SUN IS FUN!

We were so excited to be able to have Field day this afternoon. We did experience a little rain at the 3rd station, the sack races. But the students just kept on jumping and enjoying the many activities that Mrs. Edgmond set up!

We started our Building with Beavers unit and practiced our lower case "e"s with the proper handwriting technique o starting in the middle going across, up and then around. Many of the children were making a backwards c and then the line This will slow them down when they start writing longer stories! The week is a review of the vowels "a.e. and i". One of the things we were doing was rhyming things with the word 'it'. After quite a few one child started to put the sh sound at the beginning and quickly decided not to say it. Others realized that a 'bad word' could be made. One student said "only bad guys say that word" . We talked about how it is inappropriate to use that word and that something regular people say it when they are hurt or shocked. We even talked about the animal in last week's story that hit his hoof with a hammer and screamed 'OUCH" and how somebody else might have said the "sh" word. Just wanted you to know how it happened so you'd know what happened!

Tomorrow, I will be leaving a little before lunch to attend a funeral, and Mrs. Bartsch has offered to come in. On Friday I will return the favor when she gets to go to an honors program for one of her sons! This is another benefit of job sharing. I am so thankful for Mrs. Bartsch and her joyful attitude about coming in and helping us finish our year. Our hall is filled with bright colorful fish, she had the energy to do with the children. Many teachers could not believe we were doing a big painting project this close to the end of the year!

That's about all for tonight. I've been entering numbers and letters into the report card program. It is amazing how much we have learned since August and unbelievable how fast the year has flown by!

Have a nice evening!
Sincerely, Carol Clapper