What a joy it was to be back in the classroom with my students this week! We had a wonderful time getting our rhythm back. We spent a lot of time working on the U.S. Fact Sheets research and the preparation of the sheets. This research, and the sheet prep, will continue into next week. The State Reports, with poster and oral presentation, are due next week. Each student has been given their date for presentation. We will begin a “sweep” of the nation, beginning with the Eastern states, and continuing across the country, ending with those states that are farthest west, the newest states, Alaska and Hawaii. Since there are only 5 students, the reports will be scattered, so the state reports, letters we have received, and the research done by Ki Rachel, Ki Emily and myself, will give the students a good overview of what our nation is like from region to region, and state to state.

The class has finally completed the memorization of the poem, The Parts of Speech, which is quite long. We will be videoing it on Monday for the next First Friday video. The next step will be putting the poem to practice!

We continue to make good progress in the Fractions workbooks. Two students are working on the practice test for book three, and everyone should be working on book 4 by next week.

Music class will resume next week - I will be resuming my full-time duties, so please make sure the recorders return to school….. I know, they might have to dig deep for them!!

Friday, May 7th is our school auction, Hope Blooms. Please buy your event ticket at www.fundraiser.support/hope to bid on the many wonderful class projects and donated goods we will have to offer. You may join us in person that evening. Bidding will take place online, so if you are unable to attend in person, there is still an opportunity to participate. We hope you can join us to support our wonderful school!

Have a great weekend.

Blessings,

Kathee