New Year Resolutions

This week during writing we worked on making resolutions for the new year.

A resolution is a promise you make to yourself.  In the promise you will work to help others or make yourself a better person.

Together we made a list of possible resolutions!  There were many good ideas!  Then we made a plan of how we were accomplish our goal and wrote a paragraph describing our plan.  Next week be watching for the resolutions to come home.

Famous Faces

Each year the sixth grade students present "Famous Faces."  This is the culmination of a research project.  Each student picks a person to research, write a 1-2 minute presentation about that person, dress like that person and present their research.

We had 6, 6th grade students come to our room to present to us this morning.   Ask your child about who he/she learned about today!  Well done 6th graders!

Star of the North

Thursday at Library, Ms. Zbacnik read us another nominee for the Star of the North Book Award.  It had a bit a a surprise ending.  Ask your child about it!

These kids sure love to read!  Here are a few students caught reading!

Roll a Snowman!

This afternoon we played a Roll a Snowman game!  It was so much fun!

In pairs, you take turn rolling a die.  On each roll, you complete another part of the body as prescribed by the game board.

Your child brought the game home and the snowmen he/she created.  It was so much fun, we did not want to stop to go to Art.  Ask your child about the game.

Writing Sharing

To end our morning of reading we shared our "Blank Book" writing project.  Mrs. Erickson has started us on a wonderful journey of creating our own books.  Students have had time to work on these books all fall.  She has made blank books for the class to use to create their own writings.  These books are literally blank and students can write their won book.  She initially gave some instruction about the types of books they could write. i.e. nonfiction, how to, a story, personal narrative, series etc.  Today, in small groups, students shared one of their best books.  It was so much fun! 

Then we asked for nominations from students of a book that he/she heard a classmate share he/she thought was really great.  We then asked that nominated person if he/she wanted to share his/her story with the class.  Many students were brave enough to share! 

It was an awesome way to end the morning!  Your child will have his/her blank books to take home today!

Coding

As a part of our morning we did more coding! It was lots of fun to work with a partner on this task!

Reading Party - Part Two

After reading with our buddies we did some silent reading in our classroom!  It was awesome!  These kids sure love to read!