Friday, March 30
School Closed
Monday, April 2
School Closed
Wednesday, April 4
Hearing and Vision Screening
See below for more information
LC Closes at 3:00 p.m. (No After Care)
Thursday, April 5
Lacrosse at Kent School
4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 6
Dress Down Day!
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT - MATH!
Each week, we will be highlighting one of our programs or offering resources for parents to illustrate The Radcliffe Way!
I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE
A great game for the upcoming long weekend!
This card game is for two players.
Materials
1 x deck of cards with the picture cards removed (40 cards remaining).
Instructions
1. The cards are dealt face up in an array, either a 10 x 4 or 8 x 5 array.
2. The first player challenges the other one to find two cards next to each other that add to make a particular number. The first player says, "I spy with my little eye two cards that add to make ______."
3. The second player then looks for 2 cards that add to make the number. The two cards to be added need to be next to each other either horizontally or vertically. The player then picks the cards up to add them to their pile. They do this with any other pairs that add to make the number as well.
4. If the second player misses any pairs that add to the number, then player one may claim them.
5. The players alternate taking turns and continue until all the cards are gone.
6. The winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.
7. As large gaps appear in the array, move the cards closer together to fill those gaps.
Variations
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You could change the operation that students use, for example multiplication or subtraction.
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Allow your students to add three numbers together.
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You could also allow students to add pairs of cards diagonally.
ENJOY!
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7TH GRADE TRANSITION MEETING
Parents! Are you wondering what will happen after eighth grade next year? Have you thought about what school your child will be attending once they leave Radcliffe? For answers to these questions and many more, we are strongly encouraging all seventh grade students and their parents to attend the Transition Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 3rd to learn more about the whole transitioning process after eighth grade. This meeting is also open to any other students and parents who would like to receive more information about the transitioning process. Please join Mr. Joiner, Ms. Usilton, Mrs. Nistler, and Mrs. Cohee-Wright in Ms. Usilton's room at 6:00 p.m. on May 3rd to learn what is involved when transitioning to high school. For questions about the meeting, please e-mail
Debbie Cohee-Wright
. This is a very important meeting, so please try to attend. We look forward to seeing everyone!
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LITTLE CREEK REMINDERS
Thank you so much to the MANY families who supported the Milano's Little Creek fundraiser yesterday! We can't wait to see how much it raised for our program.
Last week, a survey was distributed for parents to fill out regarding their Little Creek experience. We would like as many parents as possible to complete the survey,
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY
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HEARING AND VISION SCREENING
The Kent County Health Department will be at Radcliffe next Wednesday, April 4, for our annual Hearing and Vision Screening. They will screen all pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, 1, 5, and 8th grade students, as well as any new students for the 2017-2018 school year. If you have any questions, please contact
Kim Nistler.
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SNOW DAY MAKE UPS AND REMEMBRANCE DAY
Radcliffe Creek School builds extra school days for the K-8 program into its annual calendar each year. This school year, however, we will need to make up time for the days over and above the already scheduled extra days that the school was scheduled to be open, but was closed because of weather.
The Remembrance Day Ceremony will remain on Tuesday, June 5 at 10:00 a.m. and dismissal will take place at 12:45 p.m. for all students and teachers, as scheduled. We will then be opened a full day on Wednesday, June 6 and a half day on Thursday, June 7 with a 12:45 p.m. dismissal. The 8th grade students will be excused from the last two days of school (June 6 and June 7).
Thank you for your patience and flexibility with this plan.
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AROUND THE CREEK
In Mrs. Fish's class, Chase plays Zingo, then matches game pieces with the same beginning sound
Radcliffe Creek's bird's nest project, "Nest as Metaphor," is on display at RiverArts Gallery for the two more days and is available for purchase. The cost is $150 and the proceeds benefit Radcliffe Creek School's Art Department and RiverArts. On Thursday, March 8, Mariner Schut spoke about the nest project at the Curator's Talk. He did a fabulous job describing the concept and process of building the nest to a group of adults. Then on Friday, March 23, students who built the nest visited the gallery to examine artwork by local artists who displayed their work in the "Birds, Bees and their Homes" exhibit. Students talked about the elements and principles of design and worked with modeling clay as a follow-up activity. Most importantly, students were able to see their art project on display.
Leadership Club created kindness posters for students in the Nest! The posters, which were taped to the student's cubbies, have the student's names on them and kind phrases.
Students in Little Creek's Four's Class played "Roll and Collect" where they rolled a die, counted the dots, found the number on the board and then counted chips. They then counted all the chips on the board and wrote a sentence "I counted ..."
Kenzie takes her vocabulary quiz by stringing and tying string to match terms to definitions.
Owen is pretty proud of the progress he's making with cursive and so are we!
Ethan and Brock divide six types of syllables with emphasis in long e sound with y in Mrs. Moorman's class.
Ms. Singer's first period class had a paper snowball fight after successfully spelling words that end in -ed on each sheet.
Working on measurement and teamwork skills, Ms. Serio's math classes have been creating blueprints and now are using recycled cardboard to follow their measurements and create structures!
Today, Ms. Babylon's music students visited the S GNAL ING DI SIPAT ON installation. It is an installation with quadrophonic sound for four voices, including an interactive sound component experienced through a "bone conductor" held to the listener's temple or jaw. The exhibit is a collaboration between
Washington College
art professor Julie Wills and
UMBC
visual art professor Tim Nohe.
Last weekend, Radcliffe students and staff participated in the Chestertown River Arts First Annual Reclaimed Runway event! Students in our Fashion Design Enrichment have been hard at work over the last few months creating a dress made entirely out of recycled and re-purposed materials. Congratulations to all who participated and especially to Radcliffe's hard-working runway team which came in second place among 18 entries!
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