Man, what a first couple of weeks. Our class is really starting to gel. We have been very focused thus far on teamwork and communication and it is really paying off! To this end, we ended last week with some student designed challenges that were very well designed and thought out. And this week we have been practicing untying the human knot during our morning meetings, making group observations of monarch caterpillars in the afternoons, and finally on Friday we met our Kindergarten buddies! We will spend the next few Fridays hangin' out with them. This is such a great opportunity to get to know some younger kids in our school, model the great team work that we have been developing and have some fun!
We have also been working on dusting off some of our math skills. We have been working with and manipulating 3-digit numbers. Not only manipulating them in our minds, but also practicing some standard addition. Before we get too deep into anything we want to make sure that all of our pre-requisite skills are dialed in and running smoothly.
We also have a class of strong writers, this week we have been working on creating stories that follow a predictable pattern (beginning, middle and end), as well as crafting beginnings that establish characters and setting, and finally on Friday we switched our focus to developing characters, making sure that they are believable...even if they happen to be caterpillars.
On another note, please remember that I am working to make sure to add photos to our photo tab fairly regularly. After you click this tab, you do need to follow a link to the album...I ma working on making this tab a direct link, I just haven't worked it all out yet.
I hope you have a great Sunday!
-Dave
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