{I'm late. Forgive me.}
I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs for the Five for Friday post. This week was crazy-busy... and fun too!
I ran in my first obstacle race, The Washington DC Diva Dash. We jumped hay bails, climbed over mountains of tires, scaled wooden walls, hopped logs, and more - all while running a 5K. It was super fun!
I returned home from the race EXHAUSTED (I had trouble sleeping the night before) to find my own SLANT box had arrived! It was filled with sweet treats like a peppermint Smencil, chocolate scented erasers, and a light up stapler. Thanks, Sarah! She even made a fancy pen just for me. :)
We finished up our beginning-of-the-year benchmark assessments, reviewed the data, and held a ton of meetings to determine candidates for intervention. Monday will be my first day of reading classes with all the new students that were added. I can't wait to meet them!
This past summer we offered a BINGO reading and writing challenge to all of our students. This week we rewarded the students who earned "Blackout" on their bingo cards with a field trip to a local park for "Reading in the Park". Don't they look adorable? They picked the most clever spots to read!
Have a great week!
You decorate your SLANT boxes so prettily! Is that a word? Spell check's not alerting me but it doesn't sound quite right. Anyway. Still love your blog design. Still waiting on mine. :P
ReplyDeleteI need a race to prepare for. And someone/some people to do it with me cause I'm not getting it done.
PS I LOVE THE READING IN THE PARK IDEA. We have a great park not THAT far away. Still have to have a bus, though. But that would be so fun. Must ponder this further.
I keep checking on you to see if your new design is love yet...soon I hope!
DeleteReading in the Park was a big success. What better way to reward readers than with more reading time! They were so into their books, that we did not need to redirect a single student. Definitely doing it again next year. :)