Week 27 (March 9-13)

March 9 – 13 (week 27)

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

~Christopher Robin

I believe that it is so important for us to help our kids see how intelligent, kind, brave, and strong they are. These are the things that they doubt about themselves and it’s up to us to encourage them and instill in them the seed to grow self worth!  It’s so easy to point out the negative in order to improve it, because we want our kids to be the best that they can be. However, it’s so much more important to focus on the good! In our classroom we do exactly that. Each time a student presents a project, a read aloud, a piece from their writer’s notebook, or anything else, they are always given the opportunity to take a plus, a wish, and a question. These are the things that build their confidence, but that also allows them insight into the things that need improvement.

With this past week being as warm and sunny as it has been, we’ve been taking advantage of some outside time. On Tuesday we finished up an activity that Ms. Deaver had planned for our class but they were unable to finish. We went out to blow bubbles and to discuss wind speed and direction, and also how those variables affect the bubbles. We’ve also used this time to go outside for some physical math games. The kids have absolutely loved it!!!

We are currently still working on subtraction, supply and demand, and enhancing our reading and writing. We just finished The One and Only Ivan on Friday. It was such and amazing read! The kids and I were sad to say goodbye to the characters, but we loved the happy ending! This Monday we will be starting our new read aloud Stella by Starlight! I’m very excited about this read aloud because it covers some social issues that the kids are interested in. I’m excited to see where our conversations will take us.