Hello,
We've been very lucky lately. A number of volunteers have been coming in to help out or share their knowledge. This morning my mentor teacher, Pat, joined us for literacy. She was able to work with some kids one on one. She reviewed there/their/they're with some kids and did some inference testing with others. I'm so happy to be working with her again.
This afternoon we had a wonderful visit from Mr. Douhovnikoff, ecology teacher at Bowdoin. Your child should have no trouble explaining the chemistry of how a 300 foot California Redwood is able to get water from its roots all the way to its tippy top. We learned more about the "stickiness" of water and how its chemical makeup makes it so well-suited for Earth's life forms. I learned a lot myself that I'll be able to pass onto my colleagues. A big thank you to Mr. Douhovnikoff.
Our homework club voted to play outside after school. It was nice to get some fresh air. I was glad that they wanted to take advantage of the great weather.
I went over some basics last week that the kids are supposed to know by now: proper nouns, plural nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, contractions, difference between towns, counties, states, countries and continents, the four oceans, the seven days of the week and the twelve months. We didn't have 100% success in any category, (yes, disappointing) but the kids have to take some responsibility for learning these now. While we are often reviewing learned information, we have a lot of new concepts to get to. I can't spend a lot of extra time on things that they are supposed to know. I'm hoping to recruit Pat to help a bit, but a lot of this has to be put on them. I had some individual meetings today and will have more. The first task is to choose what we need to work on, then come up with a strategy on how we'll learn it. They may recruit you to help.
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. Already Wednesday tomorrow... the year is flying by.
Have a good night.
Mr. Shea
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