How ironic that I would forget to update my blog on Monday since we have been writing about goals in class and Monday updating is one of my goals for this year. Hmmm...next week will be better.
As for our week, thank you parents for sending in jeans for our Reading project. Oh my, what a fun time we had making products out of the denim to sell. There was a lot of creativity as students designed their items and again today as they bought and sold. We had some great conversations about making things to sell, how to get people interested in your product, how to set a fair price and many other things. So many lessons learned today! We will start reading the biography of Levi Strauss and learn how he decided on a product to make and how he built a successful business. We will have a lot of connections to his experience now that we have done this project. If you sent in scissors, ask your child for them back. We are done with them and I will make sure they are in the backpacks to go home. Thank you again, this was a great learning experience!
In Writing, we are writing a five-paragraph essay. We just finished one about goals. Ask your child about his or her goals for 2014. We will be taking some time to work on Greek and Latin roots and spelling patterns.
With the start of a new year, Mrs. Antoniono and I have met with each student to go over his or her CRT data from last year for Math and Reading. We have looked at strengths and weaknesses and set goals to help bring up the lowest area. Some students will be looking for non-fiction books to read for home reading. If you need a recommendation, please email me. We hope to help each student succeed on these tests in the Spring.
We will be starting an Economics project next week. More info to follow on that.
Have a great week!
