Enjoying Each Other and Our Work
Week #33 May 6-10, 2019

We are a talented bunch!  We enjoyed our first week of Talent Share for this month.  We saw demonstrations and learned beginning steps for how to: play the ukulele, Irish dance, play safely in hockey, speak and read Hebrew and write fantasy stories.  The talented presenters this week were confident and clear, and their peers were great students and supporters of their work!

We continue to enjoy our plant unit.  We simulated pollination by acting out the role of pollinators and flowers in this amazing process.  Your child can explain the model and we had amazing discoveries related to how difficult it is to be a flower and produce a seed, as well as being a bee gathering enough nectar to make honey.  See pictures below for this activity that we were able to conduct outside.

We enjoyed a week of problem solving.  Yes, it's true.  We all engaged in a variety of multi-step tasks operating with 3-digit numbers or with money.  Students focused in particular on communicating their thinking and using accurate symbolic notation to represent their strategies.

I enjoy my job immensely.  Thank you for your support and for all the kind words you shared during Teacher Appreciation Week.  Friday's PTO sponsored lunch was a lovely treat at the end of the week before our in-service meetings.  I appreciate your children, working with each of you, and having this amazing opportunity to teach. 

Other things to ask your child about this week:
*Pole bean observations
*Writing paragraphs about our plants and art in the hallway
*Mystery Doug
*Designing a plate of food thanks to pollinators

I wish you a wonderful weekend, and a Mother's Day full of fun and relaxation!
Mrs. Hock