Artemis 1 might launch tomorrow morning (Saturday). The new window for launch opens at 11:17am PDT. Here is the short news story about possible launch. If you want to watch, you can log onto nasa.gov/live to watch on your computer.
Illness prevented us from starting our Theatre class this week, but we will definitely get in all ten lessons. I'll let you know when we're getting started.
Writers have been pushing themselves to write small moment stories from their lives. I am pleading with you NOT to critique these early attempts in their notebooks. Most kids have not written this way before and, as I said yesterday, this is tough! I promise that we will get to writing conventions (spelling, punctuation, capitalization) but first we need to have something to edit. And before that, we need to have something to revise. So right now, we just need LOTS of small moment stories collected in our black writing notebooks so that we have something to choose from.
Your budding writer should have brought home their writing NB today. Why? Because writers never know when they might have a moment they want to capture in their notebook! (If you are having a deja vu moment, you might be recalling that I send home "just right" reading books over the weekend in the same way . . . "You never know when you might want read and it would be sad if you wanted to read but didn't have your book.")
We will be starting a Social-Emotional Learning Workshop. These whole-class lessons will address non-academic areas that, in fact, have a big impact on students' academic progress, including social relationships, self management, and responsible decision making. Our counseling staff will be leading these monthly lessons. Please check your email for more detailed information.
A few housekeeping matters:
- Please urge your child to "make a stop" just before they leave the house in the morning. We have lots of mid-class restroom visits - understandable since we're all drinking lots of water to stay hydrated in this heat. But I'm talking about the 7-8 kiddos that "have to go" within the first 30 minutes of school.
- All third graders must have their GUSD ID number memorized. REALLY memorized, if they are ever getting snack or lunch in the cafeteria. Kiddos who just "kinda" know it make mistakes when they punch in their number (under time pressure) in the lunch line and cause everyone behind them to wait while the cafeteria staff have to reset the keypad. On their second incorrect effort, I pull them out of line because 7 third grade classes AND 7 fourth grade classes have 20 minutes to eat before the tables must be cleared for fifth grade lunch. (They get back in line when there's a break.) At morning recess we only have 15 minutes. Kiddos have been practicing on the back of their other hand, saying each digit as they punch it in. Don't forget to push ENTER!