Week 14 - We Are Official...

It finally feels official! Our Active Learning Center sign was posted outside of our classroom and it looks awesome! Can you imagine being so excited about a sign? WE ARE!! 

I don't think our students even noticed... nor did they notice the day the maintenance men came to install it. Our kiddos are so used to us hosting visitors in the classroom that they aren't even bothered with the drilling and all that took place to install the sign. It's a good thing 😊

This week the 7th graders continued working on 2 step equations. We decided to take it back to the old school days and play some bingo. I think we both forgot how much kids love bingo! Overall, they are doing a great job with equations. 

The 8th graders are knee deep into our functions unit. We've done 2 rounds of mini-stations with them so far (3 stations per 1-hour class).  We both agreed that this unit was a little easier last year since we looped with our students. But we are making our way through it. 

We want to take a moment to discuss our seating. After having the classroom for a few months now and seeing the impact that flexible seating has on students, we really want to change things up a bit for the second semester. We are currently in the process of trying to get the couch and the campfire seating section front and center. It is proving to be a bit of a challenge to make sure everyone can see the board at all times (even though the board is not used daily for instruction, it is still used for the morning message, to do list, etc.). Luckily everything is easy to move. We will hopefully be able to share some pictures of our newest set up after winter break.