Wednesday is the 100th day of school. Wow, it is amazing we have already been in school 100 days. Take this time to reflect on how much growth your child has made!!! On Wednesday we will be doing a lot of fun activities , such as counting 100 objects, jumping for 100 seconds, reading as a class 100 books, and so much more!!!!! I sent home a letter Friday for your child to collect 100 things. Small items are great and I will have extra in case someone forgets!!!
Valentine's Day!
Leading up to Valentine's Day this year we tired to take part in an act of kindness everyday. Some examples of what we did for acts of kindness were: cleaning the school halls, cleaning our buddies classroom, writing special cards and giving donuts to all the teachers, writing Valentines day cards to the Leschi Community senior center. Ask your child which act of kindness they liked doing best and how it made them feel.
Thank you to all the families who came to help with the valentines day party! It was so nice to have everyone there helping the kids and get to see them so excited to pass out sweet cards to their friends.
Readers/Writers Workshop-
We have been continuing to work on finishing up our All About books. This past week students worked on Fun facts about their person of interest. This next week we will finish up our books and students will start working on their presentations. Students will be editing their writing, adding finial details and planning out their presentations. We are going to be filming their presentations to show at Black History night next Thursday.
Geography:
Last week we started learning about China! We learned about animals in China, such as the red panda. We also learned a little about the Great Wall, which we will be doing a project later on. We learned a lot about the Chinese New Year! Mr. Glenn was so kind and even brought in fortunes for every student in class. Part of the Chinese New Year tradition is to receive a fortune. Ask your child what their fortune was. This year the Chinese New Year is on Feb. 19th, which we will celebrate a little in class.
Buddy Classroom:
Each student in our classroom has a special 4/5th grade buddy from Mrs. Deese's classroom. We try to get together every few weeks for projects, reading together, and just getting to know each other. This week our Buddy classroom is working on writing fiction stories. They asked us to pick out our favorite story. Each child choose a favorite fiction story which our Buddies are going to write their own ending to, we can't wait to see what they write!
STR resident:
This year we will be having a student resident in our classroom. He is attending UW's Seattle Residence Program to receive his Master's degree in Special Education. He is working part time in Mr. Goldwater's classroom and part time in our classroom. Here is a little more info about Jacob!
Dear Parents,
I am so excited for the opportunity to work with your children! I am in the process of getting my Masters in Education through a program called Seattle Teacher Residency. The philosophy of a “resident program” suggests that the most valuable component of learning how to become a teacher is through actual time spent in the classroom. Therefore, I am spending the whole school school year at working at Leschi with different teachers. I spent the first trimester working with Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Diaz, and now I am working with Mr. Goldwater and Mrs. Castiglia for the rest of the year. I will receive my endorsement in Special Education and plan on teaching Special Education next school year.
On a personal level, I am recently married as of August 2014. In my free time I enjoy reading, hiking, and riding horses. If I were stranded on an island with one book, I would choose Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. When my wife and I have a free weekend, we escape to Issaquah and ride her horses up Squawk Mountain. Well, that about wraps it up! Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions. I look forward to getting to know you throughout the rest of the school year!
Sincerely,
Jacob Schmitt
Eadlyn turned five months, last week! Wow time goes by fast.
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