Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Open House and the Spell-a-thon


Natalia practicing Geometry
The topics for this blogger are the Open House and Spell-a-thon.  Isabella, George, and Emmy were the reporters, and Paige, Natalia, and Francesca were the photographers.
The questions asked of the students were:
*What are you doing for Open House?
*Why did you choose it?
*What does this work represent to you?

The Spell-a-thon awards ceremony and popsicle party pictures are at the bottom, as well as art work by the Blue Tang's.

From the Green Iguanas...
--Jonibek did the multiplication Checkerboard (2nd year).
--Isaac did the six chain (1st year).

Cole and Michael setting up the Decanomial
--Olivia did the Division Board (3rd year).

From the Conchs...
--Sophia presented the Stamp Game, which she chose because she likes doing subtraction.  She said the work teaches you how to do long addition and long subtraction (2nd year).
--Caroline showed the bead chain because she likes doing math.  The work teaches you how to skip count (1st year).
--Landon presented people of the Polar Regions. He chose this because he likes to draw and write, and this work taught others about people in the Polar Regions (3rd year).

From the Mahis...
--Jonathan's favorite work is animal research because he gets to learn about animals (1st year).
--Violet's favorite work is the division board because it is challenging (2nd year).
--Aiden

--Ms. Emmylou loves to see the kids learning everyday, and she thinks the materials are so inviting.  She has been teaching here at KWMCS for 3 years.


Marrac doing her work.




From the Reef Geckos...
--Daniel presented latitude/longitude because it is fun and is abouat finding coordinates (4th year).
--Andrea presented the Decimal boards because she says she is best at it (5th year).

From the Goliath Grouper's...
--Felicia practiced to show the Florida timeline (she was sick the evening of the Open House), and she chose it because she really likes it (4th year).
--Kingston chose the Integers work because he wanted to practice using the Integer board he made and to learn more about them (5th year).


Roger and Malisa working on the Timeline of Life.
--Ms. Feryn likes working here and seeing the kids learn.  She really likes what KWMCS stands for and how one of the main focuses it teaching children to be kind and respectful.  This is her first year here.

From the Blue Tangs...
--Zoe and Krzysztof chose to show art work from Art class because they enjoy it -- the theme was the jungle and the artist Henri Rousseau (6th year).

The photographers did not catch the Tang's on film due to scheduling conflicts, but they did take pictures of their beautiful artwork -- look below...
(pictures of students to come soon)


Ryan working on Geometry.


Olivia, Chaya and Posey doing map work.
  
Violet working on a Grammar box.
 
Sid getting ready for his presentation.

The Spell-a-thon was a great success -- close to $9000 was earned, and there were many participants!  The categories of awards included most money collected per classroom, 20 out of 20 words spelled, and participation.  Everyone got to have a popsicle or treat!  Thank you for your support and contributions.
Emmy presenting an Impressionistic chart to Felicia's dad.

Erik and his mom looking at the Impressionistic charts.

Francesca presenting fractions/equivalencies using the metal
insets to her mom.

Isabella showing the Latitude/Longitude puzzle.

Morgan and Soyer showing their research project.


Sid's sister watching Nina present the Multiplication Bead Board.

Landon and Robert presenting the study of the Polar Regions.

Daniel and his dad working on Latitude/Longitude using the globe.


Brody showing his lesson to Olivia's mom.


Nico's mom working with Nico and Megan
on the timeline.


Kingston and his dad with Kingston's Integer board.

Jack presenting the Stamp Game.


Melody's family watching to Michael and Cole present
the Decanomial.
  Spell-a-thon
Spell-a-thon Awards Ceremony


Ms. Lynn presenting awards.


The Conch's 20 out of 20 spellers....






The Mahi's 20 out of 20 spellers...

Listening to the awards....


Eating popsicles....
 
Mary and Becca tied for the most money collected in the Grouper classroom, Jack S in the Iguana classrom,
Soyer in the Conch classroom, and Tate in the Mahi classroom.

The Iguana's 20 out of 20 spellers...




Annie presenting her  map work.


Blue Tang artwork...