Our letter of the day was F. We did not do Star of the Day today because science took much longer than expected and students were gone in groups of 4-6 for a hearing screening. If the hearing screening detected any problems with your child's hearing, you would receive a notice within a week. No news is good news! Students had a good time using their sense of touch to guess what their friends brought but they got very noisy and wiggly during the long process so I will think of a different way to handle sharing items for the other senses. The janitor had to talk to the boys today about raising the seat when they urinate so they don't sprinkle on the seat. He asked that I also have parents discuss this with them so they remember. We learned about ordinal numbers in math, and learned that you have to notice which direction a group of people or animals are going in order to determine which is first versus last. Please try to use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th with your child sometime this week. I am very happy to announce that I received funding for a grant proposal that will provide books for students to take home on a nightly basis. I already have 2 students who are reading well enough to take advantage of this program and it is my goal to get all students to this level by Christmas. As part of thanking the donors, I have to send photos of the students enjoying the new books. I will be sending home YET ANOTHER form requesting your permission to post photos of your child on the internet, as required by DonorsChoose. If you don't want your child photographed, I will just ask them to step aside when I take the photo or only show the back of their head.