Day Two

Hello again,

We started working on our explorer maps this morning.  We are only putting down some of the baseline facts that we need (oceans, continents, etc.) before we pull these out for later use.  Many kids needed atlases for help, especially with spelling.  Continents and oceans should be solid knowledge by now.  This unit should help with that.

Ask your child what a water bear is.  I learned about them on my trip out west.  It is quite a fascinating creature.  Look up tardigrade to learn about this creature that can survive real extremes.

We started our 200 tournament.  We only have five contestants left.  I was not very impressed with the addition skills.  I saw lots and lots of counting.  We need to work on that.  We should be able to add a one digit number to any number without needing our fingers.  My team meeting on math grouping is tomorrow.  I'm going to go out on a limb and say that we should be grouping by the beginning of next week.

I gave them a review quiz on there, their, they're, its, it's, too, to and two.  I'll let you know tomorrow how they did.  I will work with kids with poor showings during our small group times, but we really need to get past these things.

The class put together a list of class jobs.  I'm determined to start up our class economy this year.  Look for job applications for homework tomorrow.

I'll get our schedule out to you in the next couple of days.  Our specials schedule is Chorus on Monday, Phys. Ed. on Tuesday, Music on Wednesday, Art on Thursday, Band on Friday, and Library on every other Monday. 

Hope all is well with everyone.  Thanks for reading.

Have a good night.

Mr. Shea