And We're Off!

What a week it was in the Lily Pad!  Ms. Schmudlach and I enjoyed meeting and getting to know the students who will be in our classroom community this year.  And, we hit the ground running!

We spent much time this week forming guidelines for our classroom community, deciding our classroom responsibilities, getting to know each other, forming community and doing some quick assessments.  Ms. Schmudlach and I are excited about working with the students and forming a kind, caring and safe learning community.

Our community defined what it should Look like, Feel like and Sound like during different parts of our day.  We then practiced respectful and responsible behaviors during our reading block and our math block.

We have had Ready-Set-Goal conferences this week and have more scheduled for next week.  As of today, I have all but 2 conferences scheduled!  Thank you all for signing up for and attending a conference with your child.  This helps our home-school partnership and it is fun for us to get to know all of you.  

Next week is a full school week.  We will begin our writer's workshop, explore with some science lessons and will have a Yoga time on Friday Morning.  We are adding these learning times to our math block, reader's workshop and to our ongoing process of community building which we started the first week.  Check the schedule I sent home (or here on the blog) to know what we in the Lily Pad are up to every day!

Some Upcoming Events for September

• Ready Set Goal Conferences, Monday-Thursday next week
• Wednesday, September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day Arrrrr! Students are encouraged to dress to dress like a pirate on this fun-filled day!
• Third Grade Pancake Breakfast, September 27 - more information to follow.