I wrote this blog on Thursday. It is now Sunday evening and am just now finding that it didn't get published. Instead of writing a new post, I'll just slip in the announcements and reminders here:
We have our first field trip to Seattle Tilth's Children's Garden this Thursday, October 17 to learn more about soil from the Tilth education team. We'll leave at noon and will be back shortly before dismissal. We will be eating lunch there, so please send a sack lunch with your child. Please let Heidi Roth or Kristi Barnes know if you are able to be a driver for this trip.
The 2nd grade team is also working on finalizing another field trip to the Mercer Slough on Friday, November 1st for a wetland hike as part of their "Soil Adventurers" program. We will be looking for drivers for this trip as well. Please stay tuned for more info soon.
2nd graders will be taking the MAP test this Tuesday & Wednesday, October 15 & 16. Please make sure your child gets a nutritious breakfast.
We have our first field trip to Seattle Tilth's Children's Garden this Thursday, October 17 to learn more about soil from the Tilth education team. We'll leave at noon and will be back shortly before dismissal. We will be eating lunch there, so please send a sack lunch with your child. Please let Heidi Roth or Kristi Barnes know if you are able to be a driver for this trip.
The 2nd grade team is also working on finalizing another field trip to the Mercer Slough on Friday, November 1st for a wetland hike as part of their "Soil Adventurers" program. We will be looking for drivers for this trip as well. Please stay tuned for more info soon.
2nd graders will be taking the MAP test this Tuesday & Wednesday, October 15 & 16. Please make sure your child gets a nutritious breakfast.
Positive Discipline
Over several weeks we discussed how we would make this the best school year ever. We decided there are five main ways we will do this-BE SAFE, TAKE CARE OF OUR CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL, TRY OUR BEST, HAVE FUN, and WORK TOGETHER. Then we brainstormed ways to do this and what we might say. These have become our "Guidelines and Agreements" for the year. Each of us signed-off on the guidelines and agree to the norms we created together.
Scientists Hard at Work
We are getting our hands dirty! This week we investigated soil and then its three main components: sand, clay, and humus. Ask your child what he/she learned this week! We will go on our first class field trip to Seattle Tilth on October 17th. The experts at Seattle Tilth will teach us more about gardening and environmental concepts and perhaps let us get a little dirt under our fingernails.
Our morning jokes from the past week...
You'll have to ask your child for the punch lines!
Why was Ms. Leckie running around her bed?
What does a robot frog say?
What is black and white, black and white, black and white?
Why do cows wear bells?
And my personal favorite:
What do you call a bear that knows everything?
Why was Ms. Leckie running around her bed?
What does a robot frog say?
What is black and white, black and white, black and white?
Why do cows wear bells?
And my personal favorite:
What do you call a bear that knows everything?