Monday, March 4

 Hi parents,

We had a pretty good day today. In the morning, we continued building skills to help with story writing. The class used a template to help them with planning a simple, short story. It goes like this:

Once there was a __________, who wanted to ________________.

So they tried ____________________.

But, it didn't work because __________________.

Then they tried _____________________.

And it worked!

The advantage to starting with a plan like this is it ensures your story has a problem and a solution. The next step is to expand on each section and add details, dialogue, and develop the plot more gradually. It is often helpful to know where a story is going beforehand, so you know how long to spend on each part.

In math, we did a fun activity based on fact families. There were 18 kids present today, and they had to silently figure out how many different ways they could be split into equal groups, and write multiplication equations to correlate with each arrangement. For example, "3 x 6 = 18,   2 x 9 = 18, etc."

In the afternoon, we learned about Opera, and talked about the performance we're attending virtually tomorrow on Beauty and the Beast. We also talked about how to dress in fancy clothes for attending an opera, which of course is optional, but might be fun.

We ended our day with spelling practice.

Tomorrow is also Tea Time Tuesday! Bring your own teabag!

Have a nice night,

Zac