National Hat Day is set aside to wear and enjoy a hat of your choice.
When : Always January 15th
Room 10o learned there's a hat to fit every size head and personality.
Hat Day also introduced students to 20 hat idioms. Helping students understand idioms will increase their vocabularies and enrich their writing. Figurative language is a whole lot of fun.
Test your "hat idiom" knowledge on quizlet.
Over the winter break I read about a project titled One Word.
One Word is a movement. "It's all about forgetting resolutions and scrapping a list of goals that are easily forgotten. Instead One Word asks participants to choose just one word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. One word that is the focus every day, all year long."
I really thought it would be interesting to involve students in the One Word project. After much discussion on the new year and this project, students were challenged to choose a word.
The words ranged from silly and fun to quite thought-provoking.
Flip books were created to record each student's word. The hope is students will discover the big impact one word can make.
Could this one word become the compass that directs decisions and guides steps?
You may read more about the One Word project by clicking here.
Happy 2014!
One of the fun concepts that students master in math is graphing on a coordinate plane. A graphing activity that my students enjoy year after year is graphing ordered pairs that end up making cute pictures. Graphing these party hats was an engaging way to celebrate the new year in math.
A new year brings fresh hope for the remaining of the year. As students enter the second semester of their fifth grade year, they are "plotting" to finish the year strong!
Happy New Year from this Full Classroom!
There’s something about celebrating the season through the eyes of a child.
They make everything magical and fun.
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It was a mixture of hugs and tears as we said good-bye to Miss Neuhalfen.
I've mentioned a few times on here that our classroom was blessed with an incredible student teacher this semester. Miss Neuhalfen was with us since August as part of her teaching program at Wayne State College. Mrs. Fehringer and I felt so lucky to have such a creative and like-minded person essentially team-teaching with us.
So, when it was time to bid Miss Neuhalfen good-bye last week we wanted to make sure we made it extra special. We had lots of help from our wonderful kiddos.
Good luck, Miss Neuhalfen.
Your passion and love for students is evident.
Throughout the week, JOOI Club members are asking NMS students to help in our little corner of the world.
If everybody gives a little, together we can give a lot!
Donations for the week include:
Monday: spare change to support Tornado Relief efforts in Wayne.
Tuesday: paper products such as paper towels, Kleenex, and toilet paper for the Norfolk Rescue Mission
Wednesday: canned/boxed (non-perishable) food for the Norfolk Food Pantry
Thursday: new or gently-used hats, gloves, and scarves for The Salvation Army
Friday: bring any of the above donations
Each day a student particpates a colorful "Do Kindness" bracelet will be given. Simply wear the wristband with pride, saying, "I support world kindness."
