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Jun 1

June 1, 2017

Thank you, Open House, and TUSS!

First, allow me to thank you for the multitude of treats I received for Teacher Appreciation Day! You all turned it into Teacher Appreciation WEEK, and Mrs. Rafferty, Miss O, and I greatly appreciated the extra lunch you generously gave us, along with the other unexpected treats throughout the week. We feel so lucky to have such a terrific class!

Tonight is the spring concert and open house for grade 4. Students are asked to arrive at 6:30pm. The concert begins at 7:00 and should run for about 30 minutes. You’ll have a 10 minute buffer (more or less) to make your way through the art show (remember to pick up clay pieces tonight in the art studio!) before coming upstairs at around 7:40.

Our classroom is being transformed into the Teach Us Something, Somehow Student Research Colloquium! I’ve LOVED seeing the kids’ presentations this week, and they’re excited to share their work with all the families in class! While you’re here, be sure to check out your student’s other work that we’re showcasing:

Timeline posters (partner-created, self-researched, 100% awesome!)
Daffodil dissections (the final activity from our cool new science unit about plants and animals!)
Photo Stories (showing us what characters in a situation SAY and what they THINK – The kids worked hard to pull off this sophisticated bit of technology work!)
Room designs (hot off the presses! We’re learning about area and perimeter and had some fun designing new rooms in the process.)

Then, at 8:00pm, families are invited to the cafeteria for a popsicle social! I look forward to seeing you this evening!

Posted in Class Updates|By Jon Moss

Jan 14

January 14, 2016

Cub Reporter Message: What’s Happening in Unified Arts?

Written by Student #20

Hi! Here in Mr. Moss’s class we have many jobs such as line leader and station manager. We have started performing one called cub reporter. I am writing this because I am the first one doing it. Cub reporter is a jobs where we update Mr. Moss’s website as things happen in class. Enough with the introductions. In unified arts we have done many different things. In music we have been working on compositions that we will present with our choice of method: instrument, or vocally. As a grade, we have been working on songs for our winter concert. Miss Torres has taught us a collection of excellent songs. In Spanish, we have been working on food, or comida. The word for chicken is pollo! (pronounced poh-yo) We have also been earning letters in Spanish. They are ways of reward. If we make a word with our letters we get a celebration. In art we worked on “op”, or optical art. We used calligraphy pens to make thick and thin lines. Optical art is when the artist tricks the viewer’s eyes into seeing something. In library, aside from checking out books, we have worked on evaluating websites. We would go onto assigned websites and watch out for things that would make the website more or less credible. You can ask your child for an expanded explanation.

Posted in Class Updates, Student News|By Jon Moss

Jun 2

June 2, 2014

A Wonderful Concert and Open House

The concert last week was outstanding! I enjoyed seeing everyone performing the songs that they clearly worked so hard to master! I appreciate so many of you braving the hot temperature to join us upstairs for open house! I hope you all had a chance to see all the different projects that we are working on! I’m so proud of the kids! Here are a few photos from the evening!