April 2015 Taylor Elementary Taylor Times INSIDE THIS ISSUE Spanish & Preschool……………..2-3 Kindergarten & First Grade …..4-5 Second & Third Grade …….…....6-7 Fourth & Fifth Grade …….….…..8-9 Music & P.E. .……….……...……10-11 Art & Library……………………...12-13 PBIS & Counselor....................14-15 Lunch Menu…………………....…….16 APRIL EVENTS 2– PTA Spring Fling 5:30-7:30 3– Early Dismissal 1:30 6– TANA meeting– Cafeteria 6:30-7:30 9– Mrs. Long’s preschool to Special Olympics at downtown YMCA 9:00 14– PTA Meeting 5:00 (IMC) 20– Preschool Field Trip to Wickiup Hill 9:00 and 1:00 21– 1st grade field trip to Indi- an Creek Nature Center 9:30 22– 2nd grade field trip to Czech & Slovak Museum 9:15 28– 1st grade field trip to Usher’s Ferry 9:30 ———————————————— May 1– Raku in the Schools May 8– Staff Learning Day– NO SCHOOL for students May 20– Early Dismissal 1:30 May 28– Last Day of School– Dismissal at 1:30 Taylor School was established in 1889 and we are celebrating our 125th year as a school. On May 13, all Taylor students and staff will be attending the noon Kernels game in celebration of our Quasquicentennial. REMINDER: New School Hours for remainder of year To make up for one snow day and several late starts, 10 minutes has been added to the beginning and end of each remaining school day. School Starts at 8:50 (breakfast @ 8:20) School Dismisses at 3:55 125 Thank you Kernels Foundation for sponsoring this special event!!! * The crowd will be singing Happy Birthday to Taylor School in the 6th inning.
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April 2015 Taylor Elementary
Taylor Times
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Spanish & Preschool……………..2-3
Kindergarten & First Grade …..4-5
Second & Third Grade …….…....6-7
Fourth & Fifth Grade …….….…..8-9
Music & P.E. .……….……...……10-11
Art & Library……………………...12-13
PBIS & Counselor....................14-15
Lunch Menu…………………....…….16
APRIL EVENTS
2– PTA Spring Fling 5:30-7:30
3– Early Dismissal 1:30
6– TANA meeting– Cafeteria 6:30-7:30
9– Mrs. Long’s preschool to Special Olympics at downtown YMCA 9:00
14– PTA Meeting 5:00 (IMC)
20– Preschool Field Trip to Wickiup Hill 9:00 and 1:00
21– 1st grade field trip to Indi-an Creek Nature Center 9:30
22– 2nd grade field trip to Czech & Slovak Museum 9:15
28– 1st grade field trip to Usher’s Ferry 9:30
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May 1– Raku in the Schools
May 8– Staff Learning Day– NO SCHOOL for students
May 20– Early Dismissal 1:30
May 28– Last Day of School– Dismissal at 1:30
Taylor School was established in 1889 and we are
celebrating our 125th year as a school. On May
13, all Taylor students and staff will be attending
the noon Kernels game in celebration of our
Quasquicentennial.
REMINDER: New School Hours for remainder of year
To make up for one snow day and several late starts, 10 minutes has been added to the beginning and end of each remaining school day.
School Starts at 8:50 (breakfast @ 8:20)
School Dismisses at 3:55
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Thank you Kernels Foundation for sponsoring this special event!!!
* The crowd will be singing Happy Birthday to Taylor School in the 6th inning.
Kindergarten: We learned how to say Buenos Días/Buenas Tardes (Good Morning/Good
Afternoon. We also started learning three emotions feliz (happy), so-
so (así así), and triste (sad). Students also covered four weather terms:
hace sol (sunny), está nublado (cloudy), está nevando (snowing), and
está lloviendo (raining).
1st Grade: We learned about emotions, feliz (happy), so-so (así así), triste (sad), cansado (tired),
enojado (mad), and enfermo (sick). We also practiced weather terms: hace sol (sunny), está
nublado (cloudy), está nevando (snowing), está lloviendo (raining), hay tormenta (stormy), and
hace viento (windy). In addition, we learned about the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
2nd Grade: This month, we started learning the Spanish alphabet. We also
started practicing counting by 10’s up to 100, instead of just up to 60. We
also reviewed telling time to the hour in Spanish.
3rd and 4th Grade: This month we reviewed different places in a city, such as: el cine (movie theater), el parque (park), el estadio (stadium), el museo (museum), el teatro (theater), el hotel (hotel, el hospital (hospital), el banco (bank), la oficina de correos (post office), el aeropuerto (airport), la escuela (school), la tienda (store), and el restaurante (restaurant). This month of April, students will be doing “Shield” presentations. If you would like to view an example of this presentation to help you student prepare, please visit the Cedar Rapids Spanish program’s YouTube Channel. Search: Cedar Rapids FLES -> Parent Resources -> Shield Presentation.
PRESCHOOL
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We went to The Iowa Children’s Museum in Coralville. Students had the opportunity to explore a variety of materials and take on many
different roles.
A big thank you to the Cedar Rapids
District Foundation for making this trip
possible!
We had a great field trip to Mercy Hospital! The
kids got to see an x-ray machine and x-rays. We
also learned how the pharmacy works, and saw a
robot that counted pills for patients. Finally, we
got to see the kitchen and even got to go in the
walk in refrigerator-it was VERY COLD!
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KINDERGARTEN
FIRST GRADE
March was an exciting month in
first grade! We had our musical
with the kindergarteners, we built
new creations, and we talked a lot
about graphing. We even got to eat
our graphs!
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2nd graders participated in the “Cops ‘N Kids” program. An officer
comes into a classroom to read a story and each
child picks out a book to take home.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from
Mrs. Walton’s leprechauns!
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Great
Depression
Research
MUSIC NOTES
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Kindergarten/First Grade
Music Program Moments
March 13, 2015
“Too Much Noise”
(Based on European Folk Tale)
P.E. NEWS
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What a huge success our roller skating unit was! Thank you again parents for sending money for skate rental. The kids had a blast. During the month of April we will be doing a volleyball and tennis unit, two of my favorite sports. In the next couple of weeks I will be sending home permission slips for a running club. Most likely this will take place on Wednesday mornings before school.
Please send your kids to school with tennis shoes on P.E. days.
Art News
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MESSAGE IN A MINUTE FROM THE
TAYLOR LIBRARY!
Discovery Learning at its Best! Research going on at all levels!!
K-Our youngest learners are exploring the topic of plants, in the
classroom and in the library! We are practicing picking out big ideas
and details. The kindergarteners are also being introduced to our
awesome GWAEA databases for great nonfiction information!
1st-We are working on a collaborative unit on space. In the library we
are reinforcing skills being taught in the classroom such as
comprehension, sequencing and re-telling as we read various books
and databases. Part of the unit may include pairing up with a 2nd grade
research “expert!”
2nd-5th-The rest of our students are knee-deep in research! They are using note taking skills that we reviewed in class to collect information from print and digital resources. Students in 2nd and 3rd grade are keeping track of their resources in the form of a bibliography chart while 4th and 5th graders are using either the EasyBib website or a feature right in Microsoft Word. Fifth graders (and some 4th graders) are using Canvas, an online classroom platform, to work on lessons and submit assignments. They seem to like this technological aspect of our project!
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PBIS NEWS
Ready, Respectful, & Responsible students
during the Iowa Assessments earned a skating
trip to Vinton Skating Rink!
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Non-Discrimination Statement
It is the policy of the Cedar Rapids Community School District not to illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (employment only), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status (students/program only) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. District employees with questions or a grievance related to this policy should contact Jill Cirivello, Director of Human Resources, 319-558-2421; [email protected]. Students and others should contact Ken Morris, Manager of Student Equity, 319-558-1504; [email protected]. The District mailing address is 2500 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405-1015.
COUNSELOR CORNER
It’s Canstruction time again!
Taylor will participating for 6th time in Canstruction.
Canstruction is a competition and service project to gather
donated cans for the HACAP food shelf. A select group of
5th graders will be designing a structure that will be
displayed at Lindale mall on April 18th.
Our goal is to raise over 2,000 cans. Our previous record of
cans was 1,650. We are asking for any cans of food you can
donate.
Classrooms will be holding competitions the weeks of April 6th
& April 13th. Each week the winning classroom will get an
