Thursday, September 26

The students had a substitute this morning, Mr. Metz, and from his report, they had an overall good morning. The students told me that they needed reminded to get quiet though. In Social Studies, they learned about the glacier that carved through Ohio. They also learned a little bit about the ice age and played a game about it. In Math, they worked on their math menu and had pictures taken. After lunch and recess, we began our new read aloud book. We are reading Nightmare at the Book Fair by Dan Gutman. It is a great read! Each chapter gives the students a look into a different genre of literature. It is hilarious too because each genre is exaggerated. Ask your kiddo if they liked my imitation of Professor Psycho. In Reader's Workshop, we read, visited the library, read blogs by students and commented on them and wrote good, 4th grade sentences using our word study words. Would you rather spend the day as a ninja or pirate? Students wrote their opinions to this question and created evidence to support their opinion. They were great to read! Finally, we, unfortunately, ended the day with a lecture from me about respect and responsibility. Our rule that "Every child shall be safe and able to learn," is not being followed by all. I gave out some warm fuzzies to those that were helpful and quiet this afternoon and had to pass out some behavior reflections and give some warnings. Tomorrow will be a NO EXCUSE day. If kiddos are breaking the rule or core virtues, in any way, a behavior reflection sheet will be coming home. I hope not many though-hopefully my words this afternoon resonated with them.