Use creative thinking to answer some of the questions. Feel free to bring in your reponses to share with your class!
Brainstorm all the many and varied ways things that are:
fast
cold
quiet
What if you were asked to design a new way to ...
travel on snow
play football
find out if we will have six more weeks of winter or an early spring
Hmm...
10 of what equals 20 of what?
What takes about an hour?
What makes something special?
Upcoming Dates
16th- President's Day- NO SCHOOL
22nd- Chick-Fil-A Morning Carpool/Skate Night
27th- Hat Day
Grade 1
Welcome to our new crew of Targeteers! We have been busy learning about the many ways we are smart and how to show our thinking. Our unit is In the Round and we are learning about the way we think through a round theme. Our days are busy with Brain Stations and visits from our friends at Crystal Pond Woods.
Grades 2-3
We are well into our Snake Unit. We are currently learning about a snake's anatomy and how a snake moves. One of our final projects for the unit will be a research project on the snakes of Georgia. More info to come. Kudos to the 2nd Grade group who continue to go above and beyond to find out more about snakes! Way to GO!
Grades 4-5
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Who will achieve knighthood? Last week students were given several tasks that need to be fulfilled to achieve knighthood. With parent permission students will go on a quest, save a damsel or mister in distress and many other activities. Students will have until the end of April to complete these tasks. All permission slips will be due by next week if you plan to participate. Good Luck!
The last week of Target will be the week of Dec. 1st. Please note that 3rd grade will have Target on Monday Dec. 1st instead of Wednesday Dec. 3rd.
Did you know that the rain forest is home to many plant and animal species that have yet to be discovered? Well, the 4th and 5th grade Target students have discovered many! Target students used divergent thinking to create a species that had adapted to the rain forest of the future.
On Wednesday October 22nd, Mrs. Parks from the Booth Western Art Museum came to visit our 2nd and 3rd grade Target students. She gave a detailed account of life on the cattle trails and students got a chance to use their critical thinking skills to identify items that were used by cowboys as they traveled from the West to the East. Happy Trails!
Fourth and Fifth Grade Target
Our field trip for the Rain forest Unit will be Tuesday October 28, 2008. We will depart from school at 8:30 and return at approximately around 4:00 p.m. Please make arrangements for your child to be picked up or stay in ASP (payment for that day must be made in advance). The itinerary for our trip is as follows:
8:30 Depart from Blackwell
10:30 Arrive at the State Botanical Gardens (puppet show, explore over 150 rain forest plants, 3 to 4 station activities)
1:00 Lunch at the Varsity
2:00 Depart for Blackwell
4:00 Arrive at Blackwell
Second and Third Grade
On October 22 the Booth Western Art Museum will visit our school and present a lesson on the American West. The lesson will focus on the great cattle trails and the Black Cowboys of Texas. Students will get hands on experience with reproductions of objects that traveled on the great cattle trails. Yeehaw!!
Times:
Second Grade: 10:15-11:15
Third Grade: 12:15-1:15
During the month of September the ITBS and CoGat will be given to 1st, 3rd and 5th grade students. These tests are nationally standardized norm-referenced tests and are used to qualify students for the gifted program under Option A. The CRCT is a test only given in the State of Georgia and can not be used. Please review the gifted eligibility information that is set by the State of Georgia, not Cobb County for answers to any questions that you may have about gifted eligibility.
Thank you to all the parents that attended our Target Open House last night. We are off to a great year in Target!
The fall schedule for Target is as follows:
Tuesday- 4th Grade(Rainforest)
Wednesday- 3rd Grade(Cowboys)
Thursday-5th Grade (Rainforest)
Friday- 2nd Grade (Cowboys)
Unit Essential Questions
Cowboys: Fact or Fiction How did the settlers of the American Frontier maintain their pioneer spirit while developing the West?
Rainforest Rendezvous How does the rainforest impact our world?
Have fun thinking about these things during the month of March!
