Hello Families-
It has been a wonderful week of learning in room 17! This week in math, we have worked toward completing our unit on double digit subtraction. On Thursday, we were all excited to complete the subtraction challenges to “Escape the Room!”. Students worked in groups to complete move through challenges like mazes, sentence building and word decoding. When students finished, they decoded the location of the hidden prize, a badge! Take a look at their hard work!
This week, we also got two opportunities to learn about differences in the world. On Thursday, some students from SBHS came in to talk to our school about Martin Luther King, Jr. and all of his powerful humanitarian work. On Friday, we had Mr. Sam Drazin join us from Changing Perspectives to teach us about visible and invisible differences, as well as empathy. Here is a short blurb about this fabulous program:
Our school has chosen the theme of “Changing Perspectives” to help our students gain better understanding of differences and disabilities. We are collaborating with Sam Drazin, Executive Director of Changing Perspectives { www.cpne.org} and former teacher. He will be presenting to all our students in grade level meetings on Friday 1/18. Each week, Mrs. Wheeler and her intern Ms. Bedell will be incorporating their curriculum into their weekly class time with us. They will read a book with our class and discuss the importance of the uniqueness and value of each member of our school community. While we will be learning about various disabilities, our focus will be on recognizing each person’s strengths. To celebrate our learning, we will be organizing a disability awareness hands-on workshop. We will set up stations to simulate various disabilities and invite students to experience daily actives without being able to see, walk, hear, or use their fingers. In first and second grades, each student will create a booklet to demonstrate their learning.
Here's a peek at our Changing Perspectives assembly:
Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
- "Peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold."
- Completing our nonfiction writing books
- Finding clues to make our voices match our characters
- Looking at exactly half, more than half, and fewer than half
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kelly
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