Our Class "Powerball" Winner Is....

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's been a good week in Nunamakerville.  We began this morning with Avianna sharing her experiences with Dollar, our class pet.  She took him home last night and had a great adventure with him.  I always love listening the what the kids write in his journal.  The class learns so much about each other through this exercise.  

Avianna chose me to take Dollar home for the weekend.  He's going to go with me to our Clemson Elementary staff Christmas party tonight. I haven't decided if he'll go to my neighborhood Christmas party tomorrow night or if I'll need to get a "sitter" for that!  I don't trust my real dogs, Indy & Emma, to be nice to him while we're gone!

This is Indy attacking...I mean playing with....Dollar when he came home with me last year.  A brutal visit for Dollar unfortunately!







The social studies test grades were AWESOME today!  A HUGE, "Thank You" to all of the parents who worked so hard studying with the kids.  During our review yesterday the kids were ROCKIN' out the answers!  We had several lottery tickets given out during review for correct answers and the lucky winning number is below.  But first, here's how it works.... 

During test reviews, I ask review questions only one time and then call on a student to answer the question. If he/she was listening to the question then he/she will be able to answer. If he/she answers correctly, I give him/her a lottery ticket for the drawing that will occur after the review. If the student whom I called on was not listening and asks me to repeat the question, I tell him/he that I only call out questions one time and move on to the next student for an answer and a chance to obtain a lottery ticket. This increases listening ten-fold in the classroom.  We typically discuss probability (relating probability to fractions too) before drawing the ticket.  This is an excellent way to incorporate math into everyday activities in the classroom.

And the winner is...
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Congratulations to our lucky winner!  Hopefully you've been responsible and kept up with your winning ticket. See me on Monday (after the field trip, of course) to collect your $25 (classroom money).

For teachers our there reading this blog, if you are interested in purchasing Dollar, Dollar's Diary, or Money Cents Lottery Tickets, visit http://www.mc4k.com/catalog/.

Have a GREAT weekend!  I'll be back with more stories on Monday!