Staff meeting

Hello,

We had our first after school staff meeting of the year.  It sure leads to lots of discussions afterwards. Once again, I apologize for getting this out late.

Our class had a pretty good day. We used place value chips in math.  I asked questions like, "What does 23 tens equal?"  We have quite a span of skills in the class, but I'm confident that we'll all be improving.

It was our off library day, so we only had a quick book exchange.

In our read aloud, The City of Ember, (extra copies available if parents want to read along) we met Lina's grandmother and sister.  This book gets good fast.

We read an article on volcanoes in our National Geographic Explorers.  The Explorers come in different reading levels, so students could choose where they felt comfortable.  We wrote a few vocabulary words in our notebooks, including geology.  Does your child know what that means?

We have a class continent song champion.  I'll play it as we arrive in class every day for a couple of weeks and that will be all it takes.  Continents taught. Thank you to all contenders.

I told a little story about chucking food behind the refrigerator when I was a kid. I don't remember how it came up, but I thought I should give you a heads up in case your child finishes dinner quicker than usual.

I'm going to be out tomorrow afternoon. I will be going to a funeral, but won't be leaving until 1:00. It will give our class an opportunity to be responsible for a substitute.  I hope they rise to the challenge.  I worked on the lesson plans with Ms. Hill, our student teacher.  Ms. Hill will be here to assist during the afternoon as well.

Thanks for reading.

Mr. Shea