Grammar Activity

We worked on expanded our vocabulary in grammar this week, using a favorite nursery rhyme.


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Snowy Weather on Friday!

Character Activity

The 9-1 boys met with their 6-B character buddy class. We spent time discussing handshakes, and then headed out to introduce ourselves to members of our community.

Here are some of the Sixth Agers introductions filmed by the Ninth Age boys. Many thanks to our Calvert community for volunteering to participate in our activity.

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Multiplication Review

In class we are continuing to explore a number of ways to solve new and challenging multiplication problems. Yesterday students used doubling, arrays, and skip counting to show their knowledge of their 6x facts. The students are working nightly to practice their facts, which has helped their confidence continue to grow, even as we add new factors into the mix! Terrific job!

 

MLK All School Assembly

Reading: Digital Story Telling

After spending time in reading class learning about "Pour Quoi" tales, we are now showing our understanding of these stories by creating our own! The students are using Story Bird to write their own tale explaining how or why something exists as it does. We have learned about the relationship between cats and dogs, a penguin's colors, and the giraffe's neck; stay tuned to see all of the finished stories!

Character Lesson: Eyes on Tradition

We begin each day at Calvert School with a handshake, and this Calvert tradition was the focus of our two-part character lesson on manners and physical differences. We practiced giving proper handshakes, which focused on matching the initiation of a handshake, grip, and eye contact of our partner.

We will spend the next week getting to know our Calvert community through our handshake meetings, as well as noticing one aspect of physical difference: eye color. On Friday we will discuss our handshake meetings and review the eye color differences present within our community. The boys will also spend time learning more about unique ways people from different cultures greet one another.