February 9, 2012

Dear Parents,

As I write this my homeroom is at Gym class, so I have a quiet moment during the 100 Days Celebration.  Whew!  They have counted their homework by groups of 10 and walked around looking at everyone else’s homework.  We even got to sample some of them!  Then, wearing our new 100 Days glasses, we paraded through the school to wish Ms. Simone, Ms. Quintal, and our 6^th grade Study Buddies a Happy 100^th Day of School!  For cooking, I offered 14 different types of foods.  Using various sizes of spoons, the children estimated ten pieces of 10 different foods, so that they could eat 100 things!  Some ate it all, some will be bringing it home, so please check your child’s backpack!  As you might see, “estimating” m & m’s and “estimating” Kix cereal differed drastically!  After gym the classes will brainstorm what they would like to be doing on their 100^th birthday.  The children will write about it and draw a picture.  They will be funny, I’m sure.  I told the children that I, too, brought in 100 of something.  They don’t know yet that it is 100 balloons to play with and pop!

The rest of the week was a bit less exciting—we learned the letter Pp and the number 20.  We will not continue with any more numbers.  Now we are to the point where we use numbers every day.  The children should be pretty proficient with all the numbers up to 100.  We started learning about symmetry and equal fractions. We began working on opposites- in/out, happy/sad, on/off, hot/cold, and up/down.  Our words of the week are up, down, on, off, in, and out.  Because there are so many, we will keep them for two weeks.  We learned a bit about the history of measurement, using the King of England’s foot.  Using our own feet, we flipped “pancakes” and measured how far they went.  Promise magazine taught us that Jesus heals the sick, even those that no one else will come near (lepers).   And, if we have time, we will work on a map of the USA and emphasize Massachusetts.

A little nagging:  At the beginning of the year, we sent home a birthday list with all the names and phone numbers of students.  Since then, I have made at least 10 more copies because some parents have lost theirs.  In addition to that, a few parents have even come in asking us to put some invitations in folders.  That is not our responsibility!  The purpose of the list is so that YOU can send the invitations!  Please do not ask us to do that.

Have a great weekend!

                                                                                                Mrs. Teri Lyons

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