Thursday, November 5th - Shimotakaido Ozora Park
2020 UST Read-athon
Monday, November 9 - Sunday, November 22
The Student Council would like to inform you that UST's Read-a-thon will take place between Monday 9th November and Sunday 22nd November 2020.
We deliberately included two weekends to make sure we have a lot of time to read because the more we read, the more money we can raise. And the more money we raise, the more impact we will have on protecting the oceans and their wildlife.
What is the Read-a-thon?
It is a reading marathon to raise money for charity. We will be asking our parents, relatives, or friends to sponsor our reading. Of course, we read every day anyway, but for the 14 days of the Read-a-thon, we will be reading even more and trying to raise money for charity.
We are asking for your help to sponsor our reading effort.
The elementary students will raise money for every minute they read. The classes that read for the longest time in elementary will get trophies. The two children in each class who read the most will also receive a prize! We will also count to find out which Squad read the most minutes during the Read-a-thon.
What have we supported in the past?
In previous years, the money we raised during read-a-thons sponsored the construction of a classroom and the purchase of new library books for our sister-school in Cambodia; new toys for an orphanage in Senegal; learning supplies for a school at a Syrian refugee camp and last year, we supported the fantastic One Tree Planted foundation.
What are we supporting this year?
This year, we are continuing to make global connections. We are raising money as part of the global ocean protection program through the Project Aware foundation. This foundation has various different projects taking place, from ocean protection, to shark awareness and protection. If there's something that needs protecting in the ocean, this is the group to go to.
Last year, we raised a record ¥728,464, smashing the previous year's incredible total of ¥551,586. We would like to smash this record again this year and make an even bigger impact on saving and protecting the environment!
For more information on this initiative, please follow this link to the organization's website.
What's next:
On Monday, November 9th your child(ren) will bring home a reading log that is specifically for the Read-a-thon. Please sign the form each day to confirm your child's reading minutes and sponsor your children.
We hope for your cooperation in helping us read and raising money to support our environment and our world. Thank you!
- The School Council team
Eco Patrol
Monday, November 2nd
Reading
Tackling Trouble
Our class met three more Reading Strategy buddies this week: Flippy Dolphin, Skippy Frog, and Tryin' Lion. Reading strategy posters and reading buddies will be hanging up in the classroom library for the rest of the school year.
Science
Sound
During our investigation this week, students practiced sound discrimination by listening to the sounds of objects when they're dropped on a hard surface (table). We used drop chambers to identify objects by the properties of their sound. Students were excited to play the Drop Challenge game! During this game, one student dropped one object into the drop chamber. Their partner had to listen to the sound. After hearing the sound, their partner drop in an object he/she thought matched the original object. Next the two students lifted up the drop chamber to find out if the objects were the same.
We also explored tuning forks. We learned that a tuning fork makes sound when it's hit against a wood block, but it's difficult to observe the vibrations. To confirm that the tuning fork vibrates, we tested it in a variety of ways. After hitting it on a wooden block, we touched it to a hanging table-tennis ball and put it in a cup of water. Our conclusion was that the motion of the vibrating tines caused the table-tennis ball to bounce away and the water droplets to fly out of the cup.
Science Vocabulary
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Math
Shapes and Patterns
Our new Math chapter focuses on shapes and patterns. To begin this chapter, our class learned about plane shapes. We created a shape poster for each shape (see list of shapes below). Each shape poster includes: name, number of sides, number of corners, what it reminds us of, and examples of the shape in the classroom. While creating the posters, students discussed how the shapes are alike and different. We also practiced sorting the shapes in many ways: color, shape, size, sides, corners.
Math Vocabulary
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I am so proud of all of the grade 1 students that participated in October's monthly math competition! The raffle winners for G1-6 were announced during the school assembly on Friday, November 6th.
Competition Raffle Winner
Recess
Have a wonderful weekend!
- Ms. Allison