Busy Bees
The past few weeks have been insanely busy! First of all, did you hear that the third grade pumpkin on for best decoration at Mayboory? It’s no Wonder we won. Reading this book so far has taught us much about inclusion, being kind, and thinking about how others go through life with their own struggles just like we do. What an incredible story! Ask your child about anything they’ve learned while we’ve read it this year. We hope to finish it soon!
We have been learning about narrative elements in fiction (including the plot, climax, problem and solution), identifying parts of speech in weekly mentor sentences, differentiating between possessive vs plural nouns and contractions vs plural nouns, tackling models of multiplication and division, and remembering the life cycles of various plants and animals.
We were all very proud of our classmate, Winn, for being one of the three running for Secretary/Treasurer of the SCA this year. He gave a great speech and made us all proud to be a part of his journey! Way to go, Winn!
With Veterans Day being this past Saturday, and celebrating with an assembly on Friday we loved learning about how there are people out there right now protecting our inalienable rights. We have talked a lot about how even though we are a diverse population, that diversity amongst Americans makes us stronger! Thank you, Veterans!
On Friday afternoon, we got to celebrate our first quarter achievements and hard work with a Mallard Rally in the gym! We talked about how we set goals, work towards them, overcome stress and adversity, deal with frustration, and set new goals for the coming quarter! Mr. Fernald got the teachers involved with a teamwork activity. Check it out the winning 5th grade team in action below!
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Did you know I completed my fourth half marathon this weekend? It’s true! Mrs. Jones and I worked together all fall to prepare, although nothing could have prepared us for just how cold it was on Saturday morning. We didn’t end up going quite as fast as we wanted, we worked hard, felt great, and enjoyed knowing that all of our hard work helped us to achieve something that we really wanted to do. Now, my body is really sore and I’ll be taking Monday off to treat myself to a day of relaxation and reading. I can’t wait to cozy up with a good book all day on the sofa. I’ll miss you all, but I’ll see you on Tuesday!
One more thing:
Thank you for all of your hard work this week Ms Beck, and congratulations on a successful race!! Enjoy your well-deserved day off tomorrow!.