Spirit Week

Spirit Week is here!

Here are the daily themes:

Monday - Sports Day
Tuesday- Black and White Day
Wednesday- Pink Day
Thursday- Hat Day
Friday- Costume Day

We're off to a great start!

Hello families!

 

Things are moving right along here in the ALC! I can’t believe that it's already October!

 

We have a few different areas of focus this month…

• In literacy skills, we are working on creative writing pieces as well as elaborating on our writing. In addition to composing paragraphs about various real-life subjects in our writing journals every day, we also write to thematic writing prompts.
• In math skills, we’ve been working on identifying fractions using visual representations, including manipulatives and pictures.
• In science, we’ve been focusing on space science, including creating Powerpoint projects on our favorite planet in the solar system. We will be researching our planet, collecting information and pictures, learning how to cite our sources of information, and practicing our typing skills. Then in a few weeks we will present our projects to the rest of the class! J
• In life skills, we’ve started our school-wide recycling program, which we use the profits from in order to supplement our weekly cooking budget. So far, we’ve made cheese quesadillas, bagel pizzas with pepperoni and cheese, and homemade applesauce with leftover apples from our school breakfasts. Yum!

Here is our weekly schedule of activities:
Monday- Reading Buddies
Tuesday- Recycling
Wednesday- Library and Shopping Trip
Thursday- Cooking
Friday- Recycling

Some special things are going on in the ALC this year!

• This year we started a school-wide peer mentoring program that gives regular education students an opportunity to come into the ALC during a variety of academic and leisure times, so that they can become familiar with the students in our class. This also allows our students to make connections with friends that they might not have made otherwise. During our peer mentor time, students come in and help out with daily reading and math activities. Then on Fridays, we have a free choice time where they can choose to play games, read together or do an art project with their friends. It's been so much fun!
• Another very special activity we started this week was visiting our Reading Buddies in Mrs. Johnson’s class next door. So far, we’ve paired up with our buddies, completed a few get to know you activities, and started picking out books to read or listen to, depending on the day. It’s been a really amazing thing to watch as our students are really getting energized and excited about reading with their peers. More on this to follow!

It's been a great start to the school year and I'm looking forward to all the fun things to come! Thank you for everything you do for our students!

Mrs. Zaworski