Mustaches Galore

The message was loud and clear here at Bitterroot-"I mustache you not to use drugs". Lots of participation in final day of Red Ribbon Week. Our assembly left us with a good message about making positive choices and no tolerance for bullying. Thank you to the student council & Mr. English for setting this up. Kira & Sydnie, you represented us well. The Skyview SADD group came to talk to us about what they do as a group,how to get involved in school, and that the messages we receive now about Saying No need to be taken with us throughout our lives and to live our lives making good choices, positive friends, and having strong values. Ask them what SADD stands for and what we did with the M & M's and if they can tell you, write SADD in the planner. Even though RRW is over, we are still going to do a couple things here in our room during morning meetings and will be done by Friday. Tomorrow of course is the big day. Yes, Kira it is your "spooky" birthday. She is bringing treats so no other treats needed as you will get many tomorrow night. We are going to do Halloween activities tomorrow that are curriculum related. We will have fun and I know the kids will be excited, but they will still have to have some self-control. Please visit with them about this-thank you. No costumes, but if you want to wear orange/black or a Halloween t-shirt or something like that, please feel free to. I have mine!! Today in Math, we solved some algebraic equations and they are loving it. We are also working on different strategies for solving problems with the 4 operations. Kids need to see that there is more than 1 way to come up with the answer like we did when we were in school right!!!! Raindrop stories-students were given the choice to take them home tonight to keep doing the rewrite for the published copy. They also got their tagboard raindrop in which they will design their main character. Be creative-we talked about wiggle eyes, ribbons, material, cotton, construction paper, etc. to design and make it look like a character. We are trying to go above just drawing in and coloring the features. Can't wait to see what this creative bunch can do and yes, you parents may help. I love it!!! This whole project will be due on Tuesday-story and character. You will get to see them on display at conferences. Speaking of conferences, if you haven't gotten your slips back yet, please do so so I can finalize my schedule. Have a great night.