About this week:
The middle school girls put on a great debate today!! We learned a lot as we went through the debate the first time, and realized right away that we'd forgotten about half of our material. Eager as they were to learn and do better, they all opted to run through their debate a second time. They were awesome!! The boys said they learned a lot by watching the girls... And the girls look forward to kicking back and watching the boys next Wednesday at 10:10am. Parents are welcome to come watch.
Grades 1-5 wrote thank you notes to their Kindest Kansas Citian nominees today. All of their thank you notes came home with strict instructions for students to share with their parents, and then decide with their parents how to get their notes delivered. Please help your student follow-through on this, as these adults will surely be richly blessed by the students' thoughtful appreciation and encouragement.
Coming up next week:
Grades 1-2. I completely forgot to tell the students that we will have Show and Tell on Monday. Please have your student pick TWO items to bring to class that will help us get to know their dad. As always, no weapons or extremely fragile items.
Grades 3-8: Many students are preparing for a day at Exchange City, and Exchange City requires a resume and application for each participant. Participants will also go through an interview process at Exchange City. To help prepare those students, ALL 3rd-8th graders will go through these exercises in my class. For some, this will merely be a mock exercise in class ... but I believe that it will prove to be a fun learning experience for all. We will tackle some of this on Monday.
Grades 3-5 have moved on to their next fun project. We are making a class poster book on zoo animals. Each student selected one animal to research. I have library books that I will bring every week (students will not be permitted to bring them home; however, they can bring additional resources if they'd like), and there will be plenty of class time to read, note, write, and create our posters. Should students wish to type their written pieces, that will need to be done at home. Additionally, students will want imagines of their animals to include in their posters - these images will need to be copied/printed outside of school.
As always, thanks so much to the parents for their assistance and encouragement. We couldn't do all that we do without your involvement.
