Leadership Binders and other facts...

Yesterday I sent home a leadership binder for each child in the classroom.  We have spent some time talking about goals and what they are and why they are important.  As a class, we then set a goal to try and clip up at least one time each day.  We discussed that in order to clip up, a child would need to be practicing the 7 leaderships habits that we have been learning about in the classroom.  A second part of our goal process is to have an individual goal as well.  These were selected for each child and that is the information that is contained in the binders.  You can keep the binders at home with you and you can keep all of the work you do in those binders.  Every Friday, I am going to do a "binder check" and have the kids bring the binders back to me at school.  This way I can check in and see what progress is being made for each child.  My first check will be on Thursday, October 15th due to Fall Break.  If you feel that I need to see them sooner than that, please feel free to send them in to me with the parent communication page filled out so I know what to look for.  Otherwise, I will wait until "check days" to look at them.

Some important dates that are coming up:

Thursday, October 8th: Picture Day

Friday and Monday, October 16, 19: Fall Break, No School

Thursday and Friday, October 22-23rd: Donuts with Dad and Book Fair at CE (more information will be sent home when it is getting closer)

This week in class we are learning about pumpkins.  We have read several books about the life cycle of pumpkins and have had a lot of great conversation about how a pumpkin grows.  Today, we talked about how a pumpkin is a fruit and compared it to what we know about apples growing.  We also talked about how a pumpkin is different than an apple.

Our shared reading this week is talking about farm animals and what happens on a farm to help us answer the question "How are animals different?"  This has been a fun time in the classroom because the children have a lot of background information to bring to our discussions!

During our Social Studies time, we are learning about how to be a good friend and talking about what it looks like to be a good friend.  This chapter in our book ties in really well with our 7 leadership habits that we are learning about.

Have a great rest of the week!