Sorting Day

Hello,

The sorting of the new class of Harry Potter Book club members went really well.  We had some over-excited kids, but on the whole I was pleased. 

Some of the lists that students came up with last night were fantastic.  Elements, army ranks, materials needed to build a house... I was impressed.  I also liked some of the suggestions that they made to make school a better place.  Many of them have already been suggested to management.  I appreciate the thought that went into these assignments.

After 2 days, we have read twenty Roald Dahl books as a class.  Is your child on the board yet?  The Enormous Crocodile is only thirty-two mostly illustrated pages.  No excuse to end the week with nothing checked off after your name. 

A couple months ago I invited parents to come in and join their kids for lunch in our new dining hall.  Now I'd like anyone interested to come in and enjoy a lunchtime recess.  We have a really nice new playground and a large amount of energetic children.  Any day from 11:15 to 11:40, the fourth grade is hard at play.  No appointment necessary.

We played a little Grammar Ninja this afternoon.  We are a lot better picking out nouns, verbs, and adjectives in isolation than in the context of real sentences.  It reminded me of a lot of math instruction.  We often teach things in isolation and then wonder why they don't recognize it in real world situations.  It is a good lesson to remind ourselves.

Library tomorrow.  Remember your books.

Have a good night,

Mr. Shea