This is going to be a super exciting week! We are beginning flexible seating in our classroom. I have decided to go ahead and jump in with both feet! Instead of starting small, the classroom has been reorganized and there is room for everyone to try a new seating arrangement. I have spoken at great length with the class about how in order for flexible seating to work, it takes responsible learners. I am excited for us to give it a try!

Our learning objectives this week:

• Math: place value and number forms continued/comparing numbers-quiz Friday
• Unit of Inquiry (incorporating Reading, Writing, Social Studies): We will continue to learn how to research and pull out main ideas and supporting details to use as we summarize text. We will begin learning about the events and individuals that led the United States to change and to the Revolutionary War. I am hoping that our learning this week takes us through the Boston Tea Party and that we can have an actual "tea party" in class on Friday. There will be a quiz on Friday on main idea and writing a summary.

Friday we will have a visit from a member of the Cobb County Fire Department. They will be teaching the students about fire safety and will be helping to prepare them for our field trip to Safety Village that is coming up on 8/24.

We have a jam-packed week of learning ahead of us!