Today we continue on our road trip! Last Friday everyone "visited" St. Louis, then they were able to choose their next destination. Today I'm guessing they will finish up at their current destination and be able to visit two more places.

Thank you to everyone who has completed the survey I sent our last week. If you have not had a chance to complete yet, I would really appreciate if you could get that done. I want to be able to provide you with the most important information about High Flyers in a way that is convenient for you! Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Pics from Table Top Mini Golf!

Tomorrow we start our new unit- Road Trip Adventure! Road Trip Adventure is a virtual adventure where we will practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet skills, math, public speaking, creativity, and art! Students will "travel" to tourist attractions via the internet, read about, map, and write a summary about the attraction, and then complete a written, artistic, or creative response. We will be tracking their travel on a US map. Our first destination we will travel to together- St. Louis Arch! Then students will travel on their own adventure and document it along the way.

Tomorrow is the day we have been anxiously waiting for...we get to try our everyone's golf hole! I will be taking both groups in the morning so that they get to try everyone's hole. They will be taking score as they play. When we have completed play, each student will find their mean score and then we will find the mean of their hole using everyone's scores. We will wrap up this unit with a reflection and scoring their project with the rubric. Each student will score their own project and then I will score it as well.

Originally the unit planned next was another STEM unit- The Studio, but I believe it will take a while to complete. With there only being four more times we meet before Christmas break (crazy, huh?!?!?) I have changed things around and we will be doing the Road Trip Adventure unit next. More details next week!

Today is a 'wrap-up" day. There are still a few who have some touch ups to make on their table top mini golf holes. Those will be completed today. Then next week we will get to try out everyone's hole! We will each have score cards to keep track on and then we will find our total and mean of everyone's score and individual hole. I will be taking both groups together for this activity! Happy Halloween!

Yesterday I had to stay at home with a sick child, so High Flyers will meet Monday, October 19!

The table top mini golf holes are coming along quite nicely! Most of the kiddos were able to get their "course"covered and some worked on the obstacles as well. We will be meeting tomorrow (October 15) due to the early out on Friday. I will try to post some pictures of their progress!

Parent/Teacher Conferences- If you would like to stop by during conferences, feel free to. I do not have a schedule in place. Although I will be unavailable from 7-8pm Tuesday evening. Parents who want to drop by can! I will have a progress report to share with you. If you do not have time to stop by, I will send the progress report home with your child.