Five For Friday - Biography Life Lessons, etc.

Happy Friday!

I always have good intentions to blog during the school week, but time just gets away from me!  Five For Friday and Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching motivates me to wrap up the week, and check out what the other awesome teacher bloggers have been up to.

 

1. The week started with a school board meeting held at our school on Monday evening.  There are 20+ schools in my district, and the board makes the rounds when holding their meetings every other week.  MANY people attended the meeting because they voted on and approved a huge change to our insurance (we will now have a $3000 yearly deductible for family policies).  Anyway - our third graders put on a musical performance before the heated meeting, and we had decorated the room with student created posters on Life Lessons Learned through reading Biographies.

 

2. We took a field trip to one of our high schools to see the play Peter Pan. The performance was great, but what the students remembered was when the lead said not once, but twice, "You silly a--!" I heard they took it out in the next day's performances - smart move.

3. On Wednesday and Thursday we had a scientist-in-residence program.  Professor Gizmo was so fun and entertaining.  Honestly  - the guy should be on Letterman.  The kids (and teachers) absolutely loved his hilarious way of sharing science.

4. We did our MAPS tests for math.  I was so proud of the growth my students showed in the algebra and number operations sections.  Unfortunately there were numerous questions on fractions, which we've done very little with, and is the topic of the next chapter in our Math Expressions book.  Note to self - change order of chapters next year.

5. Finally Spring has arrived in the Cheesehead State.  We got to out and pick up trash today!  There is a small stream just outside the fence of our playground area, and it always seems to be a magnet for litter.  Jackpot!  And.......not one kid fell in the stream - hurray.

Have a nice weekend!