Today was a pretty good day. A little bit of yelling going on at recess, but overall, a day packed with learning and excited students (for the most part).
Three boys are writing a story together during writing workshop and they stumbled on a fantastic idea about having their main characters live in an underwater volcano... I suggested they do some research on where-in-the-world it could take place and what it looks like and they took off with it! They even wanted to write during computer time! And they've made plans to write before the bell rings tomorrow. We did start typing stories on the computer, so that might be adding some excitement to our writing.
Our volleyball team did amazing today! We won all three games! I seriously don't know how we're doing this well. Our serves kept going over and over and over... Woohoo! There's one more game this week on Thursday in Janesville.
Tomorrow the K-4th graders are singing at the Nursing Home. As part of an all-school service project, my class spent read-aloud time making birthday cards and special door-hanging frame things for residents. They turned out pretty neat! The frames are black with silver stars on them, and inside the frame is a piece of black paper with chalk words (Bible verses, encouraging messages, etc.) and stickers. We stuck magnets to the back so residents can stick them to their doors.
Monarch caterpillar update: the little bugger made his chrysalis last night when no one was watching... that was the first thing a few of my students ran to check as soon as they walked in the door. Our apple observations are still going... not super strong enthusiasm right now... mostly they're mush and don't look too different from day to day. And the whole apples are still looking the same.
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