Friday!

FYI:
*New schedule begins on Monday!
*PAC kids were out most of the day today! We missed them!

We had another great Review Friday! Below are our I Can statements:

Reading/Writing:
I can respond using critical thinking and evidence based terms to informational texts.
Activity: We used our Time For Kids magazines and post-it notes to respond to 4 different questions.  It was great and all of the answers were VERY well thought out.
NO HW
I can create a play from a prose including characteristics specific to plays.
Activity: Some of the kids were able to perform today and they did great! Some students are finishing up typing their plays.  There will be a scoring rubric but I am hoping to get the plays out in the hallway.
No HW

Math:
I can practice my multiplication facts to memorization.
Activity: Students played Knock It Off using facts 2-12.
No HW

Science:
Health with Mrs. Embry
SS:
Guidance with Mrs. Moses
Book Buddies:
I can help my 1st grader read with better fluency while teaching them decoding strategies through 1st grade texts.
*Class Meeting*
We had a WONDERFUL class meeting today! Our new president, Ben, helped me run the meeting.  He had 4 specific goals he'd like to include in our class routine, so today we worked on making those happen.
1-Class Jobs: the class made up jobs together and we are excited for those to start today!
2-Community Service Project: There will be a letter going home early next week about our Thanksgiving Community Service project.
3-Newsletter every 2 Weeks: Ben will choose 4 people to write a student newsletter every 2 weeks.  They will then post to the blog and we will print for the Wed. folders.
4-Keeping the Room Cleaner: We will have Spy's (part of class jobs but they are secret) who will nominate kids who are going out of their way to help keep the room free of pencils on the floor, misplaced paper, pencil shavings, etc.
Aren't these wonderful goals! I was very impressed as the kids were, too! :)
We also discussed the new schedule that will start on Monday and the kids seemed to be excited about it.  I was glad!!

Have a wonderful weekend and Go CATS! :)