BUZZ in BASES: The ordinary(?) and the SPECIAL

I don't know if is possible to call anything "ordinary" in BASES. We are continuing our Math unit on Measurement and Money. We are doing an assignment called "Name Your Bean" for our Bean plants (NYB). Sheila Lee is coming on Tuesday for a wonderful music program. We are doing a school wide coin find (students from the whole school can find coins and add them to our bin by the classroom, and then at the end of the month "guess" the value for a chance to win!) We are continuing our geography/postcard assignment. Postcards have been received in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Michigan. We have since sent a few more, including more to the Netherlands and Germany, as well as Japan and Brazil. We also participated in the Terry Fox Run on Wednesday. Now that I think about it, none of this is "ordinary." Everything in our class is EXTRAORDINARY.

This week we had an extra SPECIAL event. Our Principal and Vice-Principals came for a visit to the BASES room. The students had the chance to share what they are learning. This included having them plant their own beans, add their height to the class height chart (part of the math measurement unit), add their guess to the 100 days line, checking out iPads and sharing some cookies. We are so much at Sullivan Heights, an in BASES to have such invested and supportive administrators! The kids had a wonderful time and were so proud to share all they learned!

Fatima shows Mr. Hayes and Mr. Whitham how to plant their beans.

Arman is excited to see the visitors in our classroom!

Raheel and Mr. Hayes check out the BASES blog on the iPad!

Hamza gives an iPad demonstration to Mr. Whitham and Mr. Ranu

Hamza measures Mr. Hayes on the Height chart. Apparently Mr. Whitham and Raheel are the same height. We tried to verify this with a back to back challenge. They are the same height, though Raheel's hair gives him a slight advantage.