Hot Topics In The Classroom

Interesting Investigations

Mayan Nose Jewelry, Aztec Sacrifices and Inca Messenger Services
Ted Geisel's (Dr. Seuss) Biography
Egyptian mummies

Daily Discoveries

Two children derived Roman Numerals from 1 to 237.
Several children have discovered how to multiply by two digits without materials.
One child learned how to successfully connect cursive letters and add capital letters to his work.
A few children learned how to reduce fractions and form equivalent fractions without using materials.
Some children calculated the factors of the numbers 1 through 68.
Two children wrote silly sentences with pairs of homonyms.

Words of the Week

discord, doldrums, disconsolate, chroma

Exciting Events

Usborne Read-a-thon ends today!

Community Contributions

We have been setting goals to finish our tie quilt which will be donated to Project Linus.

Home Happenings

Students need to return their wish lists by Friday.

Parent Particulars

Daily lunch seating is periodically rearranged by playing a variety of innovative seating games. This week, a group of students made a list of the children's middle names and then alphabetized them to decide who would be called first to get ready for lunch. Our rule for these games is that the each person may choose his table with one exception: he may not sit at the table chosen by the person who went before him.

Periodic rotation of seats in this manner helps the children learn to mingle and develop social relationships with more than just a small group of friends, while also allowing them to maintain some freedom of choice within the process. We still usually have one or two days per week where they are allowed to freely choose where they would like to sit without any game playing to mix things up.