January 30 in Room 11

• Room Eleveners left music class with smiles and a happy note from Mrs. Nelson, the music teacher. Good job, kiddos, you are an exuberant group!
• Students worked on their letter to a community helper this morning. Some hard-working community helper is soon to be the recipient of a letter of encouragement and gratitude labored over by a second grader.
• The final spelling test was a really difficult unit test. It is now over.
• Garrett's grandma, Mrs. King, helped with writing and math in our classroom today.
• Many students stayed in for recess to finish overdue work.
• The assigned job idea seems to be working well. Jacob was seen with a clipboard and check-off list this morning, asking students for their homework the moment they appeared at the doorway!
• The class continued writing about Hillcrest community helpers. They are getting a clearer idea of what kinds of work people at Hillcrest do just by thinking and writing about it.
• Work on "carrying" and place value continues in math class. Today many students used unifix cubes to figure out their work.