Huge thanks to Massa for sharing her religious holiday of Eid Al-adha. It was very interesting to learn about her religious culture. And her classmates were excited to dig into the donuts she brought. And big thanks to Lilly too for sharing how to be a Goal Setter. We learned all about the goals she set in AR and the ACTIONS she will take in order to get to the Wall of Fame. Way to go, girls!

Hello parents – thank you to those of you who have already signed up on Synergy and updated your information. This will become a major form of communication this year as it allows contact through emails, and access to see your child’s grades throughout the year (as I figure out how to make that happen!). I still have MANY of your access codes. If you did not receive a form at Back to School Night (or the other parent) then please stop by and pick it up. We can NOT hand them to students or to an adult whose name is not on the form (ex: wife cannot pick up husband’s). They must be picked up directly from the parent listed to protect all privacy. Let me know if you have any questions.

Parents – I can’t thank you enough for getting us off to a great start! Your children came to school ready to learn with their supplies, forms completed, and even with extra donations for the class! Thank you for helping us kick off the year so fantastically. So what did we do?! We spent a lot of time getting to know one another and understanding classroom agreements for our community. Your child learned and practiced how we successfully serve as a listener and a speaker. They did their first oral presentation and introduced a new partner after interviewing him/her. They will be bringing home another presentation to prep for this week! 🙂 We worked on collaborative conversations with ALL students participating, as well as group work to demonstrate the BCM Way rules and expectations. Academically, we reviewed our sound spelling cards and played fun games to practice phonics skills and syllables. We began our first math chapter on Place Value and even had our first few hw assignments. And whoopsie…heard some excuses last week. Your child was well informed that I expect effort and accountability and I know we will have 100% completion this week. We practiced taking notes in our notebooks about genres and reflections, and finished up fluency assessments. I reminded them that skipping nightly reading is only cheating themselves, not me. And in more exciting news, tomorrow is the solar eclipse! While we will NOT be outside between 9:30 – 11:30 per a BCM agreement, we will have fun in-class learning activities planned and will watch via the NASA feed. I’m excited for another fun and busy week!