Beach Brain Buzz: Our First Full Week!

We survived the first full week of school!! Woohoo!! Honestly though, it was a very successful week in spite of "the beginning of the school year madness". Our successes include:

• establishing our classroom community, routines, & procedures;
• launching reading and writing workshops;
• introducing conversions within the metric system, and;
• introducing classification of living organisms.

We will continue working on these concepts in the coming week with the exception of math. We will leave metric conversions for the time being and go on to studies in place value.

Going forward, I do want to encourage you all to visit this blog often. It is my goal to update this on a weekly basis to keep you informed as to the shenanigans going on in our 5th grade classroom. You can receive an e-mail update every time I update the blog by using the "Follow by E-mail" widget on this blog. This way you don't have to remember to check it on your own!

Last, but not least, one of the kids asked me if I wanted the class to start their after-school reading. The answer is a RESOUNDING yes! I'll be sharing more of my thoughts on reading and writing as the year progresses, but I wanted to share an info-graphic I found on Pinterest with you. (Side note: I am a Pinterest-fanatic!) I think it poignantly validates the need to read outside of school. The text size appears to be smaller than ususal, so may need to click the pin to read it better. Regardless, it demonstrates the importance of reading every night. Enjoy! :)

Mr. B