Today begins our final month of December 2017, and the month that marks the 2/5 mark of the school year. As usual, this month will mostly be directed towards lots of skills and practice which I find to be a good complement to the holiday festivities that occur throughout the month.
Math Focus
We'll spend a considerable amount of time focused on building math fluency and skill with multiple algorithms, problems, and activities to build fluency with multiplication, addition, and subtraction of whole numbers and decimals. I'll also focus in on students' learning-to-learn skills specifically with positive self talk, making good choices, and deconstructing math language in this regard.
Community Building
The class will launch the character campaign on December 11th. In the meantime we'll focus in on the attributes of character and our presentation for school assembly.
Science Study
My homeroom will focus in on the attributes and science of matter while the other homerooms will focus on space and Earth science. Later in the year students will travel from homeroom to homeroom to study each science topic.
Team
Our teaching team will attend a conference focused on teacher leadership. During the day we'll focus in on our team goals of building greater cultural proficiency as well as our ability to team to serve each child and family well.
Special Events
There's a number of special teaching/learning events this month too including concerts, field studies, and expert visitors. We'll also end the month with a few homeroom days and perhaps a pajama day too.
With twenty teaching days until the new year, we'll give each day and each student positive attention as we continue to move towards keeping good focus and meeting goals.
