Duneland School Holiday Concerts and Events
All of our school's holiday concerts are free and open to the public, except the CHS Madrigal Dinners (information on the Madrigal Dinners listed below)
Dec. 5 - WIS Choir Holiday Concert at 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 - CHS Madrigal Dinner at 7 p.m.
Dec. 7 - CHS Madrigal Dinner at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Dec. 8 - CHS Madrigal Dinner at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Dec. 9 - WIS Band/Orchestra Holiday Concert at 7 p.m.
Dec. 10 - CMS Choir and Orchestra Holiday Concert - CMS Goldsborough Gym at 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 - LIS Band, Orchestra & Choir Holiday Concert at 7 p.m.
Dec. 14 - CHS Band, Choir, Orchestra Holiday Concert-Aud. at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. (2 performances)
Dec. 16 - CMS Band Holiday Concert at 7 p.m.
1st Grade:
This week we continued working on
our Pig Latin Persuasive Paragraphs. We finished up editing and revising our
paragraphs. The children then re- wrote their paragraphs in their best
handwriting.
I then introduced them to Pages on their IPads. Pages help the
children create a cool document with pictures and audio. I quickly typed their
paragraphs for them. They created their own pictures to go along with their
paragraphs. I then helped them out with recording themselves, then adding it to
the document. Those that were finished were able to help decorate the Christmas
tree. Next week we will spend one day to
present their Pig Latin Persuasive Paragraphs.
2nd Grade:
Last week we went over Freytag’s
Pyramid, which is used to explain the structure of most stories. It starts with
the Exposition which introduces the reader to the characters, setting, and
gives important information. Next, is the Rising Action which has a series of
situations, events, problems, or conflicts that build the plot for the climax.
We then have the Climax. This is the turning point where things change for the
main characters. Also, we have the Falling Action where the situation, problem,
or conflict is resolved. Lastly, we have the Denouement, this is where the
story is concluded. 
The children then heard the story, A Pen Pal for Max. We then summarized the story together with chart
paper. The children worked individually
to write out the paragraph sentences on strips of paper. I presented Freytag’s
Pyramid on the board, and they had to put the sentences in the correct spot. On
Tuesday we read Goldie Locks and The
Three Bears. The children did the same thing with this story. They wrote
sentence strips and placed them on Freytag’s Pyramid.
3rd Grade:
The children were able to pick out
their own Beatrix Potter book to read last week. This week they finished up
their books and started on a new reading analyzer. They had to work this one by
themselves. I walked around the room helping as needed.
Each had some trouble
with different parts. I would ask them what is the story about and they had a
hard time answering. I encouraged them to go back and try to reread the story. 
4th Grade:
We continued reading Through My Eyes
by Ruby Bridges. On November 14, 1960, a tiny six-year-old black child,
surrounded by federal marshals, walked through a mob of screaming
segregationists and into her school. This
story is an autobiography about Ruby’s experiences of being the first
African- American to go to an all white school.
The story was very unsettling to
the girls. It really surprised them that someone with a different color of skin
could be treated differently. Also, it amazed them how strong Ruby and her
family were. The changes that took place because of one tiny little girl. We also discussed the vocabulary and how
unacceptable it is to use those words. 
After we finished the book the girls watched the trailer to the movie
“Ruby Bridges”. We also started a biography outline to further drive home the
concept of change.
1st Grade:
This week we finished up the worksheet,
“Compare Three Weights”. If you remember
they used their baggies they brought from home. They partnered up and had to
take compare their bags with each other’s and with a bag of 50 pennies. They
then had to list them from heaviest to lightest or lightest to heaviest. That
was a bit tricky for them switching back and forth. That meant that they really
had to read the question.
We had a few who were absent and we didn’t meet last
week, so I had to catch a couple kiddos up. We only met one day this week due
to E-Learning on Thursday. We will continue comparing the weights of different
objects next week.
2nd Grade:
We finished up our “Transformation
Trip” worksheet this week. If you remember the children had to move a triangle
in order from 1-11. They then needed to color each triangle based on the move
it performed. They did a great job with that. 
We then moved on to creating our own tessellations. Their job is to
create a repeating pattern that they can flip, slide or turn. I gave them
pattern blocks to try out first. Then they will need to transfer the pattern to
the worksheet “Triangle Grid”. This proved to be a bit more tricky. The
children wanted to just make mosaic pictures. 
We will continue working on this
next week.
3rd Grade:
We finished up the Multiples of
Hundreds Chart worksheet this week. I had the children partner up so they could
discuss the possible answers. We then went through each answer as a group.
We discussed what they noticed about the
patterns formed by the different multiples. This was a bit difficult for them
so we had to go step by step. It had been awhile since we met up, so I think
most kind of forgot where we were. We will continue with this more next week.
4th Grade:
This week we reviewed the different
3D shapes from the center rotations last week. Most were right on target. The
only shape they really had problems with was the hemisphere. They called it a
dome or a half-sphere.
Next, we
discussed the difference between 2D shapes and 3D shapes. 2D shapes represent
length and width. 3D shapes represent length, width and height.
We then talked
about the difference between polyhedron and non- polyhedron shapes. A
polyhedron is a 3D shape that is formed by polygons that enclose a region in
space. Non-polyhedron shapes are not
flat such as a sphere, cylinder, cone, or hemisphere. I showed them a short
video on polyhedrons. Each polygon in a polyhedron is called a face. The line segment where the two
faces intersect is called the edge,
and the point of intersection of two edges is the vertex.
We will continue with this next week.
Have a great weekend!
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