Celebrating Black History Month in Indiana

The students brought home a game card from the Indiana Historical Society yesterday. It's a challenge for each of the students to complete (by choice) by Tuesday, February 23. The link to the site is on our class website. The answers to the 10 questions are linked to the site, as well. This is an optional activity for students, but all entrants will receive extra credit in Social Studies. Class time will not be provided for completing the challenge, however students are always welcome to use the computers in the classroom once daily work is complete.

Super Bowl Reading and Math

You might have read in the Brown Barker about our Super Bowl festivities this week. Along with spirit days, we are also counting the number of minutes each student reads and practices math facts. Student CAN use the minutes they read from their weekly contracts for this activity, too. We get a touchdown for every 7 hours of reading and math completed throughout the week. We also get a field goal for perfect attendance for each day (that includes no tardies). Please sign a football (students will bring home a football for each day of this week) after your child practices math and reads. Our goal is to win the Super Bowl competition as well as being super readers and mathematicians!

Supplies--THANK YOU!

Thank you to the families that sent glue and scissors to school to replenish our supplies. We are still short on scissors, though, and would be happy to take an old pair just lying around your house! The more the merrier . . . even with scissors!

Brown Bonanza Items

Many thanks to those families that were able to send items to school for our "Funshine" bucket for the silent auction at the Brown Bonanza next Friday, February 12. Tomorrow is the due date for our class collections, however, please continue to send things in by this Friday.

Healthy Food Challenge

I have challenged our class to try new fruits and vegetables for the next two weeks. Each student received a handout for tracking the items they try as well as ranking them on taste. Our class is training along with Petyon Manning in his "Project 18" health plan to become healthier, happier people. This is NOT a required activity, as it might produce a larger grocery bill for parents, but it WILL BE for extra credit should your child choose to partcipate. The challenge sheet is due by Friday, February 5.

Supplies . . . WE NEED 'EM!

We are completely out of glue sticks and scissors. If you see a great buy, please pick up one of these items if you can. Our class would greatly appreciate the donations!

Assignment Notebooks

We still have 15 minutes right after recess each day to discuss assignments for the following day and for the week. However, I am no longer signing notebooks unless an issue of missing or late work takes place. Signing the notebooks is now done by each student in the class on a rotational basis. Should this need to be reassessed at the end of the third nine weeks, I will do so then.