Good afternoon!
What a busy day! We started our morning out with some Yoga. We have done Yoga once before this year, and it is a fun way to listen to a story and get students moving. It is a Yoga adventure story! Check out the link below for the activity we did today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfd6e4wBQho
These activities are targeted at a younger age group, but sometimes it is nice for us to have the opportunity to be a little silly too!
In Science today we had 2 guest speakers come and visit our classroom. We had some Forest Rangers come and share some of their knowledge about weather and forest fires with the students. Weather is one of our upcoming Units in Science, and it was a great way to get students thinking about clouds, wind, humidity, etc. Students were also able to learn about some of the great things that happen in our forests to help control and detect forest fires. We learned all about the towers that are used, and some of the equipment that helps to predict when the conditions are right for forest fires. It was really interesting learning about people who live in the towers, all by themselves, for most of the year. I wouldn’t want that job. It was also interesting to learn how diligently they have to track the weather, something that we are going to be doing ourselves in our Weather Unit! Thanks to all the students for their great questions and their attentive listening this morning.
Today the school had an assembly on Bullying Awareness. Students sang the following song, written by our own Mrs. Power.
We also had some of our teachers share some of their own experiences with bullying. The lights were turned off in the gym and as they shared their experience they cracked a glow stick, shining a light on bullying. The students and I discussed the assembly and the impact it had at the end of the day. Students really connected to some of the things that were shared, and we sad and understanding of how hurtful or embarrassing some of the things shared were. They all knew what it would feel like to experience that themselves. Other students shared connections that they made with our class about a time when they were bullied, or when a family member or friend was bullied. Other students shared their amazement that adults and teachers once had to go through bullying too. It isn’t something that we think about a lot, but it was important to share with the students so they know that we have all experienced similar things. We understand how our students feel and really do want to make sure that none of our own students have to feel that way. I loved talking to all of you today about the assembly. We loved it so much that we were still talking when the bell rang! Unfortunately, some students left so quickly at the bell that not all of our Report Cards went home. For those of you who didn’t get your Report Card, my apologies, they will be sent home on Monday.
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Spelling Quiz – Tuesday
Math: Unit #2 Book
Math Unit Test – Monday
Mathletics – 5 minutes
Social: Calendars (due Monday)
Social Quiz – Monday
Ski Days: Dec. 4th, Feb. 6th
Benefit Concert – tonight @ 7:00 pm
PALS forms – due Tuesday