Climb the Mountain

Friday we had another Awesome Behavior Choices day! We got to climb the snow mountain in front of the school. As you can see from the video, it was a lot of fun!

Hat Day!

Today Charlevoix Elementary School had our Awesome Behavior Choices Hat Day! Students wore some great hats to school and Miss Frank brought in her Doctor Who fez.

Games and Gregor!

We had a great morning! Gregor came to visit, and after special and some math, we had our ABC Game Day. Thank you to all the students who brought games in, and to all the kids for being such good sports! You can see more pictures on Facebook and our classroom Picasa album.

Game Day Friday

Our Awesome Behavior Choices reward for November is a game day Friday, December 2! We will take an hour that morning to play board games. Students will use the ones in our class, or they can bring favorite board games in from home. We will start at about 10:00. Parents are welcome to come help us learn the games and to play along, too!

Earning Points

Our student desks are arranged into three tables. When a table works well or makes a smooth and quick transition between subjects it earns a point. If the whole class does a good job, we earn a class point. When a table earns 10 points, they get to choose something from the prize box! If the class earns 20 points, we take a Friday afternoon to watch a movie.

Clickers!

The official name is SMART Response Wireless Remotes, but we call them "clickers." Our class has been using clickers throughout the year for classroom discussions and assessments. The clickers look like a television remote, but have a readout screen. There are True and False buttons, letters for multiple choice, and numbers. Students can even enter text into the remote. Clickers are a great way to increase interest and are much more fun way to answer questions than pencils and paper!

Thank You for Friday!

Friday we not only got our MEAP reward, we also got our ABC (Awesome Behavior Choices) reward for September: the bounce house! Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. McLean for setting up the movie at the public library, and thank you to Mr. Drenth, Mr. Potter, and Ace Hardware for the bounce house!

Classroom Rule: Respect

Our classroom rule is respect. The most important person for each student to respect is his or herself by doing their best and learning everything they can. Students also need to respect the teacher and any other adults in the school. They should also respect the other students in class. This means to not say or do anything that would hurt anyone. Also, don't do anything to disrupt class. Everyone should have a chance to learn all they can. Finally, all students need to respect the school and everything in it.