Better World Day Video

Here is the video montage of our message for Better World Day.

I am so happy to share messages that thank essential employees.  So many people whose jobs where viewed as just convenient before March 13 are now viewed as so essential to our communities and our survival. 

Thank you parents and siblings who helped record and email these video clips.  It made my day to see student faces and hear their sweet voices pop up in my email every day.

Your children make my world a better place, every day. I miss them so!

Love, Mrs. Guzzetti

Focusing On Kindness

Here are some photos of our Secret Buddies Celebration.  During the week, students had a secret buddy to watch and learn about. As the week progressed, we wrote kind words and a card.  We also drew pictures or found images we thought our secret buddies would enjoy.

It was so wonderful to watch and listen as on Friday, the students read the sweet folders another child created just for them.  It was a very special week for me.  It made my teacher heart happy to watch  kindness spread through our crew.

Get Ready for the 2019-2020 School Year

I hope you are enjoying the last few week of summer.  I know my family and I are squeezing every second out of summer we can get.

There may be some of you wondering about supply lists and Back to School night.  The school sent out an email with all the B2S Night details along with attachments for supply lists.  I'll list these items at the bottom of this post.

B2S Night will be held on Wednesday, Aug 14 from 5:30 to 7:30.
Yearbook and ID pictures will be taken that day so all students need to wear their school uniform.
If you have questions about school uniforms, check out the information here:  School Uniform Update

If you have purchased items from the supply list, you can bring them to class on B2S Night. I'll have a system in place for sorting the supplies. Hopefully this makes your first day back at school a  little less hectic.

Here is my supply list divided by items your student will use and items that the crew will use.  Please label all person use items with your child's name.

For Student/Personal Use:
12 or more Ticonderoga pencils
12 count Crayola Colored Pencils
10 count Crayola Markers
2 pink or white eraser
1 handheld pencil sharpener
1 pencil bag to fit all the above items
1 folder with 3 prongs and 2 pockets
2 composition notebooks
1 spill proof water bottle

Optional Donations For Class Use
Paper Towels
Tissues
Antibacterial Wipes
Glue sticks
1 package sheet protectors, 25 sheets

I look forward to seeing you on the 14th.  If you have any questions, you can email me or save them for that night.  See you soon!

The Dance of the Bees

Can you tell if these bees are doing the round dance or the waggle dance?

Dancing Bees

Dance with Descriptions and sketching Mute the computer

Bee Dance 

Bee Dance With Explanation

Here is more great information about how the meaning of these dances were discovered and more in depth look at the accuracy of the waggle dance.

Karl Von Frisch and his experiements   This is how Karl von Frisch figured out how bees communicate through dance.

Another awesome explaination about the waggle dance and how the bees account for the movement of the sun.  Bees and Math