Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Hi Everyone!

Past Week:

This week we began an activity that we usually do at the end of the year for Spirit Week, but the kids love it so much and have requested it to be done more that I found it to be a win-win with the holidays approaching.  The activity is called “Store.”  This first round is Holiday Store.  Students earn and owe money based on things they do and don’t do.  Some earning/owing opportunities are whole group and some are individually based.  The kids really enjoy it, plus is helps enforce grace and courtesy and time management/focus when working.  The kids are in charge of their own money.  If they give “the bank” (the teachers) their wallet then we will make sure your money is safe.  Students can also exchange money using $1, $5, and $10 bills.  So, if your child is coming home and talking about earned money or owing, that is what they are referring to.

Permission slips for the ballet went out Friday.  The papers are red and bright green.  Only a few students left theirs on their desks.  Those who were absent Friday will get theirs when they come back.  With Thanksgiving Break coming up in a week it would be great to get these permission slips back ASAP, so I have time to collect them, mark them, and give to the office.  I need to have the slips in on Dec. 4th!

Group lessons:

Level 1s: Polygons and their sides, Noun introduction, Rhyming

Level 2s: Complementary and Supplementary angles introduction

Level 3s: Triangle review

In cultural: Botany

Level 1s: Food Chain Introduction, Land and water food chains

Level 2s:  Pinnate and Palmate leaves

Level 3s:  Types of calyxes, The petals of a flower: Gamopetalous and Polypetalous

Friday: Simple Machines for science

Upcoming Week:

Volunteers: Please let me know if you would like to help with Spelling Tests or Reading for the upcoming week!  Having a spelling volunteer has been great, so I can focus on more lessons!

November home projects are DUE on Friday the 20th!  Studio runs all morning and ends at 11:30am.  We eat lunch at 11:30 and are lined up to go outside by 12:10ish.  We are outside until usually 1pm, but this upcoming week is Library for us from 1-1:30.  I would love to have the rest of the afternoon be focused on projects.  Since 3rd graders are doing a family recipe project, they will share first and everyone will get their plate of food of each recipe and eat while presentations begin.  A question that came up was if parents could come help and I said, “yes, of course.”  or if the parent could help tell more about the recipe, that is fine too, however, if you are coming in to help say more about the recipe, the majority of the report needs to come from the student 🙂  If you want to drop off any food, you can bring it in while we are at the library.  Crockpots and warmers are welcomed as well.

Snack for next week is Sophia!

Have a great weekend and upcoming week!

Cheers!

Ms. K