Wednesday

Hi parents,

We had a really great day today! Our morning was mostly spent rehearsing for the Winter Concert, eating snack, and going outside for gym. The students had a bit of time to work on their Days of Christmas books, as well as spelling and math.

This week's math is kind of a review of all the things we've looked at this year. I made a point of giving a mix of both addition and subtraction problems, to teach students to look carefully at each problem and determine whether it is a + or - sign before they get started. I've tricked a lot of them already.

We had some great class discussions today about being polite and waiting your turn. Some students acted out what it looks like when their classmates interrupt them, and I think that helped the message sink in. I think there were only about 3 interruptions for the whole rest of the day!

In the afternoon, the students did Daily 5, and then the class learned about the objects they observed yesterday from the MuseoKit. We talked about some of the ways that school is different now than it was 100 years ago. I'm going to ask the students to create venn diagrams to show their ideas tomorrow. Unfortunately, we hadn't learned what venn diagrams are yet, so at the end of the day, they tried making venn diagrams to show how they are similar to and different from one of their classmates.     

Vin Diagram

Winter Concert!

Tomorrow is the big day - it's our Winter Concert! Remember that there is also a daytime show at 9:30am. For the evening show, please try to arrive around 5:40pm, because it usually takes a little while to get the students organized before the show begins. Also, because the Winter Concert is such a spectacular event, I usually encourage students to wear their fanciest clothes. 

Have a nice night,

Zac