We had a great day today talking about how many things are different now than they were a long time ago. We had a poster that showed a one room school that was heated with a big round iron stove We could see a horse and buggy outside the window and the children wrote on chalkboards at their benches! We combined this with "O" week and learned that another name for eye glasses is OPTICALS. So please ask your child if they can tell you another word for glasses. Hopefully they will put to circles up to their eyes and say "OPTICALS"!
In the afternoon we talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and had a wonderful story about when he was young. We learned a song to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle" and I played the flute while they sang it as soon as they could remember the words. I handed out the words and they showed me things they could find like our high frequency word YOU and the rhymes of 'ring-King' ans well as colored all the o's orange. We also practiced making two o'clock o's in our math journal. I drew a diagonal line from the center up towards what would be 2 o'clock on an analog clock. They put dots on it and made concentric circles (like a target) by starting at the dot and pushing up and around counter clockwise. As soon as they master that direction for their O's, a's, g's, d's and q's, they will become much more fluent writers. Our goal in being picky about the letter formation is to help them smoothly and quickly form the letters in a flowing way that helps them get their good ideas down on paper.
Mrs. Hansen and I completed their report cards yesterday and they will be coming home on Thursday. We were limited to 35 or 40 words in our comment section, so if you want to talk to either or both of us after reviewing the report let us know.
Today went really fast even though we didn't go out for the last recess. We were having too much fun learning and playing our math game! We were also missing 5 students, so we hope they get well and join us soon! We really missed Orion, Kaleigh, Elias, Emma and Kendal!
Have a great evening and remember Library is tomorrow! Mr. Besel is coming in for his 2nd session with our class to visit about being a Bully Buster.
Sincerely, Mrs. Clapper
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