2014_08_15 Friday

From Elise's school: Today we talked about table manners and how we should behave at the dinner table. In addition, we also talked about healthy vs unhealthy foods. We made a place-mat with a plate full of food for art. We worked on counting and matching the number with how many objects there were. They had German today. We also had a Music show from Mr Travis today. He will be teaching Music on Fridays from 1-1:30 if you would like to sign your child up- I have forms in my classroom.

Name a healthy food and name an unhealthy food: 

Elise- a bad food is candy, a healthy is garlic 

Elise is also doing reading club after school: This week, we all introduced ourselves and got to know each other. We practiced the sight words a, I. We also worked on the color word purple. Usually each week, we will practice a new sight word or two and a color word. Then after that we will move onto CVC words such as run, big, mat...etc. In Reading club, we will also be practicing fine motor skills such as perfecting writing our first name, learning to cut with scissors. We do some math activities in here as well. But mainly, we focus on learning sight words and then eventually begin reading short sentences or more if the student is up for it! If your child ever wants to bring in a book that he/she knows how to read and would like to read it to the class, they are more than welcome to bring it in. 

Jonathan has arranged a playdate for himself with a boy from our bus stop who is also in his class. Afterward, Dave and Jonathan have a "Zombies Night" at the Braves game that they were just invited to today. 

So, Elise and I will have Ladies Night with the girls. We ordered fancy pizza and stayed up way too late. It was so nice for me to visit with my girlfriend; she's been away all summer.