I apologize for not posting last night. It was a long day because I stayed at school and worked until the Open House and didn't get home until 8pm. Needless to say, I was exhausted. Thanks to those of you who were able to attend. I hope you had a good time.

In Social Studies, we talked about how each of us is unique and what makes us special. We also talked about ways in which we are all alike. Students drew self-portraits. Next week, we'll begin work on a "Who Am I?" book, in which students draw their hair color, eye color, name things they like, and tell how they feel.

We made glitter bottles for our letter G art activity. Thank you for sending your empty bottles to school for this craft. In addition to our usual letter of the day activities, we also learned 2 new songs that will teach students to spell the color words "red" and "blue." Journal time today consisted of searching through magazines for pictures of things that go (cars, airplanes, roller coasters, etc.).

In math, we reviewed the concepts of top, middle, bottom and directions left and right. As you would imagine, left and right need a lot of work. I taught them to hold up the sign language L and showed them that it only looks like the letter L when you use your left hand.

During our end of day class meeting, we've been thinking of events that have made it a great day. I am happy to hear things like, "I played with my friend at recess." and "We made a neat craft." It is so fun to have such happy and enthusiastic students!