A Farewell

On Friday we said goodbye to Ms. Cavallaro. It amazes me that her time with us went so fast. Ms. Cavallaro has played a huge role in our school year and she will be missed. I keep thinking about all the brilliant lessons that she was able to share with both classes.

As a parting gift to Ms. Cavallaro, both classes made her a book entitled 54 Things Every Teacher Should Know. Each student added a piece of advice that they wanted to share with Ms. Cavallaro. The book was filled with plenty of nuggets of great advice. Here are a few gems from the book:

• Don’t let the “my mom took it out of my binder” trick get you
• Teach higher grades so we are in your future class!
• Never be a math teacher...it is too hard
• Make every day a day they want to learn
• Make your kids work hard but not too hard!!
• Have party Friday every Friday
• Have a little fun!

This week we are trying to get done with our book Nuts to You. 

Today on the journey home our squirrels faced an ice storm and a bobcat. This book has been filled with twists and turns and I cannot wait to see where it takes us in the last few days. As we read this book, we continue to concentrate on characters. I hope you can continue to concentrate on talking about characters at home. We have talked about how we need to notice how/why a character changes, figure out a characters motivation, notice character feelings and traits, and many other ideas.

I hope you had a great start to your week.