Monday

Hi parents,

We had a nice day today, but I was sorry to see so many empty seats! I wish the speediest recoveries to our many students who were feeling under the weather today. The class felt a bit lonely today, although it was undoubtedly quieter than usual.

In the morning, the students wrote in their weekend journals and practiced spelling words. We went over last week's math problems together as a class, and talked about shapes, sides, vertices, and and perimeters. 

The students went to Music, and then came back for more work period.

In gymnastics today, the students got to use all of the equipment, including the climber! The kids loved it, as usual. We even had some new equipment arrive, including a ramp and a big crash mat.

At the end of the day, I introduced our new math project - the POLYMON handbook! Yes, it is a Pokemon pun.  Basically, the students will be creating their own 'polymons', which are creatures derived from basic 2D and 3D shapes. They'll create handbooks to showcase all of their creations and describe their attributes. We watched a little bit of Pokemon at the end of the day, so that everyone would get the idea. But don't worry, Pokemon will not become a regular part of our school day, as much as I would like it to. I'm really excited to get started on the project tomorrow!

Have a nice night,

Zac

PS: Remember that TWIN DAY is this Friday, January 24! I'll talk with the class more about it tomorrow, but planting some ideas at home would definitely help. :)