11:11 a.m. on 11/11/11
Dear Parents,
I am holding on to your child’s work from this week (not putting it in the Friday Folder) because I want to be able to show it to you all during conferences. I will have it back in the Friday Folders next week.
We had a great day. We counted down in the cafeteria to 11:10, and we celebrated that it was 11:11 a.m. on 11/11/11.
We also worked more this week on our short stories, and we did a fun lesson on alphabetizing (to the second, third, and fourth letters.) Students also extended their understanding of similes and metaphors when Ms. Cobb asked them to describe Mr. Bolger:
“Mr. Bolger’s voice is scratchy as pavement.” / “His watch is round as a rug,”/ Mr. Bolger is short as a weiner dog.”/ His ears are as big as an elephant’s”/ “His shoes are as green as frogs.” Thanks, kids.
Douglas Schmidt, a former student, came back from WCS as a WISH student this week. he will be coming each week to work with students in the classroom. Douglas described doing the Penguin Plunge last winter (to raise money for the Special Olympics.) Great to have you back, Doug!
Kid-Report-Cards: students filled out report cards on themselves this week. They thought about whether they were RG (real good at …),OK (OK at…), or GB (needing to get better at…) twenty-one things from reading and writing to letting others go first to listening carefully or “using my strong words when I have to…) It is surprising how self-aware many kids are at this age. Ask your child about what it means to “take initiative” or show “stamina and perseverance.” We talked a lot about these things this week.
Three posters students made for the classroom today are: “Listening carefully is kind,” “Try even when it’s hard; you will grow,” and “Ignore people who are distracting you.”
Ask your child what is going on right now in our read-aloud, Top Secret.
It has been a pleasure to conference with you, Parents, and to share our thoughts about your children. If you have any follow-up comments or thoughts, please email me.
Mr. B.
