One of our favorite traditions in the Upper Elementary classroom is the sharing of “leaves” and passing of the kindness coin throughout the community.  Thoughtful messages are written on the paper leaves by students or teachers and then shared aloud on Friday to be displayed in our classroom. The kindness coin is passed between friends when they notice kind, thoughtful actions by their peers.

Once every six days a few Middle School students drop in for community service. They team up with some of our students to assist with different learning objectives.  This is a positive learning experience and we enjoy seeing our former students as mentors.

We began some new interactive digital math lessons this week on the Smart Board.  My next goal is to send each of you a student log-in for your child. This will enable them to refer to math lessons at home to reinforce classroom learning.

Lastly, one of our students shared the first reading response of the year this week!  As a reminder the goal is for each student to complete six this year.  Miss Hope checked in with every student to find out what book they are currently reading to work towards this goal.