportunity to document any remaining questions.

Grade 5

Grade 6
"Making Mummies"
Individuals and Society

Grade 7 & 8

7th Grade Ocean Acidification projects

Literature Circle Reading

Team Building in Advisory Groups

Advisory group brainstorming about being a BUDDY versus being a BULLY

Art with Mrs. Silberberg

4th grade: Frida Kahlo inspired self portraits

6th grade Silhouettes.
7th grade Perspective drawings

Mr. Levy's 5th Grade Flex created a song with lyrics about the CAVS.

After writing the song, they transferred the melody to the xylophones/metallophones and the students created a bass line on the bass xylophones that would compliment their melody. The students chose to perform the song just as an instrumental piece but here are the lyrics to get an idea of how it may have sounded if they had sung it.

Mrs. Grays students working hard to complete their first STEM projects with the help of the
Fab Lab.

They will share the process at one of our Monday Morning Meetings.

Thank you to the Campus District for honoring our partnership with Cleveland State University at their 2017 Annual Meeting, where Ms. Beers did an amazing job as Keynote Speaker!

Everyone in the Campus District is extremely proud and supportive of the great things happening at Campus International School!
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Thank you, Beatrice!

Keep making every moment count!

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Oh, What Fun!!!

Oh, What Fun it is to...Share our holiday traditions with others!

Oh, What Fun It Is...To Perform in Winter Concerts!

Oh, What Fun it is...to explore and learn about science!

We're so Thankful for you...

Staying Warm While Learning and Having Fun Together!

Learning + Fun in the Classroom

Celebrating Good Times and Giving People

Making Every Moment Count!

Author:
Dora Bechtel

Archives:
http://cissecondgrade.weebly.com/bechtel

Oh, What Fun!!!

Oh, What Fun it is to...Share our holiday traditions with others!

Oh, What Fun It Is...To Perform in Winter Concerts!

Oh, What Fun it is...to explore and learn about science!

We're so Thankful for you...

Staying Warm While Learning and Having Fun Together!

Learning + Fun in the Classroom

Celebrating Good Times and Giving People

Making Every Moment Count!

Author: ​Dora Bechtel

Archives:http://cissecondgrade.weebly.com/bechtel

Author:
Dora Bechtel

Archives:
http://cissecondgrade.weebly.com/bechtel