Rain, Rain Go Away!

Finally, nicer, dryer and cooler weather! Hopefully your child is relatively mud-free as they come home.

Today we started our day with Ann who is a cross-country Senior at OHS. She read us a story and we learned that even athletes like to read! :)

We also met Brittany Z. who will be joining our class from 2-5 times/week as a volunteer from the H. S. She will help us with our literacy block and eat lunch with us. She is a junior this year and loves children. We are so thank ful to have her, especially since she is giving up a study hall to come to our class!

We learned how to take our MAP test on Thursday. It'll be fun and new and interesting. We can't wait.

Tomorrow Mrs. B. comes into our room for the morning so Mrs. Swenson can do reading assessments with us. We'll continue our Science unit on Frogs and Toads with Mrs. Sessler. And we'll practice our Daily Five routines - Read to Self, Read to Someone and Word Work.

Spelling homework came home tonight and Mrs. Swenson forgot to say that it is not due until Friday! Whoops. Keep the word list and practice in the car, during dinner or whenever works out for you.

Also, don't forget about the reading log. I can't wait to see how many minutes we've read.

All for tonight - more soon, Mrs. S. and the Munchkins

PS. Lots of colds going around! Wash, wash, wash those hands!