Daily Update:

We kicked off the day by setting up our pages, and I even did an amazing cartwheel to introduce our spelling word—"gymnastics!" Everyone seemed pretty impressed! We practiced "Show, Not Tell" by describing a new car using details about how it looks, sounds, smells, and feels, instead of just saying “The car was new.” We also did our phonemic awareness exercises with some new hand signals I’m learning. Can your child remember any of them? This week’s doodle is a puppy, but I’ll make it a bit trickier each day! Our transitions between activities still need some work, but we’re aiming for progress, not perfection. After a quick Read-to-Self session, we did some exercises and checked the calendar—don’t forget, Meet the Teacher is on Wednesday, and Friday is DOT Day!

Math: The Grade 3s practiced skip counting by 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s, both forward and backward. The Grade 1s and 2s worked through our four math centers again, and things ran more smoothly now that we’re using a rotation wheel. The 2s focused on skip counting by 10’s, while the 1s worked on numbers up to 10.

After Lunch: We had guidance with Mrs. Robichaud, where we talked about strategies to stay safe with adults. There may be a letter going home about our new program soon, so stay tuned! We also had a good discussion about friendships and the challenges we might face this year. In PE: There was a big soccer game today! It sounded intense from everything I heard—seems like you really had to be there to get the full experience! We wrapped up the day with our Book of Gratitude, sharing “Today I was thankful for…”.  One boy made 5 shots in a row today at lunch (I caught a picture of the 5th one going in).  I wonder if he wrote anything about it at the end of the day?  As a group, we got all our end of day work done and earned a record 13 minutes of free choice time!  Great job!