Good Morning All. I am writing this post, from my classroom, and wondering how it is that we are having another snow day. Mother nature has certainly played havoc on our school calendar this year. Today I was going to read a book to the class about the Solar Eclipse, we were going to have an assembly about it too. I didn't want to miss out on reading the book I bought for the event and I also wanted to make sure the kids all got their viewing glasses. So I made the below recording and I am leaving the glasses on a bag outside my exterior door (by the gazebo). Please top by and grab a pair for your child. There are exactly 18 and I ask that you only take one pair. That way every member of the classroom gets a pair. I hope you all enjoy the book.
This week we also worked on writing a counter point to an opinion. I wanted to teach the class how you can disagree with someone without attacking them. The idea being that you use facts to support a counter argument. I started Monday by telling the class that I had a big announcement. I decided that we would be more productive if we cut recess from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. I told them how excited I was about this idea and thought they would really like it. HOWEVER, your children (most of them) didn't particularly agree. So they spent the week trying to convince me otherwise. The one student who thought it was a good idea is writing a piece on why she agrees. We will look to finish these as we start the new week.
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