Making Every Moment Count!

12/3/2017

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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