To help the class work on our talking issue I also added a component to our behavior system. Each child has an owl in the tree. If they are talking out of turn they are asked to put their owl in the green nest ($50 fine). If talking again, they move to the blue next ($50 fine again). If they still haven't figured it out, they fly to my desk. If this happens there is an additional $100 fine and they are automatically out of the Fun Friday Activity. Unfortunately, this happened to one little owl today. The good news is if they are able to have self control and stay in the tree, they can earn $20 a day!!! That is $100 a week for making good choices!!!! We had 10 of those today! Wow!!! Great Job! Ask your child where there owl ended up today. Write tree, green basket, blue basket, OR teacher's desk in the planner for a $20 bonus tomorrow. They start fresh each day! It's a new day tomorrow!!!
Tonight, kids are coming home with two things. One is their homework. It is a math and spelling page. I noticed that kids are not putting commas in large numbers correctly. So, the math page is practicing starting at the back of the number, counting up three places, and putting a comma. We practiced in class saying this rhyme. One, two, three, comma please. We did two together in class. They seemed ready to go! The spelling is a review from last week and some of this week. All students are responsible for doing both sheets. Please look over them tonight with your child.
The second piece of information is a return slip that needs your attention tonight and returned tomorrow. Those that do, will earn $50. On it, you will find information on three topics: Heritage Day next Friday: Kids may bring in their favorite meal or dessert to share with the class (Totally awesome if it is a recipe that has been past down from generations). My reading class is learning about heritage, ancestors, and generations. All kids may participate if they want. Please also fill out the recipe card by Friday and return to school for a class book. Topic 2: The Journey of Fallen Rock book. Man the kids are pumped about this book. Many wanted to read more than Ch. 1 today when I stopped. Please send in the $4 needed to cover the cost of your child keeping their signed copy by Friday. Super cool!!!! Last topic: NILE field trip. It is on October 17th in the afternoon. There is no cost to attend, however kids must pay $500 of their fake money to get on the bus!!! Hopefully all are able to do that. I won't collect that money until we get closer to the departure date. We have 2 more upcoming field trips in October as well. More on that later.
We finished up our Ewww Gross Apple Lab in Science today, and let me tell ya it truly was Ewww GROSS!!!! As you can see in the pictures above, Jar B had mold on it and stunk!!!! Jar A had virtually no change. The conclusion: Jar B had mold due to the bacteria on the kids hands when we passed it around on day one. We did not pass apples in Jar A. The germs from their hands spread to the apple. The point: this is why we wash our hands BEFORE we eat our food. GROSS!!!!!
Happy Birthday to Sebastian and Ali!!!!! We sure enjoyed the chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles Sebastian! Thanks! (And don't worry guys, I promise I will have your candy bars on your desk tomorrow!!!!)
Have a wonderful night!
Today, READ 180 and System 44 classes started. If your child goes out of my class for reading, spelling, and language they will no longer write what we write in the daily planner. They will fill out those areas with Mrs. Betts. They will also NOT be taking the weekly test with us, as they will have their own spelling words in their new class.
