Grand View Elementary
December 7, 2017 • Issue 16
Upcoming Events
December 11: Rimrock Booster's Meeting
December 12: Board Meeting at 7:00 pm
December 20: Grand View Elementary Winter Concert
December 21: Early Release
December 25 - January 7: Winter Break - No School
January 9: School Board Meeting 1:00 pm
January 26: Teacher's Inservice
Around the School
Teachers on the GVE float during the Grand View Winter Parade
Caught Using Kelso's Choices!
Inclement Weather
If school is canceled due to inclement weather, families will be notified via all-call and the school's closure will be posted on the school website.
Classroom Corner
Mr. Meyers (Third): We are about to finish our reading unit about plants and move into our new unit about working together as a community. We are starting a new math module as well. It is focused on the multiplication and division of 0,1,2, 6-9, and 10. We learned a lot about the history of our community in social studies and are moving into learning about animals.
Mrs. Lawrence (Fourth): The 4th graders have just finished leaning how to multiply numbers using the partial products method, an area model, and the traditional algorithm. The traditional algorithm is the method most adults use when multiplying numbers. Now they are ready to begin learning how to divide numbers. The 4th graders have also finished learning about the Native Americans who live in Idaho and will soon begin a unit about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Mrs. Gibbons (Fourth): As I am nearing the completion of my internship at Grand View Elementary, I would like to take a moment to sincerely thank the community and students for the experiences I have received. The staff at GVE are a special group of people. Thank you for welcoming me with warmness and offering me a very natural feeling place during my time here. I would also like to thank Mrs. Lawrence for her wisdom and her ability to share these insights through modeling and kind direction with me. I will miss GVE but I greatly look forward to the next chapter. Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Mrs. Malika (Fifth): The fifth graders have been working hard the past few weeks, and have wrapped up quite a bit! We are now working on place value with decimals, exponents, and multiplying decimals. Soon, we will begin dividing using decimals in math. In reading, we are focusing on nature's network in the oceans, and how all of the organisms interact with one another. Science and social studies have us looking towards states of matter and the colonies leading up to the Revolutionary War.
Student Spotlight
Each newsletter, fifth grade students are going to pick one
primary student to interview for our Student Spotlight!
What is your name?
Ashlin
What class are you in?
Ashlin is in Miss Baker's first grade class.
What is your favorite subject in school?
Ashlin's favorite subject in school is art.
Do you have a favorite book?
Ashlin's favorite book is The Magic Puppy.
What is your go-to Kelso's Choice for small problems and why?
Ashlin's go-to Kelso's Choice is Go to Another Game because she can get away from the mean people.
Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what is it?
Ashlin's hidden talent is making up random songs.
Written by Carson
Picture by Carson
Student Spotlight
Each newsletter, fifth grade students are going to pick one
upper elementary student to interview for our Student Spotlight!
What is your name?
Colby
What class are you in?
Colby is in Mr. Meyers' 3rd grade class.
What is your favorite subject in school?
Colby's favorite subject in school is P.E.
Do you have a favorite book?
Colby's favorite book is the Harry Potter series.
What is your go-to Kelso's Choice for small problems and why?
Colby's go-to Kelso's Choice is Walk Away because it helps him all the time by helping him get away from potential fights.
Do you have a hidden talent? If so, what is it?
Colby's hidden talent is doing a handstand on the wall.
Written by Madison
Picture by Madison
Hoop Shoot
At Home
During community groups, our students have been using Kelso's Character Education and ClassDojo videos to learn more about the differences between empathy and sympathy; as well as how we can show both to the people around us.
Sympathy is when you see how someone is feeling, and feel sorry for them.
Empathy is when you understand how someone is feeling by putting yourself in their shoes.
ClassDojo introduced the concept of the Maze to help kids understand that when they have deep feelings like sadness, anger, or nervousness, it is easy to feel stuck in that feeling, and end up lashing out at others. When you take time to try and understand how other people feel, you are able to leave the Maze. That's when you're showing empathy!
Our students are beginning to consciously notice how what they say and do can affect others. And like the ripple effect, when one person shows empathy to another, it does not typically stop at that one person. Usually the kindness will spread throughout the community.
Studies suggest that kids are more likely to develop a strong sense of empathy when their own emotional needs are being met at home (Barnett 1987), meaning that what we learn in community groups will be much more effective if it is also talked about at home.
As well, when kids know they can count on their caregivers for emotional and physical support, they are more likely to show sympathy and offer help to other kids in distress (Waters et al 1979; Kestenbaum et al 1989).
Some Questions You Can Ask Your Child to Start a Discussion:
- How can we recognize when we're in the Maze and try to stay out of it?
- What does it mean to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
- How can you practice staying out of the Maze?
- Do you think your actions can cause feelings in other people? What was a time your actions affected someone else?
About Us
Email: rcantrell@sd365.us
Website: www.sd365.us
Location: 205 1st Street, Grand View, ID 83624, United States
Phone: (208) 834-2775
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