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The Dragon’s Tale

Weekly School Newsletter November 14, 2017 Volume 4, Issue 14

Grade 6-8 Music Concert Students enrolled in 6-8 band, orchestra and choir will perform at 6:30 PM on Thursday, November 16th.

Dazzle!

The Dragon Revue December 7th 6:00 pm

Tickets Now On Sale Tickets for the 2017 Leonardo da Vinci talent show are now on sale. The cost is $3.50 per ticket. Proceeds from the ticket sale will benefit the theater arts program at da Vinci School. Ticket order forms will be included with last week’s handouts. Tickets can also be purchased in the school office.

Early Dismissal Friday, November 17th

Students will be dismissed at 12:35 PM on Friday, November 17th. Due to a revised lunch schedule that day, we are unable to welcome guests for lunch.

School Weather Closings, Delays and Early

Dismissals With the winter season quickly approaching, it is important to share information about school closings and delays. The district will send out e-mails, automated phone calls and text messages to parents/guardians using the School Messenger notification system. If you have not “opted in” to receive text messages, text “opt-in” or “subscribe” to 67587 if your cellphone number is on record in Infinite Campus. Information will also be shared on web pages, Facebook, Twitter and local media. Media will be notified at least one hour before the first students are released in an early dismissal situation. Families can always determine if they would prefer their students remain home from school on inclement weather days, should the decision be made to not close schools. Families can also pick their children up early from school on an inclement weather day should school not be dismissed early.

Intra-District Transfer Window

Information on the application process for students requesting to attend a different Green Bay Area Public School is included with today’s handouts.

2018-19 Enrollment Leonardo da Vinci enrollment information for the 2018-19 school year has been posted on our web page. See the 2018-19 ENROLLMENT tab.

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Our Mission: Educating world leaders… one child at a time.

Our Vision: Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners provides the appropriate level of challenge for academically gifted students in a rigorous, student-centered and diverse learning environment that prepares them to be world leaders. We are learners. We are leaders.

NOVEMBER 14 2:40BattleoftheBooks

6:30PTOMeeting16 6:30PMGr.6-8MusicConcert(Band,Choir andOrchestra)17 12:35EARLYDISMISSAL-NOLUNCHGUESTS20 PopcornMoneyCollectionDay21 PopcornDistributionDay

2:40BattleoftheBooks23,24 NOSCHOOL–ThanksgivingBreak27 2:45DAZZLEPractice28 2:40BattleoftheBooks

2:40BasketballPractice(Boys/Girls)30 2:40BasketballPractice(Boys/Girls)DECEMBER 4 PopcornOrderDay5 PopcornDistributionDay

2:45BasketballPractice(Boys/Girls)2:40BattleoftheBooks

6 2:45DAZZLEDressRehearsal7 6:00DAZZLE:TheDragonRevue(TalentShow)12 6:30PTOMeeting15 12:35EARLYDISMISSAL

Calendar Notes

LEARNERS Excel—We excel academically. Altruistic—We are altruistic; we give back to our community. Determined—We are determined to accomplish our goals. Engaged—We are engaged in all that we do. Respectful—We are respectful of our learning, our school community and ourselves. Safe—We put safety first.

Week of Thanksgiving

Leonardo da Vinci School does not follow an

elementary school calendar. Therefore, our schedule is different the week of Thanksgiving from other Green Bay Area Public Schools. We do have school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (November 20th through November 22nd). We do not have school on Thursday and Friday, November 23rd and 24th.

No 411 the week of November 27th

There will not be a 411 section of the newsletter

K-5 At Home Projects The first semester At Home Projects are due Monday, December 18th. At Home Projects are done completely at home and brought to school. The teachers will select students to share each day. Presenting is a part of the At Home project process. Students will receive a rubric score for their work. The first semester project is a key part of the end of the year career project for all da Vinci students.

Bring Warm Clothes for Recess

Students in grade K-5 go outside for a 30-minute recess each day unless the temperature (or wind chill) is below zero degrees. Warm coats, hats, mittens/gloves, snow pants and boots are essential. If students wish to play in the field where the snow hills will be, they need to wear boots and snow pants so their school clothes and shoes remain dry.

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PARENT411–LITERACYLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

DAVISTERK-1• Write a descriptive piece about a safari animal • List character traits for the main character in the story • Use the character’s actions to pick traits that describe the character • Identify and describe the setting of a story • Use evidence from the book to draw the setting of a story • Use strong verbs to describe what an animal is doing in a picture • Use color comparison when writing • Use size words to compare two objects • Expand sentences by adding where, when, how and why • Use evidence from the story to show how a character’s feeling can change throughout a book

JOHNSON1-2• Identify a character’s actions, words, thoughts and feelings

providing evidence to support answers• Identify the setting and problem of a story• Identify and draw the problem of a story• Identify the problem and solution in a story• Write about what happened using transitions from a storyboard• Create an ending for a personal narrative writing piece• Use a caret to add two details to a personal narrative piece• Check a piece of writing for target skills and share writing with a

partner

HANSON1-2• Making inferences when reading• Use the inferencing strategy to figure out how a character is

feeling in a poem• Understanding the parts of a complete sentence• Practice writing dialogue• Explain why poets use rhyming, repetition and rhythm with

writing poetry• Identifying different genres of writing• Understand what a rubric is and how it is used• Use a rubric to write a personal narrative

KORTH2-3• Add dialgoue to make writing stronger• Identify and describe the lesson or message in a fiction book• Add descriptive attributes to writing• Create a reading response• Revise a personal narrative with a peer• Identify the main topic of a paragraph• Edit personal narrative• Develop keyboarding skills

FRELICH2-3• Revise a personal narrative with a partner• Publish a personal narrative• Create a persuasive poster about an important object• Share poster with class• Read and discuss chapter three from The Green Book• Complete a vocabulary web for a challenge word from the

reading

CARLSEN3-4• Think about and write similes• Use a universal word ending to finish a piece• Practice using an “advice” ending in a piece of writing• Use descriptive attributes in a writing piece• Review and reflect on STAR assessment• Read, discuss and develop responses for chapters of the

class novel• Use VR goggles to explore caves around the world

BECKER3-4• Review STAR assessments and set a goal • Read and discuss the mood of the “Excerpts from

Christopher Columbus’ log” • Prepare and submit a literature response • Participate in a literature discussion group • Use a storyboard or timeline to plan a personal narrative • Compose a personal narrative • Revise, edit and publish the personal narrative

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PARENT411LITERACYLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

DURANT4-5• Work with a classmate to identify transition cues found in books • Meet with small group book study to complete literature and vocabulary

web • Write a one page narrative from a topic on created list including a

beginning technique, 4 W’s, descriptive attributes and transitions • Update story timeline for The Phantom Tollbooth and create a

dodecahedron • Choose two characters and write a dialogue piece to show how plot

advances in a story • Research Platonic solics • Read a variety of fables and find a common theme/focal point • Retell a traditional folktale using a comic strip technique • Explore the work of August Ferdinand Mobius and create a Mobius Loop

MAYENSCHEIN4-5• Compose dialogue between two characters• Determine a focal event or theme for a piece of writing• Listen and discuss cycles in music and begin My Daniel• Read and discuss “Buffalo Dusk” and “Below” with peers• Retell a traditional fable using a storyboard• Write a novel journal response• Compose an introductory paragraph for storyboard• Work with a peer to create a vocabulary presentation• Write a one page personal narrative demonstrating beginning

techniques and dialogue

GRIFFIN5-6• Include time and place transitions in a piece of writing• Develop a character and setting in a piece of writing• Include figurative language in a piece of writing• Publish a draft including all of the components of narrative writing• Understand the Elements of Reasoning• Analyze an argument• Revise a persuasive argument using the Elements of Reasoning• Publish a persuasive piece on uniforms in school

WATSON5-6• Add comparisons to a writing piece• Read and discuss the short story “The Gift of Magi”• Use strong verbs, a variety of sentences and precise word choice in

a writing piece• Understand the importance of the setting in short story• Understand the relationship that setting may have toward

perspective• Edit a narrative piece• Understand the literacy element of irony and how it might be the

result of someone’s perspective• Read and discuss the short story “The Golden Touch”

GUSSERT“COURAGE,CONNECTIONSANDREFLECTION”• Study the structure of an expository essay • Read text on the topic of “dreams” and identify key ideas, themes,

people, events and how they all interact • Focus research on a question of inquiry and find evidence to support • Write a strong introductory paragraph including a thesis statement and

beginning techniques

OLDENBURG“PERSUASION”• Organize pre-writing with lists and grouped details• Create an outline from notes• Identify missing information in an outline and gather additional

information as needed• Identify the literary elements in Tom Sawyer and create a symbolic

image to represent each one• Discuss themes of persuasion and change in the novel Tom Sawyer

GUSSERT“THEPURSUITOFJUSTICE”• Develop thesis statements• Understand the structure of a folktale and analzye “The Valiant Chattee

Maker”• Participate in a research activity about trends• Identifying key elements • Read chapters 1 and 2, Of Mice and Men, and participate in a small

literature discussion group• Work with a small group to identify a current trend, support this

identification with three logical and realistic reasons why it is a trend

OLDENBURG“1940S–ADECADEOFCHANGE”• Continue work on poster projects with small group• Analyze text and support analysis with evidence• Listen to and take notes on peers’ presentations• Create a writing piece that identifes the perspectives of a person in

the Hitler Youth

GUSSERT“UTOPIA”• Present community service projects • Read different texts about the Russian Revolution and discuss how the

texts apply to class novel Animal Farm • Understand the meaning of propaganda and identify examples of it in

texts • Share reflection on an example of propaganda • Prepare for and participate in a literature discussion for chapters read in

the novel Animal Farm • Work with a small group to develop laws for their society like the

characters in the book did. Share these laws with classmates.

OLDENBURG“THREADSOFCHANGEIN19THCENTURY”• Understand the multiple perspectives on Abolitionism• Consider the perspecitves of words used in Tom Sawyer and form

an opinion• Complete Romanticism assessment

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PARENT411–MATHLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

MATH1DAVISTER• Prepare and review for unit assessment• Complete unit assessment• Use a Math Mountain to find the unknown partner or total• Solve word problems with unknown partners• Solve equations with unknown partners

MATH1-2JOHNSON• Use tens and ones to add • Compare two 2-digit numbers • Add ones or tens to decade numbers • Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number • Solve a variety of real world math problems

MATH2HANSON• Solve ten-based word problems• Add 10 or 100 to a given number• Compare two numbers using <, >, or =• Explore methods of 2-digit addition that involve making a new

ten or hundred• Solve real world math problems• Dragon Dash

MATH3KORTH• Multiply and divide with 1 and 0• Use properties of multiplication and division to solve equations• Complete the unit 2 pre-assessment• Solve multiplication and division word problems• Dragon Dash

MATH3BECKER• Reflect upon and analyze unit 1 assessment • Describe square number patterns • Solve word problems with 6’s, 7’s, and 8’s • Solve a scrambled multiplication table • Write and solve equations for word problems • Dragon Dash

MATH3-4CARLSEN• Solve word problems with two steps and decide if the answer

is reasonable • Review and prepare for unit assessment • Complete unit assessment • Understand the relationship between angles, triangles and

polygons MATH4-5FRELICH

• Interpret remainders• Divide by 2-digit numbers• Complete quick quiz• Dragon Dash

MATH4-5DURANT• Complete the unit 5 pre-assessment• Solve division problems that include remainders• Relate multiplication to division using the Place Value Sections

method and Expanded Notation• Dragon Dash

MATH5MAYENSCHEIN• Use the Commutative, Associative and Distributive properties

to compute mentally• Demonstrate knowledge of decimals and rounding• Estimate decimal sums and differences• Read and construct graphs with decimal scales and numbers• Solve real world math problems• Dragon Dash

MATH5WATSON• Estimate decimal sum and differences • Read and construct graphs with decimal scales and decimal

numbers • Review and prepare for unit 2 assessment • Complete unit 2 assessment • Reflect upon and analyze on unit assessment

MATH5-6FELDHAUSEN• Dividing numbers that contain decimals • Represent word problems in the form of an equation • Use the order of operations to solve multi-step expressions • Locate points on a coordinate plane

MATH6NOVAK• Divide fractions and mixed numbers • Solve word problems involving more than one fraction

operation • Prepare and review for module 4 assessment • Complete module 4 assessment

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PARENT411–MATHLEARNINGTARGETSFROMLASTWEEK

MATH6-7VANSTRATEN• Solve multi-step decimal problems involving more than one

operation • Review operations with decimals for the module 5 quiz • Complete module 5 quiz • Reflect upon and analyze performance on module 5 quiz

ACCEL7FELDHAUSEN• Find and use unit rates• Identify and represent proportional relationships• Use a graph to represent and analyze proportional relationships• Review and prepare for module 4 assessment• Complete module 4 assessment

MATH8OLDENBURG• Review and prepare for DCA• Complete DCA• Write a linear equation based on data on a graph• Write a linear equation based on data from a table

ADVALGEBRAFELDHAUSEN• Graph inequalities in two variables • Write an equation for a two variable, inequality graph • Identify solutions of systems of inequalities • Solve systems of inequalities by graphing • Graph systems of equations

ADVALGEBRAIIFICK• Perform operations with complex numbers• Applications involving quadratics• Prepare and review for assessment• Complete quiz

GEOMETRYKAROLIUSSEN• Complete unit 2 assessment• Understand and use angle relationships between parallel lines

to solve problems• Recognize the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines and

determine if two lines are parallel or perpendicular• Write equations of perpendicular parallel lines

PRE-CALCULUSFICK• Law of Sines• Law of Cosines• Prepare and review for assessment• Complete assessment• Fundamental trigonometric identities