Wednesday thoughts

Hello,

We are finished with our six hours of allotted testing time.  Many kids were able to finish.  Ten kids still have work to do, but we'll have to wait and see when computers are available since third grade starts their tests tomorrow.  We had an unfortunate system malfunction this morning which cost us about a half hour of time. Students were very glad later in the afternoon to find that most of their work had been saved. Some had visions of losing their prior work, but no one had to redo any more than one question.  I think three or four more kids would have completed their testing if not for that break down.

Tomorrow should see things get back to normal.  Students may get pulled to finish testing at any time, but we'll go on with our regular schedule regardless.  We'll have math class in the morning, and lots of biome work otherwise.  I'm hoping to have our biome museums up and running on Friday. Most of the dioramas are finished and many of the accompanying posters are in production.

The book sale was set up in the lobby this morning.  Kids will get a preview tomorrow and then a chance to purchase on Friday and most of next week.

Harry Potter club has been meeting at lunch time all week.  We'll finally finish the movie tomorrow. We had some discussion about a fifth grade club. I didn't do that last year, (sabbatical) but maybe we will for next year.

We've had lots of absences since April break.  We need to end on a strong note, so let's get healthy and stay healthy. These beautiful days are rough ones to have to deal with sicknesses.  I hope we can get everyone back on their feet soon.

Have a good night,

Mr. Shea