Maya Project Fair

Our Maya project fair was a great success and a great way to share our learning. There was so much going on that it is hard to include it all her in this post. We had glyph carving, bug investigation, architecture, food, games, pottery, clothing and much more. The kids were all so engaged and really learned a lot about the Maya. The ball game was great, though they took out a light bulb! It was amazing - they are amazing. As you enjoy your spring break, keep in mind how engaged your kids are in their learning and share these pictures with them. I'll try and get more accessible to you as well. Have a great time off. Beth

Pie/Pi Day

We had a great time making our pies Friday. We made a choice of three different flavors; apple, cherry or chocolate. The kids made all of it and had a yummy treat. We also investigated circles. We learned about diameter, radius, circumference and a bit about Pi and how it helps.

We have been so busy with our Mayan projects. We have about 25 kids making huipils that look awesome. We also have kids playing pokatok. They are doing great, and very relieved that anyone who loses does not have to experience the Mayan consequence.

Thank you to all the parents who have been helping. Without your help don't now how we would have been able to get it accomplished.

Remember that we will have a project fair for our Mayan unit on this Friday, March 20. It will be from 10:30 to 12:00.
Hope to see you there!

Remember that there is no school from the 23rd of march to April 3rd for spring break. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who has come to their conference so far. They have been great and I really appreciate that we get time to meet. We have some nice plans and goals for the rest of the year for the children. I look forward to meeting with the rest of you soon!

Spirit Week

Just a quick note, spirit week is next week March 16 to the 20th. Days are the same as listed below; Monday - pajama day, Tuesday - gender switch day, Wednesday - Superhero day, Thursday - Formal day, and Friday - School Spirit day. Friday is also our Mayan project fair so we'll have special things going on for that!

News

While pet day is lots of fun, there is also news to share. The All School Meeting met on Friday and passed a proposal that will interest our class. We missed the meeting because of pet day. A proposal making next week spirit week passed and the following dress-up days were decided upon: Monday-PJ Day, Tuesday-Gender Switch Day, Wednesday-Superhero Day, Thursday-Formal Day, Friday-School Spirit day..

We also have Pie/Pi day scheduled for next Friday. We will make pies and investigate circles. Should be lots of fun.

Proposals that passed in our class meeting were that we will schedule bring your favorite book day, you can't drop things from the loft or throw them up there, everyone should bring their own water bottle to school, we can't blurt out things when it's not your turn, and that we will schedule wheel day and bring your stuffed animal day (that's one day, both things come) for later in the year.

Mayan projects are going great. Please help your child do the paper homework/research at home. We are working in class to make things great! Remember to put the 20th from 10:30 to 12:00 down on your calendar as time to come see our projects in action.

Remember that reading a-z or RAZ-kids is available to you at home if you have internet access. The kids are loving it and doing great. the website is www.RAZ-kids.com. Log in to my username: bethmolenkamp and then their icons come up and they sign in. They now have a feature where they can read a book out loud and the computer will record and store it. Please encourage them to do this so we can have it on file for portfolios!

Speaking of such, if you would like to learn how to load things into the e-portfolio system that would be greatly appreciated. It's hard to get our kids to do it on their own, but we would love to have their work archived and shared with you. Just drop me a line!

More Pet Day Pictures

Here is Phoenix with his rabbit, Leah with her two bunnies, Devon with his mice, Nokio with her Hamster and Lyric with her Hamster, Mr. Bojangles who is dancing!

Pet Day

Pet day was a great success. The pets were well behaved and the kids were very excited. Here is Wembly, Griffin's Old English Sheepdog and Abram, Aidan's big beautiful dog. Pi has Rosie his corn snake and Dahlia brought Pushkin her little mixed breed friend that does tricks!