Discover Discovery

APRIL GRADE LEVEL HAPPENINGS:

1st grade and 2nd Grade:

IMPORTANT
DATES

***No Discovery
During Testing***

Our Road Trip project is nearly complete. Students are working feverishly to complete their
tasks. Presently, we are learning the states and their capitals. Travel brochures are being evaluated for missing information. After Milestone testing, we will resume Discovery where we will
continue working on the brochures and learning our states and capitals. We are learning a
song called Wakkos 50 states and capital song found on You Tube. Student can practice the
song at home to help them learn the states and capitals.
There will be no Discovery for the next 2 weeks due to testing. We will let you know when our
culminating unit celebration will be in May.
3rd grade:

5th Grade trip to GT:

May 4

Students are engaged in learning about Ancient Egypt. Our studies have taken us back in time
along the Nile River. During the unit we will be discovering the culture, people, and land of
ancient Egypt. We currently just learned about Ancient Egyptian inventions.

4th Grade trip to GT:

May 7

Our studies are on hold during Milestone testing. No Discovery during the next 2 weeks.
The farmers and laborers will need to bring clothes that can get muddy when Discovery returns.
They will be building an irrigation system model along the Nile River. What position in the
nome is your child?
4th grade:
We have been learning all about the human body! So far we have covered the skeletal, muscular, and cardiovascular systems.
Our unit on the human body is on hold until after Milestone testing. Discovery will resume on
Thursday, May 7th with our trip to GTs robotics lab.
5th grade:
Congratulations to Annie Levy and Yanelyn Matul for their outstanding presentation on how to
solve our water issues on the playground. Their presentation was voted on by their peers and
they will represent 5th grade Discovery by presenting their idea to Mr. Mcbride after testing.
We are now currently learning about engineering! Students have chosen an engineering field of
their choice to use for their 5th grade career projects. What type of engineer did your child
choose to research? We will soon be doing various engineering type activities for students to
get a feel of what it would be like to be an engineer!
There is no Discovery during Milestone testing. Discovery will resume with our trip to Georgia
Tech on May 4th. A few students still need to send in their permission form and money ASAP.