It has been a busy week in div 1. Lots of grad projects, and finishing up projects for report cards. We also are working on an interior design project - rearranging our classroom. We measured all the furniture, and thank to my husband, we have a to-scale drawing of everything to play around with. Today, we converted my desk (that was really just a paper accumulator) to a standing desk for the students. Feel free to try this strategy at home standing up to do work is always a great thing! 

On a much more serious note, we had to have a conversation today about swearing on the playground. Language like swearing is completely inappropriate for school, and I have made the expectations clear to students. We have known consequences, and we spoke about WHY we don't use that language at school. I told them that if they have any questions about appropriateness of words, they're more than welcome to ask me. We also spoke about how those words have meaning, and aren't just sounds. It would be great if you could have similar conversations at home about this issue. Thanks for your collaboration on this issue!