We have put in our first two days of the school year. That means we only have 178 days to go before we become 4th graders!!!
It is nice to see familiar faces and even a new face in room N114. I would like to welcome Angeequay to our class and to our school. I am sure that she will like being at the Turtle and with our classroom.
We have 16 students this year and they have been wonderful. They have responded well to the new policies and procedures, along with the Power Teaching method that we are using. By following these policies and procedures early, we will have a great year with limited interruptions and issues to deal with.
We also have a new Promethean +2 board in our room and it is wonderful!! We are trying to still get used to it after using a SMARTBoard for a few years. We have to remember that the board only works with an ACTIVpen and we can't use or fingers like we could with the SMARTBoard. I know that we will benefit from the use of this amazing technology.
I look forward to adding more to our blogs. I will add pictures as I normally do. I didn't have my camera today for the tobacco burning so I can't place a picture on here for that. Mr. Randy Cornelius did a great job explaining the tobacco burning tradition and also leading us in the Oneida language as he gave thanks and asked the Creator for a good year and a good mind and thoughts for everyone at school. Yaw^ko, Mr. Cornelius for your leadership and wisdom in our yearly tobacco burning!
Until next time!
Mr. Gehrke and Crew
The official trailer for the new movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, has been released. It is a very dark movie and I would suggest that parents go and see it themselves before allowing students to see it. As you know, I do not show the movies in school but we do get a clip from time to time if it can be tied into a lesson somehow. I have included a link to see this great trailer. Again, it is dark, so watch it before allowing your child to see it. http://harrypotter.com/