Alfred Adler's Merfolk

FALL FESTIVAL   This Friday 10/27/17   6:00 PM-8:00 PM  Please remember to buy your tickets from Ms. Courtney before or after school.  $10 adults, $8 kids for presale tickets.  $10 for everyone if purchased that night!!  

Merfolk, please remember our Pumpkin reports are due Monday 10/23 . Please bring in your book, book report, and decorated (character) pumpkin. W e are so excited to share these as a class! Also remember everyone has a pumpkin from our patch that would be great to use for our project. Though you may use another pumpkin,  and another size: real or fake if you like.

Habit #8 of Happy Children We are all " LEADERS "  in the Merfolk classroom. "The roll of a great leader is not to give greatness to human beings, but to help them extract the greatness they already have inside them " - J. Buchan Habit 8: Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs (10/16/17)   Discover your passion and pursue it. Use your talents and excitement to make a difference in the world! When others see you living your life to the fullest, they will want to do the same! -Taken from 8 Habits of Happy Children

Please check out the "Merfolk Pages" on the left side of our blog. I am new to blogging and just realized that though I had been adding pages every week, they were not actually being shown on the blog. Apparently there was a "view" button I did not check. I apologize for this inconvenience.  Thank you for your understanding, Mrs. Sherrill

Habit #7 of Happy Children We are all " LEADERS "  in the Merfolk classroom. "Do not wait on a leader... Look in the mirror, it is you !" - Katherine Miracle   Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw (10/9/17)   I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep.  I spend time with my family and friends.  I learn in lots of ways and lots of places.

The date for tryouts are Friday October 6th at 12:30PM.

Time to order books for the fall! Our students love: Bad Guys, I Survived..., Who Would Win..., Magic Treehouse, and more! We even have a classroom wish-list online.  (It will be updated by 10/4/17 with this month's magazine.) ** 7 Habits of Happy Kids books are also available in this month's magazine!**   Ask your students for their Scholastic magazine.  You can send in your order to class or order online. Our class code is:  Q4KQT  at  scholastic.com/bookclubs Your order helps earn free books for our classroom. Thank you, Mrs. Sherrill

Fall School Portraits Christine Nicole Photography Thursday, October 12th **Mark your calendars!**

Merfolk **Please make sure to sign your child's field-trip slip and return with $8.00 ASAP.** Largo Cultural Center Friday, October 20, 2017 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM **Change in Plans: We will have lunch and recess at the school, not at Largo Park** BONES Bones uses humor and music to educate audiences about the science of bones. Tied to state educational science standards, students will laugh in their seats as they learn the names of the bones, the types of cells, function of joints and necessity of bone marrow. This short, quirky show has a wide appeal. The whodunit format allows audiences of all ages to connect with the characters while unconsciously absorbing scientific information.

Habit #6 of Happy Children We are all " LEADERS "  in the Merfolk classroom. "It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings . " - Ann Landers Habit 5: Synergize: Together is Better (10/2/17)   I get along well with others, even people who are different from me. I work well in groups. I seek out other ideas to solve problems. I know that "to heads are better then one." I am a better person when I let other people into my life and work.

Merfolk has expanded   We are now a 1st and 2nd split class. We are looking forward to begin sharing our classroom with our new friends this week. Here are some known researched benefits of being in a split-class (blended grade level): Split-grade students are less competitive with one another and more cooperative as they learn to work together, supporting each other. Children learn at different paces.  Blended classes offer a wider range of curricula across 2 grade levels.  Advanced students can be more easily challenged with higher-level material; struggling students can more easily return to earlier material. Younger children gain self-confidence and maturity by being exposed to older students; older students learn to be positive, mature role models for the younger students. Students in blended classrooms tend to take greater personal responsibility for their learning. There is greater peer-to-peer learning in blended classrooms. Students develop friendships acros