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Upcoming Dates and Important Information
- March 2 – 6 – No School – Spring Break
- March 28 – Celebrate! Mark your calendars!
- April 29 – May 1 – Gettysburg Overnight Field Trip – Mark your calendars!
- May 28 – 5th Grade Promotion – Mark your calendars!
Looking for ways to get involved on our campus and volunteer? The WCDS Parent Faculty Association (PFA) would love to have you join them! If you are interested in joining the PFA, send an email to pfa@wcdsedu.com to join the email list so you can stay up to date on meetings, events, and ways to help spread cheer to WCDS students and faculty! The next meeting will be on March 24, at 7:00pm via Zoom.
Students are beginning to learn the states and capitals! We will spend two weeks studying each region of the United States, learning the location and capital city of all 50 states by May. They are making notecards and have various study materials for each region. We are currently studying the Southeast Region, and the students will have a quiz on those 12 states on February 27 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).
Your child will be coming home with Raffle Tickets that the PFA is selling for a Disney Trip or a $3,000 Uniglobe gift card. You are encouraged to sell your tickets and return cash or a check to the office. Proceeds support field trips, faculty and student appreciation week, field day and more! Additional tickets can be picked up in the office, or can be purchased online here: https://app.betterunite.com/WheelingCountryDaySchool-celebrategamenight Ticket stubs and money are due on or before March 28th. Winner will be drawn at CELEBRATE! Winner need not be present.
Language Arts:
- Submitted our final research essay and creative choice project for the final grade of the trimester! Look for the five-paragraph essay to come home to be signed next week, regardless of the grade.
- Completed a fishbowl discussion on One Crazy Summer where students on the inside of the circle discussed, and those on the outside took notes, to enhance their discussion for the next turn.
- The students did a fantastic job sharing their thoughts and supporting their opinions with text evidence!
- Students worked together to have a conversation and did not rely on the teacher to lead, but took the time to hear each others voices and respectfully agree or disagree
Math:
- Continuing with our multiplying fractions unit and will finish up multiplying fractions next week.
- Our fractions operations quiz will be next Friday.
- They will be sent home with a study guide on Tuesday to help them prepare for the quiz.
Robotics:
- The table is set for the final competition, and teams are beginning to write their code to safely and effectively traverse the table maze!
- The competition will be on Thursday, February 26 in the afternoon. Stay tuned for details regarding the live stream
Special’s Highlights:
- Learning a new cupstacking technique in PE and recording our times for a competition
- Filming a commercial with Mr. Alex for Celebrate!
- Practicing rhythm, patterns, and teamwork with Miss Dena in Music
- On Monday during SEL we met with our SK Cougar Buddies and practiced positive self talk and affirmations
- Monday was Bring a Friend day, and we enjoyed the 5 extra visitors we had in our classroom!
- Started D.A.R.E with Officer John!
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR KIDS:
- How many times did you speak during the class discussion?
- Do you feel good about the final product you submitted for your research essay and creative choice project?
- What is 3 multiplied by 1/3?
- Has your team written enough code to make it completely through the maze yet?
- What did Officer John teach you about in DARE this week?
