Yesterday was a busy day! The day zoomed by and before I knew it the bell was ringing to send your children home to you.
We began putting our biography facts into sentences yesterday so we can organize them for our people posters. I am impressed by what the students were able to glean from their research. We have a group of children who can think deeply about topics.
Synonyms are this week's focus for our spelling lessons. Synonyms are pairs of words that mean the same thing: they are interchangeable in writing and speaking. You can easily play a synonym game with your child: "If I say x, I could also say y." Synonyms are fun and a great way to show your cleverness. (And kids think it's great!)
We worked on a super secret project for the volunteer luncheon yesterday. If you've done any volunteer work for Bethany (classroom, carnival, etc.) come join us for lunch at 11:05 on Thursday.
Students were introduced to Yektti's yesterday. They are fictional characters with multiple attributes used by our math program to help students understand concepts of data sorting. They are fun and it's great to hear the students identifying them by their attributes, such as "ringed eyes" or "rhombus body."
Our study of germs continued, and we talked briefly about how quickly germs can grow and spread in your body. Our goal is to keep those pesky germs OUT. You'll find a homework page this week that asks you and your child to brainstorm ways to keep germs under control. It's truly fascinating to me that thousands of individual virus cells can fit on the head of a pin. Wow.
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