There was so much happening this week!
Ms. Tran’s Kinder, Ms. Thormodsgaard’s 1st grade,
and Ms. Thompson’s 2nd grade got acquainted with their Code.org
course and learned how to navigate to the site, log in, and pair program. They
will be coding superstars in no time!
Pre-K - 1st grade attended Houston Grand Opera’s
Storybook Opera presentation by Ms. Sandra Campbell. Ms. Campbell won hundreds
of new opera fans here at Piney Point last year with her wonderful Chrysanthemum Storybook Opera! We were
thrilled to have her return and share Opera Cat!
1st grade started their Monarch Money
announcements in the TV studio this week – so far they have collected 1/5th
of their fall goal!
Also, our 2nd grade Recycling team started their
public information campaign – broadcasting recycling reminder on the morning
announcements and hanging their reused material posters in all the hallways!
1st and 2nd grade Name That Book club
members had their first Book Buddy visits on Friday as well – each club member
has a partner class that they will visit to read aloud their favorite story
from the week’s reading!
Mr. Garza’s 3rd grade and Mr. Torres’ 4th
grade got up to speed in Code.org almost immediately! They learned the new lab
procedures, set goals on the class Padlet, and mastered the use of Classroom Q
too! Both these groups had very special learning experiences this week as part
of our campus Arts Integration initiatives:
3rd Grade to Houston Ballet Studio Series – Dance
in Texas
4th grade Met Dance residency – a writing
workshop exploring the history of America told through music and popular dance!
You can read about and see highlights from the experiences HERE
Ms. Limon’s class had a short week, but still got their new
Code.org class set up, started work on a research project, and had our first
Skype-a-Scientist session! They had a digital visit to the TAMU field lab in
Galveston to talk with Ms. Janelle Goeke, a PhD candidate specializing in
coastal ecology! They learned about what a life scientist actually does all
day, challenges our coastal region is facing, and lots of fun facts about
marine creatures!
3rd grade G/T - created personal Scratch accounts and began the process of uploading their Biome projects and 4th grade G/T completed their Bio Bottles. They are planning to display their mini interactive history museum next week.
Our UIL team is attending the first meet of the year at Pin Oak Middle School Saturday - Go Panthers!
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