Edgewood's Tiger Talk
January 5, 2017
Principal's Update
In education, we hear a lot about brain research. Two of the findings that stick out the most to me are:
1) IQ is not fixed; learning and practice can grow brain connections, and you can get smarter.
2) Attitude impacts learning and ability.
So, thinking of math as a fun puzzle to be solved can make us better at it. Changing our words is tough, though. I often say that I stink at baseball and basketball...and football, for that matter. But what if, instead of saying, "I'm not good at it", I said, "I never had enough practice with throwing and hand/eye coordination. I bet if I worked on that I'd could be a decent player." The message we'd send our kids would be completely different.
Our kids learn by watching us; before saying, "I'm not good at ____," think, "What would I have to do better to be better at it?"
In learning,
Mrs. Boyd
Family Night
Pawsitively Edgewood--Character Education
PE Update from Mr. Warnecke
All grade levels just completed their second fitness week. With cold temps come cold weather activities! All grade levels will be doing floor hockey for their next unit, mixed in with some team-building activities. All classes are doing a great job, keep it up!
Engineering in Gym
K4 students play Candyland
K Readers Get Organized
Art Update from Mrs. Nolan
K5- Artists will fly to great heights completing their pattern designs on Hot Air balloons.
1st- WHOO WHOO! Artists will complete their realist drawings of Great Horned owls by embelishing them with feathers made from tissue paper.
2nd- To complete Complementary Color Fancy Hands, artists will add designs to enhance the abstract art.
3rd- Artists get a first hands-on experience with the art of Printmaking. After detailed drawings of Owls, students applied glue line over the lines. These made raised lines which printing ink is rolled over and then a paper laid over. As they peeled off the paper, a print of the Great Horned Owl appeared.
4th- Our city architects are applying marker to their designed city scenes. To complete them, yarn stitched around the edges of buildings will be added.
5th- Students will pick up on their weaving projects started prior to the holiday projects.
Winter Weather
Morning Arrival Reminders
- Please wait with your child until 8:30, when the doors are opened. There is not supervision prior to that.
- We make the most of each moment we have; your child will have more time to get settled if they arrive as close to 8:30 as possible.
- If you're pulling into the driveway to drop off, please pull down as far as you can; this reduces the backup on Layton.
- If someone different is dropping of, please remind them that we do not pull around cars in the driveway for safety reasons.
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Upcoming Dates
1/6--PACKER DAY!
1/6--Coffee with the Principal--Topic: Math Online Resources, 8:00-8:30am
1/10--January EHSA Meeting, 6:30-7:00pm
1/16--No School--Martin Luther King Holiday
1/26--Family Night--"Around the World" is our theme! 5-7pm
2/3--Coffee with the Principal, 8-8:30 am