Dec. 14 - 17

 


This week we donned our festive wear and enjoyed some fun activities like reading holiday stories, writing holiday stories and creating art cards.


We also reviewed all the operations in math and heard the last chapters of our novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins. Ask me what happened to Karana, the Lost Woman of San Nicolas!


We reflected on our learning successes and challenges and wrote out new goals and strategies in IRIS. Ask me to show you the artifacts I put in IRIS and my new learning goals!



We are doing an awesome job learning ukulele in music and finished up a unit of floor hockey in gym. If you haven't yet had a chance to view our Winter Celebration, you can use the link below.  There is also a bunch of hilarious Jib Jabs in the Google classroom on the stream for you to enjoy! We saw most (but not all of them) on Pajama Day!




Winter Celebration 2020
 

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Tuscany School students and staff are happy to present our 2020 Winter Celebration! 

We wish all Tuscany School families a happy, safe and restive holiday. Please enjoy our video as your first bit of holiday cheer.

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ayi_Jf0dX6nzNJN43T3dRmmMko1R4xYu/view?usp=sharing


Reminders:


Thursday, December 17: Regular Full Day of Classes (and PJ Day)

Friday, December 18: PD Day - No Classes for all students

Monday, January 4: PD Day - No Classes for all students

January 5-8 will be online classes.

Monday, January 11, students return to in person classes in school.

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