GIFTED
GAZETTE
Kaleidoscope
Armuchee Elementary
School
Volume 5
October 2013
Mrs. Day’s Kaleidoscope News
Kaleidoscope
Dates to Remember
Students and Parents:
Our Kaleidoscope students have gotten off to a
great start this year with our “Caravans”
geography unit! The students are enjoying the
simulation game that we are playing as we “travel”
to each continent and learn about some of the
countries on that continent. It is really impossible
to learn ALL the countries, but we are enjoying
learning about as many as we can!
Oct 22
Oct.23-25Oct. 24, 25
Oct 25
Nov. 25 – 29
Dec. 18 – Jan. 3
Jan. 6
Jan. 20
Flu Shots
Red Ribbon Week
Early Release Days
Monster Mash Dance (30tokens)
Thanksgiving Holidays
Christmas Holidays
School Resumes
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
The International Days were FABULOUS and the
students were great! Thank you to Mrs. Andrews
and Mrs. Traylor for helping us with our lunches!
And thanks to all the parents that attended and
helped us at each station. We really appreciated
it!
Greek and Latin Vocabulary:
Thank you for entrusting your child to me for their
gifted education! If you have any concerns or
questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
☺ Mrs. Jaki Day
metron
Greek
measure
tropos
Greek
turn
kinesis
Greek
movement
dia
Greek
across
trans
Latin
across
zoon
Greek
verto, versum
Latin
turn
sauros
Greek
lizard
plico, plicatum
Latin
fold
geo
Greek
earth
tele
Greek
far away
tropos
Greek
turn
luna
Latin
moon
sol
Latin
sun
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706-802-6758 (School Phone Number)
706-676-1846 (Cell Number)
The students will be learning vocabulary in Greek
and Latin. The words for the first unit are:
Word
Language
Meaning
animal
terra
Latin
earth, land
Please review these with your child. A new word will be
introduced each week. Students will be tested at the end
of the unit on all stems.
Mrs. Day’s Kaleidoscope News Page 2
Student Expectations
International Day
This is a reminder that all Kaleidoscope
students must meet all Kaleidoscope
expectations in the Kaleidoscope
classroom. My hope is that all students
will do their very best in Kaleidoscope
and their regular classrooms this year.
Let’s try to complete all assignments and
meet all expectations as assigned in our
classes this year!
This is just a friendly reminder! ☺
Students and Make Up Work
Isaac Goes to Egypt
Students will miss regular ed class instruction
one day per week. The teachers will work with
students on any skills introduced on the day that
they are in Kaleidoscope classes. The students
will not be required to do all class work missed
in their regular classes. However, the teacher
will need to make sure the students understand
the skills taught that day and may possibly give
a few problems to make sure of that. This is to
make sure that the students succeed in all
areas!
Teaching Responsibility:
Zain shows off his Egyptian Collar and
headband
At AES, we all try to help our students become
more responsible for their work and their
obligations. In Kaleidoscope, I emphasize this as
well. Your child will keep his/her Kscope papers
in their 3 ring binder behind appropriate
dividers. They will be expected to bring a pencil
to class and return notes home as requested by
deadline date. I want to help prepare them as
best I can for their future educational
experiences. Your assistance and help toward
this will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for allowing me to guide your child
this year in Kaleidoscope! Feel free to contact
me with any questions or concerns!
Gabe decorates his boomerang from Australia
Mrs. Jaki Day
[email protected]
706-802-6758 (AES)
706-346-1228