Fabulous Friday

Welp...this has been a crazy week!  When I left school on Wednesday, I had no clue that we would be off yesterday and have a late arrival today.  But, here we are!  :-)

This morning, the students welcomed a new friend to our class.  They also completed the entire vocabulary sheet for our word of the week, cause.  After that, they looked at this week's puzzles and placed their guesses in the comment section.  After watching the morning announcements, we went over the weekly puzzles and the vocabulary sheet.

Then, the students enjoyed lunch.

After lunch, we returned to class and took care of a few "housekeeping" items. 

Next, we began our literacy block with a writing lesson.  After reviewing our "Notes about Personal Narratives" chart, we read another essay written by a 15 year old about a lesson she learned from her grandmother.  After thinking and sharing lessons we have learned from older family members, and how we show respect for them, we did a 5 minute quick write about how we demonstrate respect for older family members.  Then, we shared our writing and ate snack.  Finally, we began new personal narratives about something we have heard or learned from an older family member.  We ended the lesson by sharing our favorite sentences from our writing.

After writing, Mrs. Luckett, one of our fabulous guidance counselors visited us to do a lesson with us about random acts of kindness.

WE ended the day with a class meeting.  First we shared one personal New Year's resolution.  Then we exchanged thank yous and compliments.