Good evening. I want to apologize for only getting the blog post out this evening. This past week was a bit funky because of some special events that came up during the week that changed our schedule a bit and because we had our first round of sickness with the class. This led me to have to play catch up with kids all week to make up instruction and get everyone in the same place heading into this week. I had to use some of my prep time for meetings and this led to me having less time to get a post done before now. This post will be a bit shorter then usual but I thank you for your understanding in advance.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: This week's Student of the Week is pictured here. This fine young boy is a 1st grader and has three other people in his family. He is 6 years old and has an April birthday. His favorite food is Sushi and he likes to go out to dinner with his family. When he grows up he wants to be a scuba diver. His favorite color is green and his favorite activity is soccer. He also likes to travel with his family.
PUMPKIN CARVING: This past Wednesday, Mrs. Smith's 5th & 6th grade classroom (our buddy class) joined us for some pumpkin carving. These were the pumpkins that were displayed on the Loop Road during Halloween. Each kid partnered up with an older student and created a carving of their own. Mrs. Smith even roasted the seeds for the kids (they enjoyed them on Friday). We will do several activities with our buddy classroom throughout the year.
AUTHOR VISIT: This past week Brian Wray visited our classroom. He is a children's book author and also owner of our local children's bookstore. He read his book Traveling Rose to the class and then introduced the group to the main character (via a puppet). Brian then led the class in a project that taught them how to illustrate characters from book. The kids really enjoyed the visit and meeting a real author.
NOTES:
*Thank you all for volunteering for the Ski and Skate Sale. There was a great uptick in sign ups this past week. I appreciate all of those who could give time to the event.
*Parent Conferences are fast approaching (November 12th & 13th). So far I have 12 of the 16 families signed up. Please use this link to sign up for a conference time.
That is all for now. I hope you all had a great weekend and survived the Halloween events.
Peace,
Mr. Young
