In Math we are working on telling time to the hour, the half hour, and in 5 minute increments. We have been doing this during calendar time for the past 128 days, however, when faced with doing it on paper…..the little people freak out. Please go to the dollar store and get a clock with hands (we call this an analog clock, cause we are all precise like that) and help your Bear tell time with it. Learning to telltime is much like learning a foregin language to little people. Think about it….we just last year taught them what the number names are and how much they are worth. Now, we are asking them to look at the #3 and call it 15…….makes no sense to them at all. Just work on it…..It will come. While you are at it, grab yourself a ziplock bag of coins and work on learning the names of the coins and how much they are worth. If you are going to count coins in mixed groups, I ask that you count the biggest value coins first. For example, for a quarter, a dime and a penny – we would say, 25, 35, 36 cents. We’ve been doing this for 128 days each morning too, but guess what comes next in the math book after telling time…..you guessed it! Money!

It is 4 days til Spring Break. Whoo hoo!  I will be leaving for the beach at 2:49 on Friday. I may see some of you there!  🙂 I may also hide from your little people if I see them first……  ha! Just kidding….sort of…..  🙂

Please remember that we are singing at PTA on Tuesday. I have NO idea what time we will sing. We are singing “Down by the Bay” and they have been practicing in music class so they are good.to.go. Just show up if you can and we will do the rest. Ms. Nevin and I will have to scoot out of PTA to run to the UofA to give our “big girls” their midterm exam. We already delayed their class for an hour so we can be at PTA. Please don’t think us rude for not hanging out….as soon as first grade sings, we have to go to our other job. If you need me, just send a note in the Bear Binder and I’ll get right to you.

Grades 3-4 will take the SAT and ARMT tests on March 24, 25, 29-31. Our job is to work quietly and walk quietly in the hallways. We will also have a wonky short PE time on those days and our lunch will be different. Music will be different. The whole thing will be one long wacky wednesday…more on that when I know, but basically, it will be a bad time to join your kiddo for lunch during testing….because we may not eat on the same time each day. Thanks for your understanding. I will let you know as soon as things are back to normal.

We really had a blast last week Seussing it up! I hope you are enjoying the pictures. I am going to try to get back into Wordless Wednesday so you can see how cute your Bears are ….”all important in their work” each week.

Happy Monday! Alicia