GPS In The News

 

This is from an article in the San Jose Mercury News. We are so proud of our little school! To read the whole article go to http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/27/bay-area-best-schools-for-low-income-students/

This Week

Language and Writing
This week in language, we are working on identifying different parts of speech. 

• nouns
• verbs
• helping verbs
• pronouns
• reflexive pronouns
• articles
• adjectives

In writing we are adding adjectives to our sentences to give them more detail.

Reading

This week we are reading fairy tales and tall tales. 

• We are focusing on identifying the problem and the solution in a story. 
• We are talking about elements in a story that are real and elements that are fantasy.

Please be sure to have your child read every night. We don't want them to fall behind in AR.

Field Trip

On October 14, we are going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Permission slips are going home today. The first 10 chaperones get in free! Email me at vhudson@navigatorschools.org if you would like to attend! 

Happy Friday!

We Love To Show What We Know

Middle School Girl's Volleyball

Our girl's volleyball team won the first game of the year yesterday! Way to go Lady Gators!

GPS Football Team

Did you know that GPS has a middle school football team? Well we do, and they just had their first game of the year. Here are some pictures. Go Gators

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Just Another Great Reason To Attend GPS!

I found this very interesting article on the benefits of a K-8 grand school model. http://www.scarymommy.com/top-dog-study-eliminate-middle-school/?utm_source=FBJ

Dot Day Project - App for iPad

We did a dot art project that came to life with the help of a fun App.  I promised the kiddos to share the link so that they could download it and play with it at home. Enjoy!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quiver-3d-coloring-app/id650645305?mt=8

Spirit Day Is This Friday!

Get out your capes because it is Super Hero Day! Come dressed in your favorite super hero gear. Please remember to follow the school dress code.

This Week's Focus

This week we are focusing on comparing and contrasting two similar stories.  Ask your child to show you how to do a double bubble thinking map. 

We are also working on adjectives. We are adding details to our sentences by adding adjectives.  For those of you that are rusty on diagraming sentences, an adjective describes a noun.

               Ex. The mean girl is reading.

Things You Can Do To Help With Nightly Reading

Many of you have asked what you can do at home to work with your child. Here is a great article on what you can do during their nightly reading time.
parents/http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/reading-homework-tips-for-parents/

Way To Go Stingrays!

Stingrays Win The Golden Gator!

This weeks Golden Gator goes to the Stingrays for having wonderful lines in the hallways! Well done Stingrays!

What We Are Working On This Week

Now that we are back into the school grove, I will be posting what skill we are focusing on each week.  It serves as a great study guide.  You can also look on the Language, Reading, and Writing pages for more information.

In ELA....
This week we are working on reflexive pronouns.  That is a pronoun (like he or she) with self added to it.  Students need to be able to pair the reflexive pronoun with the noun it is being linked to.

For example:

Joey ate the whole cake by himself.

In reading...
We are working on finding the evidence in the story.  When you ask your student a question about what they are reading have them find the place in the story that proves their answer.

Questions to ask about what they are reading:
What is the setting of the story?
Who are the main characters?
What is the problem in the story?
What was the solution?