Wow! I don't know about everyone else, but I am exhausted after today. This morning we were joined by Mr. Ingram from NIPSCO. He demonstrated and explained for us the dangers of not being careful with the electric wires that run outside of our homes. We also learned the answer to one of life's little mysteries...why don't birds get electrocuted? Then, in the afternoon, the students performed their songs for the whole school. They did a wonderful job, but I was really impressed by the evening performance. Everyone participated and did their personal best. I'm sure all of their families were so proud of them...I know I was.
This week we worked a lot on synonyms, antonyms, and idioms. We learned a lot of new words and phrases that will help make us all (myself included) better readers and writers. Next week, we are going to practice our presentation speaking by reading a collection of Christmas scripts. It'll be fun to practice reading with expression!
On the topic of reading...If you check out the comments section of my last post, a former student made some great recommendations. I have already purchased the first book in one of the series for the classroom library.
Have a wonderful and restful weekend!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Update
I do apologize for not having updated since Miss Ellis started teaching. Everything has gone very smoothly during her time with us, which is quickly coming to an end. Her last day of teaching is December 4, and her last day in our classroom is December 10. We will miss her very much! She is going to go on to have a wonderful and successful teaching career.
With only two and a half weeks left before break, we are very busy. The students are preparing for their holiday musical on December 10. We will be doing an in-school performance and an after school show. Our first practice yesterday went well. Everyone participated and showed her or his personal best. Also, next week is Santa's Secret Shop. Our class will be visiting on December 8. If you are interested in volunteering, please remember to send in the slip. The Holiday Celebration is December 17. We do have school on December 18, and we will be wrapping up the activities on which we'll have been hard at work.
We will be very busy academically, too. Next week in geometry we will be focusing on symmetry and congruency. We'll be improving our reading using synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms. After working on that, we will be doing holiday Readers Theaters, which we'll perform on Dec. 18. The next several weeks are going to be filled with lots of fun learning opportunities.
With only two and a half weeks left before break, we are very busy. The students are preparing for their holiday musical on December 10. We will be doing an in-school performance and an after school show. Our first practice yesterday went well. Everyone participated and showed her or his personal best. Also, next week is Santa's Secret Shop. Our class will be visiting on December 8. If you are interested in volunteering, please remember to send in the slip. The Holiday Celebration is December 17. We do have school on December 18, and we will be wrapping up the activities on which we'll have been hard at work.
We will be very busy academically, too. Next week in geometry we will be focusing on symmetry and congruency. We'll be improving our reading using synonyms, antonyms, homographs, and idioms. After working on that, we will be doing holiday Readers Theaters, which we'll perform on Dec. 18. The next several weeks are going to be filled with lots of fun learning opportunities.
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