1. Welcome Back to School!
Bridge Valley PEN

2. About Mrs. brown… 18th year in Elementary Education 3rd Grade: 3 years
4th Grade: 5 years
10th year: Gifted Support

3. About Mrs. Wetzel…. Beach
9th year in Elementary Education (PA and Kansas)
5th year in gifted education

4. Where do I find Mrs. Brown? Website: http://www.cbsd.org/Domain/949
Bridge Valley
Monday thru Friday
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5. Where do I find Mrs. Wetzel?
Kutz
Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning
Bridge Valley
Tuesday morning and late afternoon, Wednesday morning, Thursday late afternoon

6. Conferences Individual GIEP Review meetings at annual date
Parental request – phone or in-person meetings
Since we are meeting individually for GIEPs we will only be attending conferences on request of the teacher or parent.

7. Bridges Animation Logical thinking
History of animation
Produce various animations
Culminating project: create an original stop motion animation.
Factors to consider in bridge design
Types of bridges- beam, truss, suspension
Build models using K’NEX
Spring Bridge tour of various bridges in Bucks County

8. Third Grade Architecture Game On! Intro to game design
History of gaming
Game mechanics
Create your own game
Study of architects and types of architecture
Focus on strength, function, and aesthetics
Design a vacation house
Walking architecture Tour of Doylestown

9. Fourth Grade Creative Problem Solving
What does it mean to be creative?
How do inventors invent? How do they think?
Much of the year is about collaboration and problem solving as a team
Identify a problem and solve it with an invention
Invention Convention-late spring

10. Fifth and Sixth Grade Law Editorial Cartooning
Editorial/Political Cartooning
Awareness of Current Events
CNN Student News
Cartooning Strategies
Irony, Exaggeration, etc.
Editorial Cartoon Sketchbook
Law Concepts
Prepare for Mock Trial
Mock Trial
Typically held at the Court House in Doylestown

11. Weekly Schedule
*Kindergarten Push in/Pull out * Grades 1 and 2 Grade 1 – up to 1 hour per week Grade hours a week * Grades 3 – 6 Between 2.25 and 2.5 hours a week

12. We 2nd Grade 1st Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade Hauck/Herman 5th Grade
Tuesday 8:50-10:00
2nd Grade
Monday 11:30-12:30
Wednesday 9:00-10:00
3rd Grade
Monday 1:45-3:15
Thursday 10:00-11:00
4th Grade Hauck/Herman
Tuesday 9:15-10:45
Thursday 2:30-3:15
Hall/Rotella:
Tuesday 2:30-3:15
Wednesday 9:15-10:45
5th Grade
Jaeger/Kelly
Tuesday 11:30-12:45
Thursday 12:30-1:45
Scott/Howley
Wednesday 11:30-12:45
Friday 12:30-1:45
6th Grade
Moyer/Rice:
Tuesday 1:45-3:00
Thursday 11:00-12:00
Johnston/Wyss
Wednesday 1:45-3:10
Friday 11:00-12:00

13. Thank you for being here tonight!
"When parents and teachers collaborate on behalf of children;
they create windows of light for the generations that follow." Unknown
If you have special connections to any of our Units of Study please let us know how you would like to help
Thank you for being here tonight!