We had a guest speaker today! Ms. Ellen came to our class to teach us about her job as a speech pathologist at the Joseph Sams school. The class learned about different physical and cognitive disabilities... and much more importantly, learned that they do not matter one bit! The lesson of the day was that all children, regardless of their abilities, can be a great friend and have a really good time doing the same things that you do! We watched a video clip of students at the Joseph Sams school laughing, playing, bowling, dancing, and having a blast. I have said this before about other big life lessons, but some of the most important things that we learn at our school has nothing to do with math, grammar, or writing. The big lessons, like today's lesson on acceptance and looking past appearances, are the ones that form character... and I am so pleased that Ms. Ellen could share this with our class!
Spanish- It was our last review day for the big night! We will have a full house tonight, enjoying Mexican food, a bullfighting presentation, and a pinata!
Spelling- After a very enthusiastic round of “loud” and “soft” spelling list review, we pulled out the letter tiles. The kids worked in teams to spell the words with the tiles. We have some long words this time, so it was a bit tricky not to run out of letters!
Grammar- Today was a big review of all of our recent topics: predicate nominatives, predicate adjectives, direct objects, and adverbs. For those of you who are prospective students for next year, it is important to note that your child does not need to know these topics for next school year (nor do I expect the returning students to remember everything they learned)! First Language Lessons is a very repetitive curriculum that always begins with a broad review. No stress allowed!
Math- Practice, practice, practice! We are sticking to multiplication and division for quite some time. Today, we worked long division problems with remainders. This is a concept that is hard to commit to memory without lots of repetition. Keep working on those multiplication tables at home. I will be posting multiplication games each day on Homework Hideout!
Social Studies- In social studies today, the students learned about the battle of Lexington and Concord. We were all so pleased with the reaction from the animated reenactments that we watched at home yesterday! We will definitely be posting more interactive lessons to correlate with the material!
Writing- In writing class today, we took to the floor and worked with word tiles. It was a great review of grammar material... and the kids learned an important lesson: That our subjects are not free standing and are interrelated. I cannot believe that I heard, “Hey! This isn't writing! This is grammar!”
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The grand opening of Tact Fiesta was a complete success! The class did an amazing job in their jobs as hostess, servers, and cooks! Their Spanish was excellent and the bullfighting presentation was superb! All parents, children,and teachers had an absolutely awesome night of food, entertainment, and fun!
Thank you, Ms. Joanne!
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