13 more days of school...

What an exhausting week it has been…I woke up on Tuesday and already thought it was Friday just because it’s been such a busy week.

In math, we worked on lining up place values when adding. We specifically added money this week and talked about how it is very important that we line up the decimal or else we will not have the correct numbers. I am so impressed at how fast most of the students grasped the concept. They will so be ready for 2^nd grade! Next week's math homework will be very easy simple adding or subtracting. I want to make sure the kids are very comfortable with simple adding/subtracting and I'm sure their brains are fried by this time of the year because I know mine is.

We haven’t done science daily just because we’ve been doing more Vietnamese. This whole year, I’ve been using different strategies for my lessons and learning what works, and doesn’t work. What I’ve found out that has made my lessons more effective is using dry erase boards. The kids loooove using the boards. The only bad thing is that the dry erase markers are always drying out and I’m having to buy markers for the class almost every weekend.

On Wednesday, we had a walking field trip to the Milwood Library literally a block down from the school. It was a nice little break to be outside of the classroom. The whole field trip was just an hour. The librarian at that library gave the kids a quick tour and talked about different events/programs the kids can participate in for the summer. The green paper that was placed in their daily folders on Wednesday has all the information! Please take advantage of this. The best part is that it is FREE dollars!! Who doesn't like free things?!

Today was a very fun day for my homeroom class. We practiced our Vietnamese in place of math first thing in the morning, watched the 3^rd grade’s rocket launch by the track, and then had our movie and popcorn party that was earned earlier this week.

Please come join us for the picnic tomorrow at 11AM! It will be a beautiful day. Hope to see everyone there!!!

Silly Quote of the Week:

I usually don’t wear T-shirts to school but I decided to wear a shirt I received at a bilingual conference…I guess they’re not used to seeing me wear a loose T-shirt.

N: “Cô Tracy, did you shrink?”