Posted by Alissa | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on February 11, 2016
Today was our 100th Day of School! We have accomplished a lot this week. Lots of pictures to tell you the story.
We made cool glasses and worked on a math problem. How many ways can you break up 100? Can you make two groups? More than two? Record what you find.
We shared our excellent, creative 100 Days of School projects. What I love the most about this project is how it helps the students get to know each other more. The child who loves cars gets to bring in 100 pictures of cars he loves and all of a sudden he is now the “car expert” in our class! What a great way to celebrate the many interests and talents that make us who we are.
We are also working on a class project to find 100 acts of kindness in our classroom. Every day people are doing small things to show kindness to each other. Now we are writing them down and celebrating them, counting them as we group them by tens and ones and hang them on our bulletin board. 
We painted beautiful Valentine hearts today. 
In writing, we finished our first teaching books. Partners helped us edit our stories and then we shared them and read them to each other. Children learn so much by having the courage to read their ideas to others and they also learn a lot about how to be a good listener by listening to others ideas. This is something we practice a lot at school. 
Mrs. Gravina gave us a challenge this week. Can you work together as a team to build a car? Here is what we came up with! Next week, we will build ramps to race them and see which designs work best.
Hope you enjoy your winter break!
Thank you for all that you do Alissa! I really look forward to these blog updates. Enjoy your break too!
I’m so glad you are enjoying them, Pav! It’s a great way for us to celebrate all the work the kids are doing.