Mid Term & More

I know...this year is flying by!  Today was the mid-term of the 3rd 9 weeks.  Please continue to practice the standards for this nine weeks at home along with any previous standards not yet mastered.  Also, ask your child about, Jan Brett, the author and illustrator.  We completed an author study of her this week and the kiddos really loved it.  Her illustrations are very beautiful and her stories are great, as well.  We read a ton of her books, wrote whether we thought The Mitten was fiction or non-fiction, pretended we lost a mitten and wrote to describe it, so someone could find it, and Monday will will write about our favorite book of Jan Brett's and explain why.  We are really becoming more and more independent writers, and I am LOVING it!  I love to see them take more ownership and not be scared to sound out words on their own phonetically.  Have a great weekend and I will see 25 smiling, healthy faces on Monday!!!!

Pics of writing samples can be find on our Wonderful Writing page.