November 7, 2014

Three cheers for Friday!  This week was great, but I think everyone in our class is excited for the weekend.  I hope everyone has a restful time with their family and friends.

What were we up to today?  Here`s the scoop: 

1. Opening Exercises - We worked on a daily gram, where the children correct grammar mistakes in writing
2. Spelling test and memory verse check - this was our first really big memory verse check and most kids did really well!  Their marks for both memory and spelling are in their planners.
3. Ketchup and pickles - the students had an opportunity to catch up on late work
4. Computers - we worked on typing today
5. Music - with Mr. Banman
6. Math - We played some fun place value games today and talked about greater than and less than with the 3`s and the 4`s reviewed related facts in multiplication.
7. Science - today`s lesson was about how we have seasons.  See if your child can explain to you that because the earth is tilted on it`s axis, as it orbits the sun, different hemispheres get more sunlight, leading to different seasons.  We also started a short Bill Nye video about the seasons.
8. Art - we all made some commemorative poppies today, with words that came to mind when reflecting on Remembrance Day.  These are on display in the hallway.
9. D.P.A. - I figured we should enjoy the sunshine that the Lord has blessed us with and took the children outside for their last 15 minutes of the day!