1. Welcome Back to School

2. Mrs. Walls Linden: Tuesday AM Titus: Tuesday PM Wednesday/Thursday cwalls@cbsd.org 267-893-4500 x1487 Pen Website---PLEASE CHECK WEEKLY! It’s updated every Thursday with details about our week: http://www.cbsd.org/Domain/1484http://www.cbsd.org/Domain/1484

3. Conferences Individual GIEP at annual date – check with me if you would like to know when your child’s GIEP is due Parental request – phone or in-person meetings If you’d like me to sit in on your child’s November/April conference, please let me know closer to the date. I will do my best to accommodate all requests.

4. First and Second Grade (Primary PEN) Detective Science Logical thinking Problem solving Solving mysteries Experimentation “Who Borrowed Mr. Bear Day” Power Up Study of the Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage Cardboard Challenge: Build an Arcade Game that utilizes working simple machines. Explore how power can be generated Create machines that are powered by various types of power such as water or wind.

5. Third Grade Game On! New Unit Intro to game design History of gaming Game mechanics Create your own game Architecture  Study of architects and types of architecture  Design a PEN facility

6. Fourth Grade Creative Problem Solving Invention Convention – late spring Identify a problem and solve it with an invention Much of the year is about collaboration and problem solving as a team

7. Fifth and Sixth Grade Robotics History of Robotics Robot programming First Lego League Challenge – Trash Talk District wide Robotics Challenge Mission to Mars New Unit Missions to Mars Life on Mars Environment and Human Survival Group research Colonizing Mars/Building a Colony Goal Time

8. Thanks so much for your support of the PEN program! Looking forward to a GREAT year!