Lock down drill tomorrow

Hello,

We are having our first lock down drill of the school year tomorrow.  We will be very clear explaining that this is a practice drill, much like our fire drills and bus evacuation drills.  This will take place tomorrow afternoon.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Our class is in the middle of a mystery.  Mrs. Smith's class won the Golden Trash Can Award last week and now it has gone missing.  Many kids in the class think that they have seen or heard clues to help us solve the mystery.  One student already thinks he knows where it is.  We'll have to take a look tomorrow to see if he is correct.  I think there are more clues to come.  I was trying to convince the class to work together, rather than work on the mystery separately.  The mysterious note in our read aloud, City of Ember, created many different class factions. They did not share with one another and went to lengths to conceal their discoveries.

The antagonists that were created last night were fantastic!  What originality!  We had villians, suspicious people, robots, creatures, even an evil tissue box.  Great details and some very creative thinking.  Tonight, students need to write a short storyline in which their antagonist will play a role. 

I am usually on top of making sure that kids know why they get days off from school.  We'll discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tomorrow morning when we usually have a spelling test.  Our spelling test will be on Friday, due to the short week.

Have a great night.

Mr. Shea