AIG screening and identification for third graders is still in progress. Parents will be given final results/decisions in either late April or early May.
	Second Semester grades 4/5 testing/identification is in progress. Final results/decisions will be given out in early May.
	Pi and Phi Day for fourth grade AIG math students is on March 13th.

AIG CLASSROOM HAPPENINGS...
Our fourth grade AIG ELA students are wrapping up their study of the mystery genre by writing colorful character sketches of their original, fictional detectives! Look for these daring descriptions soon to be displayed outside the AIG room! They will also write a class mystery story featuring all their sleuths. Copies will come home.

Fourth grade AIG math students completed their algebra unit with their creation of an original Algebra Puzzle Book. Each student created an algebra puzzle and received his/her own copy of the two-class puzzle collection. The students are currently enjoying a study of ancient number systems which will culminate with student-created civilizations, complete with their own unique number systems. Our Arabic decimal system (Base 10) cannot be used. Furthermore, their original systems must be logical and must really work!! Students are also constructing models of their cultures/civilizations. (Your trash has become our treasure1)

Fifth grade ELA students have read and thought their way through many world-class short stories, have laughed and cried through the novelette "Flowers for Algernon" and are now learning about Civil Rights and the "Jim Crow" segregated south vis-a-vis the poignant historical fiction novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Newberry-winning author Mildred Taylor. I call this interdisciplinary unit "From Slavery to the White House" because the students are learning a great deal about our country's history, government and crucial laws/Supreme Court decisions concerning the march to equality for all citizens.

Our fifth grade AIG math students had a blast and bullish day at our IPO Stock Exchange that concluded our study of economics, the stock market and entrepeneurship. The fifth grade AIG math students are now tackling the ambitious Architecture unit with quite an interdisciplinary focus: we're busy studying the history of styles, famous architects, as well as the physics of architecture! We'll conclude our unit with studies of proportion, scale, area and perimeter as we build and blueprint our way to architectural success!

   Yes, as you can see, early Spring finds us "blooming"
               with knowledge, thinking and creativity!

          THE AIG OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER
         HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 919-290-2052.