The Dragon’s Tale Weekly School Newsletter December 10, 2019 Volume 6, Issue 15

139 S. Monroe Avenue Green Bay, Wisconsin 920-448-2135

December Calendar Notes

Early Release

12:35 PM Friday, December 13th

Winter Break

December 21, 2019 through January 1, 2020

Students return to school Thursday, January 2, 2020.

K-5 Music Concerts This Thursday

K-5 students will share their musical talents on Thursday, December 12th at 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM. The students will present the same concert twice. Concert day information: Doors open 30 minutes before the performance. Due to concert set up we are unable to welcome guests

for lunch on December 12th. If you won the concert preferred parking spots, please

display the parking pass in your front window when arriv-ing. You will be able to park in the old playground next to the visitor lot.

The Pi Day 5K Sign Up Link is Open!

The Fifth Grade Pi Day Planning Team under the direction

of Mrs. Allison Hockers is hard at work preparing for the

2020 Pi Day 5K Walk/Run. Make plans to be a part of

this fun family tradition. All proceeds support the Habitat

for Humanity organization. Our students know how im-

portant it is for a family to have a place to call home. To

date, Leonardo da Vinci has raised over $80,000 for the

organization. Let’s make this year the most successful

year yet!

Sign Up Link

DECEMBER

10 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 11 Grade 3 walks to library 2:35—4:00 Chess Club 12 No lunch guests please 8:30 K-5 Vocal Music Concert 1:00 K-5 Vocal Music Concert 2:35—4:00 Show Choir 13 12:35 Dismissal 14 9:00 –12:00 SeaPerch 16 K-5 At Home Projects Due Popcorn Order Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 17 Popcorn Delivery Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys) 19 2:35—4:00 Show Choir December 21—January 1 WINTER BREAK

JANUARY 2 Students return to school 2:35—4:00 Show Choir 4 9:00—12:00 SeaPerch 6 Popcorn Order Day 2:35—4:00 Basketball Practice (Boys)

Calendar Notes

Leonardo da Vinci School and the da Vinci PTO proudly present an:

Important Grade 4-8 Parent Presentation

Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.

Cyberbullying Research Center Date: Monday, January 13, 2020 Place: Leonardo da Vinci School Time: 6:00 PM, School Gym This presentation will define and provide examples of cyberbully-ing and discuss the role of parents in preventing and responding to inappropriate online behaviors. It will also describe many of the online environments popular among adolescents today and strategies to use to make sure they are used safely and respon-sibly.

PTO Information

PTO In The Know!

Next meeting: January 21st, 6:30 PM

Dr. Justin Patchin is a professor of criminal jus-tice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Since 2002 he has been exploring the intersection of teens and technology, with particular focus on cyberbullying and social networking. He travels around the United States and abroad training educa-tors, counselors, law enforcement officers, parents, and youth on how to prevent and address the conse-

quences of cyberbullying. Dr. Patchin is Co-Director of the Cyberbul-lying Research Center (www.cyberbullying.org) and has written eight books and numerous articles on adolescent behaviors online. His co-authored book: Bullying beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying was named Educator Book of the Year by ForeWord reviews. He published a book for teens Words Wound: Delete Cyberbullying and Make Kindness Go Viral, as well as, his most recent book Bullying Today: Bullet Points and Best Practic-es. He has presented at the White House and the FBI Academy, and has appeared on CNN, NPR, and in the New York Times to discuss issues related to teens use and misuse of technology.

Dragon Dress Up Days

The last week before the winter break will be extra

exciting with student selected dress ups days. Join

in the fun!

Monday, 12/16/19 Comfy, Cozy Day (sweats, soft comfy clothes) Tuesday, 12/17/19 Crazy Hat, Hair and Sock Day Wednesday, 12/18/19 Color Day (wear the color for your grade) Thursday, 12/19/19 Flannel/Plaid Day Friday, 12/20/19 Festive Day (dress for your favorite holiday)

English Language Arts 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.

Davister

Add -s to some words to show more than one

Use a storyboard to organize thoughts

Identify the main idea of a table team’s mystery bag

Use a hook to grab a reader’s attention

Use clues in the picture to identify the main idea

Use transition words when composing a personal narrative

Work with a partner to sort details and figure out the main ideas

Use an ending technique to wrap up a personal narrative

Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text

Share a personal narrative with a partner

Johnson

Understand what a contraction is and find examples in books

Identify the parts of a non-fiction book

Identify the main idea and details in non-fiction texts

Play Rally Coach to create compound words

Select a topic and complete a personal narrative planning sheet

Understand the different types of hooks and write a hook for a personal

narrative

Write a personal narrative using a planning sheet

Hanson

List character feelings

Understand the difference between character traits and feelings

Compare and contrast character traits using a Venn diagram

Read a story with a small group of peers and identify character traits of

the characters in the story

Create a character trait web

Provide evidence or examples to support the chosen character traits for

a character

Identify the main idea of a paragraph

Read a passage and answer comprehension questions

Use the writing process to compose a personal narrative using a time-

line or storyboard

Korth/Frelich

Illustrate the setting of The Green Book

Share and explain the setting of The Green Book

Read and discuss chapter 5 and 6 of The Green Book

Describe a character using character traits and evidence from the text

Share turkey narrative with a partner

Publish a personal narrative

List facts about an informational topic

Write an alphabetical list of facts about a topic

Plan informational writing piece

Becker

Establish expectations for a reading group

Create a schedule for a reading group

Follow the team created schedule and prepare for first literary discus-

sion

Use sound effect words to describe surroundings

Write a descriptive paragraph about da Vinci using at least five exam-

ples

Revise a writing piece based on teacher comments

Add alliteration and onomatopoeia to paragraph describing a setting

Carlsen

Establish reading group expectations

Create a schedule for reading group

Prepare for first group discussion

Use a checklist to guide my writing

Publish a writing piece

Durant

Complete final novel study assignment

Participate in a novel study discussion

Work with group on novel study project

Incorporate two descriptive attributes into a paragraph

Use symmetry and special features to describe various objects

Revise a boring paragraph by adding details and varying sentence

length

Expand sentences with adjectives

Compose a paragraph using five adjectives and sentence variation

Mayenschein

Listen to Magritte’s Marvelous Hat and discuss with a peer

Examine surrealist art and discuss how it relates to Margritte’s Marvelous

Hat

Continue examining surrealist art by reading and discussing the poem

“Mobius Strip”

Practice writing a journal entry that matches expectations

Explore and discuss various types of presentation formats for how-to

writing

Explore progression transitions in how-to writing

Choose a bulleted or enumerated set of directions and rewrite in para-

graph form with transitions

Write a beginning hook and introductory paragraph for the how to pro-

cess

Griffin

Review when to start a new paragraph

Share how the setting for a narrative writing piece was developed

Draft second memory

Create a storyboard for third memory

Discuss the background of Jerry Spinelli

Refer to the author or title of an article in a written response

Use professional writing skills to comment on a website

Understand an author’s use of tone in a story

Watson

Examine letters about literature and describe the qualities of an effective

letter

Draft a letter to authors about a connection made through reading their

novels

Create a skit using the different types of sentences

Make a connection to a short story by analyzing the theme of selfless-

ness and meaningful gifts

Build vocabulary by previewing vocabulary from “The Gift of Magi”

Read and analyze “The Gift of the Magi”

Participate in the book group discussion

Gussert 6—Courage

Add insights and make connections during a literature discussion

Use transitions and elaboration to appeal to a specific audience

Use craft and tone to appeal to an audience

Understand the expectations for the heroic person presentation

Demonstrate knowledge of Greek and Latin roots

Oldenburg 6—Persuasion

Review figurative language

Compare fiction and non-fiction account of a historical event

Research using primary resources

Categorize types of conflict in a novel

Write a news-style article

Gussert 7—Justice

Participate in a novel discussion

Compare and contrast different images and determine the significance of

the differences

Review subjects and predicates

Compare and contrast a poem with the musical representation of it

Write a journal on a moment in my life when nurture had a greater impact

on me or the outcome of the event

Oldenburg 7—1940’s

Know figurative language terminology

Know poetry from terminology

Connect a poem’s elements to the author’s meaning

Independently analyze a poem

Gussert 8—Utopia

Read and respond to comprehension questions

Create symbolic representations to teach classmates literary elements

Share visual representations of literary elements with classmates and

take notes

Understand and identify different uses of three types of irony

Work in small groups to write a skit in which an assigned type of irony is

depicted

Oldenburg 8—Threads of Change

Identify the elements of satire in Dr. Seuss

Read historical text from the time to analyze the meaning of satire

Identify the elements of satire in more challenging language

Write a satire

Explore elements of satire in Huckleberry Finn

English Language Arts 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.

Math 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.

Davister—K/1 Math Cluster

Add with doubles

Represent 2-digit numbers as tens and ones

Read and write numerals and number words

Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number

Use tens and ones to add

Johnson—Math 1 Cluster

Solve a variety of real world problems

Review for the unit 4 assessment

Complete unit 4 assessment

Solve teen addition problems with unknown partners

Solve teen subtraction problems

Hanson—Math 2 Cluster

Solve word problems involving dollar bills, dimes, and pennies

Explain in writing the steps for two-digit addition with carrying

Create a proof drawing

Review unit 2

Complete unit 2 assessment

Complete unit 3 pre-assessment

Korth—Math 2/3 Cluster

Tell time to the hour

Tell time to the minute

Create and answer questions about a pictograph

Create a bar graph and answers questions about it

Solve problems using a bar graph

Novak—Math 3 Cluster

Estimate using customary units of measure

Solve problems using customary units of measure

Estimate volume and solve real world problems using metric measure-

ment

Estimate and measure weight and mass

Becker—Math 3 Cluster

Measure lengths in inches, half-inches and quarter inches with a ruler

Interpret data using a line plot

Use customary units of liquid measure

Carlsen—Math 4 Cluster

Accurately divide using the digit-by-digit method

Divide with 4 digit dividends

Solve division questions

Solve equations with zero in the quotient

Solve division equations

Soleski—Math 5 Cluster

Add, subtract, compare and multiply fractions to solve real world prob-

lems

Predict whether the product will be greater than, less than or equal to the

second factor

Relate division and multiplication to one another

Solve division word problems

Determine whether solving a word problem requires multiplication or

division

Watson—Math 4/5 Cluster

Solve division word problems involving two-digit divisors

Understand several ways to adjust the estimated divisor when it is too

small

Practice dividing whole numbers

Express and interpret remainders

Divide whole numbers

Mayenschein—Math 5 Cluster

Complete a quick quiz demonstrating knowledge of fractions

Understand how multiplying and dividing fractions is related

Write and solve division word problems

Determine whether solving a word problem requires multiplication or

division

Solve numerical and word problems involving all four operations

Soleski—Math 6 Cluster

Use area models to model addition, subtraction, multiplication and divi-

sion of fractions and decimals

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and deci-

mals

Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and deci-

mals

Complete module 5 quiz

VanStraten—Math 7 Cluster

Understand how a graph can be used to represent a proportional rela-

tionship

Identify, analyze and graph proportional relationships

Use effective study guide strategies to prepare for the module 4 quiz

Complete module 4 quiz

Reflect on module 4 performance

Durant—Math 8 Cluster

Represent and solve equations with variables on both sides

Solve equations with rational number coefficients and constants

Use the distributive property to solve equations

Give examples of equations with a given number of solutions

Oldenburg—Accelerated 7

Simplify algebraic expressions

Solve one-step equations

Write and solve a two-step equation

Review module 6

Feldhausen—Adv. Algebra 1

Find the inverse of a relation

Review for module 3 test

Complete linear functions and equations of linear functions assessment

Karoliussen—Geometry

Perform and describe compositions of rigid transformations

Conjecture about the effects of compositions of rigid transformations

Complete unit 4 lesson 1-3 quiz

Review and prepare for unit 4 assessment

Wallberg—Adv. Algebra II

Applications of quadratic equations

Review unit 3

Complete unit 3 assessment

Understand polynomial functions

Evaluate and simplify polynomial expressions

Math 411 Find your child’s teacher and review what was learned last week.