Hi there. Make sure to view the pictures on the post below. Once I put them on, I couldn't type around them. Weird. So I have two posts today.
We met our 2nd grade buddies today for the first time. We interviewed each other and the 4th graders helped their buddies to write with capital letters, correct spelling, and nice handwriting. We will be helping them out each week on Thursday mornings.
In CC meeting today, we talked about what a surprised face looks like. That is Rusty's feeling of the week. Kids helped me draw in mine. They gave him surprised eyes, nose, eyebrows, mouth, ears, hands and feet. They also drew their own in their CC journals. We then talked about why he might be surprised. The answers were great: someone scared him, he won the lottery, there was an act of violence, he just got an awesome gift, and so on. I then steered the conversation to what if it was Mr. Surprised Man's friend that surprised him, and that it was the friend doing something mean to him. We talked in length about when our friends act out of character, it is not our fault and that we should not take things personal when people we love act different. Instead, we should ask them why they are acting differently, offer to help, and if they don't want our help, we need to let it go and let them solve the problem. There are so many times that we want to take on other people's problems. We need to just listen to others, offer advise, and then wait for results. Once again, an awesome lesson in Character Education!
We made our SE flashcards in class today. I also showed the class three new games I put on the blog to help practice all 50 states and capitals. When we have indoor recess, I always notice that kids love to do my USA puzzles. On the right of this blog, under Ms. Erickson's favorite websites, there is a game that allows kids to put together the USA puzzle online. It is challenging!!! Love it. Please allow kids time on the computer/phone to play these games when possible. There are also some of my other favorites, especially multiplication ones. Kids know not to pick the easy levels like 0-2s. They already know these facts. They need to work on 6-8s right now. The grades are not going as well on these speed tests lately.
In an earlier post, I said that midterms come home tomorrow. I was mistaken. That is for high school. SO...if you want to see your kiddos grades thus far you can go online. If you need the paperwork on how to do this, please stop in at the office. You will need your child's password. Again, the office takes care of this one. Midterms don't come home for a few more weeks. Thanks.
Lastly, please remember that if you want to participate in the secret project it is due next Monday. I only have three at this time: Kayla, Tyson's, and Olivia's. They sure are going to be surprised!!! Yay!
Have a wonderful night. Homework is Math review #9.
