AGR 5th graders worked with math specialist Candy Standley yesterday- they hypothesized & experimented in a Floating Ghost STEM activity. Each ghost had a paperclip inside, and the challenge was to see if a magnet could make it float. When ghosts didn't float, students considered if the magnet was too strong, or if the placement of the paperclip or size of the ghost made a difference. Our young scientists quickly learned the importance of changing the independent variable in an experiment. Brayden Robertson got the first ghost in the air. Students had a great time learning important science ideas!!
Attention parents! we need all our parent volunteers to help launch our reading adventures at the upcoming Book Fair. Here is the link for the Sign Up Genius for Parents for book fair.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DA5AA2DA6F9C25-52721865-agrliterati
Monday is National Candy Day! Watch this slideshow (https://tinyurl.com/bdhxrp9h) of teacher favorites - when sorting your Halloween candy, set some aside to give to your favorite teacher(s)! If you take a picture of your sorted candy, send it to mortman@ccpsweb.org!
We're getting close to our Veterans Day ceremony, which takes place Monday, November 11th at 9:00. Please send information of your family's veteran to mortman@ccpsweb.org (including a picture) by Wednesday, Nov. 6th, and/or scan the QR code to let us know you'll be joining us.
November is here! Attached is the menu for elementary and middle schools.
Mrs. Aylor's class made “Magic potion” by following a recipe. They made candy corn catapults, and homemade applesauce. #BulldogPride
Just a little bit of the fun at school today! #BulldogPride
Do you wonder what you can do with all the candy that will soon be pile in your houses? WAGR-TV students have been at work collecting data to coincide with National Candy Day, which is Monday, November 4th. We're calling this, "Teach-er Treat"!
After Trick or Treating tomorrow evening, sort your candy, lay it out in a graph, and count all the pieces. (Be sure to take a pic of your candy graph and share with Mrs. Standley cstandley@ccpsweb.org or Mr. Ortman mortman@ccpsweb.org)
Which candy did you get the most of or the least of? Did you get a lot of your favorites? Take a look at your teachers’ favorites in the attached documents. Choose a couple pieces to share with your teachers. Look at the data to see who likes the ones that aren’t your favorite and share those. Or, share a teacher’s favorite with him or her.
Students can deliver the candy on Friday, November 1st or Monday, November 4th in celebration of National Candy Day!! (Candy can be sent in after those dates, though)
#Reeses
Ms. High did an experiment with Mrs. Days class about transferring energy to kick off the 5th grade unit about types of energy. #BulldogPride
Our online book fair is open to explore starfields of stories! Parents can make wishlists and pre-purchase e-gift cards. Here is the website link:
https://literati.com/store/?school=a-g-richardson-elementary-school-culpeper-va
Our Veteran's Day Assembly is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 11 at 9:00. We will have a recognition of our veterans, along with a guitar rendition of the National Anthem by AGR 5th Grader Max Johnston! Additionally, we will have a slideshow - please see the attached flyer for info.
On Friday, Ms. Ciccarone's third graders had a blast coding and programming Ozobots - some coded them using Ozoblockly, while others used markers to color code. What a fun time!
Here is today's Robo call. As always, for more information, call the office at (540) 825-0616.
Our Book Fair is Coming Soon! We're excited to share a "galaxy" of reads! Nov. 11th - 15th. The online fair is now open, so check out the website (https://literati.com/store/?school=a-g-richardson-elementary-school-culpeper-va). Please look for more info coming home soon.
Mrs. Hoy was pied today by our Fun Run fundraiser top earner, Vincent Quartararo, as well as the Worrall children who were randomly chosen fundraisers. What a sweet ending to our successful fundraiser!
Many thanks to the Culpeper Schools Transportation Department, especially our AGR Bus Drivers and aides, for their dedication and care to get our students to and from school safely everyday! We celebrated the team with a luncheon today during Transportation Appreciation Week.
Thanks to the Rapidan fire department for a visiting AGR kindergartners this morning to discuss fire, safety, and community helpers.
AGR kindergartners in Mrs. Goff's class today explored with Bee Bots - these are robots that help them understand the concept of coding.
Mrs. Sheads' 5th graders practiced parts of speech with ozobots this morning! #BulldogPride #ozobots
Here is today's robo call!