Hello there! I hope that you had a great Saturday. Loved, loved, loved seeing that sunshine. The game is on as I type. We shall see if Mrs. Gleason is bringing in cupcakes for our class or if I will bringing them into hers. C-mon GRIZ!!!! It was fun to see the kid's spirit on Friday. Write the final score in the planner for Monday and earn kids $10 on Monday.
It is a short week this week. We have school a full day on Monday and a half day on Tuesday. Kids will be dismissed at noon on Tuesday. There will be no fitness club this week.
We will be wrapping up many of our academics in this day and a half. We will finish Unit 2: Going Green in Lead 21. Kids turned in their research for their endangered animals on Friday. We will share those to finish up the unit.
In math, we will finish up with time. I noticed many kids doing a common mistake when finding elapsed time, so we will fix that and then I will allow those that showed this mistake to retake a different version of the test for a better grade. Some kids didn't show any work, so I was not sure where they made mistakes. In class, we talked about this before taking the test. Kids should not be doing problems in their heads in testing situations. Complex multiplication and time problems are easily mixed up. If kids don't show work but still pass...great. But, if they don't show work and fail, then that is where I have issues. A couple of them are kids that I pulled in the hallway for a one on one last week for doing just this thing. They then did it again. I can't help kids unless I can see where or how to help them.
We will be doing a review unit in spelling. There will not be a test at all this week in spelling.
In SS we will finish up our tour of the NE region and in the theme reader.
In CC Meeting, we will talk about being grateful and being thankful.
Caden was our star of the week this last week. He shared many medals and trophies with us. He also shared some of his favorite things. You can tell that he has a lot to be proud of and that he is! Rightly so!!! Thanks for sharing with us Caden!
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On Friday, we got together with Mrs. Auch's class and took hurricanes a step farther. We made origami hurricanes. We located the eye, eye wall, and feeder bands. The kids had a great time. We made ours first, and then we helped Mrs. Auch's class make theirs. I will be honest, this was the best this activity has ever gone. I LOVE this group of kids!!!!
The kids ended Friday with Miss. Jennifer's delicious birthday cookies. Many went back for seconds! I know she made some serious cash! Happy Birthday Jen!!!!
A happy upcoming birthday to Coewyn tomorrow! He did pre-orders for his treats coming on Monday. I hope both birthday kids have fun celebrating this weekend!
Speaking of birthdays, the summer birthday crew has been on me to get them their birthday celebration date. Well, their constant reminding paid off. Off to the right, they can find their day that we will celebrate them and their birthday. Kids are welcome to bring in treats on that day. If that day doesn't work, just let me know and it is totally flexible. Caden and McLean...if you want it on the same day that is fine too. Just did them on separate ones just in case. Again, flexible.
Kids also ended the day with our fun reward coupon buy in. Due to their awesome choices with the substitute on Thursday, I awarded each student with a $500 bill. They could use it for a coupon or save it. I know each student was able to buy at least one coupon to enjoy. Many bought more than one, and two bought and bought and bought! It pays to save sometimes. I loved seeing all of them see their hard work come to life. It will be fun to see them use them whenever they want.
Lastly, I leave you with some pictures from last week. In spelling, kids went on the computers to complete an online crossword puzzle and word sort. They had to listen to the sounds of the words and sort them into categories by the sounds they heard. When finished, we used them to finish up those endangered species research reports.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!
Ms. Erickson
