Service project

We collected items for the 5100 unit at Duke University Hospital for our service project and we ended up with some great things. Thank you to all who donated items for such a great cause. Our total numbers were 20 plus individual gallon sized bags of toiletry items and 20 plus gallon sized bags of craft items. That is just our room. Ms. Lopez's room collected over 20 bags of each too. Thank you!

How to blow a bubble

Compare and contrast

November showcase

Today we had several students receive awards for our monthly showcase. Way to go wonderful Derby's!

Major award was awarded to our class from the Dance teacher for our achievement in teamwork, performance, and dance choreography. What an awesome award way to go class!!

Duke field trip

We saw a wonderful dance performance at Duke university before Thanksgiving. Once the performance was over we had extra time to tour the campus some. Here are a few pictures from our day.

Off we go

Today we are traveling to Duke to see a dance performance. Here are a few pictures from the day.

National Drinking Water Week

Dear Educator and/or Parent,

Each year the City of Durham’s Department of Water Management celebrates National Drinking Water Week (May 5 – 11, 2013), by sponsoring a water conservation poster contest to commemorate this annual event. This contest helps to bring attention to how important of a resource that water is to all living things on the planet. Fresh water is a limited, finite resource which we all must protect and conserve.

We invite your students/children to use their artistic talents to celebrate drinking water and to promote water conservation. We are sponsoring this contest for schools and home schooled children within our service area. The contest is designed to encourage our local young artists to express their own ideas in relation to the chosen theme. This year’s theme is: “Reduce Your Water Footprint”.

1. Poster must be created on paper of any type (poster board, construction paper, etc.) and must be no larger than 22” X 28” (standard poster board size). Only the original poster can be submitted into the competition, no photocopies. One poster entry per child.

 

2. Each poster should depict the student’s own idea(s), reflecting the theme: “Reduce Your Water Footprint”. The idea(s) can be either illustration form only or may include the theme. Students must use only crayons, colored or other pencils, markers or paint. Posters containing computer-generated graphics, photographs, collages or 3-D artwork will not be eligible for consideration.

 

3. Each poster must have the official entry form attached to the back. All information must be filled in completely and legibly. Illegible entries will be disqualified. Please print or type ALL information. Please be sure that the student’s name is CLEARLY legible.  Entry forms may be copied, if needed.

 

4. Each school must submit entries to the City of Durham’s Department of Water Management. Arrangements can be made to pick up entries from the school. If your school wishes to mail the entries, they must be postmarked by March 22, 2013. Please note: Students may submit poster entries directly to the City without school sponsorship. Any entries received or postmarked later than March 22, 2013 will may be disqualified from competition.

 

5. Grade divisions are as follows:

·         Elementary School Divisions

§  Division A: K – 2^nd grades

§  Division B: 3^rd – 5^th grades

·         Middle School Division: 6^{th –} 8^th grades

 

6. A panel of judges (to be selected by the City) will select the first, second and third place winning posters for each grade division. Winning posters from each division will represent Durham in the statewide contest sponsored by the NC American Water Works Association and the NC Water Environment Association. It is an option for the school to submit all posters for a grade division or your school may choose to select the first place entries in each category and forward to us. If you choose to make the selection, please notify us in advance. Also, we would be happy to assist in the selection process in conjunction with your “school” panel.
   
   
7. Posters will be judged on message (keep in mind the theme), originality, creativity and overall presentation.
   
   
8. Posters become the property of the City of Durham and will not be returned. Local winners will be recognized at special ceremonies during Drinking Water Week and winning entries will be displayed during Drinking Water Week. All prizes will be awarded in conjunction with National Drinking Water Week, May 5-11, 2013.
   
   
9. Submit your school’s poster entries by March 22, 2013, to:
   
   

         Al Nelson, Conservation Coordinator                                 Laine Roberts, Conservation Specialist  

       Phone: 919-560-4381, Ext. 35248                                        Phone: 560-4381, Ext. 35259                                           

Email: Albert.Nelson@durhamnc.gov                                Email: Laine.Roberts@durhamnc.gov

 

City of Durham, Department of Water Management

1600 Mist Lake Drive,

Durham, NC 27704

Official Entry Form

City of Durham Department of Water Management

2013 Poster Contest

(Please write or type clearly)

 

Name:__________________________________    Age:___________

School:______________________________  Grade:__________

Division Category:             Grades K – 2_____                 Teacher or Sponsor Name:

  (Please check one)   Grades 3 – 5_____        _______________________

                                Grades 6 – 8_____

 

School Telephone #:________________ Home Telephone #:__________________
Student Home Address: ____________________________________

Deadline for all poster entries is Friday, March 22, 2013! Please attach this form to the back of your poster!                                                                                                                              

 

Math website TenMarks

I have entered our class in on a website that creates math questions for students to answer that I as the teacher can view their progress and you as the parent can view.  I will be sending home their usernames and passwords so that you can get started on Monday.

Practice

Pumpkin carving!

Pumpkin fun!

Thank you to all who sent in items for our Pumpkin fun day. Also a big thank you to the volunteers in the classroom today. Without your help there might have not even been pumpkin day. Thank you!

Class T-shirts

2^nd Grade Club T-shirt Order Form

The second grade team will be placing an order for class t-shirts.  It is our goal to wear these t-shirts to show our school spirit and pride. We also hope to wear these t-shirts while on field trips as well as other special occasions.

Class t-shirts will be a solid color (Ms. Wall’s red, Mrs. Murray’s blue, Ms. Lopez’s yellow, and Mrs. Derby’s purple) with bold black lettering spelling CLUB. The student’s shirts will look very similar to the staff t-shirts this year.

If you would like to purchase a t-shirt for your child please complete this form and return it as well as your payment to school by Thursday, November 1st.

In order to ensure your child is able to wear his shirt all year please plan for “growing” room when you place your order. We would love to see these shirts able to be worn until your child exits Club.

If you would like to sponsor a fellow peer by making a donation for a class t-shirt please indicate that with your order form when you return your form.

Youth Sizes	Quantity	Classroom teacher (Wall, Murray, Lopez, Derby)	100% cotton $6.49	Total
XS (2-4)
S (6-8)
M (10-12)
L (14-16)
XL (18-20)

 

________________ Yes, I would like to help sponsor a fellow classmate with the purchase of a t-shirt. I am including both my purchase total in addition to my sponsor total.

Please make checks payable to ____Club Boulevard Humanities Magnet School______

Red Ribbon Week

Wednesday: Crazy hair day- "Use your head, don't do drugs"
Thursday: Jean's day- "I'm a jean-us, I am drug free" and different sock day "sock it to drugs"

Important dates!

October 25th Science day
October 26th No School teacher work day- End of first nine weeks
October 30th Hispanic Heritage Night
October 31st Pumpkin Fun day
November 1st Club T-shirt money due
November 6th Teacher work day No school
November 12 Holiday no school
November 16th field trip

Frankenstein and adjectives

We have been learning about adjectives this week and what better way to describe something than to create our very own Frankensteins. After creating their own Frankensteins students wrote sentences using adjectives to describe their creations. What a fabulous job they did!

Online Storytime by Barnes and Noble

Online story time

I hope you enjoy listening to some of these wonderful stories online.

Showcase awards

Congratulations to Asia, Diego, and Yash who all were super award winners this month for our showcase.

Weather Kidz Here is a link to the site we have been using in class for some of our experiments. Some students wanted to know the link so that they could try some of these experiments at home.

Here is another link we have been following Oak Grove website for kids

Experiments

We have been busy in research this week with experiments.
We made clouds in jars, rain, a rain gauge, and touchable clouds.