I can't believe a whole week has gone by. We've done math just about every day. Soren started fractions, and Emma is deep into multiplying and dividing (using a number line) fractions and figuring out greater and less than. :::sigh::: if she could just retain some of the mutliplication tables in that brain of hers, it would be so much less labor intensive!

Soren is really doing well with all her math stuff. We did MLK Day activities on Monday, with reading comprehension and writing included. Soren really insisted on me sitting there and reading theq questions with her which was a little frustrating. I *know* she understands what she reads, but she gets so frustrated so fast! Her first reaction is always negative, as in she always assumes she doesn't know what to do!

Quarterly reports are due soon (I think!) already, so I am going to get those done for the end of January hopefully.

Update from LCG:

Hello parents,

Sorry-- this is LONG-- please read through to the end for snack list and info on relief project.

CLASS SUMMARY
We started with our usual verse and songs, then moved into beanbags with songs, 3's and 4's, and introduced a poem-- "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."

Then we did a mirror form drawing. We continued to review on recorder, trying to bring everyone up to speed on the same songs. The children were antsy to knit, so we started early, singing a bit as we knitted.

After snack we re-told the story of St. Francis, then drew and wrote the story in our main lesson books. Then I read the children the play-- which I am working to re-write a bit.

TSUNAMI RELIEF PROJECT
At handwork time, we talked with Melissa about our tsunami relief project. We decided on a "kids kit"-- Melissa found this for us (put together by a child psychologist-- to help children feel more "normal" after a catastrophic event)-- and the children signed up for what they want to bring. We will also be doing some fund raising-- to buy whatever's left on the list, to pay for postage ($3), and possibly to make a cash donation to a place like the Red Cross or UNICEF.

They'd like to work on their own raising money by shoveling snow, etc. and do a class bake sale project. We thought we'd shoot for Feb. 1 bake sale. Can anyone help with organizing on this?? Please let me know. Thanks.

Here's the list, with sign-ups for the kit-- let me know if this is NOT going to work for you.

CHILDREN'S AID KIT SIGN-UP

stuffed bear-- Erin
small ball-- Erin
harmonica-- Allysa
slinky-- Lila
yo-yo-- Molly
jump rope== Nat
paper-- ???
crayons-- Emma M.
eraser-- Emma K.
6 pencils-- Michaela
pencil sharpener--???
scissors-- Erin
ruler-- Lila
6.5 qt. clear plastic box with lid-- Lynn

Raise money-- Lila, Allysa, Michaela, Emma K, Emma M, Molly, Nat.


And finally-- here's the snack list-- I tried to make it equitable, and arrange snack near their birthdays.