September 22, 2022

 Good Afternoon!

Today went by so fast! I hope to see some of you at the Open House tonight between 5-7pm.

In PE, students got to play bench dodgeball! This is super fun! Students play normal dodgeball but if they get hit by the ball they need to go to the other team's bench as if they are a prisoner. There are a few ways to get back in. The first one is to catch the ball another person threw or there was special ball in the first round that would get the whole bench back to their own side. The second round was that if a ball hit a mat that it would free all those on the bench and the last round was that students had to try to get it in the basketball hoop to free the bench! The students had a blast. 

Today our gratitude journal prompt was about underappreciated workers and why should we be thankful for them. 



Students worked on their storyboards and their plans for their Flaws to Traits Stories. We will begin to look at how to properly write a beginning for a story. 

In Math, we worked on a math problem page and then went over the different ways it was asking you to solve the problem. Students should review and practice the problems because next week we will be doing an assessment!

We finished reading Chapter 15 and 16 of Pax!

We had our second makerspace today. Students were to create an enclouse or space to hold a minotaur. They were to use the knowledge and understanding of area and perimeter and what they knew of the creature to create a space for it. 

In Science, we continued to research animals in the wetlands for our poster project and our Flaws to Traits Stories. 

Hope you have a great weekend! We do not have school tomorrow!

Miss. Hillier




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