Homework tonight is a reading assignment in their small leveled readers for Lead 21. They need to read Ch. 1, in Selection 3. There will be a short quiz tomorrow. Two kids finished in class. The rest needed time. All kiddos also have a States and Capital puzzle #25. Can you guess the SE state?
In science we started our unit on simple machines that will help us use our PLTW projects that we built for potential and kinetic energy. Ask your child to give you an example of an inclined plane. They should say ramp, slide, or ladder. If they do, write INCLINED in the planner for $10 tomorrow.
All kids need to bring in their Biography books for the January book report tomorrow. If they were absent when we got them, they need to look at home for one or at least come with an idea of whom they want to read about. I will send them to the library at recess time.
Well, the snow is beginning to stick and fall. We shall see if we have the predicted 10 inches tomorrow morning. It looks as if it is off to a good start though. Get those shovels out. I for one, love to shovel. Luckily, we are staying in town with my aunt tonight. The commute this morning was literally a sheet of ice. Here is a picture. It is not wet road...it is pure black ice! 35mph the entire way here on the highway. Glad we made it safe and only saw three cars off the road. Scary stuff!
The kids LOVED the snow at recess though. I got some fun action shots of them loving the freshly plowed snow hills. We allow kids to play on them (except at lunch) during recess until they become hard ice hills. As long as they are soft, they love to tunnel through and slide like otters. Nothing brings a smile to my face more than kids playing in the snow. Fun!
And, take a look at what AJ and Reece did for me! Awe....so sweet! What you don't see is the total massacre to it with bombing snowballs shortly after it. :0) Awesome!
We had a great time welcoming everyone back and hearing about everyone's vacation. So many fun stories with family and trips. And, of course I got to hear about all the fun gifts as well. It was great to have Espen back safe from Africa. He didn't bring me a real live baboon, but he brought me a hippo instead. Love, love, love it Espen. Thanks for my paperweight buddy! Landon also made it safely home from his family visit from the Philipines. He was so sweet to bring me some chocolate covered mango strips, a fun seashell, and a bracelet made for a good cause. What a wonderful surprise for me this morning. Thanks Landon! It was wonderful to see all the kids again.
Well, have a fantastic night and drive safe in the morning!
Mrs. Grewell
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