Monday, November 14

I trust that everyone enjoyed the half-day off on Friday - I sure did! I worked on the students' report cards this weekend and am so excited about the new format! We are generating the report cards electronically. All the information is the same, just a different format. We were actually able to add two new features to the report cards: percentages with the grades and comments for each individual subject instead of an area for general comments. I found that feature very helpful in communicating to you how your child is doing in the specific subjects. Look for the report cards, they are coming home Wednesday (which is also a half day!)

Here is a recap of our day:

Reading - American Dream poster is due tomorrow 11/15 - if it is raining make sure to use a garbage bag to protect it! I would hate for a poster to be ruined after all the work the students have done! We read pages 206-207 and worked on visualizing when reading - using the details and descriptive language to imagine what is happening in the story (don't worry I'm not teaching New Age techniques!) :)

Math - Lesson 41 due 11/15 - no test or quiz this week :)

Writing - American Dream Poster due 11/15

Spelling - test is on Thursday this week!

Social Studies - began chapter 3 - Canada!

Bible - Matthew 5:13-14 due 11/16