Tuesday, May 17

 Hi parents,

We had a loud day today. We had to interrupt our work flow on several occasions to practice 'mindfulness' because our volume was anywhere between "mall foodcourt" and "Slayer concert". That being said, it was still a pretty good day in terms of work.

We reviewed the Th, Ch, and Sh blends, using the Animated Literacy characters from last year. We brainstormed examples of words from each family. The 'Th' blend seems to be the trickiest, but it is also a really important one to be able to identify when reading and writing because it's used in so many common sight words. The, then, they, their, there, this.... etc. I'm a little nervous for this week's spelling quiz!

We reviewed 2-D shapes today in math. We also discussed the term 'vertices'. The students used the Montessori Geometric cabinet material to trace 2D shapes and label their vertices. There are a lot of 2D shapes we don't know the names of!

We watched a Magic School Bus episode about the Rock Cycle. It did an awesome job of explaining how rocks change from sedimentary to igneous to metamorphic (though not necessarily in that order!) and illustrated the process of erosion in a fun way using the superhero Weatherman.

In the afternoon, we practiced spelling, read Droon, and went to Gym.

Have a nice night,

Zac