Monday, August 20, 2012

Monday, August 20th, 2012

Good evening!

Homework starts tonight. Yikes! Please send the following items in with your child tomorrow:
*1 small Ziplock baggie with 20 pennies, 5 nickels, 10 dimes, and 4 quarters. The students will be using these coins on a regular basis.
*1 old, clean sock to use as an eraser for their white boards. 

Last week, we had a wonderful Fall Voyage to Camp Elim. I want to thank all of our fabulous chaperones! Cari, Lisa, Angel, Marcie, Steve, John, Sjef, Rob, and Keith, we could NOT have done it without you. Our voyage was so great, in huge part due to you. My deepest gratitude for your help!

Please enjoy a quick glimpse into our time together last week. I will post more pictures from the voyage  in the coming weeks, as we explore our character traits deeper.

We got to celebrate a birthday on Wednesday. Camp Elim sure knows how to recognize a birthday. A banner and a frosting covered, huge chocolate chip cookie! 



Before we got to explore Camp Elim, we set our norms for the next couple of days.



Finally, we got to explore and enjoy singing, stories, and jokes around the campfire. 



My favorite photos are those of 2nd graders being reflective. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do. The "solo" practice in the classroom was a great prelude to being in the field. 















Camp was a nice balance of reflective time and team building. During our initiatives, we learned how to listen to each other, find our role in a group, and communicate (and possibly disagree) respectfully. These experiences will transfer to our group work in the classroom. 





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