Ms. Kaley's Classroom Room 24

Hi Everyone!

Past Week:

This past week we had the Chili Cook Off on Wednesday.  Our classroom made a chili and the kids had a great time.  The cook off was a great time and our chili was practically gone by the end!

We also had the COW again since Ms. Stef was out of town.

Wednesday was also our Internet Safety assembly.  They educated on to never give out your personal information and if something pops up that is inappropriate to turn it off and seek an adult’s help.

We finished up our January writing prompt which was “Which in your option is the better pet?  A cat or a dog?”  Students will be working on opinion writing into February learning how to support their opinions with facts.  For this past prompt they learned how to state their opinion.

PTC– I have emailed out and also posted on last week’s blog to sign up for PTC.  They begin on Feb 14th and go until Friday Feb. 16th.  After this wejoinin the school is switching over to Track It Forward.  Please make yourself an account as all sign ups will now be through that site.  I had already made my mid year PTC sign up when  it was decided that for all sign ups from here on out we will need to use Track It Forward.

SIGN UP FOR PTC HERE AND BRING YOUR CHILD

Sick Season– Nasty colds and flus are going around.  Some of the kids who are got over something are catching something again.  Ms. Misha and I are making sure the classroom stays clean.  I also chatted with the kids about the importance of hand washing and using a tissue and not their fingers to clean their nose.

This past week in cultural: Botany

Level 1s: Parts of a plant review and about roots (parts of a root and different kinds of root types)

Level 2s: Reviewed parts of a leaf and then looked at leaves from native Utah trees

Level 3s: The stamen of a flower

Each level also studied more in Geometry this week.  Level 1s also had a time box check in to see who needed to practice time to the hour more or if they needed a new lesson

Upcoming Week:

We have our monthly Botany lesson with Ms. Rachel on Wednesday afternoon

Since it is now February we on to February’s Home Project.  We have been studying about community all year.  It is the children’s turn to get out into their community and do a service project. Service project are open ended, but some examples would be: volunteering somewhere, donating clothes/food etc., helping out a neighbor/church, picking up trash, helping at a local shelter, serving at a retirement center/vet center.  Students will complete a reflection on how the experience was to them, but also beneficial to the community.  They may take pictures and make a poster to share about their experience.  Service projects are due by the last day of February.  Those who complete their project earlier on in the month can share about their experience when they have done it.

Have a great rest of your weekend and upcoming week

Ms. Kaley