The students visiting from Barcelona worked with the 4/5 students to produce skits and present facts about Spanish culture spoken in Spanish.

   

Students from Barcelona and the 4/5s playing Spanish games

The 4/5s also had the opportunity to ask the students from Barcelona many questions about Spain, their culture, their interests, and their lives in and out of school.  It was wonderful getting to know them better.  

For Robert C. Parker Day, the 4/5 students wrote and performed a live acrostic poem honoring Robert Parker from A to Z.

Amelia and Ethan visited the Clark Museum in Massachusetts to see their exhibition featuring historical documents.  They shared all the fascinating facts they learned during their visit with classmates.

As a project, from the book Everything on a Waffle, Pierce shared unique and delicious recipes from the book with classmates. 

Students enjoyed sampling Cinnamon Rolls, Pear Soup and Cherry Pie Pork chops, YUM!

                       

To welcome our visitors from Spain, the 4/5 students wrote welcome letters to the students who will be at Parker the week this week. 

They also made colorful origami apples for each student as a welcome gift and remembrance of their visit to New York.

While learning more about the legislative branch of government, students participated in a public hearing regarding a bill that has been introduced.

Representative Smith arranged a public hearing to hear the views and opinions of the people who live in her district.  Rep. Smith needs to decide if she should vote for or against a bill that would prevent smoking in public places.

Students represented Representative Smith, Tobacco Growers and Processors, Citizens for Freedom, Citizens for a Smoke-Free Environment, or Citizens for Better Health.

Representative Smith and Staff

While learning more about the judicial branch, students also debated sides of Chicago vs. Morales, a case where the Supreme Court had to weigh the rights of individuals against the need of the city to prevent crime.  Students debated how they would decide the case.

The 4/5s performed a wonderful rendition of Viva la Musica at assembly.  Students sang, played instruments, and danced during their entertaining performance.

Mark Your Calendars!

The Parker School Fall Festival is

Saturday, October 18th

The 4/5 students having a great time with their            Pre-K3 and Pre-K 4 buddies

  

Students learned about the Three Branches of Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, and The Judicial Branch. Students then created Three Branches of Government mobiles illustrating each branch, its main function, the head of the branch and a symbol to represent the branch.

Math 4 students working together to achieve their goals of mastering multiplication facts

Cutting out game pieces for the Multiplication Factors game

Students shared their imaginative Summer Reading Projects with one another.  Projects included newspapers, dioramas, scrapbooks and character video interviews.

Congratulations to everyone who ran in the Cross Country Meet at Parker!