Monday, November 20th, 2017

Hello! 

Thank you to families that were able to make it out to our November conferences! The Book Fair was a huge success, and I am now able to purchase additional books to help support the learning in our classroom.

We are happy to share with you a link to our  Virtual Museum of Art: The Camouflaged Robot. Students have been working hard to create artistic representations in a variety of mediums. Please leave some feedback on the padlet wall as well! 
https://padlet.com/hlmorden/1bs1hb07vqs0

We began a new focus as mathematicians today, as we begin to look at polygons. Please ask your child how to describe and classify a polygon. Anytime you can make real life connections to math, the learning becomes more meaningful. Where in your world do you see polygons?

Today was the first day of our Reverse Lunch. Our school will be trying a new schedule over the lunch hour that will allow students to play and be active first, and then eat their lunch. This is called reverse lunch.

Reverse lunch is beneficial for students when they play first and then eat lunch. When students play outside before lunch, schools notice that students:

• behave better on the playground, in the lunchroom and in the classroom.

• take in more nutrients by wasting less and eating more of their lunch.

• focus on eating rather than rushing through lunch to get to outside.

• leave less litter on school grounds.

• return to the classroom calmer and ready to work after lunch.

Starting on November 20^th  the new schedule is:
                11:38 am         Outdoor recess
                12:05 pm         Bell to enter, go to classrooms and eat lunch
                12:28 pm         Classes resume

On cold days, the amount of time spent outside will be adjusted based on the temperature. For students who go home for lunch, their schedule will be the same. When they return to school they will come inside to be supervised.

Eating breakfast is an important way to be ready for the day. Schools that have reverse lunch find that students are often more hungry and thirsty while at school. Please send a water bottle and a healthy snack to school; teachers provide opportunities for children to eat their snacks during the morning.  

Change of schedules and routines can be difficult. We will be checking in with students to see what they think of the reverse lunch. Please let us know your thoughts.

Take care,
Mrs. Morden