Arundel
Principal's Message
Distance Learning provides us with an opportunity to stay connected, progress in our learning, and establish an at-home learning routine that keeps us engaged. Our professional teaching staff has prepared a daily plan for your Knight that will provide structure as well as flexibility while we are away from school. We have provided attendance buttons for you to check in daily to indicate your participation on each grade level page. Stay healthy, Arundel!
Families,
Please be sure to visit the Counselor's Corner, located on the Elementary Page. Our school counselors, school psychologists and behavior support staff have provided you with some excellent resources to support 1.) General Mental Health, 2.) Behavior Tips and Strategies, and 3.) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lessons.
Principal Activity of the Week
San Mateo County Libraries
Do you have a San Mateo County Library Card? I love going to the library and many resources are still available, even now. Did you know that you can use your library card to get books to read digitally? What a great way to get new books without leaving your house.
Click here to sign-up for a library card. They will send you the new card electronically.
San Mateo County Librarians are incredible hard at work to keep you reading! Check out these live streams for this week with real librarians from around the county!
Make a marble run out of books!
Mild: Make a book marble run.
Medium: Make a marble run that has multiple paths.
Spicy: Find other household objects to incorporate into your marble run.
This activity has no limits except the number of books/objects in your house right now! You can get as innovative and creative as you like (and your family allows!) to make a sensational marble run! I would love to see your creation so reach out to either create a time to video conference or send a picture to me!
May is THANK-O-RAMA month with Mo Willems! As part of the monthlong celebration, Disney Publishing Worldwide is joining the Kennedy Center for a special video series, Thank You Thursdays! Tune in every Thursday in May any time after 1 p.m. ET to see who Mo (and viewers) will thank each week. For more Thank-O-Rama ideas, visit thankorama.com or #thankorama.
Animate a scene with a flipbook.
Mild: Make a flipbook. Remember you can use a window instead of a light box, any type of paper, and rubber band instead of binder clip.
Medium: Make a flipbook that shows a transformation.
Spicy: Make a flipbook to cheer up a friend when they're feeling sad.
Week of April 27
Arundel Knight Knowledge Book Club
Arundel School teamed up with The Reading Bug in San Carlos to share our first book in our Knight Knowledge Book Club. Please take a moment to listen to the story by clicking on the picture of David McKee's Elmer. We would love to share some thinking questions with you about the book as well as a beautiful art project that you can do at home. Click here for the activities!
Week of April 20th
In honor of Earth Day this week, here is a fun, 18-minute activity with songs, instruments and humor brought to you by our friends at ZunZun! It is easily accessible to use with students, with 7 built in questions to assess comprehension! It is a great science lesson that is fun, interactive, and full of music and movement.
As many of my friends know, I simply adore shoes! When I stumbled across this opportunity to design my own features to my footwear, I could not resist asking YOU what you would do to a pair of shoes to make them spectacular! If I had jets on the bottoms of my high heels, just think how fast I could zoom around Arundel! What would your ultimate pair look like? Please share them with me this week as you connect with your inner shoe designer.
The California Young Readers Award votes are in at Arundel! Our beloved Mrs. Townsend is ready to reveal the results based on what our Knights thought worthy of a win this year. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us about what book you liked the best out of all of these nominees!
Draw My Monster is a super fun way to develop communication skills and to reinforce descriptive writing skills. Take a few moments to have some creative time with someone nearby or accessible by video chat and send me a picture of what you imagine! I cannot wait to see them!
Click here for the directions for today's Principal Activity.
Let's take a peek at what our favorite sea creatures are doing at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today! This amazing resource allows us to visit ocean life in real time and check in on the exhibits that I so enjoy visiting when I'm in Monterey. Be sure to choose a favorite video to watch and craft a list of things you notice and wonder! Researchers often sketch what they see as well and label parts of the animals as they observe, so give it a try if you have the time. Happy Friday!
Jo Boaler, one of my favorite math leaders in education from Stanford University, keeps me mathematically motivated on You Cubed ! Click on the picture on the left to try one of her fabulous math tasks to get you going today.
Click on the image if you want to open or down load the PDF!
March 23, 2020
This week, I'm offering an additional Principal Activity which will be an ongoing offer for families to schedule a 5-minute video chat with Mrs. Gaboury. It's called, Two Stars and a Wish. I'd love to see and say hi to my Arundel Knights as I miss them all so much! To help structure this brief chat, I'd like to ask students to consider "2 Stars" meaning 2 positives that they are experiencing with Distance Learning or just being sheltered in place. If your Knight wants to include a wish, it could be one concern or something s/he is wishing for or missing right now. The Wish is optional, but click HERE to sign up for a time. As you sign up, indicate what platform works best for you: Zoom, Google Hangout, or phone call. Please email me directly if you have any problems, and I will sign you up.
I will add additional dates and time slots in the coming weeks after spring break as needed.
This is an optional activity, but I'm hoping to keep our community close to the "castle" with virtual hugs and a hellos from our Arundel Knights!