Friday, September 12, 2008

It's Friday and I'm Late In Blogging-Sorry

What a day! Assessments, rain, indoor recess, football on our minds...whew!

LA: We made some tweaks to our schedules today to allow more time for the assessments we had. It seemed to really make a difference! We were able to get through them, do Vocabulary Vine and even have time for Read Aloud before specials! Hooray!

HW: Don't forget reading projects are due on October 10th. There is an example in the office with Mrs. Stuckey if you are interested in seeing one for ideas. We didn't receive any word on AR today, but Mrs. Walsh is hopeful for Monday!

Math: We plowed through two lessons today, one on addition and the other on subtraction. The journals wanted us to do it many differnet ways, but we stuck to the good ol' fashioned way! Students worked very hard, as I wanted to make sure we got through these lessons before ISTEP+ next week!

HW: All journal pages that go with math lesson 2.7 and 2.9. Study links, too.

Health: Today we learned about the skeletal and muscular systems. We had great discussions about what these important systems do for our bodies.

HW: Get quiz signed.

We start ISTEP+ testing on Tuesday. This is a very intense week for our kids. We need to be able to focus well...please get to bed early, make time for a good, healthy breakfast and most importantly make time to play each night. Snacks will be provided by our very generous parents!

Next Friday, the Stars in Service crew will be collecting money for the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk that will be held on September 20th. If students bring in money to donate, they will be able to staple their bills up to the wall of money and also bring a piece of gum to chew! Please consider helping this amazing event!

Go Penn! Go Notre Dame!

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