Wow!

I am so proud of my students for all of their hard work to put our museum and presentations together! I am also very proud to say that we had 30 parents/ guardians in the classroom. That is amazing! They did such a great job, didn't they? 
I wanted to do my first PBL early in the year because I wanted the students to understand that questioning is very important. I also wanted them to understand that we are all students and teachers in our classroom. They were always amazed when they would ask me a question about their animal and I would tell them I didn't know the answer. Sometimes they would laugh if one of their classmates were talking about an animal  and I would raise my hand to ask a question about it. We would all go to the carpet and look on Google and in our animal books to see if we could find the answer. One time a student even asked me if I was joking that I didn't know. I didn't want to do a lot of talking on Friday, because I wanted them to have full ownership of their projects. Thank you all for coming! It was so nice to see so much support.
On that note, hopefully your child showed you the note, but we ARE going to the zoo on Friday this week! We'll be going to Hovatters' in Preston Co. We will leave the school around 9:45. Cost is $4.50 for students and regular price for any parent or guardian that would like to meet us there.  If you are meeting us there, please, please still send you child to school at the regular time. I don't want them to miss circle time.  Also, I would like the students to stay with the class while we are there. We will walk around the zoo as a group. Even if they are with you, I would still be responsible for them during a school function. I don't want some students all the way on the opposite side of the zoo with their parents while we are on the other side. I don't mind you walking with us or even next to you child, just please do not take them away from the class. 

Also, the students DO NOT have school tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the zoo!