Good Evening,
I hope this finds you are all well and coming off a fun weekend. My wife and I took in the HU soccer games this weekend and then spent some time with friends which I always find rejuvenating. Last week was such a fun week at school and here are the highlights.
Wants and Needs! We continue to talk about these things with our focus on Financial Literacy. This week we continued to talk about the Bunny in Spend It. As I mentioned last week, the bunny gets paid in carrots. The kids worked in teams of two to solve addition and subtraction problems. For each one they got right they were paid a carrot. Some kids earned them all, some kids rushed and didn't notice the subtraction sign and didn't earn as much money. The groups then used their carrots to buy items from the toy store. Kids realized they didn't have enough to buy a rocket and would have to earn more carrots. This week's discussion ended with what kids should do with their leftover carrots (their change). We also read Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst. We will use this book for a project this week.
I used Halloween to focus on a fun writing project. The students each got a head shot of Mrs. V. and I. They then had to draw a picture of what they thought we should each be for Halloween. Then they taped our heads to the costumes and some colored them in. The kids finished by writing a paragraph about their designs. The other writing days focused on using voice with characters and bringing stories alive. It is great to see some of the self editing that is happening.
NOTES:
*I will be sending home book flyers for an order that will arrive before the December break. I want to talk with the company to assure the shipping delivery time. Look for those flyers in your child's bag.
*The biking unit (in PE class is over), please leave all mountain bike stuff at home.
*This is a great time of year to go through your child's backpack and clean it out. You will soon be stuffing them with winter gear and the room will be needed. Please label all of your kids hats, gloves, mittens, and boots. Your wallet will thank you!
*The homework bags were not sent home over the weekend.
*CONFERENCES: The parent conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (for my class). Please be on time for your conference. I will make sure mine end promptly to allow you to get to the next one (if needed). There will be no additional times offered for make up conferences.
I hope you all have a great week.
Peace,
Mr. Young
