So Long, September! Hello, October!

Wow!  September has flown by, and it's hard to believe that the first grading period is almost over!  The end of the nine weeks is next Friday, October 9th.  Report cards will be available online on Friday, October 16th.  Students have been working so hard this grading period, and I am really pleased with the academic progress and leadership I have seen in our classroom!

If you had been in Room 19 these last few weeks you might have seen/heard...

• Students creating posters highlighting a particular Native American Cultural Region.  Students have been working hard at researching via classroom computers and iPads a certain tribe found in several different cultural regions.  I have been thrilled with their enthusiasm and eagerness to learn as they have put their own creative spin on their group poster.  Thank you, in particular, to Mrs. Nickless who brought in Hopi and Zuni artifacts to share with our class.  We have all enjoyed looking at the beautiful jewelry, pottery, and weavings that she has shared!
• Students complimenting other students in the classroom during our Friday Leadership Meeting on demonstrating Habit 6:  Synergize--Together is Better.  Our classroom is full of kids who know how to work together to make great things happen!
• Students walking with and talking to their Kinder Buddies as we walked together to the CHS Homecoming Parade.  It was great to see our fifth graders synergizing with their buddy as they walked together and worked together to make this year's parade an enjoyable event for all.
• Students cheering as they found out the our school surpassed the PTO's fundraiser goal.  Great job, everyone!  Thanks for supporting our CE PTO, kids and staff!
• Students in Mrs. Thiel's math class creating obtuse, acute, right, and straight angles using protractors.
• Students writing about a small moment in their life as we kicked off our narrative writing unit.
• Students making final connections to our Unit 1 Literacy Unit  BIG Question,"How does where you are affect who you are?"
• Students getting pumped up about our new Literacy Unit BIG Question, "What is the power of the sun?", and coming up with some pretty fantastic connections and observations about the sun (i.e. The sun is 93 million miles away from Earth! and "All living things depend on the sun.").

Thanks for all of your continued support!  I continue to be so grateful for all of you for all that you do!  Have a fantastic weekend!!