It seems like so much longer than two weeks since I've last posted, but dates don't lie. It's just been a long couple of weeks with the end of the term and all. Our picture this week is brought to us by an entire term worth of writing. I've been collecting all of the poems we've written this term, and I put them into books seperated by class. That's 135 students represented by 5 poems each. That means there's roughly 675 poems sitting on this table; Quite a feat by these kids!

With it still being the start of the term, there's not a whole lot of new things to report. We took the Theme 2 test in reading. We've moved into our Heat, Light and Sound unit in Science. We haven't made the transition yet in writing. I figured I'd take a bit of a break after poetry before moving into Genres of Literature. Everything else is moving forward at its own pace.

The only other announcement I might make at this point in time is that reports cards will be coming home on Monday. After reviewing them, please sign the envelope and return the envelope to school.

With that, we'll put on a smile, move into the next week, and muscle our way through term 2. I'm hoping that our students will come back next week with a little better behavior than we had this week. I don't know if they were still hopped up on Halloween candy or what, but they were awfully chatty and had troubles calming down to learn. Hopefully, next week, we'll put that smile back on, and come back ready to learn!

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ~Phyllis Diller