News From the Library

Students are working to return all of their books, so they can check out for the summer break! Please return any books that you have checked out, as well. Each returning family can check-out up to 10 books, with vacation checkout starting on Dec. 10. Please encourage your children to have a special, safe place for their library books. 

Don't forget we also have a number of digital resources available for you. Use our LS Library Website as your one-stop-shop! Read or listen to books from Tumblebooks, catch up on the latest magazines, or watch fun educational videos on Brainpop. Login information is included on the site. 

Most importantly, read, read, read (and have fun doing it)! Read our LS Reads book - Flora & Ulysses - together as a family over the vacation. It's available on Tumblebooks for free! More information coming soon. 

Curriculum Update

Literacy-  Students are working on building fluency and expression through rereading and
“punching” words in sentences for emphasis. In grammar, students are working on identifying
verbs and nouns, and using this knowledge to help them construct a complete sentence.

Math- Students are beginning to investigate place-value concepts for tens and ones.
They continue to work on their proficiency with addition and subtraction facts.

Social Studies-Students are finishing up their interviews and preparing for their oral
presentations about community workers at school.  

Portuguese- Estamos chegando à reta final da nossa unidade “Cantigas e Parlendas”. A última tarefa dos alunos será escrever uma nova versão para uma das parlendas conhecidas. Pedimos aos pais que brinquem em casa com seus filhos, fazendo novas rimas e criando novas parlendas, para ajudá-los a terem ideias para o trabalho a ser feito em classe.

Lower School Update - November 26, 2018

The Eagle’s Nest
Two classes were awarded the Golden G award today for demonstrating the Eagle Way the past week. Congratulations to Ms. Bruna’s Pre-primary class and Mr. Gaines’ fifth grade class!

Eagle Way Tip of the Week

Just in time for helping kids plan ideas for the holidays, here are some bright and usable resources that might help kids and adults reflect and plan:

Kindness Checklist for Kids

Kindness Ideas for Kids

Kindness Checklist for Adults

Kindness Ideas for Adults

All of the above resources and more  are available at the Kindness Ripple Project.  

LS Family Movie Night

On Friday we will have our family movie night! The votes are in! The movie we will watch is….Ferdinand! Snacks and drinks will be on sale in the Student Center from 3:30-4:30. The moving will start on the field at 4:30. Please remember we can not have food or drink on the field. If it rains, we will watch the movie in the auditorium. We look forward to seeing you there!

Conecte os Pontos Food Drive: We have been collecting donations for Conecte os Pontos in the Lower School. Each grade level has been requested to bring in the following items:

- Kindergarten: Beans
- First Grade: Rice
- Second Grade: flour
- Third Grade: Powdered milk
- Fourth Grade: cooking oil,
- Fifth Grade: Canned foods (examples: soup, corn, peas, etc...)
This is our last week for donations. The grade level that collects the most items will have an extended recess!

Upcoming Important Dates

Nov. 27	Pre-primary field trip Dedinhos Verdes (Mrs. Hudson & Mrs. Thomaz) 3rd Grade Field Trip Aquário de São Paulo
Nov. 30	LS Community D Assembly 8:15 am (auditorium) Lower School Family Movie Night 3:30 pm (field)
Dec. 4	LS Musical Dear Edwina
Dec. 11	Holiday Concert - Grades 2 - 5  (auditorium 9:00 AM)
Dec. 14	Holiday Concert - Pre-primary & First Grade (auditorium 9:00AM)
Dec. 19	Last day for students (students dismissed at 11:30)

Around the Lower School

Ms. England's Class's Community Helpers Interviews

This trimester we are learning about community helpers right here in Graded. In order to better understand the community helpers, everyone has had the opportunity to interview different helpers around campus. We found out how long people have worked here, their day to day activities, how they work with teams, tools they use, how they help the Graded community and how we can help them.

Dr. Purcell, LS Librarian

Mr. Boerner, Graded Superintendent 

Mr. Switzer, Activities and Athletics Director

Mr. Silvio, Head of Transportation

Mr. Rogerio, Head of Security

Mr. Beth, LS Secretary 

Mr. Hossack, LS & MS Instructional Coach

Mr. Bobbie, LS Counselor

Mr. Deusdeth, Graded Firefighter

Ms. Juliana, Graded Nurse

Donna Wilma, LS Cleaner

Ms. Beckley, LS Assistant Principal 

Mr. Boisjoli, LS Principal 

Donna Emilia, Head of Kitchen.
After interviewing Donna Emilia, we were given a special tour of the kitchen. We didn't know that our school has its very own herb garden, massive refrigerators, tanks of propane to run the tools in the kitchen, its own mini store, gigantic pots and pans, plus over 30 staff. It was amazing to see all the different tools that our cooks and chefs use to prepare food for the school!

In order to learn more about each of these amazing community helpers, please join us on Friday, November 30th at 8:45 for our wax museum. During the wax museum, each of us will take on the role of the community helper we interviewed, and we will teach all of our guests about our community helpers. We hope to see you there!!