Lewis Discovery News
October 2021
Hello October!
Lewis Discovery Team:
Art, GT, Library, Music, PE, and Technology
COLLABORATION LESSON
ART
All classes will talk about the PTA Reflection Art Contest. We will brainstorm ideas about what they can create at home with the theme "I could change the world by...."
GT-GIFTED & TALENTED
GT will be continuing with Ancient Exploration 3000 BC-476 AD.
During the month of October we will begin with Egypt where students will explore how modern concepts were influenced by Ancient Egypt and create original products from the perspective of Ancient Egyptians. We then move onto the Greeks and Romans in the Middle of October concentrating on how modern terms and customs are influenced by ancient culture and wrap up the month with China and assess the contributions of Ancient China, to include the four great inventions and the Great Wall. This will bring an end to our exploration of the Ancient Times. We have had so much fun learning and creating during these time periods. History is really coming alive in the classroom this year.
LIBRARY
Celebrate NISD Reads 21 Contest
Read 441 minutes from 9/1--10/31 to qualify to be in a district drawing to win a Samsung Galaxy Tablet using SORA. Students will be trained to use SORA during their library lesson. Directions will also be sent home.
Book club will also began with 5th grade.
Waves of Pages Reading Program information from Schlitterbahn New Braunfels will be sent home to all students in K-5. Students will be required to read 10 hours during the 10 week program to earn a FREE admission to Schlitterbahn. The FREE admission is valid from 4/3/22 to 6/30/22.
MUSIC
PE
We have a fun month of October ahead of us in P.E.
For kindergarten through second grade we are going to continue to work on our locomotor skills through whole group activities. We will reinforce walking, jogging, skipping, hopping, leaping, galloping, sliding and more.
In grades 3-5, we will begin our fitness gram unit to promote regular physical activity. We will assess aerobic capacity, muscular capacity, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
We will wrap up the month with fun holiday activities.
TECHNOLOGY
Kinder-2nd Grade will learn about these by learning how to safely navigate through their NISD Portal and learn to create things from their Google Drive. 3rd-5th grade will be making digital flyers that promote digital citizenship. We will also do some fun seasonal activities that involve machine learning and artificial intelligence.