Dear Parents,      Happy Thursday! Can you believe it is the end of January? This week has been kinda crazy but fun. Many participated in dress-up days which was super fun. We did a couple different activities this year. One was writing to a Catholic School in another state. I chose my daughter Molly's Catholic School in Illinois. It is called St. Mary's Catholic School in Kickapoo. We also wrote a letter to National Guard Members who are stationed overseas. That was

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Here we are again. Once again I feel like I just did this. Today I feel like a chicken with my head cut off. I have had a ton of things to get down today and my evening is very busy tonight. Thank goodness for a day off BUT I need to be in the school to do all the things I need to do. I have been taking one thing at a time. It is all good. Language Arts We started a new story today. The story is Prince Charming Misplaces His Bride. It

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!! Here we are back into a routine. Again I feel like I just did this not long ago. I have to say I am little disappointed in this January. We need at least one snow day! We have been praying for snow. It is not working. I know we just got off a break but a little snow day is a good morale booster. They have been a bit silly then they have returned from break. I think they think the work will slow down if they are silly, but.....it doesn'

Dear Parents, Happy New Year! Here we are again ready for the last half of the year. We have returned from a long much needed break and dove right back into our routine. Not sure they were ready for it but that is what we did. We have lots to accomplish before the end of the year. We have 3 weeks of hard work before Catholic Schools week is upon us. That will be a busy week with lots of extra activities for us to participate in. Language Arts We started a new story th

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Here we are again. The weeks seem to go by so quickly. I am finished with my Christmas shopping. YAY! The wrapping has not begun yet. We have had a good month so far. We are working hard up until our break. Most likely there will not be a blog next week since the only thing to announce is Christmas Vacation. Language Arts We are working on the Story "Catch Me if You Can". It is a drama (play) about a king who decides to marry off his

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! What a crazy week for me! I was to fly back from AZ Saturday night. As a matter of fact my flight was to arrive at 9:33 just a couple minutes after that Delta flight that slid off the runway. I am happy they were safe and cancelled the flight but we were boarding. It had been snowing in Des Moines for 2 days. They should have known it was going to cancel. We jumped immediately on finding a new flight. Tuesday was the earliest affordable f

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!! There will be no blog next week since we will all be celebrating Thanksgiving. I will try to give all the information I need to for next couple of weeks in this week. Language Arts We began the week finishing up the Module 2 Test. Then we moved on to Module 3 Week 1. The story we read is called Rent Party Jazz . It is a historical fiction piece set in New Orleans long ago. It is a pretty fun story to read. We had a discussion about infor

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!! Here we are again. It is another Thursday. We have had some illnesses this week. Please remember to keep your child at home if they are sick. They must be fever free for 24 hours before returning. These are just reminders of our expectations. I think Strep is definitely out there. Sounds like lots of other things also. We just want to be respectful of all students. Language Arts We have finished Module 2. We took the end of the story

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Thank you all for coming to conferences. I enjoyed talking to each of you. I am glad that you all got a chance to see ALL the things we are doing in school on a daily basis. Maybe some days there is not a ton of homework but we have definitely covered a lot in class. I had a great time in Peoria with my daughter, Molly. I read to her class, and spent the rest of the day with them. I will take 4th grade over 1st grade any day! I got to exp

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!!! Here we are again. I do not plan on writing a blog next week since I will be meeting with each of you throughout the week. I will say everything that needs to be said, in 20 minutes. Time always flies. We have had a great week in 4th grade. They have been very busy and seem to use their time wisely. I feel like they have had quite a bit of homework this week and they are getting things done. Sometimes we misplace things but that's hard

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Here we are again. This has been a great week. I feel like they have done a lot of testing this week. Math test, spelling post test, End of story test, and selection test. We are moving along in 4th grade quite well. We had a few bumps in the road with some late slips. I will say that is to be expected, no one is perfect. I am very happy with the way we are adjusting to 4th grade. As I am planning for next week, I am pretty much pla

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Here we are again. It just seems so quick between blogs. The week seems long yet when I am typing I...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!! I feel like I just wrote one of these. The weeks seem so long yet short when it comes to writing my...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Here we are again. I feel like I just sent last week's blog. This has been a good week. We have worked...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! We have had a long week! I think the field trip on Monday, which was super fun, made for a long week. ...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! I feel like I just wrote a blog yesterday and here I am doing it again. We have started to see some...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! We have survived a long week and now a short week. The students are definitely trying hard to adapt to...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! This is our first official blog. Remember they will come out every Thursday! I will send them via an...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday!!! Happy end of the year. This is my last blog for this class. If I have left things unanswered please...

Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! We are quickly dwindling with our time together. I will only have one more blog after this one. Time...