1. Welcome Back to School! Bridge Valley Elementary PEn 2015-2016

2. Contact Information Mrs. Laurie Brown: lbrown@cbsd.org Bridge Valley M/T/W Thursday PM Buckingham Thurs AM and Friday 267-893-3700 x1488 Mrs. Sharon Wetzel: swetzel@cbsd.org Doyle-Tuesday AM and Thursday PM Bridge Valley-T/W/Th 267-893-1853

3. CONFERENCES  Individual GIEP at annual date  Parental request – phone or in-person meetings  Because we are meeting individually for GIEPs this year, I will most likely not be attending conferences.  6 th Grade transition GIEP meetings in June

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  October Walking Tour

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. Interested in Volunteering?  New state mandate for volunteers  CB is asking all volunteers/chaperones to submit background checks prior to volunteering  Good for 5 years  See more info. at http://www.cbsd.org/Page/355 http://www.cbsd.org/Page/355

9. YOU ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAM ! IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL CONNECTIONS TO OUR UNITS PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

10. 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