I hope you have all had a great week. It has certainly been a crazy week with our regular schedule and a few additional things thrown in to keep us on our toes. On Wednesday, the Valley Fire Department came to visit our classroom. The four firefighters talked to the class about fire safety, the importance of smoke detectors, and demonstrated what a fire-person would look like with all of their equipment on. At the end of the presentation they handed out firefighter hats to everyone. Let's just say 18 kids running around the room making fire engine sounds made me feel like I had to put out a fire of my own.
On Thursday, the school met for a morning assembly and were introduced to the Compass Cup. The students were divided up into four teams, north, east, west, and south, and will be in these teams for a few weeks. As students get their We Rock tickets they are placing them in their team jar. The team with the most points at the end of the contest will win the compass cup.
On Wednesday, we started our participation in the Global Read-A-Loud. We are teaming up with a school from Canada called The Study School. The Study School is a leading Canadian private education all-girls school in Westmount, Quebec. Girls can attend from Kindergarten through to grade 11. The school was founded in 1915, by a young Englishwoman named Margaret Gascoigne. This year we will be reading books by Amy Rosenthal. This week we read the book Chopsticks. Each week we will connect with our friends in Canada via Google Hangouts and chat about the book we read. Below is a video explaining what the Global Read A Loud is all about.
Notes:
*Your child has their Weekly News journal in their homework bag.
*Each student has a Time For Kids Magazine in their homework bag. This magazine was used during reading groups today and can stay at home.
I hope you have a great week.
Peace,
Tommy
