Dec. 9th

It is hard to believe that we have only one week left of school before break.  The children have been on their best behavior trying to earn money to buy at the class store.  We started to pay more attention on getting classroom chores done because the students are getting checks for how hard they work.  Many children are sharpening pencils, keeping their desk extra clean and the floor  picked up.



 We have not had much turned in to sale and could really use some more items.
  Reading:  Many of the students have passed off all of their Fry Phrases.  This is allowing more time for the parents helpers to work with children who need more help.  Thank You parent helpers.  I try to test the children each Friday on how fast they read.  Every child has improved and most of them have doubled their words per minute.  The children who passed off their Fry Phrases have made the most progress.  Please parents help them with these list.  They can be found on my web site and some children have been bringing them home.

Math:  We finished our base 10 unit and have started on money.  This is a hard unit for many children and any extra help working with real coins at home would benefit the children.

Social Studies:  We are working on the continent Europe.