We're Back At It!

Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! I had the flu for the first weekend of break but I was able to shake it off and head to New Orleans with my boys! We had a lovely and DELICIOUS time. We took Cole on a swamp tour, climbed the live oaks, went 'antique' shopping, and ate wonderful meals all over the city!  (We stayed with friends who had a great babysitter!)

Check out Cole's 'really old fashioned phone'

Assessments:

   I am working on getting these little children to become better spellers! The next few months will be intensely focussed on spelling patterns, word work and word sorts! So I will be collecting more specific data on the areas we need to practice more frequently.
   The students have started grammar morning work each day with a quick mini review before morning meeting. The morning work is a quick 10 sentence activity that focusses on all the 3rd grade grammar standards.
  We also made a chart to track our progress with math fact fluency! I'm devising a plan to celebrate each child as he/she learns all the facts with fluency! Each child is tested with one minute fluency tests at his/he own pace. So don't worry if you see that your child's chart isn't as full as the others.....

last but not least .....UPDATES AND INFO:

1. We have a projector! YAAAY! Thanks so very much for helping! We have watched videos on Greece, fossil formation, and Madamoiselle has shown some French videos as well!

2. The book fair is almost over.
Family Night from 4-7 on Thursday Dec.  5th and it will be open on Friday from 7:30 am-10:30 am. The kids have really enjoyed shopping there this week.

3. Wishes/Needs:
     * I am looking for 3-4 milk crates to use for each table's materials. If you have one sitting in your garage or basement that you don't need or want, send it in! I'll take it!
    * Card Stock ....we need some for our info booklets. If you've got some to share, we could use it!

Thanks so much......Y'all are the best!