Hello,
We won't be having a big party to end the week. We will do some fun activities at the end of the day, however. Please don't bring any sweets in for these activities. Our class policy on sweets and snacks hasn't changed. I'm asking you to get permission before showing up with a couple dozen cupcakes or treats. I felt badly that I had to send a little one home with a box of cookies to bring back home last week, but I need to put my foot down. We have varying diets in the class, and I don't think that it is fair to put them on the spot, every time someone brings in some homemade goodies.
We're working on a little review and a little symmetry this week in math. Just a little break from fractions before we jump back into them in January.
We shared writing topics today. Quite a change from this time last year. What is your child writing about?
Tiger beat Arctic Hare today by one vote. Every vote counts! The Tiger made the finals for the second year in a row. We'll see if it can top the winner of tomorrow's Sumatran Rhino - Fennec Fox match up. Some took today's loss hard. It is nice to see them put their heart into their work, just sad when it doesn't pay off.
Thanks for reading,
Mr. Shea
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
Long time, no blog
Hello,
No basketball tonight, so I'm here welcoming any blog readers back. Sorry for the disappearance. It is a tough time from mid November to mid December.
We have been approved to go on a March field trip to the Challenger Center in Bangor. They have a great website, if you'd like to google it and check it out. I think the kids can tell that I am really psyched up to go. We have some prep work to do for it and we've already started with some communication activities. Ask your child what we have done so far to work on clear, concise directions, both written and oral. Part of the communication puzzle is also listening and reading carefully. That has also been part of our work.
We have been conducting daily elections on this year's class World Wildlife symbolic adoption. Tomorrow we will decide between the Fennec Fox and the Narwhal. That winner will join the Tiger, the Arctic Hare and the Sumatran Rhino in the the final four. We learned a lot about the Crocodile and the Emerald Hummingbird today, so it was sad to see them go.
We've been learning cribbage in class these past three weeks. I hope you've played either cribbage or 99 recently. These games are the ticket to faster and more accurate addition. We could use another cribbage board or two in the classroom if you have an old one lying around that doesn't get much use. I thought we might do a little tourney at some point this year.
I have pleased with the adding and subtracting of fractions lately. We're getting the hang of it. I'm not really looking forward to fraction multiplication and division coming up so soon. We may need a fraction break first. I'll see what I can do.
Homework club and Guitar club are both a green light this week. No hoop for me until the 26th.
Thanks for reading. I'll try again tomorrow!
Mr. Shea
No basketball tonight, so I'm here welcoming any blog readers back. Sorry for the disappearance. It is a tough time from mid November to mid December.
We have been approved to go on a March field trip to the Challenger Center in Bangor. They have a great website, if you'd like to google it and check it out. I think the kids can tell that I am really psyched up to go. We have some prep work to do for it and we've already started with some communication activities. Ask your child what we have done so far to work on clear, concise directions, both written and oral. Part of the communication puzzle is also listening and reading carefully. That has also been part of our work.
We have been conducting daily elections on this year's class World Wildlife symbolic adoption. Tomorrow we will decide between the Fennec Fox and the Narwhal. That winner will join the Tiger, the Arctic Hare and the Sumatran Rhino in the the final four. We learned a lot about the Crocodile and the Emerald Hummingbird today, so it was sad to see them go.
We've been learning cribbage in class these past three weeks. I hope you've played either cribbage or 99 recently. These games are the ticket to faster and more accurate addition. We could use another cribbage board or two in the classroom if you have an old one lying around that doesn't get much use. I thought we might do a little tourney at some point this year.
I have pleased with the adding and subtracting of fractions lately. We're getting the hang of it. I'm not really looking forward to fraction multiplication and division coming up so soon. We may need a fraction break first. I'll see what I can do.
Homework club and Guitar club are both a green light this week. No hoop for me until the 26th.
Thanks for reading. I'll try again tomorrow!
Mr. Shea
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