Tuesday, November 28, 2016

I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU out to all off you for your donations of games as well as pennies!  We did very well on both projects.  POQA picked up our basket contents today and will put together the baskets for us to raffle off soon.  As for the Penny Wars, we (both Quest and Davinci) raised about $250.  We have purchased books with the money and will have the students sign personal messages in them, then we will donate them to the Christmas Box house to distribute as gifts during Christmas!  What an awesome idea and a memorable act of kindness by the students.

Today I sent home letters about a “Box of Hope” project I’ve done yearly with my students.  The letter/permission slip has all of the details but it is basically a way for the students to create positive friendships and build self esteem among each other.  The students filled out a questionnaire today in class stating their favorites and personal interests for their box buddies to use as a resource.  Once I have all of the questionnaires I will randomly assign buddies and the creative fun may begin.  The culminating project will be shared on December 16th during our class Christmas Party.  It is always a lot of fun to see what the kids come up with on their own and the reactions of the kids that are involved.

On that note, do I have any parents that would be interested in volunteering to help with the Christmas Class party?  It will be on December 16th from 10:30-11:45.  Any ideas are welcomed and appreciated.  We will be allowed treats for this party but I will need to know in advance what will be served in order to notify parents.  

Also, we are in need of dry erase markers if any of you are looking for a way to help. 🙂  The kids use them a lot as we do a lot of whole class formative assessments on whiteboards.  

Tomorrow will also be our chapter 9 test on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.   The kids have a practice test to work on as homework in preparation for the actual test tomorrow afternoon.  

I will have the chaperone lists for the field trip next Friday put together and posted by this Friday!  Please let me know if you have been picked as a chaperone but will be unable to make it.

I think that is all for now, thanks again for all of your help and support!