Farrington Thoughts

Say what?  Someone asked me a few days ago if I knew what the 3Rs meant? Quickly, I began thinking of 3 different, education-related words that began with R. Obviously, relationships would be one, but I couldn't think of any other ones. About 30 seconds went by, and then I heard, "relationships, relationships, relationships." These are the 3Rs, and relationships should be at the forefront of every educators' minds as we move closer to the start of the school year. Teachers have a unique job, where they get to establish brand-new relationships every year. This unique job presents challenges, but a challenge that all teachers must take on in order to have a successful school year. We all know that a strong student-teacher relationship will go a long way to having a successful school year with each child. Therefore, we need to make sure that we focus on building those relationships. Teachers also need to build relationships with their colleagues too. We have all he...

Can you believe that it is almost August already? Teacher friends, forgive me, but I have to mention how close we are to beginning of school. I get super excited during this time of the year. My to-do list grows of all the awesome things that I want to try this year. I just can't wait! But, then I remember that this year is going to be a little different. You may or may not know that I completed my administration license this summer. I think I am going to take a little break from school. I'd say, I deserve it! So, how is this year going to be different? Well... I accepted a job as the Student Support Specialist at our school. I can't believe that I am saying this, but I am trading my classroom keys for office keys and a large increase in students. In a nutshell, I will be working to support students at the school in many different ways. I will also work closely with teachers and their PLCs to make sure that we are providing the best experience for students at our school. ...

Blogger of the Day: Ryan Today we did our civil rights leader in tech time. And in gym we did the YMCA song. Our learning target (I can write sentences with subject verb agreement). Also, Mr. Blank's class stayed in our class because he was sick. In math, we also measured our bean stalks. In science, we also are learning about seeds. They are corn, bush beans, pea, and sunflower seeds.

Blogger of Day: Wilson Welcome to Wilson's amazing blog post today! I will be sharing some things we did today. First, we learned how to describe an informational story. Second, our favorite part of the day was science because we did not do it in a long time. Then, we had art. In art, we made are dream houses. Next, one interesting learning target was I can ask questions while I am reading to help me understand the story better. In daily 5, our tech time choice, we wrote about are weekend. I hope you like it! Bye!

Blogger of the Day: Brandon friday funday Today we learned about the civil right's movement. Some interesting learning targets are I can organize events from the civil right's movement on a timeline and I can describe people who affected the civil right's movement. Our favorite part of the day was recess. Our favorite specialists activity was floor hockey. We are reading this really good book called Wonder and we told Mr. Farrington to keep reading cause its a good book.

Blogger of the Day: Isaac Today was awesome.  In gym, we played team handball and dance. We are still reading wonder. an  interesting Learning Target was ''I can describe a series of events that led to the Civil Rights movement''. IT WAS AN AWESOME DAY!!

Blogger of the Day: Alli Today we learned about the Civil Rights and cultures. Our favorite thing was being together. Our learning target was I can describe the relationship between a series of historical events. In gym, we were bowling. Ryan was surfer of the week. Also, we are reading Wonder. Thank you for reading!

Blogger of the Day: Sid Our day was AWESOME! First, we did an activity to honor Martin Luther King Jr. We did this with our buddies. For Daily Five we did anything we wanted for iPads. An interesting Learning Target was ''I can divide an object into equal parts'' for math. We read some parts of the book ''Wonder''. We had a really great time. Thanks for taking the time to read this AWESOME blog post !!!

Blogger of the Day: Sophie Today we learned about Martin Luther king Jr. and about his timeline. My favorite part of the day was going outside and playing in the snow. One of our interesting learning targets was I can write a summary that includes main idea and key details. My favorite part of specialists was getting extra koo koo kangaro and bowling for a couple minutes. For the last thing, we had assembly today. It was koo koo kangaro. We had a great day!

Blogger of the Day: Madison Today was a great day!We had so much fun. Today we did a brain break called rainbow awesome. Later we had a mystery reader Alyssa's mom! She read Circus Ship and the Magnificent Thing. After that we did code.org in technology. Then we had lunch and recess! It was like a winter wonderland outside! Then we did a scavenger hunt in social studies! We had a great day! hope you have enjoyed this blog! Hope you have a great day!

Blogger of the Day: Emma Today we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. For daily five we did seesaw and we wrote about a snowy day. Next,we went to gym and we did bingo bowling. After,we did math rotations. Finally, one interesting learning target was I can write some information about Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks for taking this time to listen to this AMAZING blog.

Blogger of the day: Nithya  Today we learned about double bubble maps and we had a checkpoint in math. We did a Kickoff we try to make a touchdown by reading books. One of our learning targets was I can compare and contrast story elements by the same author. In art we made a drawing with our eyes closed! We also had Fun Friday. Today was a great day!

Blogger of the Day: Jairus Today was an awesome day. Today, one of our interesting learning targets was I can compare and contrast story of books by the same author. We read the Mitten by Jan Brett. Our class favorite part of the day was music when we got flyers to the Timberwolves game. We did word of the day. That word was pendulum. Pendulum is a stick with a weight at the bottom that swings back and forth on a clock. My favorite specialist activity was gym. HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY THANKS FOR READING THIS AWESOME BLOG POST

Blogger of the day:Julia Today was really awesome, We learned about Jan Brett. In math, we learned about elapsed time,we played Tic Tac Tock and we did Xtra math. In technology, we did Code.org. One of the interesting learning targets was I can compare and contrast books by Jan Brett. It was so cold that we had indoor recess!!!!   We had a lot of fun today!!!!!

Blogger of the Day: Mr. Farrington Our first day back at school was AWESOME! Today, we wrote our New Year's Resolutions. We learned a new dance in health to help us with calming down when we feel anxious. Our playground was like an ice rink during recess. In gym, we started bowling. In math, we learned about weight. Also, in number corner, we started a new calendar grid. In music, we learned a song called the world a turning. Thank you for reading our blog today!

Highlights: "We went to the book fair today." Sophie "Today in PE, we played Pin Guard." Camilla "We started multiplication in math." Alli " We had workplaces." Julia "Tonight, there are conferences." Demi "Today, we completed 26 and 27 in our math student book." Pratyush "Madison is our surfer of the week and she shared her poster." Nithya "We filled out our conference reflection sheet." Pranav "Today, we learned how to activate our prior knowledge." Natalia "We organized our books bins and what we need for daily five." Alyssa "We did our KWL chart." Ryan

Highlights: "We had our math test today." Ryan "In technology, we did a collaborative poster." Alli "We had our first day of social studies. We sorted states and continents." Isaac "We had a mystery read and it was Alli's mom." Demi "In daily five for technology time, we did read theory." Julia "In writing today, we learned about the story teller's voice." Sophie "We have a new student coming tomorrow." Wilson "We read chapter 12 in Fenway and Hattie." Emma

Highlights: "In health, we learned about differences." Julia "On Thursday, we are getting a new student." Brandon "During gym, we played a game fence." Pratyush "In music, we did a song from Africa." Alli "For math, we learned a new game called Anything but Five." Nithya "Today in the middle of daily five, we learned about the difference between reporting and storytelling." Emma

Highlights: "In gym, we played poison ball." Reid "Today, we did handwriting of the letters u and t." Emma "We tweeted Victoria Coe, the author of our read aloud." Pranav "We had book checkout today." Brandon "In media, we watched a video for the book fair that is coming up on Monday." Camilla "We were introduced to word work." Alli "Today, we got bookmarks from Victoria Coe." Jacob "In media, we learned about banned books." Sophie "In math, we did subtraction problems." Nithya "Today, we made our vocabulary taxonomy." Pratyush

Highlights: "In PE, we played a game called shrinking gym." Sophie "Today, we 'dolphined' our gym teacher." Brandon "We did read theory in daily five." Julia "In music, we played a game called rhythm telephone." Camilla "Today, we saw a video about empathy." Pratyush "We read a book called Corduroy." Demi "We did a survey on our favorite book and 'Sam and Dave dig a hole won'."Madison