Considering I have about 50 photos to upload this week, we'll keep the written part of this entry short and sweet. We had a jam-packed week. We went on a field trip to the Longfellow House in Cambridge, we invited parents/guardians in on Friday morning to show them some of the hard work we've been doing in class recently, and we did an additional showcase later that day with the 2nd and 6th graders. Below, I've included a whole lot of photos of all of these exciting events.

Our Bucket Fillers this week were Abdul and Aliyah. Abdul epitomizes effort. He worked super hard on his poetry test last week and his poetry test revisions this week, resulting in one of his strongest assignments to date. He's also as sweet as can be, making sure he always says goodbye to me at the end of each day and continually expressing his gratitude for the little things we do. Aliyah's hard work on the poetry test also stood out to me. She's been using speech-to-text this year, and she's becoming a bit of a pro at it! And when she doesn't use the speech-to-text software, you should see her handwriting; the amount her handwriting has improved would knock anyone's socks off, especially since using this special paper we found that works wonders for her. I'm really proud of all of her progress this year...and did I mention she makes me laugh on a daily basis?? Congrats, Abdul and Aliyah!