Technical Difficulties

For some reason I haven't been able to upload any pictures onto the class blog... bear with me while I try to figure this all out!

Homework News

First of all, thank you so much for making the time to come to conferences. In our busy lives, I appreciate the time to touch base with you! =)

Secondly, you may notice that homework looks different now. We started the year with a lot of review & practice of high frequency words, and now we're starting routine spelling lists. Practicing our words is now part of the homework. The first two nights are working with letter cards to build the words. Wednesday and Thursday are practicing writing the spelling words, and Thursday is a practice spelling test with an adult. We'll have our spelling tests in class on Fridays.

The math looks a little different as well. It's still a page of math per night, but I feel like we're ready for work that is more rigorous. =) Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

One of the things we talked about in the first few weeks of school was the elements of design in art.  We practiced using all different kinds of lines, dots, and circles to create many drawings and illustrations.

Then we took our drawing skills "to the streets". We used those lines, dots and circles to create masterpieces with chalk on the sidewalk next to our room.

It was a beautiful day.  Perfect for chalk art!! =)