Thursday, December 9

 Hi parents,

We had a really great day today. There were a couple of activities that were so fun we'll need to do them again, I don't want anyone to miss out.

In the morning, we had a long work period with lots of opportunities to work in small groups and check in with students on their math. I think we've made a lot of progress this week - students are using strategies with a lot more accuracy and confidence, and the new 'input / output' problems seem to be a good challenge.

Students wrote 'Top 5 Holiday _____' lists (for example, holiday snacks, songs, etc.), and some chose to write school appropriate parody versions of Christmas songs.

The class worked on more Christmas-themed math worksheets and we talked about different ways to end sentences with punctuation.

The afternoon was probably the highlight of the day for most of the students, as this is when they finally got to play their drums!

We talked about how drums create sounds with vibration, and put a small amount of water on the top of each drum to show how the vibrations create splashes and ripples.

We had a bit of a jam session, in which the students played beats and I played guitar. We talked about the role of a drummer in a band, and how drumming with consistent timing is typically the most important skill a drummer can have. 

The students even attempted to learn the most iconic drum fill of all time. You know the one I mean.

Tomorrow is our spelling quiz! We've practiced hard this week and I think it'll be a good one.

Have a nice night,

Zac