Week 33

Sorry for the no-post last week! Here's what this past week looked like:

Reporting. In Superhero Social Skills we talked about "reporting"--particularly about reporting dangerous or bullying situations. First, students need to decide if it's something to report. Students should report if someone is/could be hurt, if they have already tried asking someone who is bothering them to stop and they continue to bother them, if someone is pressuring them to do something they know is inappropriate, etc. Students not only practiced in role plays, but we read a few stories about bullying and shared some experiences of our own and talked about how to deal with them.

Testing, testing, testing! This week we finished up UAA testing (Utah Alternative Assessment--for students who are unable to take the regular standardized tests in 3rd grade and up), 2nd grade Developmental Reading Assessment, and language arts SAGE testing for some of our 4th graders! We are almost done! Next week we will finish up the DRA for our older students and do SAGE math testing for our 4th graders and then the testing will be over! If you have any questions about how your child is performing, please feel free to contact me.

Everything is AWESOME. We've been practicing our dance festival dance to the song "Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie several times a week and the kids are really getting the hang of it! Next week we will start practicing outside. We have also ordered some Lego-themed tee shirts that the students will decorate. Make sure to mark your calendars--May 23rd is our big performance!

Landforms. We are continuing our unit on landforms--students have learned about mountains, canyons, islands, lakes, glaciers, etc, and where they can find real-life examples of these in our world!

Coming Up:
May 16th - Bowling Field Trip. Look for permission slips on Monday of next week. Reminder: if you would like to volunteer to accompany us on the field trip, you need to have a background check done. We are excited about this field trip--it will provide an opportunity to practice a lot of practical skills: money and math, staying cool, etc.

Homework Hero AND Student of the Week:

CARSON SMITH!!

FOR BEING OUR ONLY STUDENT TO TURN IN ALL HOMEWORK THIS WEEK AND FOR USING GREAT SOCIAL SKILLS. WELL DONE!