Students entered our room with smiles and joy on Wednesday! Our students are kind, wonderful people and it felt great to welcome the new year with their positive energy and thoughtfulness.
Ms. Bryce, our student teacher from St. Michael's College has joined our classroom community. She will teach with us every day until April vacation. Ms. Bryce loves to teach and we are grateful for her journey with us.
We experienced many cooperative tasks this week. We made snowmen from a six-foot piece of construction paper. We worked together learning coins and multi-digit subtraction strategies while reading the book Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst and we started writing question-answer books with new topics!
During Mrs. Wheeler's guidance time we held our first class meeting. We discussed what makes our classroom a great place to learn and what each of us can do to continue to make that happen. I'm proud of each member of our learning community, each person spoke their truth, were kind and willing to speak. I shared with our students, and I'll say it again, I'm proud to be their teacher.
Next week begins our winter schedule for creative arts. Our hour-long cross country ski day for PE will be on Tuesdays. Please make sure your child has all their outdoor gear for this experience.
Thank you for all you do,
Jen Belisle
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