Mrs. Laser's Blog

    Our Learning This Week:   Pink Shirt Day led to a heartfelt, meaningful conversation in the large group.  Some of the comments were, "I love pink! I love this day!"  and "those bullies didn't know about bucket filling".  Wow!  It is so encouraging to see the students embrace, understand and live the concept of EMPATHY. Every class starts with a message to the students.  It has been absolutely phenomenal to see the growth in how the children are becoming bold and confident in this reading experience.  The students recognize so many fry words and that is largely due to your practice with them at home.  Thank you!   The students were thrilled to have a virtual presentation from a real paleontologist,  Alex Dutchak.  Every child was ecstatic to talk about dinosaurs for the remainder of the class. Classroom Mystery:   Are these your child's black ski pants?  No one is claiming them. Dates to Remember: Friday, February 26 - PM Clas s attends (8:30 to 12:40)

    Our Learning This Week:   We are so happy to have Ms. Cardone back with us for her last U of C teaching practicum!   This week we drew and wrote about our response to a book called "Sam and the Lucky Money".  It is a story that occurs during the Chinese New Year and the topic of Empathy is very prevalent.  Please visit our Google Classroom tomorrow if you would like to view the book.   We also continued to work with tally marks in Math, Hoola hoops in gym and storytelling to go with our sugar cube ice castle creations. Dates to Remember: Friday, February 19 - AM Class attends (8:30 to 12:40) Wednesday, February 24     PINK shirt day - please wear a pink or red shirt if you have one Celebration of Learning   - This will be the same format as the Celebration of Learning in the Fall.  Baggies of activities will be sent home in the blue folder.   That evening, parents will go onto our Google Classroom and participate in the celebration of learning which is explained in the