Thank you for sending your child dressed for the cold weather today. It was a "blue" day which is -20 or colder, including the wind chill. We will stay inside if it's too cold but there could be times when we go out, just for a few minutes, so please continue to ensure your child has all his/her cold weather clothing.
Today we began some new things: In math, we have started learning about shapes. The kids used tangram shapes to make pictures. The grade 2s also began finding strategies to learn the basic facts of + and - to 18. We started something called "Fire Writing". Fire writing is when kids choose their own topic and write like crazy for 15 minutes. The idea is to write, write, write, with no distractions. What they write is for themselves and is kept private. The teacher won't be looking at it or grading it so it frees them to write without limits. Then we will have volunteers share (only if they want) and we will celebrate their unique writing and "crack open" sentences, which means to brainstorm juicy words to help the author progress in his/her writing. The kids were super excited about this new form of writing today! This afternoon - another form of writing - research writing. The students are asking questions about bats and trying to locate answers.
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