2-20-12 First Grade News and Notes

What an exciting weekend… at least for my oldest, Molly.  Her first flight alone, traveling to Tampa.   While in Tampa, she visited the real “Winter” from Dolphin Tale, Hard Rock Cafe, horse back riding and of course “beach time”.

Back in St. Louie, we attended my youngest, Kate’s first Art Opening at the SOHA Gallery.  She had a piece on display this weekend, at the Young Artist Show, titled “Rainbow” priced at just $5.00… Steve was sure to get the sold “star” on it right away.  We ended our weekend with a trip to the City Museum.  Boy, you have to be pretty skinny to fit through those twist and turning tunnels and slides.  I felt like I was going to be stuck more than once… LOL.

Right now however, is the best part of the weekend.  Having both girls home safe and sound, in their own beds… SLEEPING:)

6th Grade News and Notes, 2/21/12-2/24/12

Math (Bailey):

• Chapter 6 Review and Test
• Begin Chapter 7: Multiplication and Division of Fractions

Math (Sanders):

We will have a review and quiz over the first three sections, multiplying various types of fractions from Chapter 7 on Tuesday. We plan to cover the next three sections throughout the rest of the week. Those sections include dividing fractions and using customary units. During Chapter 7, we will be working on a project that involves converting recipes and eventually we will be preparing one of them at school.

Spanish (House):

Practice phrases to use in the in classroom.
Review vocabulary in all kinds of contexts.
Practice the verbs ar, er and ir in the present tense and pass tense.
Discuss food you like or dislike.
Discuss  typical Mexican food.
Review the names of food and drinks.
Practice expressions for: food, drinks and places to eat.
Write a dialogue going to the restaurant.
Practice table setting and  restaurant conversation.
Practice reading and spelling.
Practice reading comprehension.
Research Mayas religion.
Review the numbers up to 100 and over.
Sing songs and play games to practice vocabulary and pronunciation.