Morning Messages

Every morning, around half past nine, we play our “Hello, Today” song and students head to the meeting area. As the song is playing, Ms. Jen or Ms. Lisa begin to write the morning message, and students sit quietly observing what is being written. We are modeling conventions of print, such as using capitalization at the beginning of a sentence and punctuation at the end. This week, we had a silly meeting where Ms. Jen wrote the message without finger spacing. The students had a good laugh and did remarkably well decoding the message! This week, we have had delightful morning messages written by students and shared at our meeting. It is so lovely to see how quickly the schedule of the day has been internalized and by the creativity of students to write their own messages to share.

Place Value: Making Big Numbers with Cards and Blocks

This week, the Math Group has been spending some time on reviewing the tens placement and learning the hundreds and thousands placements. We have started making numbers in the thousands for Pica, Ferme, Nada and the latter part of the week has been making big numbers using wooden cards and unit blocks.

Fall Spirit Day

On Monday the 30th, children are invited to come to school wearing anything that they feel celebrates their Fall Spirit! This might mean coming to school in cozy pajamas, a costume, or any other creative interpretation of the season….basically whatever gives them joy, as long as they can function in the classroom, is safe for the specials they have that day (including woodshop, etc!) is appropriate for a K-11 setting and not scary, gruesome, or involving weapons. Before math, we will encourage kids to change out of any clothing that makes it difficult for them to focus on the learning. As always, PLEASE DON’T send children to school with candy (even in lunches) – Thank you in advance!!!

Warmest Regards,

Jen & Lisa