Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Defining our classroom!

We have been working together during our 1st 2 days of school to create a vision for our classroom.  The students and I have been sharing our hopes for our classroom and have been working to define our classroom community and what we think learning and collaborating should look like in Room 144.  We've labeled our learning as an adventure and decided that we are all going to take part in mapping out our expedition.  We decided that learning in our classroom is going to be active, collaborative, innovative, and will feel like an exploration of new knowledge and ideas.  With these discussions in mind, the students named our classroom for the year.  So, I am pleased to introduce you to the..

Innovative Beastly Adventure S.Q.U.A.D  
(SQUAD stands for Smart, Questioning, Unique, Active,Discoverers)

They decided that their mission is to....


Now that we know who we are and what we're here to do, I can't wait to see where our journey takes us!