Picture Day

Hello,

We made it to our picture time at 2:00 with hair brushed and ties tied.  I completely forgot about picture day when I dressed myself this morning. With no shirts steamed, I grabbed Ol' Faithful, my grandfather's polyester shirt from the early seventies that never needs ironing. I don't like the shirt, but keep it in the closet for mornings when I have nothing else. Now it will be immortalized in our class picture. I'll steam some shirts tonight.

We made lots of words using the symbols from the elements of the periodic table.We had done a homework similar to this, but today we did the cutting and pasting of the symbols. We have some pretty impressive totals from the groups.

We stepped up to multiple digit division estimation. That is a mouthful. We had some trouble earlier this year on the single digit estimation, so this won't be a walk in the park, but I'm glad we get to this when the former is still fresh in their minds.

We are nearing the end of Because of Mr. Terupt, our read aloud. Tonight's writing assignment is to predict the ending.

Thanks for getting the Plimoth permission slips in. I was very thankful to hear that Chelsea's mom has volunteered to drive an SUV which will fit a bunch of adults. Let me know if that is a possibility. I have a lot of you clamoring for space on the bus, and I can understand that you would like to ride down with your child. I will be as fair and as transparent as I can. We will draw sticks if we have to, but I want to let you know as soon as I can if you have a spot on the bus. Telling me that you would be willing to ride down by car won't take you out of the bus seat drawing. If your first preference is the bus, I don't want to take away your chance for that just because you are being more flexible.

More to come.

Thanks,

Mr. Shea