Mr. Haney's Rocking Rams Keeping up with the students in B124! 

Before we let out for holiday break, I polled the students on their favorite moments of 2010. Here is the list we made from ten to the number 1 spot:

10: FIrst Day of School – The students walk into their new high-tech classrooms.

9: Holiday Party – Karaoke singing, elf yourself, ornaments, games, music, pizza, and movies made this a great day.

8: iTunes – The students created their own itunes podcast.

7: Plants/Broccoli – Growing our own vegetables and eating them made our Thanksgiving a little more special.

6: Video to Japan – The students made a video to help our friends in Japan learn english.  Pretty cool to think that my students are also teachers.

5: Flowers – With the help of Mrs. Sullivan, the students grew their own white narcissus in the classroom and made a time lapse video of their growth.

4: EPALS – The students have made friends on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. They have more friends from around the world than I do in all!

3: Wonder Works – A fantastic field trip to one of the coolest places I have ever been. Check out the video!

2: Apple Store – The students learned some cool tricks when the Apple Store open their doors to us back in August.

1: Letters from the Philippines – The students still have their letters they received on the first day of school from students that live almost 9,000 miles away.

We are trying a new website called Volunteer Spot to set up our classroom volunteers. Here is an overview of the volunteer opportunities:

Mondays –  2 Spots – Reading Block (11 – 12:20) Working with students in small groups on writing and vocabulary.

Tuesdays – 1 Spot – Copies (Anytime between 10 – 2:30) Making copies.

Wednesdays – 2 Spots – Reading Block (11 – 12:20) Working with students in small groups on their EPAL letters.

2 Spots – After School Tech Club (2:45 – 3:45) Working with students on various projects and homework.

Thursdays – 1 Spot – Copies (Anytime between 10 – 2:30) Making copies.

Fridays – 2 Spots – Reading Block – Reading Block (11 – 12:20) Working with students in small groups on their blogs and novel study groups.

Not much time left to come into the classroom and see what your children are working on so take advantage on all the volunteering opportunities. The opportunities will diminish next year in middle school so sign up!

To visit the our volunteer page click here or the volunteer spot link on the side of the blog. I will also put the link on our weekly newsletter.