Sep
Week 3 Recap
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Past Week
We had a busy week 3! I was able to get through most of the new students’ reading assessment. I will finish those new students up Monday and then begin doing our 1st graders. These assessments are first priority at the beginning of each day.
Tuesday- We had the Loveland Aquarium for the 2nd graders come to our school. Our group of 2nd graders went from 9:00am-9:55am and learned about the rainforest and animals that love there. This was a great resource for them because we are studying South America for our continent study and we will moving into the rainforest this week! We had a shaky start to PE and Music. Our Music teacher got the schedule mixed up with the Aquarium’s. I was able to tell her that this our music time and our students were able to get some of their music class.
*On Tuesdays, we have PE and Music in the morning. The students will have recess first thing on Tuesday as they enter the school. At 8:50, they are called to line up and then cultural lessons are given until it is time to go. The afternoon will hold the majority of Math and Language lessons.
Wednesday- We had a beautiful morning work cycle and the students got their first monthly Botany lesson from Ms. Rachel.
Thursday- Thank you to all those who came to the Parent Open House! I handed out a yellow Field Trip Schedule and 2017-2018 Home Project Schedule. I revamped the project schedule to be more inline with our Peace curriculum and lessons on building a community. You can now have access to both of those schedules in the above tabs! 3rd graders also attended their first computer class this past week. They go every Thursday at 9:45-10:15
Friday- We spent the day learning more about South America. The students learned the flag colors of Venezuela and Colombia. I then introduced our first animal from South American, the llama! The students then did a Peruvian llama art project where they made Peruvian textile patters with black and white crayons and then watercolored over top. While the background dried, a second paper was used to create the face of a llama. It was then cut out and glued onto the painted background. They turned out great!
*Pizza Fridays also began this week! Please visit our school website or social media pages for the pizza form. Each slice is $1.75 and you can purchase for multiple dates or single dates.
Upcoming Week/Info:
Accountability program for our classroom- I am almost done designing our accountability program for our students. We had a set back with Ms. Gaby leaving MMA, who was our part time co-teacher and Ms. Misha had training for 2 of the weekdays. Misha and I will be making the final revisions and then getting the information out to you all. We should have it completed by the end of this week.
5K- If you would like to register for the MMA Color Run 5K and haven’t, I have orange registration forms in our classroom. Have your child bring one home if you would like one. The date is September 23rd.
Skate Night- I saw on our school’s social media that there will be an MMA Skate Night at Family Fun Center in Layton on Sept. 26th from 5-8:30pm. There are rentals available there if you need anything and they have dinner specials.
Yarn donation needed- We could use some more yarn for our projects. If you would like, it is not required, please feel free to donate any kind of yarn.
Computers available- Mr. James, our tech/IT specialist scheduled the moveable laptop cart to our class every Wednesday from 12:30-1:30. These laptops will be great for any research, IXL lessons, SAGE practice, report writing etc. Sometime I will hold whole class or small group lessons that will need the laptops, but if needed, a student can use one for an hour for educational purposes.
Slippers and placemats- please remember that some sort of inside shoe is required at MMA. Our school also doesn’t have a lunchroom and we use placemats to keep the desks clean during lunch. Please provide your student these supplies, if possible. Thanks.
Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week.
Ms. Kaley