Dear Team Peake,
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with you and your child for their spring conferences. I am so proud of each of them and know you are as well.We have had a wonderful week launching into outer Space! Our kiddos have been so eager to learn more about our universe and their relationship to it. We broke down our Central Idea: Humans have a relationship with the Earth's natural cycles. into manageable pieces. We explored the earth's rotation around the sun and how that impacts day and night, the earth's orbit around the sun as well as it's tilt and how that determines our seasons and why the location of our continent determines our climate and weather. The kids were amazed to find out that while we were studying about the Earth's rotation at 1:40 on Thursday, that it was 4:40 in the morning on Friday in Australia, which meant that our dear Lila was still asleep. What a wonderful and fascinating planet that we live on! I hope your child has many questions for you about space. I know that I have enjoyed learning about the recent discoveries with the kids. Please encourage your child to discover facts on their own, with your guidance, as this is an important skill for them to practice. I could not be more proud of the students' Spring Concert! Team Peake really represented and I am proud of each child and their hard work.
This pollen sure has affected our students. Please make sure to send a bottle of water in with your child if you notice their allergies flaring up at home as this will help to ease this discomfort.
The week that we return from Spring Break will be a great one! We will begin our study of fractions, continue our study of space (specifically the phases of the moon), continue developing our research skills to become better readers and writers and learn more spelling rules.
CONGRATULATIONS to our newest Star Students, Brooke and Cameron! I am proud of their hard work and determination as well as their curiosity and open-mindedness. We are so thankful to have these two friends join Team Peake and have loved learning more about them these past two weeks. Way to go friends!!
As always, thank you so much for sharing your wonderful children with me. They are a joy and I cannot believe they will be third graders soon.
All my best,
Jean Peake
jpeake@atlanta.k12.ga.us
