Week 1

This post was written by the students of Parkinville. Mrs. Parkin was the secretary. :)

This was a wonderful, fun, creative, exciting first week in Parkinville! It was sort of difficult to get back into the routine of school, but once we were here we were happy and excited to reconnect.

We learned how to use our Student Reference Books in math. We also learned the procedures for our new classroom, for example using our new book bins with their blue stabilizer wings. 

We did several things this week. We started a new routine of Math Workshop, where students rotated to different stations in small groups. We also learned a new song ("Ground Squirrel," a.k.a "Brown Squirrel") which we sing when we need to take a wiggle break. We wrote about superpowers we wished we had. We read some books together-- especially serious ones like Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems. We watched an inspirational movie called "Caine's Arcade." We took a walk around the school and played Follow the Leader. We wrote about our hopes and dreams (on an outline of our hands), because we hope this will be the best year ever!

We are very excited about our classroom economy which will start next week! We will have jobs and earn money. However, we also have to pay expenses, like rent for our desks.  We are also excited for band and chorus. [Mrs. Parkin says, if you want to learn more about our classroom economy system, check out this link.]

It was a wonderful week in Parkinville!