Well, I hoped you all survived the Halloween week as well as the countless viruses and colds that are circulating amongst our community. As promised, Monday had us looking at the celebration of Halloween. The students all wrote about some of the traditions they all participate in around the day itself. I did show the students the video I made of all of their costumes (see below)
Next Friday will be Veterans' Day. This week we started talking about this day and why we celebrate it. The students are all making an informational booklet to share with you at home. We finished that up today and it will be sent home next Friday. Next week the students will each make a card for a Veteran and we will send them out to Veterans to thank them for their service. If you have a Veteran that you would like a card sent to, please send me their name and address and we will mail it. We will have 18 cards to send out. I am also going to teach the kids how to use social media to send the card out to Veterans around the country. It should be fun to track.This week's writing class focused on using capital letters, ending punctuation and commas. Students continue to edit, complete and write new small moment stories. I will show you some of their work during our parent conference times.
Math class had the 1st graders focused on fact fluency, doubles facts, and complements of 10 and 20. Through the use of dominoes, dice, and 10 and 20 sticks, the kid shad a variety of ways to practice their fact fluency. The 2nd graders focused on expanded notation, place value and a couple of games involing place value trades.A quick word from Ms. Belknap's guidance class focus: "I am just finishing a unit on Emotions Matter. Students enjoyed learning more about how bodily sensations match their feelings. Next, we will learn more about Community, Safety, and Climate. Finally, we will revisit the classroom charters and discuss how our emotions impact the group. Try to incorporate the Meta-Moment or Mood Meter at least 1x per week.
NOTES:
*Parent Conferences are next week. Please make sure you are on time for your conference. Mine are stacked back to back so their isn't much flexibility to add or make up time.
*I was talking to the kids today about the boys Harwood Soccer team and the fact that they are in the state championship game tomorrow. If you are free around 10:00 am, head up to South Burlington High School as the team takes on Montpelier.
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great weekend.
Peace,
Mr. Young
