Hello there! Well, hopefully everyone enjoyed this last weekend recuperating from our big trip to Camp Tecumseh. I would like to thank Camille Gaughan, Danny Hiter, Amy Hurlburt, Scott Johnston, Ryan Karpinski, Susan Linkmeyer, Michael Pickard, Jennifer Simone, Tina Smith, Marta Stanbrough, Jim Weghorst, Kevin Woodhouse, Liz Zalam, Matt Carlton, Sara Coss, Erick Eastes, and Melissa Elisha for coming up and helping support this trip by not only being there, but for being instructors, chaperones, and guides to kids across the board. That's quite a job, I realize, and it really is appreciated. Unfortunately, this looks like our last year at camp, but luckily your kids all got in on it for this last time. I had a lot of fun getting to know so many of you better, as well as getting to know your kids on a totally different playing field. For reasons that are obvious to anyone who was there, I love camp a lot. Personally, it was a large part of my developmental process, and one thing I've loved over the years is being able to share my "old home" with my students and even you guys. Thanks for indulging me that trip this one last time.
In Math right now, we're studying fractions. We've been adding, subtracting, and multiplying them. We have a test on Wednesday, and today I've given your children a study guide on everything that will be on the test.
I am so proud of how the kids did on the Veteran's Day program. Each student did their best to make sure the program went off without a hitch. I'd like to thank the Woodbrook choir and Mr. Jay Vahle for helping me out in making this production a meaningful one to the students as well as the veterans in attendance. I'm not sure how my class ended up in charge of this deal, but I'm really happy we did. I'm always impressed with how well the kids do at things like this, and Tuesday morning was no exception whatsoever. This week was thrown off a bit because of this, but what fun would life be if everything was always stuck in a rut?
One thing that has continued apace is the Rube Goldberg project. I've really enjoyed seeing how the kids' imaginations have flourished with this thing. This is really impressive. Watching everyone work together to make this happen has been really rewarding.
I handed out the book report sheets yesterday. These are due next Friday.
I'd like to apologize for not handing back the States and Capitals tests the kids took two weeks ago. These things take a long time to grade, but honestly it's no excuse for two weeks' delay. I will hand them back on Monday, I promise. Please note that these grades will go onto the next six weeks, and were not included in this one. I tend to cut off all the grades about a week early, but those grades are just added onto the next six weeks.
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