Monday

Hello,

If you hadn't heard yet, we had quite an episode outside our door on Friday.  Please ask your child about it and if you have any further questions, I am available.

Our class has been voting on animals to see which one we will "adopt" through the WWF's adoption program.  Today the dugong, emerald hummingbird and the jaguar won over the cheetah, emporer penguin and koala.  Tomorrow we will vote on the macaw vs. Mexican gray wolf, polar bear vs. pygmy elephant, and the red panda vs. the snowy owl.  Any child that does some research is allowed to get up and speak on behalf of the animal that they researched.  Researched animals are undefeated thus far.  It pays to speak up.

We will have a short spelling test on Thursday.  I didn't want to kill the routine that it took so long to get into.  Students have a limited word list this week.  Homework will also be limited.  I'm trying to listen to the parents telling me how busy a season this is.  Take some time to enjoy it.

I believe the math classes decided to not give homework this week as well.  Since I am a rule breaker, I gave out a weekly challenge.  It is a repeat of a puzzle that we have done before, and it reinforces our study of arrays, multiplication and area.  I couldn't resist.

Have a good night.  I'm off to see the fifth grade band concert.  I don't get to see my students from last year very often, so I'm going to take advantage.

Thanks for reading,

Mr. Shea