October 13, 2022

Paper Airplane

folding and design

Today, the 3rd graders applied some of their origami skills to paper plane folding! It was a very active and creative day. They started the day learning two basic plane designs. They then practiced applying those techniques, testing designs, and adjusting them to try to improve them based on their goal. Most students tried to design a plane that would fly far. After lots of testing in the classroom, they were able to do final tests in the gym! We also got to read the next chapter of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda where Yoda mysteriously told everyone that they should learn to dance The Twist. Obviously, we had to pause for a dance break for the students to learn The Twist from watching a Chubby Checker YouTube video. It was awesome to see their creativity and engineering thinking at work over the course of the day!

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to all of the families that have donated allergy-friendly snacks for the 2nd and 3rd graders who don't have lunch until 12:45pm and 1:00pm! We should be all set for the year for the students that have allergies. If you happen to come across a screaming deal for less expensive, not-necessarily allergy-friendly snacks, we could still use some of those on back-up.

Yay Drones!

Thank you so much for all of the donations to the classroom Foundation account! I was able to use the donations to buy 6 drones just for our GATE classes, which means that we can have more students use them during the entire year! Last week, I submitted a grant proposal to get 6 iPads to use as remote controls and iMovie editors, but if we don't get those, we can control them through the class Chromebooks.

GATE Conferences

I don't have the capacity to have conferences with all 100 of my students' families, but if you have any questions for me about my observations from the first 7-8 GATE classes, feel free to shoot me an email or arrange a time to chat on the phone/video chat. You can also ask your student to show you around their Book Creator Portfolio reflection that they will be adding next week in class.

🐾 A Note on Lowell Elementary School-Wide Newsletters 🐾

I know that it can be annoying to get even more emails, especially from a school your child only attends once a week. However, we need to keep you on the Lowell parent communication list because that is how we efficiently communicate to parents in the case of a school-wide emergency. Our admin assistant, Sam, is really good about only sending out a couple school-wide messages per month, so feel free to just delete those non-emergency emails as they arise.

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Consider Donating to the GATE Classroom

As we begin our school year and face new challenges, we are seeking new ways to enrich your child's education both in person and virtually. Our current wish list includes a set of classroom cameras (~$100 ea) and Rubiks Cubes ($12)! I just put in a grant application to get 6 iPads (and accessories) for our classroom, so I will cross my fingers! Please click on the link below to donate to my Boise Foundation Account. [LOWELL/GATE/GABRIELLI,AUDREY]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY DONATED!

IT WILL BE PUT TO GOOD USE RIGHT AWAY!

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(I'll start posting as soon as I have confirmed which students from each school are on the No Photo List. Thanks for your patience!)