Bill Merical, the Author is Coming Tomorrow!!

First of all, I want to say I am so proud of this class and the behavior & work habits that they displayed yesterday with the substitute. Every student except for 1 did just as they were to do; be respectful, responsible citizens. That one student lost money from the sub and myself and also had to miss recess today and have a chat with me about it as a consequence. Let's just say-I don't think this will happen again and if it does, the consequences will be more severe. YAAYYY!! We are so excited to meet Bill, the author of Journey of Fallen Rock tomorrow. He will be in our room from 12:30-1:30. Homework tonight for that is to think of and write down any questions they may have for him. He may answer some of them in his presentation, but we don't know what he is going to share so write down anything you are wondering. Make sure they have to do with his job of being an author or the book, and not lots of personal questions. Lewis & Clark HR today. Yes, we read lots about Lewis & Clark today and now they have to sequence events in order. Have a discussion about this and ask your child at least 4 things they learned and if they can tell you, write L&C in the planner. Technology Day: Friday is going to be technology day in here. Students can bring in IPods, DS systems or whatever they want and listen to school appropriate music during work time, recess time, and the celebration time. They can bring in the DS systems for celebration time. We will talk more about this tomorrow at morning meeting. The buy in for this is going to be $400 fake money. They just have to remember that they will need to have at least $500 for the field trip to the NILE on October 15th. Celebration: We are going to do that on Friday after lunch. We will have treats and play board games or use our technology and just enjoy each other's friendship. Tomorrow is our Chapter 1 math test on place value, decimals, counting $, making change, and all that we have been doing this chapter. Have a great night.