Good Monday morning! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. The past two Fridays have been a little crazy in here. There is a serious issue going on in our room that needs to be discussed. I'm not sure if it's Spring fever setting in or what, but the behavior in this classroom has gotten out of control. All year, this class has been extremely respectful to me and, for the most part, each other. Lately though, that has changed drastically. There has been a lot of bickering, name calling, and talking about each other behind backs. They have been getting in trouble with adults that they have NEVER got in trouble with before. The part that is the most hurtful, is they have been even starting to act disrespectful towards me. The county literacy coach did a model lesson in our room Wednesday. I was not in the room. She asked them numerous times to clear their areas off and they completely ignored her. She finally had to get another teacher to help her. That is NOT acceptable. Due to this behavior, we are having a "silent" day today. The girls will have their normal work to do, but they will not be able to speak unless they have a question to ask. I hate having to go to this extreme, but I'm hoping this will be the motivation they need to get back in order. We only have 10 days before Spring Break, and 15 days before the CRCT. We DO NOT have time for this nonsense.
In math and reading, we have been working exclusively in our CRCT coach books to begin test prep. My goal is to have all but 5 lessons in both math and reading done by Spring Break so that they can finish the books out over the break, but also have time to relax and enjoy themselves. These books are wonderful resources because they go over everything we have learned in class, and show them how questions and reading passages will be laid out on the test. In reading, we finished the novel Bread and Roses, Too. We began our next novel, Tuck Everlasting. There is a movie associated with this book, and if behavior can get back on track, we will watch it and do a movie/book comparison paper. In science, we began our cells unit. Due to the CRCT rotation we are doing Tuesday-Thursday afternoons, the majority of this unit is self-taught. They were assigned 3 projects last week that are due Friday, April 5. They are an integrated squares packet, a 3-d cell model, and a webquest. They have had time in class to work on these, but it will require work at home. Since the due date is the Friday before Spring Break, late projects will not be accepted. These count for 50% of their final science grade, so please make sure to check in with your daughters and see if they are staying on top of their work.
Tomorrow night is family science night here at Brumby. It is free to attend, and there will be fun stations your kids can rotate through to do different hands on science experiments. I hope to see you all there.
We have a new partner in education.....Jets Pizza. If you haven't had their pizzas yet, they are delicious. Thursday is Brumby night at Jets. 15% of the proceeds go directly to Brumby.
Tomorrow at 9 am, is our 3rd quarter Brag Day. I sent home invitations if your daughter is receiving an award. I hope to see you there to celebrate your daughter's hard work.
Have a great week!
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