Welcome to rainy season! This week we started plants and flowers. Our artist of the week, Carl Linnaeus was even a botanist! They are learning all about the parts of the plant, how the parts work and what will happen if something is missing. We did a lima bean experiment that failed. We will retry next week and we hope for success. We discussed "hypothesis" and success and failure with experiments. They were ok with the fact that our first try was a failure. I was proud of them for not getting upset.
We are flying through the rest of the alphabet. We are currently on Tt, Uu and next week Vv and Ww. Please be sure to practice writing and sounding out these letters. Don't forget to also go back and review all the letters of the alphabet! The best way to retain is to repeat!
Several student are working on addition and are sucking it up like sponges. We may even dabble with some basic subtraction in the near future. I am very proud of how excited they are about working in class. Some children are even trying to do some read out loud instructions for group work time.
Starting next week, we will be working on planning our chapel. The children will be learning not only WHAT we are doing for our chapel service, but WHY! That's what it is all about right? Not just the performance, but the meaning behind it.
As we start to approach warmer weather, please remember dress code: no open back shoes, flip flops, sandals or sleeveless shirts. Tie shoes are only to be worn if your child can tie. Feel free to send a hat or put some sunscreen on in the am if it is particularly warm and sunny.
Birthday book club was great. We had 7 preschool children. I hope many preschoolers will participate in the medieval times report contest too. That went home yesterday. The children all seemed very excited about it.
Finally, if you have not yet had a chance to meet Ms. Munoz, hopefully you have heard good things from your child. She has been a great help. We continue to think of and pray for Mrs. Hoffman, but we are also thankful for Ms. Munoz.
Until next time,
Mrs. Boyle
ps... spread the word about LUSA! Let's keep going strong.
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