Can-Struction!

We will be participating in a can-struction effort in our school next Thursday. This effort will use canned food products to create a structure.  Each class will collect canned items and subsequently create a structure from all they have collected!  This will act as a food drive, and all canned goods collected will be donated!  We will be collecting cans Monday through Thursday, and will be making our creation on Thursday.

We also will be working to publish our books on VT history today.  Students have put an incredible amount of work into these books, and are feeling proud of the work they have done.  These books will be formally published by us, by hand, and will be presented to the public on Wednesday February 19, 2014 here at EMES during our celebration of learning in the evening.  Later today a student will be asked to take photos of our publishing work, and these will be posted a bit later on today.

Throughout this short week we have also been focused on building our understanding of math facts.  We are working with one-digit multiplication expressions to build automaticity, and are working on the impact of changing one of the factors in an expression into a multiple of ten.

Also, a long-term sub has been hired for my paternity leave!  It will be....drum-roll...MaryBeth Langevin!  She is an incredibly experienced long term sub who taught in our school just this fall.  As a licensed teacher she brings expertise and pizzazz.  We are looking forward to a visit with her (she will visit our class before my leave starts), and to a productive time while she is here.  My leave is scheduled to be between the February and April breaks.  While I am looking forward to my time at home with Stephanie and "Gizmo," I am also pleased to be returning for the end of the year.

I hope this finds you well, and you have a restful and relaxing weekend.

Dave