Teacher presents

Despite many good ideas, this year’s teacher gifts are hurried and last minute. Sigh. For each teacher we put together a little baggy of cookies, a cinnamon ornament, and a card from the kids. Eve wrote her name and drew a picture on the cards for her teachers, and Lex wrote nice messages. This is the card for his “helper teacher” (para… educator, right?) She is on vacation in Antarctica. According to Lex she is there taking pictures of penguins for their upcoming unit on penguins.

He also made a sweet card for the substitute helper teacher telling her that she is a very nice substitute teacher. He put that one in an envelope and sealed it up before I could take a picture of it though!

Turtle

my name

snowplow

Incredible Equations

Lex’s class does an activity they call Incredible Equations each morning. The kids have to think of equations that equal the date. For example, on December 5th, they could say 4+1. That’s an example most 1st graders would say. Lex prefers more complex equations, often involving multiplication and division. When I asked him if he came up with an equation today he said his was 10×2+4×2=28. (Alan is reading over my shoulder and told me there’s no need to type the parentheses because Lex knows about order of operations as of last week.)

I can’t wait for his parent teacher conference next week!