Day 2! Milkshakes for everyone!??

Well, it seemed like a long shot. When I was asked what the chances are of everyone bringing in all those forms in one day, I said that it wasn't likely that more than two students would return that many forms.  They challenged me with the idea that everyone would bring them in, so I responded with "if all the forms are in after just one day....it'll be milkshakes for everyone - on me!"  Needless to say that not all the forms came in (whew!), but wow, we did get a slew of them this morning.  If your forms have not all been returned, please try to look at Friday as the date they should be in by.  We don't want the collection of these to drag on much longer than that.

Despite the disappointment at lost milkshakes, today seemed to go quite well.  We dove into number talks, math journals, personal journals, summarizing, and main ideas, as well as our time in French, and with Owen in music.  It was a full day, but their stamina is increasing and there were fewer tired looking faces this afternoon.

  

In language we looked at summarizing in three parts (beginning, middle, and end) and identifying the main idea by looking at a short video clip.  Check the link below.  It is powerful, and I made personal connections afterwards for the class to assure them that this type of thing happens for students around the world.  They had a lot to say, and there were some great statements.  The overall idea that we should 'not judge a book by its cover' was shared by a few students, but others went further to talk about how you should never give up, even when things seem difficult, and the discussion went on.  I would say that the class is finding its voice, and that is really promising at this stage of the first week.

I am sending students home with an agenda/notebook today.  It is a way to connect with what your child is doing in class.  I hope to have them write down what they have done each day in it, so you have some connection to the class.  Any notes/reminders needed will also be recorded in there.  If you have any questions, please use this as a  means to send quick notes in to me each day.

Here comes day 3!

The value of school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojatpjPOOEQ