Hello everyone, 
another week comes to a close and we are in full swing learning about light and sound.
This week, we focused on shadows although we could not go outside to trace our shadows yet due to the rain. We will do that next week. We did shadow crafts, learned about how distance and time of the day influence shadows and did different experiments with shadows. Next week, we will trace our shadows outside at different times each day and journal our observations. We will also connect this to Math where we will begin to learn about the full hour as well as measurement. We will talk about measurement in very general terms and will not measure with a ruler but rather with other units of measurement (unifix cubes, paper clips, cotton balls, etc.) to establish basic rules of measuring first (measurement units have to touch, units have to be same length, etc.).
In German Language Arts we talked about H,h this week (die Hose= pants, der Hase= rabbit, das Haus= house, der Himmel= sky, heiß= hot, die Haare= hair, der Hut= hat, der Herbst= fall/autumn, der Hirsch= deer, der Hund= dog). We will focus on K,k next week.
Here are some school-wide reminders:
1) Spring 2020 Club sign-up ends soon! Club choices and sign-up links are available now on our website or by clicking this link: https://www.icsatlanta.org/clubs
(2) Don’t forget to re-enroll at ICSAtlanta for 2020-2021! Please login to your Infinite Campus portal account and click “more” on the left side of the page to be taken to the 2020-2021 re-enrollment link. If you need assistance with your Infinite Campus login or password, please contact lauren.gross@icsatlanta.org and provide your full name and students full name. Remember, re-enrollment will run from January 6 through January 31.
(3) ICSAtlanta will be offering a winter break camp during our upcoming February break (17th-21st)! Please see our website or click HERE for more information. Registration begins next Monday, January 13th.
(4) ICSAtlanta’s after school vendor enrichment program offerings have been updated; you can find them on our website or by clicking HERE.
(5) Message from ICSAtlanta’s PTO: It’s time for the Six Flags’ Reading Program!
Students in Knd through 6th grade are encouraged to read 360 minutes and earn a free ticket to Six Flags over Georgia.
New this year: e-Reading Logs! Now parents can log their students’ reading time into an online reading log directly into the Six Flags website! Teachers will be able to review and approve the e-Reading Logs submitted by the parents. No more lost or late paper logs! Parents, please:
* Register using the link sixflags.com/books
* Use International Charter School Of Atlanta’s code: WDV1X
* Choose your child’s teacher from the drop down menu
* Start logging their reading progress
The deadline is April 2020.
Happy Reading!
Frau McCoy