Most weeks we do some close reading with short articles. The past couple of weeks I have chosen song
lyrics to use for our close reads. It’s
been fun to see the excitement that the kids have about the songs, especially
when I did Rachel Phlatten’s
This is My Fight Song. This week’s song was VERY different from
This
is My Fight Song. This week I chose
Rachel
Delyvoryas. The song was the perfect
companion for
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. There are so many great themes for discussion
in both the song and the book: accepting
others’ differences, take a stand, don’t be a bystander, treat others like
you’d like to be treated. As we closed
out our day on Thursday we changed up our exit slip a bit. I asked each 4
th grader to write
down one kind thing that they had done that day. My heart swelled as I read some of their
answers: helped a friend at recess, gave
a note to my friend who looked really sad, took a book to Miss Johnson when it
was turned in at the library instead of returned to her, was quiet so my mom
would be happy that nobody was woken up. Today we celebrated Global Play Day so we
only had 2 days of regular routine. All
of our “work” from this week will carry over into next week. You will find a note about class lists in
today’s folder. It is due back to the
office by Monday. There is also a class
list Valentine’s on the back of today’s note.
If you need to get in touch with me, my email is
bussanm@lancastersd.k12.wi.us.
Upcoming Events:
FINAL LITTLE ARROWS PRACTICES are on Sunday (February 7) at
Lancaster High School.
Girls
from 1 to 2
Boys
from 2 to 3
Thursday, February 11 – Boys Little Arrows Perform at the
High School Girls’ game
Friday, February 12 – Classroom Valentine’s Day Party at 2
p.m.
Girls
Little Arrows Perform at the High School Boys’ game
Thursday, February 18 – FOW Wild West Celebration 5 – 7:30p.m.
Our NEWSLETTER is HERE.
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