We had some visitors this morning from Educator for a Day. They watched the combined classes sign some songs. We are getting really good at Frosty the Snowman and just learned Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer today. I'll mention this again because it may be helpful--you can watch "how-to" videos of both songs on the Rose Park Sign Club blog. Access it either by the link below and to the right or from the Rose Park web site. Yesterday, I started testing students to see if they knew all their letter names and sounds. I was impressed and pleased by the number of students who passed with flying colors. If they did pass, they brought home a paper award. Students learned to put the _ed ending on action words that happened in the past. Students watched a Magic School Bus video about outer space as an introduction to our space unit in science. We will be learning the names and positions of the planets. I told them that we live on the 3rd rock from the sun.