FEBRUARY

What a crazzzzzy week it’s been and this month is just going to get crazier. February is the busiest month of the school year. From Fun Run, Valentine’s, conferences, Presidents’ Day, Lunar New Year, Science Expo and etc....

 On Tuesday, we had to evacuate the school building for 1.5 hours outside from smoke in the building. The alarm went off while we were in line for lunch. The kids did a REALLY good job staying calm and getting out of the building quickly. Mind I say, we evacuated the building in the DARK because at the same time this was happening, there was also a power outage in the building.

Because we were outside for so long, our schedule got a little funky. We missed specials, had to eat in the classroom and our dental presentation was rescheduled for a later time in the afternoon. February is Dental Hygiene Month so our friends at Sunny Hills came and talked to us about good dental health.

In math, we have been working on finding missing numbers. First graders are required to know up to 120 but some of the kiddos are taking my challenge and doing numbers up to 1,000!

I’ve been on the fence about incorporating flexible seating in the classroom for quite some time now. During the winter break, I did a lot of cleaning and brought some stuff up to the classroom that the students could use. Each day we have been taking rotations so everyone has a chance to use the pillows or the lap desks.

SO FAR, SO GOOD! We went over rules and how it looks like when we decide to work not at our desk. The kids know that if they do not use it correctly, they are not allowed to use them.

We worked on our January Vietnamese writing. “In the winter, I wear…”

 Towards the end of the week, we focused on Groundhog Day. We predicted if the groundhog will see his shadow. Looks like we will have 6 more weeks of winter!

We had our NG and NGH test on Friday. These blends were hard. Next week will be a little easier with TH and NH.

 The new counselor is trying to do an incentive for the kids to be on school on time every day. Each class had to meet the challenge of spelling out ATTENDANCE to earn a party. I think our class was the first class to do this on campus! The kids voted on a tablet party that we will do tomorrow morning.