This morning in sign language, each student was given a card with a high frequency word written on it. Mrs. Hanson and I took turns fingerspelling the words. The student who had that word had to recognize it and sign the sentence "I have (fingerspelled word)." We played it as a "teachers versus students" game. If they used their voice, the teachers got the point. If they weren't paying attention and didn't recognize their word as it was fingerspelled, teachers got the point. Thankfully, the students won 20 to 11!

We practiced counting the number of syllables in words during reading and incorporated sign language. More students read their books to the class today. In math, students were given a sheet of dots representing numbers 11-20. They had to write the number represented by the dots, cut the numbers apart, them put them back together in the correct order on a sentence strip (long, skinny paper).

If you haven't already sent an empty box, your child needs it to build a house for a neighborhood. An empty shoe box, a cardboard 1/2 gallon orange juice or milk box, or empty cereal box will work. We don't have enough to start our project tomorrow, but we will definitely need them by next Wednesday.

Don't forget that students do not have school on Monday, the 18th.