Incredible Opportunity, Share Something Great, and CYOA (Choose Your Own Adventure) Time!


Wow! Our class received an amazing invitation from the DPS109 school district to present at the October school board meeting on October 28th. 
We are beyond excited to share about what we are doing with our pen pals from France, our class Tweeter, and Share Something Great Fridays!


We love learning about our classmates and what they enjoy doing outside of school.
Share Something Great gives us an opportunity to see incredible passions and could possibly give us a spark to try something new!

dance moves

back bends

creating and sharing poetry

reflecting on time with family

sharing a penny flattening experience

sharing upcoming events

showcasing piano playing

showcasing a drumming performance in a band

sharing a flight simulating opportunity

sharing experiences with friends and siblings

sharing upcoming opportunities


We are also joyful because we filled up our "Put Up Jar!"
The kids are observing other students with random acts of kindness.
For each random act of kindness they observe, they can thank the friend, tell me about it, and add a poof ball to the jar. We are full of kindness in Room 44.
I am so proud of these amazing kids!



We worked with a partner to sort observations and inferences for a fossil in science.





We love when we earn Choose Your Own Adventure time on Fridays.
If we succeed in being absolutely silent after a 3-2-1 countdown (either lead by a student or the teacher), we get to add a happy tally. If we have more happy tallies than sad tallies, we get 10 minutes to choose our own adventure (CYOA) time. 
We can explore our passions!







It was an incredible week in Room 44!

 

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