We're Pretty Popular

I logged in to Blogger tonight and discovered we've had over 1000 page views on our Class Blog!! Many are from us reading them each morning, however, 1000 is pretty significant for a blog that has only been up for a month.

In more exciting news...there are already two lines on our Celebration Chart where we are only 2 squares away from our next reward (Games Day as voted by the class).

I have been busy marking assessments and putting in comments for the Progress Report Cards that go home on October 30th. Now that everyone is settled and my expectations are known to all...the Learning Skills will be evaluated a little harder than in the first few weeks of school. I explained to students today that after our Tribes, character ed lessons, and group work opportunities that I am expecting more self-regulation. Our class is doing well working in pairs but only about half of us can handle working in a triad. This takes time and practice and is a goal we will work toward throughout the year.

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A few things to ask your child:

How are you doing on your Mad (2) Minutes?
What does the circulatory system have to do with transport trucks?
What Tribes activity did we do involving our first name?
What is the patterning rule for the numbers 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9, 8?
Why aren't you commenting on the blog? (That question is for Dan)
Who did you vote (or not vote) for in the Student Council election? And why?
What have you learned to do in computers?

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I have a few students who are in need of scissors and a handful who need indoor shoes or slippers. I would greatly appreciate it if those were sent in when possible. We also need newspapers for our upcoming Literacy unit.

Our trip to Woodend is next Tuesday October 16th, please let me know if you'd like to meet us there. I do need at least one parent to help supervise.

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Christina will be posting tomorrow about the Cross Country Meet. We wish our Rugby Team luck on Friday's tournament.

Check out our website as Owen updated it today.



Thank to today's Star, Nathan who really focused today. He always had his eyes on me when I was speaking, and just about every day when he leaves he wishes me a good night. I appreciate you trying out different ways to stay on-task and how you are trying to better your self-regulation and problem solving skills. You make our class a better place by showing others what growing looks like.