Researchers To Reporters

Helping Hands

Thank you to those who were able to make it to our Passion Project Breakfast. The Mosaic students worked hard to complete these projects, completing hours of research and creative thinking to put these projects together. We had a variety of passionate people who demonstrated what they knew and learned about a range of topics from sharks, to football, to rubies, to women in baseball. We applaud all the hard work!

Teamwork on
those finishing touches

 When the fourth graders weren’t polishing up their passion projects, they were learning more about angles, lines, shapes, and everything geometry. We have expanded our mathematical vocabulary tremendously by introducing the terms degrees, circumference, radius, diameter, symmetry, and more! Geometry has been a great opportunity to make learning this new vocabulary a hands on experience through literature, manipulatives, and collaboration.

Proud presenters

Who knew their Halloween Costumes
would inspire their Passion Projects?! 

 This coming week we will be starting our new science unit on the Earth and its forces. One of the best parts of this unit is that students will be thinking about the forces of the Earth globally and locally. To discover the forces of the Earth on the local level, students will explore erosion and human impact in the Allen Brook. Make sure your student is prepared and brings appropriate gear to be exploring in the Allen Brook!

This coming week students are choosing their Red Clover favorites! The following are the options: Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton
Dragon was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio
Frankencrayon by Michael Hall
Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood
Penguin Problems Jory John
 I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
Otters Love to Play by Jonathan London
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes by Duncan Tonatiuh

Continental Math Students
 celebrate their hard work

They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

 This upcoming week we will also get to see the "Top Secret" dance choreography that students have been working on in P.E. class. We can't wait to see their dance moves. We will also be saying farewell to our wonderful interns, Zoe D'Olimpio and Tori Barrows as they complete their internships. Mosaic won't be the same without them and we wish them both a bright future as teachers!