January 18 - 22

Week 20

A New Friend

As I’m sure that many of you have heard we have a new addition to our classroom family. Mrs. Kerry Howard is an intern from Columbia College who’s aspiring to be a classroom teacher. She’ll be with us on Tuesdays from 7:30 until 1:30. She’s already made some bonds with the kids and they absolutely adore her. She’s married and has 3 children of her own and has a natural way with kids. We are looking forward to having her in our classroom this semester!

Landforms and Erosion

We’ve been working on identifying and understanding the differences and similarities among landforms. We’ve also begun our dive into weathering, erosion, and deposition! Now this is the stuff that gets the kids excited! They are mostly always engaged, but science inquiries get them really engaged. 

Area

We are still working on mastering multiplication and the fluency part of it. So please don’t fear if your child is not reciting their multiplication facts. Also please understand that the regurgitation of their multiplication facts is not nearly as important as gaining the conceptual portion of it. Please be patient with your child as they work through the problems. I know that it is a tedious process, but the conceptual development that they are gaining from it is necessary! We are taking our understanding for multiplication to area. The students are still in the early stages of understanding area, but they are catching on quickly!

Book Buddies

After a very long 3 weeks the kids were united with their book buddies. Our book buddies have published their first books and they shared them with us. The kids were so excited to be an audience for the presentation of their book buddies published book! I think they were more excited to just be able to spend some time with them.

Jordynn’s Birthday Bash

Jordynn’s mom was nice enough to bring in some cupcakes and goody bags to share with the class to celebrate Jordynn’s birthday! The kids had a blast and were happy to have some time to socialize.

On Saturday Jordynn went ice-skating and to the circus to celebrate her birthday with friends! It was a real treat!