Author: Andria Hall

A.I.G. at O.G.

Issue 1

October Issue

Oak Grove Elementary School

Inside this issue:

What’s New
Remind 101
What are we doing? / S
Growth Mindset

Is it fall already?!?!

Hello!!
I hope all is well! Our students have been busy like little bees lately! Things that are coming up will be classroom spelling bees, and our first AIG outing (more information to come). If you are interested in being on the AIG Partnership Committee, please feel out the flyer and return to school ASAP. It’s a group strictly for parents to meet and think of ways to enhance our AIG program. More information is located on the flyer. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me!
Ms. Hall
AIG Facilitator
919.560.3723
Andria.hall@dpsnc.net

Interested in being Part of the Parent
Partnership Committee?
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Sign up for Remind 101!!
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A. I. G. at O. G.

Oak Grove Elementary School
3810 Wake Forest Hwy.
Durham, N.C. 27703
Principal: Aisha Howard
Assistant Principal: Jennifer Halsey

A.I.G. Coordinator: Andria Hall
Phone: 919.560.3723
E-mail: andria.hall@dpsnc.net

Excellence is Our Expectation! We Won’t Settle for Anything Less!

http://www.oakgrove.dpsnc.net/
AIG info is located under Parent Info

Second Grade:
We have been working on creating a brochure on Wyoming that includes state facts, history, and animals. They researched the information themselves using pre chosen websites. They have also read the first chapter of the novel Stone Fox. Stone Fox will be the basis of the literature work for the next few weeks. In math second graders have been working on third grade fraction skills. They are able to identify the numerator and denominator as well as determine the fraction amount within a group. They are currently finishing a fraction booklet which will be on display on the AIG board in the main hallway.
Fourth Grade:
We have finished Number the Star and will be moving on to poetry. We will be determining the theme and structure of poems by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson etc. In math students have worked on a place value project in which they had to use their knowledge of numbers to prepare for a party. They worked with rounding, comparing, ordering, and saying larger numbers (up to millions). This project lead to a discussion about decimals (a fifth grade skill). Now students are working on multiplying and dividing larger numbers.
Fifth Grade:
We have been working on finishing Maniac Magee. 5th grade has been doing an awesome job on literature circles. Their discussions and questions about the text have been AMAZING. I plan for us to finish the book before Thanksgiving, have a socratic seminars, and book projects. In math we have been working on decimals and applying that knowledge to gas prices.

Benefits of a Growth Mindset

Enjoy Life, Even When You’re Not Good At It
“This is a wonderful feature of the growth mindset. You don’t have to think you’re already great at something to want to do it and to enjoy doing it.” – Dweck1
Since your focus is on doing and learning cool stuff, while not caring about success or achievements, it is much easier to enjoy doing whatever it is you’re doing. Never painted in your life? Who cares! Drink a bottle of wine with some friends, pick up a paint set at a nearby dollar store, and give it a try. The fixed mindset would make you shun from doing this, knowing that your painting will ‘suck’ and be ’embarrassing’. The growth mindset says “who cares?” and lets you enjoy yourself.
“The growth mindset does allow people to love what they’re doing – and continue to love it in the face of difficulties. … The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.” – Dweck2