Do Good Dragon Kindness Crew

Our Do Good Dragons Kindness Crew is off and running.  Students in grades 4th and 5th come together once every other week to talk about ways we can all make Davidson a kinder place.  The group lines the hallways every Monday morning to welcome students with smiles and high-fives.  They have also started a weekly kindness challenge.  This week, the kindness challenge is a simple one...say please and thank you.  It is something so simple but makes a huge difference.  Stay tuned for the next challenge! 

Choose Kind!

Artist Celebration

Twelve of our students participated this year in the Katy ISD Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo art contest. The pieces entered were made in art class and selected by the art teachers for their effort and craftsmanship. We are happy to share that one of our 5th graders won the “Best of Show” trophy and will represent all Katy ISD Elementary schools at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at NRG Arena. The other pieces received high honors and beautiful ribbons. Many of the pieces were finalists or gold seal winners. We are so proud of our dragons and their artwork. If you would like to see the art, it will be displayed in the library for viewing. The Best of Show art will be displayed in the Hayloft Gallery, located on the first floor of NRG Center in the west end of the lobby (main hallway). The gallery is very popular and will be viewed by many visitors during the 2019 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo which runs February 25-March 17th.


Red Ribbon

“My Blue Rider” by Zaina Patel, Kinder

Blue Ribbon

“The Pink Frog” by Akshara Badam, 1st grade
“Kokopelli’s Power” by Judy Zhu, 2nd grade

Blue Ribbon with Gold Seal

“The Old North Trail” by Abby Tang, 5th grade
“Sunset Over the Hills” by Alora Raterman, 4th grade
“Chicken Gothic” by Zoe Navarro, 4th grade
“Bear Dreams” by Anna Perry, 3rd grade

Finalist

“Cowboy Scarecrow” by Avery Johnston, Kinder
“ Rodeo Party” by Tina Pham, 1st grade
“ Rocky Barn Tunes” by Carolyn Dai, 2nd grade
“The Spirit of the Wolf” by Lena Nguyen, 3rd grade

Best Of Show for Elementary 

“The Past Before Us” by Sarah Kim, 5th grade

Congratulations to all!!

A special thank you to our wonderful art teachers Mrs. Fortenberry and Mrs. Orendorff.  They truly bring out the best in all of our artist! 

Budding Meteorologist

Our challenge students are learning all about the weather in their Meteorology Unit.  Check out some of the hands-on STEM activities and weather instruments they have created!  

Mrs. Miller's Book Club

Happy Book Fair Week!  Please check out this short video to learn more about Mrs. Miller's Book Club!  You can also check out my table at the book fair all week in the library! 

Happy Reading!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIPcuXhaKKw

Place Value Structures in 5th Grade

Take a peek at what was happening in Mrs. Torres' class today! 

I gave the students the number 1,245 and they had to take out that amount of PV blocks and build a structure that stands.  I then told them to take away 10.  (The structure may have had to be rebuilt).  They completed the math on their desk to show how many blocks were left.  I then told them to take away 7.  Some, very quickly, decided that they needed to exchange a 10 for 10-1’s before they could take any away. But others just took away the 5 – 1’s and 2 sticks of 10 to equal taking 7 away.  We had the discussion of having to make that exchange first.  They then completed the math on their desk to show what regrouping looks like in a math equation.

We then took it up a level and made the PV blocks be ones, tenths and hundredths and did the same activity.  Great discussions were had about lining up decimal points and how regrouping looks the same.

Place Value in 3rd Grade

3rd graders have been working on different ways to write a number. This includes standard form, base ten form, word form, expanded form, and expanded notation. We used our place value disc to help us with expanded notation. 

3rd Graders At Work

3rd Graders At Work
by: Mrs. Hernandez

3rd graders enjoyed spending time in the science lab. They explored different ways to classify matter. They tested and measured the mass, texture, temperature, magnetism, sink or float, and states of matter. What a great way to start the year!

3rd graders spent time in the computer lab working on our new math program DreamBox. They loved it! 

Thank you, Mrs. Hernandez, for sharing your class with us!