I hope those of you that had some time off were able to enjoy it and were able to spend time doing things that made you smile or allowed you to feel rested. The students have been excited to share details of their break. Instead of having the students write to you in their Weekly News (this week), I am having them write to me about their winter break. So, you will not see them in your child's bag over the weekend.
This week 1st grade math had the students looking at 3 dimensional shapes, their names, and characteristics. We specifically focused on cubes, cones, spheres, rectangular prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and triangular prisms and the characteristics of these shapes. We will wrap up our geometry unit at the end of next week. The 2nd graders continued to focus on money, making traders and making change. They are really engaged with the hands on learning that comes with this focus.
We started a new science unit focusing on the 3 States of Matter. I will spend 10 lessons teaching the science concepts and then 5 lessons connecting it to the sugaring process. We may try and go to a sugar house as a field trip. If this comes to fruition, I may be looking for some drivers. More to come on that.
I wanted to let all of you know that I will miss the last week of March and the 1st few days of April. A few weeks back, I was contacted by Project Harmony and asked if I would go to Serbia to focus on some educational and basketball discussions/learning. After meeting with Kaiya and Dr. Mike, I was given the green light to take advantage of this opportunity. Zach Smithwood will be the substitute for the whole time. He knows the class well and will be able to execute very detailed lesson plans. I just wanted to give everyone the heads up.
 |
| Health Class Started This Semester |
NOTES
*You children may tell you differently, but they will need a coat/fleece for any outdoor time until the temperature goes above 40 degrees. Boots are a must until all of the snow and mud is gone. If kids don;t have them, they will go outside but will have to stay in areas that prevent mud from covering their sneakers.
*Please send in a pair of sneakers for you children to wear each day. They can leave them here. I sent them all home over break.
*Thank you all who were able to take time to vote on the school budget this year. However you voted, I am appreciative to all of those who took the time to vote!
That is all for now. I hope you all have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
