Today we have another guest blogger - Lilja! She has decided to tell us a wonderful sneak preview of her next story in writing!
In writing I am going to write about uninvited guests.Itis about a girl named Alison who has a mythical creature for a pet.His name is Zingbot.Zingbot is very generous with ideas and always tries to cheer up Alison.One day an evil spirit comes. Alisons brother is sure he saw the door knob move.He hears breathing and a grunt and knows right away that there is an evil spirit.Alison,her brother,her dad, and Zingbot hide in a closet until the evil spirit goes away.The next time the evil spirit comes the first thing he sees is Alison.Zingbot leaps in front the evil spirit and sacrafices himself to save Alison.Then he comes back as a ghost,still as nice as before.Then the evil spirit comes again.
Have your student write down the name of the guest blogger for a bonus tomorrow! :)
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Guest Blogger: Julia
I hope every one did great on they're final draft - Julia
If your student writes the name of the guest blogger in their planner they will get a special bonus! :)
If your student writes the name of the guest blogger in their planner they will get a special bonus! :)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
We Need Your Help!
Our class needs your help with an amazing donation incentive brought to us by Donorschoose.org. For those of you unfamiliar with the site (please visit it, it's AMAZING) it is a non-profit website geared toward people donating money to classroom projects submitted by the teacher for things that the classroom needs or wants.
Donors Choose is starting an AMAZING incentive program where people (like you generous folks!) may go online and purchase a gift card for a future project for our classroom (and I have about 2 in the works). Here is where it gets even better - now through October 15th, DonorsChoose will DOUBLE your contribution if you enter the code word PUMPKIN in at check out! That can make a HUGE impact on our class and provide a huge benefit throughout our school.
If you are interested in supporting our class, please visit this link: http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/381550 and don't forget to enter the word PUMPKIN in at check out.
Thanks in advance for your continued support of our classroom!
Donors Choose is starting an AMAZING incentive program where people (like you generous folks!) may go online and purchase a gift card for a future project for our classroom (and I have about 2 in the works). Here is where it gets even better - now through October 15th, DonorsChoose will DOUBLE your contribution if you enter the code word PUMPKIN in at check out! That can make a HUGE impact on our class and provide a huge benefit throughout our school.
If you are interested in supporting our class, please visit this link: http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/381550 and don't forget to enter the word PUMPKIN in at check out.
Thanks in advance for your continued support of our classroom!
Monday, October 8, 2012
Talking, talking, TALKING
Well students are chatting constantly. It's not only frustrating for me as a teacher, but it is unfair to the classmates in our room who are doing what is expected who are getting their learning time taken away.
Students in P4 are having a hard time understanding not to correct me and other students, especially while I am talking. Now, we all make mistakes, of course, but it is important that students are learning to say things in a positive way and not rudely.
This is something we are going to be working on a lot in our room this week and this year in general. Learning appropriate ways to talk to other human beings is an important life skill to have a successful future.
I appreciate those families who have a talk with their students about how to talk with other people to say things in a positive way and to give helpful criticism instead of being "bossy" or "rude".
Thank you for your support at home.
Students in P4 are having a hard time understanding not to correct me and other students, especially while I am talking. Now, we all make mistakes, of course, but it is important that students are learning to say things in a positive way and not rudely.
This is something we are going to be working on a lot in our room this week and this year in general. Learning appropriate ways to talk to other human beings is an important life skill to have a successful future.
I appreciate those families who have a talk with their students about how to talk with other people to say things in a positive way and to give helpful criticism instead of being "bossy" or "rude".
Thank you for your support at home.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Guest Blogger: Ben
Thursday we
had P.E. We went outside to the field to play soccer.
- Ben C.
- Ben C.
Have students write the name of the guest blogger in their planner for a bonus on Monday!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Class Store Donations Welcome!
A big thank you to those families who have so generously donated materials for our class store! The kids are going to be SO excited and it is a great way to pass on toys or small items (books, pencils, pens, etc) that are no longer being used at your house!
The class store is scheduled for this Friday but students are going to have to EARN the right to participate and have the class store. Right now, with a change in schedule due to MAP testing, students haven't been on their best behaviors. Sleepiness, forgetting items at home, not listening to directions and ALL the talking has been getting in the way of our learning. If we are losing time for learning, we are losing time for the more fun things as well. Some students don't even have money at this point for our class store because with bad behavior and poor choices come fines.
My hope is that students can improve behaviors and earn the chance for the class store so it doesn't have to be rescheduled.
I appreciate the families that are having a frank conversation with their students about the expectations while they are at school as well as appropriate behavior. Thanks for your support both at school and at home.
The class store is scheduled for this Friday but students are going to have to EARN the right to participate and have the class store. Right now, with a change in schedule due to MAP testing, students haven't been on their best behaviors. Sleepiness, forgetting items at home, not listening to directions and ALL the talking has been getting in the way of our learning. If we are losing time for learning, we are losing time for the more fun things as well. Some students don't even have money at this point for our class store because with bad behavior and poor choices come fines.
My hope is that students can improve behaviors and earn the chance for the class store so it doesn't have to be rescheduled.
I appreciate the families that are having a frank conversation with their students about the expectations while they are at school as well as appropriate behavior. Thanks for your support both at school and at home.
Monday, October 1, 2012
First Class Store Coming Friday
October is already here - wow is this year going by quickly!
Today was a rough day for behaviors in the classroom overall. Our class has a LOT of personality which makes things difficult to contain all of that personality in a positive way. After our math MAP test behavior wasn't great at all. We had a chat in class about following expectations and hopefully tomorrow will be better. Please help emphasize at home the importance of listening to instructions the FIRST time and respecting others by not interrupting while they are talking, since those are both common concerns in our class.
This week we start music and art, which is super exciting! We also have our reading MAP test on Thursday so make sure students are well rested and well fed that day.
Friday will be our first class store for students who have been participating well during class this week. If you have any small items to donate to our class store that would be greatly appreciated! Some examples are erasers, pencils, small toys, stuffed animals, etc. Anything kids would get excited about, especially large packs of stuff from the Dollar Store are always good hits with the class! :) We would love any extra support from home and can't wait to see what you send in! The kids are SUPER excited for Friday's store.
Thanks for keeping in touch with our virtual classroom!
Today was a rough day for behaviors in the classroom overall. Our class has a LOT of personality which makes things difficult to contain all of that personality in a positive way. After our math MAP test behavior wasn't great at all. We had a chat in class about following expectations and hopefully tomorrow will be better. Please help emphasize at home the importance of listening to instructions the FIRST time and respecting others by not interrupting while they are talking, since those are both common concerns in our class.
This week we start music and art, which is super exciting! We also have our reading MAP test on Thursday so make sure students are well rested and well fed that day.
Friday will be our first class store for students who have been participating well during class this week. If you have any small items to donate to our class store that would be greatly appreciated! Some examples are erasers, pencils, small toys, stuffed animals, etc. Anything kids would get excited about, especially large packs of stuff from the Dollar Store are always good hits with the class! :) We would love any extra support from home and can't wait to see what you send in! The kids are SUPER excited for Friday's store.
Thanks for keeping in touch with our virtual classroom!
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