Monday, Jan 24th

Today started the 2nd week of the many sounds of "O". It's the last week of this Unit, so there might be quite a few pages in the Reader/Writer notebook that we don't get to in class. Many of them are really good reading practice. Reading a sentence and if it makes sense the student draws a picture and if it doesn't they leave it blank. One page has two sentences to read and they circle the one that goes with the picture. It's great practice for learning to make sense out of what we READ!

In P.E. today Mrs. Edgmond noted that 5 students did not have tennis shoes. The boots are cumbersome and not very safe. In the upper grades when they don't have proper footwear, they have to sit out, so please help your child start a good habit of remembering their tennis shoes on Mondays. Speaking of boots, we were having so much fun at our afternoon recess, that we got a little carried away in the water. Some of the boots were soaked through. I apologize, I should have stuck to the rule that we stay out of the water, but we were the only class out there, and many of the kids were making rivers to the drain by moving the thin ice with their boots.

At the end of the day I did reading groups and assessed a few children, the time got away from us and it was a very hectic dismissal. I am sorry we were so late getting out, and as you probably heard, Mrs. Clapper was a drill sergeant at the end of the day. I am sorry that such a great day ended in such a rush. Tomorrow I will start earlier and hopefully make it out on time and have a happy ending to our day.

Some of the students will be working with a new volunteer to our room. Her name is Mrs. Jockers and she will come in on Monday afternoons for an hour or so right after lunch. I like for you to know who is in our room and why in case your child mentions their name.

I am looking forward to seeing what show and tells come to school with the middle or ending 'o'! This class has had fun discovering many sounds that o makes.

Thanks for keeping up and sharing our day on the BLOG!
Sincerely, Carol Clapper