Presidents, Measurements, and Store!

Even though Halloween was over we read one more Halloween story. Our pen pals at McKay Creek Elementary had done a play with this story and we wanted to read the book before we watched their performance. So we read...

Then we watched the performance on their blog ...

Then we gave them a big Sherwood clap because they did such a great job! Way to go pen pals!

Election Day was very exciting. All of the students voted in the cafeteria and in the classroom we talked about what exactly the president does. Then we created a class book called "If I was the president ... " The students had some great ideas. Here SF and CK are busy writing their ideas down.

BZ and AC would make very different presidents. BZ said that she would help people in need by giving them food and AC said that he would be rich for his family so he could buy things that they like. All the ideas were great and you will see them in our class book after the Christmas Break.

CK was our Star of the Week and he brought in 3 very special necklaces to share with us on his poster. One necklace was from his great-grandpa, another from a visit to Silverwood and yet another from a trip to the coast.

CK also finished his math level 1. What a great week for him! He earned a special award as well as a quarter to spend at store.Way to go C!

On Friday we had store. The students take their money they have earned for good behavior and they get to buy things. This is a big day for them because it only happens once a month. They count their money daily in anticipation.

The student helper of the day gets to help people "check out" at store. BZ was a great clerk as well as salesman. She not only encouraged people to choose things in their budget but to select things they could really use! I see great things in her future!

We started measuring with rulers this week. We also have started talking about the difference between inches, feet and yards and how to select the appropriate measuring tool. We measured all kinds of things.