This week will be exciting because of Valentine's Day. Please pray for me parents. I am going to try to keep it as normal as possible Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Thursday we will do Valentine things, and on Friday, we will do President Day things. Remember that President's Day is Monday, February 18th and the children will be out of school. The following is what we will be doing the first 3 days this week:
Reading: skill focus - predictions, review all other skills, review power words and introduce 2 new ones, unraveling
Spelling: suffixes
Math: long division
English: We will continue to cover and recover all the parts of speech, as well as work on writing good sentences. In the library, the children work on using various resources.
Science: forces and motion - The children are all going to get an opportunity to study up and demonstrate an experiment to the class. Our first group - Samuel, Brent, and Mason did a great job last week!
I am so sorry that the 2 last math problems with reading/math homework last week were so difficult!! I am so proud of the kids and parents that gave it a whirl anyway! 5 students got them right!! I gave them a Homework Hero award! Thanks for your support. I never planned on homework being that difficult. I only want it to be a short review of things they have learned. Those 2 problems should have been bonus money problems! I promise this week's homework will be a normal short review!
Chinese New Year was a lot of fun. Crazy and exciting maybe, but fun none the less! We have a little extra money left over, but instead of trying to divide it up between the children, Mrs. Jenkins and I are saving it to spend on treats for an activity this Spring. I will let you know when that happens.
The following is a story I read in my Chicken Soup Daily Inspirations book. I thought you might enjoy it!
One lazy afternoon while watching my children play, I started thinking about how differently the world looks through the eyes of an adult with so many responsibilities. Suddenly I felt a pang of longing for the days when I, too, could romp and play without a care for cost-of-living increases, budgets, and mortgages.
I let my children reteach me that afternoon how much fun it is to squish fresh mud into patties, and how thrilling it is to climb just one branch higher in a tree and then from your perch in the sky, gaze over your kingdom and yell, "I'm the king of the world!"
It took only a few stolen moments from my children's youth to remind me how precious these carefree days are for them. Now, instead of reprimanding them over and over about this and that and giving lectures on appropriate behavior, I enjoy the moment with them. You see, I've been taught a lesson the children haven't learned yet: The moment won't last forever.
Stacey Granger
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