Friday, December 9

 Hi parents,

We had a really fun day today. It was Mr. Ripka's last day for a few months so we wanted to make it special.

In the morning, the students finished up work from earlier in the week (we had six big tasks this week - that's a lot!) and then we had our spelling quiz.

We had a fun 'history lesson' about technology from when me and Mr. Ripka were young, and the students got to experience the joys of Nintendo 64. We played a Mickey Mouse racing game and talked about how much the graphics, controls, and consoles have progressed over time, but also how the fun has remained the same. At maximum fun level.

The students wrote paragraphs giving advice to Mr. Ripka and sharing thank-yous. We assembled a little book for him to take with him into his second semester.

We read Trapped in Transylvania, and also talked about our upcoming AARCS fundraiser. Thank you to everyone who donated ingredients! Your contributions were a huge help - we only have to buy a few things now, and then we'll be ready to make some dog and cat treats next week.

With everything going on today, I unfortunately didn't get a chance to mark the spelling quizzes, but I will do that now and send them home for Monday. Thanks for your patience :)

Have a nice weekend!

Zac