Friday

Student took their reading and spelling tests today. Those students who missed spelling words were required to write them ten times. The hope is that they will spend a little more time studying next week. Then the students began on their writing assignments. In math we did story problems that required adding and subtracting. That was startling to some of them. They asked why they needed to learn this. I pulled out my check book and showed them how important it is to know how to add and subtract so you don't get overdrawn. In the afternoon we did some science supporting the information students are learning in Miss Lu's class. We talked about vertebrates and invertebrates and then watched some videos showing the different animals. We watched how a sponge takes food in, we saw jelly fish, and watched a sand dollar move.

On Friday the 22nd we will be having our class auction. Each student is to bring an item to auction off. It is not to be anything expensive, a liter of pop, homemade cookies, a toy in good condition that just isn't used anymore, a book that has been read and put aside. All children must have something to add to the auction so they can participate.