GT Expo Projects and Next Week's Classes Info - All Grades

Good morning,

Thanks to everyone who supported us last night.  The kids love telling what they learned and it's great practice for their public speaking skills.  I will get the pictures posted next week.

For next week, I'd like each student and their family to write a small reflection of their Expo experience.  You can post it on our facebook, email it to me, write it down, or however you want.  Please feel free to share whatever comes to your mind, but if you are feeling stuck, here are a few questions to prompt you and your child.  I'd like to hear from students and parents.  Reflection is a great tool!

• What did you enjoy the most about the Expo?
• What was the hardest part for you?
• How will this experience help your child in the future?
• If you had more time, what would you have done differently?

Third and fourth grade students should be finished with their books by the week of May 18 so be sure you are reading.  1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders should also be working on reaching their Khan Academy goals.  Kinder students, we are learning about our last author next week.  I will post your video homework soon!

Classes Next Week:

Kindergarten:  Bunnell on Thursday; All others on Friday
1st Grade - Monday
2nd Grade - Garcia & Soto on Monday; Jenkins & Richie on Wednesday
3rd Grade - Wednesday
4th Grade - Tuesday

Here at the links to your children's projects that are posted online.  There are three or four projects that we will have to post from school.

Videos

Mrs. Pogue's You Tube Channel

Each grade level has it's own play list to make finding your child's project easier.  Right now all videos are public.  If you would like me to change your child's work to unlisted (where only people with the link can access it), please let me know.

1st and 2nd Grade Slide Shows - Over the next couple of weeks, we will make their slide shows into videos

1st Grade

2nd Grade

If your child is in 3rd or 4th grade and they did a google slide show, they have access to their slide show in their google drive.  I am also going to help them turn their slide shows into videos.  I think this adds an extra bit of creativity and personality to the slide shows, as well as another skill learned.

GT Expo This Friday Night May 8, 2015 6:30 pm - All Grade Levels

This Friday night is our annual GT Expo.  Students need to be in the cafeteria at 6:15 wearing their best school clothes and/or church clothes.  Third and fourth grade students may also dress in costume for  their Genius Hour project if they would like.  For example, if they researched being a veterinarian, they can dress the part of a veterinarian.  I would like all of the students to be in their places before the parents and guests enter the cafeteria.

The purpose of the GT Expo is for students to get to show off their work and practice their public speaking skills.  Please make time to talk to as many students as possible.  They have all worked hard.

At 7:00 pm, I will be calling students by grade level for their snacks.  At the conclusion of the evening, you may take your student's projects home.

As usual, I would like some families to volunteer.  Here are the shifts available:

Set up 3:30 - 5:30 (2-3 families needed)
Serve Snacks 7:00 - 7:30 (4 adult volunteers needed)
Clean Up  ((2-3 families needed)

Please let me know if you can help.  If you have teen age children who would like to volunteer for service hours, I would welcome their help, too.

Thank you so much and feel free to email me with any questions you may have.