3.29.09
The past week was such a busy one! I sure wasn't ready for the snow. The cold weather kept me inside and I was able to get caught up with grading many tests. Although I did find time to read a book this weekend! This past week the children began in Level 1.5 reading. The focused comprehension skill was predicting. This week our story will focus on comparing and contrasting. Vowel patterns in spelling and phonics will be Long a as in ai and ay. Final assessment of Level 1.4 Skills Test will be sent home on Monday.

The children have completed the unit in place value, maps, and graphs. Final test grades are posted and will be sent home on Monday. Since the start of the new year our math has been very intense. The children have covered many major skills in our curriculum standards. Our next unit is on Geometry and Fractions. This will be a quick unit loaded with lots of fun with shapes! The children will be making addition flash cards and working on mastering facts addition facts during the month of April.

This week we are looking forward to two special programs. On Thursday, the Ladies Pilot Club from Clay Center is coming down to visit with the children about the importance of wearing a helmet when riding a bike. They will give away a certificate for a free bike helmet. On Friday, we have an IDL program titled, "Soaring High With Kites". I thought we would be able to make-up our missed reading day at the nursing home on Friday, but with this program we will not be able to. We've missed 2 months now due to illness and weather. Our next Nursing Home Reading Day will be Friday, April 24. Surely we will not be having bad weather then! April 1 arrives on Wednesday. Hopefully you won't get tricked by any April Fool's jokes!