Focusing on all the positives

Another great week is in the books.  We celebrated the 100th Day of School.  We are continuing to celebrate Black History Month and our International Night is almost ready.  The week lead to many great convesations.  Our character trait is Friendship and lots of good learning took place.

Station Rotations:

Our station rotation time is running smoothly.  We are in new groups and it seems to be going well, for the most part.  The students are making discoveries, collaborating with one another and making progress as they go along.

100th Day of School:

We had a great time celebrating our 100 days of learning.  Stations were set up for Math and ELA.  We had many "older" students in class that day.  There were smiles fun activities planned.

There were lots of smiling faces all through the building.

The children enjoyed working in their groups and completing the planned activities.

Amplify Science:

We are continuing our unit about Vision and Light and the children are enjoying the research they are working on for their animal poster.  

Social Studies:

We are wrapping up our study on Portugal.  Our International Night will be happening on the 16th.  The children have been working very hard on completing their projects so that they can be displayed.  There has been a lot of collaboration and great effort put into this.  We hope that everyone enjoys it and is able to attend. 

New Classroom Management System:

I have implemented a new behavior system in our classroom.  This involves three cards, a green, yellow and red one for each student.  On Monday, we discussed/reviewed many of the rules of the classroom.  Everyone starts off on green each morning.  This means they are on task, doing their work and following directions.  If they aren't doing any of this, they get moved to yellow (a warning and need to refirect their behavior).  If the negative behaviors persist, they get moved to red, which means an email home.  This seems to be working for the most part.  Once they see themselves on yellow, they tend to know that they need to act accordingly.  

Our Postcard Exchange:

We are continuing to receive postcards from various states.  The children get very excited when another one arrives.  Once I read the letter/postcard we display it on our USA map and locate the state on our smaller map and color it in.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend and has a fantastic week ahead.  Don't forget to check your child's take home folder nightly, and reach out with any questions or concerns.  

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