“Silly Bands” are all the rage with our students these days. These fun-shaped rubber bands are a great novelty item, and our students just love trading them. I used the morning announcements to let the students know that while “Silly Bands” are fun, we don’t want them to be a distraction to the classroom. If your students are bringing these to school, please review with them our expectations:
- Silly Bands should not be on student desks during class time. They should stay in a backpack or pocket.
- Silly Bands should not be played with during class.
- Silly Bands should not be thrown or “shot” at other students.
- Silly Bands should not be sold.
Tuesday (August 31) is our first in-service day. On these early release days, the teachers are engaged in professional learning opportunities so they can continue to develop their talents. Our first in-service day will be dedicated aligning their teaching units to the district’s curriculum maps in math and reading.
Observations from the Classrooms:
Mrs. Menard’s class was busy making their own imaginary towns, based on the story “Roxaboxen,” by Alice McLerran. This also connects with their unit on communities, and the students were definitely using their imaginations!
The return of music has been a wonderful thing to watch! Mr. Roper has had a fun way of engaging students of all ages, from teaching about different types of voices with kindergarten to letting the 6th grade use drums to create rhythms.
Sixth grade has jumped right into the scientific method, using drops of water and pennies to explore the world of variables and reliability.
