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Yesterday two fabulous techies by the names of Lauren and Dan, worked ALL DAY in my classroom (yes even while classes were going on!) to install a new Promethean board. It was quite a process but the end result is absolutely AMAZING! We have a new touch screen Promethean board that is bright, vivid, and ten students can use it at once, compared to only two students before. It also has a killer sound system. We tested out the new sound bar this morning with Fun Friday. We invited Mrs. Allen's TA over and we jammed out and played a huge game of musical chairs. It was a blast, and the music was great too! We got stuck inside for recess due to the rain and the students played hangman and also some had a dance party to the music. We are very excited about this brand new tech, ask your students about how awesome it is! Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
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Yesterday we enjoyed lunch in the classroom. Students love coming up every Wednesday and eating in our room. This week they asked if I could play music, and it was quite amusing to see what came from that. I wish I had my camera out when the dance party broke out! Hannah and Jaime did the worm while everyone else kind of be-bopped in their own space. Students requested everything from Lion King tunes to country music. Being in an open classroom and sharing space with Mrs. Allen, I don't often play music. Because her class is at gym on Wednesday afternoons, I was able to play music during our ELA class. Kids sat and read while listening to music, and it was so calming. I'm hoping to be able to bring this into the classroom more, as it was something that seemed to calm everyone down and helped them focus. I don't have much else for you, other than the pics below. Please check out the 6th grade blog, so you can see all the news for the upcoming week. Yesterday marked about two weeks (not including vacation) since our two week focus on kindness. I wanted to check in to see how kids thought we were doing as a group. Overall kids said that they noticed our group has improved with kindness, but it's still not perfect. They said the "big stuff/drama" has died down quite a bit, but the "little stuff" is still pretty common in our classroom. Here's what we identified as little stuff:
*Dirty or mean looks *Eye Rolling *Snide comments under breath We then discussed how body language can send a pretty mean message without any words at all. We talked about how often times we don't even realize what our body language looks like. We discussed how it's important to be aware of the message we are sending, and to really focus on sending a positive message and not a negative one. With this I promised students that I would be doing my best to call students on their body language, so they realize they are doing it. This hopefully will help students realize what they are doing, and then hopefully start to change their behavior. We will be focusing on positive body language throughout next week. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this. **In other, unrelated news. There are still some field trip permission forms and money that I don't have. Please send those in. **I'm still missing report cards too, please send them in ASAP so we can go over point sheets here at school. |
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