Parents,
On Monday, March 10 you will see what I hope to be a personalized experience as rich as our Exhibition Night. Each student will serve as a "conductor", as they guide you through their learning experience thus far in the year. The responsibility is their own. They are spending these next few days examining their learning and reflecting on their work. On Monday, during their conference time,your child will articulate their strengths and shortcomings. Lee and I will serve merely as facilitators.
Please learn about the benefits of student led conferencing through this article HERE.
This is our third major event in as little as a week. Exhibition Night, the writing test, and now, student led conferences! Nothing will stop these kids. Their perseverance is striking! Your children have been putting forth so much effort and working so hard.
Come celebrate their learning! If you haven't already, sign up for a conference time. The form is posted on our door. We can also put available times into your child's planner.
I look forward to seeing you all next Monday. And, please, see the link to learn more about what to expect on Monday. Your involvement in this conference can really help us maximize your child's learning potential.
-Kevin
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
March 5, 2008
Hello Parents,
Today we worked on our historical fiction stories with the laptops. After that we graded our math assessments. Then we looked through our portfolios. Our enrichment was music and we got to play the marimbas. It was wicked! The star musician was CM. We ended the day with a story from our favorite author,Paul Jennings. (I’m excited to announce that we now have an autographed copy of his book, Unbelievable, sent to us by him all the way from Australia!!!) That’s it, have a nice evening. Bye!
-MK
Today we worked on our historical fiction stories with the laptops. After that we graded our math assessments. Then we looked through our portfolios. Our enrichment was music and we got to play the marimbas. It was wicked! The star musician was CM. We ended the day with a story from our favorite author,Paul Jennings. (I’m excited to announce that we now have an autographed copy of his book, Unbelievable, sent to us by him all the way from Australia!!!) That’s it, have a nice evening. Bye!
-MK
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Exhibition Night Photos
Click on the photo to see more photos of our unbelievable EXHIBITION NIGHT! These kids did such an amazing job teaching our community members about the Underground Railroad. I am so proud of them. This exhibition night will certainly be tough to beat!
March 4, 2008 (Day of the Writing Test)
Hello parents, I’m back. First we did the state Writing test.
It was horrible. Personally, I hated it. But Kevin cheered us up with a mint between it.
After that we had snack and lunch put together. Before we went to our art enrichment we watched Chicken Little. We went to art again, yeah!
MK
Although our student blogger wasn't into it, I saw all of our students working hard and trying to do their best work in the 75minutes of allotted time. Talk to your child about their experience today. Ask them what they felt successful with and what they might change if they could do it all over again. I applaud the efforts of our students today and have confidence that they gave it their all!
It was horrible. Personally, I hated it. But Kevin cheered us up with a mint between it.
After that we had snack and lunch put together. Before we went to our art enrichment we watched Chicken Little. We went to art again, yeah!
MK
Although our student blogger wasn't into it, I saw all of our students working hard and trying to do their best work in the 75minutes of allotted time. Talk to your child about their experience today. Ask them what they felt successful with and what they might change if they could do it all over again. I applaud the efforts of our students today and have confidence that they gave it their all!
Friday, February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008
Today we had another wonderful class of PE. The people for the Underground Railroad got their lines and practiced outside. The choir worked with Sue. We worked on our historical fiction stories and finally, we figured out all the materials for our costumes. It was a working day. Have a great weekend. S.H.
The pictures are from Tuesday's trip to the Smith McDowell House. Where we learned about slave auctions, the life of a slave, and life in the 1800s.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Feb. 12, 2008
Yesterday we went to the play “freedom train” at the Civic Center. We heard all the songs we learned in expedition and music class. Today we had fun in technology learning about Power Point, we all made a cool page about anything we wanted after we did are jobs we read a Paul Jennings story it was a story about a boy who could only say something without saying “with out a shirt” after every word.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Our class went to technology and typed a story on the computer. Then every five minutes we switched computers and wrote another thought. It really helped with typing skills. For morning work we worked on our Quilt squares. Each one represents… rotation, reflection, and translation. Today in writing we were working on our slave stories. The slave stories are where we write a story about a slave and there life. We are doing are ruff draft right now. In math groups we are working on division.
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