Feb
Week 24
Posted in Classroom, Field Trips, Grace and Courtesy, Home Projects, Shared School | No Comments »Ms. Anna and I have noticed over the past week that the students seem to have “Winter Fever.” It seems to be that time of year again where the kids are noisy and are losing what they learned with their grace and courtesy. On Thursday had to reign them back by assigning Level 1 and Level 2s a certain rug place. Level 1s were overseen by me and Level 2s were overseen by Ms. Anna. Level 3s were tested to see if they could choose and be independent on their own. With the rest of the class being overseen, the Level 3s were able to get more done. In fact, with everyone hunkered down more everyone got more work accomplished. This structure gives the students the reminder that we need to respect spaces and when each student is working to not bother one another. We had each student raise their hand when they got a work done. Myself or Anna would then check it off and they were then allowed to clean up and put that work back to get another. This process will last into next week. We want to see what the students are choosing and making sure they are doing quality. We have witnessed other students copying others, so this process will take care of that too. This really allowed Anna and I to track their work. After a week we will dismiss those students who have learned the ability to be independent and have relearned their classroom respect. Those who need more practice with choosing works or respect will continue to be a part of the circle until the lesson has been taught and practiced.
Ms. Jalee has submitted our field trip to the Planetarium for next month. Know that I will have 5 free tickets to those parents who would like to come. One ticket will have to be for Heather or Adam Misner, so that will leave 4 extra tickets. First come first serve. We are leaving at 8:09am via the Utah Tracks. We will be returning to the Tracks station at 3pm, so students WILL HAVE TO be picked up at the Tracks station. Directions, times, and fees will be mentioned on the upcoming permission slip and under our our field trip tab I will provide detailed information in the next coming days.
March’s home project is our Science Fair. The students will be focusing on the scientific method along with their proposed question. I will post more info on the science fair under Home Projects this weekend.
On the 27th, parent night will take place (Safety in the school). A flyer went home this week as a reminder.
This week in group projects:
Level 1s: Divergent, convergent, and parallel lines
Level 2s: Triangle angle star
Level 3s: SAGE practice math test, multistep word problems
In cultural:
Zoology/Physiology:
Level 1s: Birds intro
Level 2s: Circulatory System
Level 3s: Sea urchins
Geography:
Level 1s: Compass rose
Level 2s: Igneous rocks
Level 3s: Recording weather
Botany:
Level 1s: Parts of the stem
Level 2s: Cross stitching
Level 3s: The stamen
Friday: Studio, Library, Science fair talk
Have a great weekend!
Cheers!
Ms. K