January 14, 2015

Good afternoon everyone!  It's good to be back at school, and the weather outside couldn't get much more pleasant for mid-January.

I let the students know that we would have a new student joining us tomorrow.  He is in Grade 4, and we are excited to have him in our class.  Please encourage your child (although honestly, most of them don't even need this as it's natural for them) to be an exceptional friend to him.

Here's what we did today:

1. Opening exercises - we worked on a homophone crossword
2. W.W. - the students continued on their Big Books.  Many are heading on to their published copies which is exciting.  Most of the students are working with a partner on this task.
3. Grammar - today's focus was on linking and helping verbs (am, is, be, was, were).
4. DPA - another rousing game of Dungeon Ball was played which is the favourite lately for our class
5. Swimming - everything went well!  Thanks to my drivers, Aryn, Bob, and Raelene.
6. R.W. - we squeezed in 10 minutes of The Indian in the Cupboard before lunch, which we haven't read in a month!
7. S.S. - the class continued on their community creation. These will be on display in the hallway in the near future