Quick reminder that April is Parent/Teacher conference month. If you desire to have a conference with me about your child's work in my class, I am happy to set up a time to chat. I am available almost any morning before school except Tuesdays (due to staff meeting commitments.) I am so excited to see 5th grade's musical performances next week. I know they are busy with preparing for wax museum and gearing up for Eco Week. I have two more opportunities for students who are interested and have time to commit to one more thing. 1. I will be doing a session of Little Kids Rock on Fridays for ten interested fifth graders at lunch in April and May. Students will be provided a guitar and taught the basics of chord progression and contemporary music. The kids can bring their lunch to my room, eat, and then have some fun jamming! Sign up sheets are coming home in Friday folders. (FYI... this is open to all 5th grade students and there will be a lottery if there are more than 10 students interested due to instrument and space constraints.) 2. PSD is holding the second annual Mighty Math Minds Tournament at Bethke Elementary. I can take three teams of 5 students each. Your 5th grade math student should have brought home the sign-up sheet today. The only commitment is being available Wednesday, May 6, from 4-8. Dinner will be provided, and the event is free. I will be needing parent volunteers to drive though. Check your calendars to see if your student is available to join us for a night of fun competition. Click on the flyers below for more details: It has been great to have a whole week of teaching with no major testing going on. This has allowed me to get my third grade language arts/creativity group rolling. We have been discussing how we will conduct our literature circles this quarter and the jobs each child will have to help facilitate our novel discussions. The kids got their first book for the quarter, Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms, and also got their first job assignment (either director, summarizer, word wizard, illustrator, or vacation.) Our first meeting is on Tuesday so make sure to check with your third grader to see if they need to read over the weekend to prepare. Since some of the kids are identified as creatively gifted, we try to take one day a week to talk about what it means to be creative and do lessons/projects that enhance their skills. Today we did a short but fun drawing. The students had a paper with what looks like a 2-year-old squiggle. They had to use their minds-eye to turn it into something that was more than just a scribble and make sure it was detailed and titled. I've included their pictures below since they were so fun! We had a beach scene with a squiggle wave, a skydiving scene with a squiggle rope, a whale king with a squiggle body, and more....
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