Monday

Hi parents,

We started this week off on a pretty good note today! As I mentioned in my last rant / blog post, this week will probably feel a bit stricter than usual, because I'm really cracking down on the class and making sure everyone is following the expectations. I've even threatened to send home homework if necessary.... Usually the threat of homework is enough to get students working though.

In the morning, the class wrote in their journals. This week, we talked a bit about 'adjectives', and I was incredibly happy to hear that many of the students already knew what an adjective was! I challenged the students to include at least one adjective in their writing.

The students went to Music in the morning, and then I gave some math lessons. This week, we are looking into "fill-in-the-blank" addition problems, which from my experience, are always way more challenging for students than you'd expect. The problems we've looked at so far follow the format: " 7 + __ = 16" for example. We talked about how there are a few ways to work through these, including counting up using a number line, or solving "16 - 7" to determine the difference.

In the afternoon, the students had Daily 5, Gym, and more work time. 

One of my goals for the class for this week is to collectively lower our volume. So, several times today, we met at the carpet and just practiced talking in quiet voices. 

Please remember to pay for our upcoming Art Felting activity, if you haven't already done so!

Have a great night,

Zac