Cute wins

Hello,

I hope everyone was able to scrape their way into their vehicles this morning and get where they needed to go safely. It was a quick day, but at least one that we don't have to do in late June.

In WWF voting, the trend continued: the cutest animal has won every contest. You may not think moose are cute, but next to a hammerhead shark, they are like Shirley Temple, albeit with a potbelly and antlers. Today the red panda crushed (Aiden's favorite word) the anaconda, 18-4. In the koala vs. red-eyed tree frog match, the tree frog fans begged me not to show a koala picture because of the cute factor. They were then very happy that I showed it after seeing the close-up of the koala because it looked like an unshaven version of my Uncle Frank with a big schnozz. Uncle Frank lost 17-5. I'd like to believe that today's winning animals won because Kipp and Morgan got up in front of the class and taught us a little about these animals, but the fact remains: cute is undefeated.

Wonder, our read aloud, is bringing up lots of good topics for discussion. The kids brought in some fantastic precepts, some funny, some very serious. We talked about the effect of report cards. I told them about getting my first B in science, and from then on believing that I wasn't good in science. I was very clear with the class that I don't want to have that type of influence on them. They can become or do whatever they want in life, it will just take hard work. I hope they feel safe to come to me with any questions on their grades, which are just my opinion on where they are right now. I hope you all dare to question me as well.

We learned today that Snow Biz, the musical, will be performed for the whole school tomorrow at 9:30.  I look forward to seeing the performances, but we will have another no math day.  There is always a trade off.  Ms. Feigner and I are going to try to squeeze in twenty minutes for the students not part of the production. On a side note, I've been singing, "There's no business, like snow business..." but apparently that song isn't part of the show.

I've got a basketball game to get to.

Have a good night.

Mr. Shea