Dear Parents,

What a busy day!
Today began with Chapel and we got to sit with our Prayer Partners, it was fun!  Pastor talked about God’s promises and then we practiced our song that we are singing in church on Sunday.This Sunday, we are celebrating Education Sunday at Trinity and one of the ways we are showing how important our school is to the mission of the church, is we are singing praises to our God.  We would love to have you all here to celebrate and worship.  The kids are singing at the 10:30am service.  Hope to see you there!
In Spelling today, we worked on “Rainbow writing” (ask your firstie what that is all about-it’s also in their folders today!). We continue to practice our letters and make sure that they are being formed correctly.

 

In Math, for the last two days we have been working on addition (joining) sentences.  Today though, we played a math memory game where they had to find the addition sentence flip-flopped….4+3 and then l3+4, for example.  Then we stayed and worked with our different partners to complete our math assignment (This was done quite quietly….which was interesting to me…..it was a time that they COULD talk and share and figure things out together…. and it was quiet.  Fast forward 15 minutes, when they were supposed to be working alone and quiet, THEN it was loud…..GO FIGURE!  Ha ha ha!) We will continue to work in pairs and small groups throughout the year.

 

 

We also read a book by one of my absolute favorite authors, Patricia Polacco. The book we read today was called “Thank you Mr. Falker”.  Patricia actually lives in Union City, Michigan and I had the pleasure of meeting her a few years ago (And she even signed one of my books! I know, I know….I am kind  of a geek…. J) Many of her books are written from real life experiences, and are told in such rich and wonderful ways.  If you haven’t read any of her books yet, check them out!

***Don’t forget to practice with your firstie, for our memory test on Friday. 

Blessings,
Miss Gallagher