We are redefining Summer School!

This summer our CCS students have the opportunity to participate in a newly developed Summer Experience. This Summer Experience will be camp-based focusing on the whole child. Each week students will engage in grade level - standards based lessons, design challenges, and social and emotional learning activities around a specific theme.

This is sure to be an engaging and fun educational opportunity for the students and teachers!

If you are considering teaching during the Elementary Summer Experience but would like additional information, please join the Summer School team for Zoom office hours on March 29th and 30th from 4:30 - 5:30 pm.

Zoom Link for Summer School Information Session for Teachers

• March 29th, 4:30 - 5:30

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86840093009?pwd=bHVWcTgvaWMwR1lTT3hZOXdkbXBEZz09

• March 30th, 4:30 - 5:30

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83031298862?pwd=KzY3Y21oWENJcDhCVkpKdFFIQ3dRZz09

Summer Experience Highlights:

K-2: partnered with Franklin Park Conservatory

• 6 camp themes (1 per week): Pirate Palooza, Nature Art, Garden Gastronomy, Pollinators, Jurassic Franklin Park, Summer Scientist
• In-person visits from FPC educators, Zoom visits from FPC educators, 1st & 2nd grade field trip to FPC
• Kindergarten 1 week (4 days) field trip to Spruce Run
• The explicit grade level - standards based lessons, design challenges, and the social and emotional learning activities are thoroughly explained and laid out in detail for each camp.

3-5: partnered with COSI

• 6 camp themes (1 per week): Superhero Science, Exploring Ecology, Coaster Creator, Mission to Mars, Gross Science: Body Works, Gizmos and Gadgets
• In-person visits from COSI educators, Zoom visits from COSI educators, 3-5 field trip to COSI
• The explicit grade level - standards based lessons, design challenges, and the social and emotional learning activities are thoroughly explained and laid out in detail for each camp.

Each month our newsletter has focused on the key components of the Math Framework.

The framework was developed by an Instructional Design Committee that was made up of directors, administrators, and teachers.

The framework looks at the instruction provided during 3 types of lessons:

• lessons that Introduce the Mathematical Concepts,
• lessons that Build the Mathematical Concepts and
• lessons that provide Conceptual Application of Mathematical Concepts.

There are three types of lessons that students engage in Concept Instruction Lesson, Concept Building Lesson, and Concept Application Lesson.

During the Concept Instruction Lessons, students will be engaging with newly introduced concepts and making connections with the prior knowledge. This prior knowledge will include connections made in multiple domains. Our resource Ready Classroom Mathematics calls these types of lessons Explore lessons.

When engaging in Concept Building Lessons, students are engaged in building knowledge and a deep conceptual understanding of concepts. Students are developing strategies and understanding through problem-solving. Ready Classroom Mathematics calls these lessons Develop Lessons.

The final type of lesson is a Concept Application Lesson. Students have developed an understanding of new concepts and are now applying that new learning to other problems. Students are deepening their understanding and strengthening their skills. The Ready Classroom Mathematics calls this a Refined Lesson.

During these lessons, students should be engaged in the Mathematical Practices that promote mathematical proficiency. Instruction in each of these lesson types should be developed around all the components of the framework: Lesson Goal and Structure, Mathematical Discourse, Small Group Instruction, Evidence of Mathematical Understanding and Strategy Fluency.

This framework is supported by both research-based practices and the Academic Services Core Instructional Framework that was created by CCS Academic Services Team.

The Math Framework consists of best practices suggested by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices, the Gradual Release Method, Teacher Clarity, and the research of John Hattie, Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, Margaret Smith, and Mary Kay Stein, as well as other researchers whose work has contributed to these practices.

3rd grade teachers that have been through the ChickQuest program

You may want to check out some of the resources available for eggs-pert alumni like yourself on the Grow Next Gen website lined below. They have videos and other helpful information. https://grownextgen.org/events/chickquest-alumni

Also, visit GrowNextGen's YouTube list of helpful videos.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXq_oMfl3AuzCUxzL92n9yRNvKK5_kHce

If you need the egg coupon from Meyer Hatchery, please contact Heather Allen hallen704@columbus.k12.oh.us

Get ready for some serious science!

Ohio’s largest annual science event, the 2021 COSI Science Festival, is coming May 5 - 8, 2021. The third annual COSI Science Festival will include dozens of unique online events showcasing incredible science being done in Ohio and proving again that science truly is everywhere and for everyone.

Check out the COSI Science Festival website for more details https://cosiscifest.org/

Each nine weeks Spruce Run produces a newsletter.

Please check back to the newsletter link throughout the grading period, as it is updated often. Any new information added during the grading period will be placed at the top of the current newsletter.

Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, a holy month for Muslims, who fast, pray and practice introspection during this time. This year, Ramadan begins on April 12 and ends on May 12.

During Ramadan, adults of the Muslim faith do not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, practicing fasting, which is a fundamental principle of Islam. At the end of the daily fast, during the night, Muslims share meals with each other, with family or friends which are called iftar. As fasting is seen as a spiritual principle, Ramadan is also a time people dedicate themselves to prayer and charity.

History:

One of the main prophets of Islam was Muhammad.

It is believed that in 610 A.D. Allah started sending him messages and revelations through the angel Gabriel. These revelations were only delivered during Ramadan, and it was through the course of five Ramadans that Muhammad compiled the messages into a 114 chapter book that would become known as the Quran, the holy book of Islamic faith, that Muslims believe holds the words of Allah.

As the Quran, which contains the guidance for Muslims, was revealed during Ramadan, this became a holy month in the Islamic faith, and the Quran orders that fasting should be the way to observe this month.

It is the Quran that lays out the Five Pillars of Islam, that Muslims should follow strictly in order to achieve salvation. These are:

• Shahada, a declaration of faith to the only one God and his prophet Muhammad.
• Prayer, as Muslims are meant to pray five times a day.
• Zakat, practicing charitable actions.
• Fasting, the foundation of Ramadan and the way to achieve taqwa.
• Pilgrimage, every Muslim who is able to should travel to Mecca at least once in their life.

This day was established by the International Association of Art, to raise worldwide attention to the work of international artists, and the ways of creative expression that exist.

National Art Day celebrates all kinds of art, encouraging people to expand their artistic interests, and get to know artistic mediums that they were not aware of.

History

The International Association of Art founded World Art Day on April 15, 2012, established in celebration of the fine arts and to promote creative activity on an international scale. The date chosen was Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday, in honor of one of history's most renowned artists and inventors, and a symbol of the way the Fine Arts have influenced all other artistic fields.

The first official World Art Day celebration in the United States was held in Los Angeles, in 2015, where commemorations have been held ever since.

Why do we celebrate World Art Day?

Since the beginning of time, humans have been creating and enjoying art. It is a way to express ourselves and see ourselves represented in other people's work.

Art plays a very important role in our lives, whether we realize it or not. It promotes creativity, diversity, and innovation, and encourages people to start conversations about their interests and share knowledge with each other, opening horizons, and making us look at things in different ways.

Many people associate art with Fine Art, such as painting or sculpture. In reality, art is constantly evolving, and it is anything in a visual form that has been created by someone using their imagination and creative skills. Art is photography, calligraphy, architecture, design, cinema, fashion, and so on. Look around you, you are probably enjoying art every day without noticing.

World Art Day is the perfect time to celebrate creativity and bring joy to others:

• Draw a picture
• Compose a song
• Write a poem or story
• Paint
• Create and send Mail Art
• Give someone a hand-made card, photo, music CD, poem, story, or anything creative
• Have a dance party

Art Day Printables

Reasons to Celebrate World Art Day

Earth Day is celebrated internationally on April 22. It is a day to educate people about the issues affecting the planet and to raise awareness for and celebrate the efforts in place to protect the environment.

As a global observance, it sometimes extends to a week-long celebration, aptly named Earth Week, and the celebrations are coordinated by the Earth Day Network across 193 countries.

Videos:

• PBS Learning Media - YouTube (1:57 min)
• Book Read Aloud on YouTube - Earth Day Every Day by Lisa Bullard and Xiao Xin (4:09 min)
• Earth Day For Kids! Fitness Fun Exercises for Kids! Go with YoYo - YouTube (5:37 min)
• Book Read Aloud on YouTube - It's Earth Day by Mercer Mayer (6:33 min)
• Book Read Aloud on YouTube - Miss Fox's Class Goes Green by Eileen Spinelli (7:08 min)
• Save the Planet Song - YouTube (4:09 min)
• Going Green Song by Harry Kindergarten Music - YouTube (2:39 min)
• Book Read Aloud on YouTube - Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel (5:15 min)
• Book Read Aloud on YouTube - Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug by Ellie Bethel (4:49 min)