Hi again

We're working on telling time in math. All first graders are responsible for being able to tell time to the hour and 1/2 hour on both digital and analog clocks. Second graders are responsible for telling time to the 1/4 hour. Please work on this skill at home.

With the beautiful spring weather of course comes allergies. If you are going to give your child an allergy medication of any kind, please make sure it doesn't make them drowsy. I have some friends who are falling asleep in class!

We are going to have our last field trip of the year in May. We'll be heading once again to the Freedom Center Swimming pool. Make sure those swim shorts are ready!

This week starts our spring testing season. I can't stress enough how important it is to have your child in bed early and eating a great breakfast. These scores follow them and are used to show their growth over the year.

We have been given a little patch of earth to work in for the spring and so the boys, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Robertson, and I have been busy weeding at school once a week for a little while and planting a variety of seeds. We're excited to see what might start happening. In addition, we are getting ready to see our caterpillars turn into butterflies in our own butterfly garden in the classroom once again. Each boy has their own and have named them: Sunny, Carey, Gary, Blake, and George. Can you guess the name that your child came up with?

Remember, no school for students May 4th for it's a teacher work day :-)


Enjoy your week! And for those that need it, my home phone is back to being functional....for today at least.

I am not ignoring you....

however, I won't be available for calling between Friday and sometime late next week probably. If you do need me, please email me and I can call you back.

We have a field trip on our first Thursday back from break. We're heading bowling and to Tony's again. It's going to be $8 per student. That will cover everything that they need.

Also, starting the Friday back from break, we will be missing Mrs. Robertson for three weeks. She is studying to become an ESOL teacher and is going to be helping our staff with their testing of our ESOL students. As a result, Mrs. Rice will be joining us. We are sad that Mrs. Robertson will be out but excited to welcome Mrs. Rice.

Hope everything is going well with break! We'll finally be moving into our house on Friday/Saturday/Sunday and couldn't be more excited!

My class of SUPER HERO BOYS <3

Today is World Autism Day. This morning, before the boys got here, I went around and put labels on the faculty and staff. They have the ribbon on them and say Autism Awareness. The point was is for a day, instead of labeling our children, we should label ourselves in honor of them. We can often overlook what happens beyond "a label" no matter what it is.

In the belief that it is never too early to become a self-advocate, we talked about Autism as a class. I told the boys that Autism gives those special friends SUPER HERO abilities. Some of us have super sensitive hearing and can hear anything from far away as if it is through a mega-phone. That's an ability that not many others have.

Other friends have the SUPER HERO abilities to put things together and take them apart. They can figure things out and how to make things fit together perfectly and swiftly. That's an ability that not many others have.

Other friends have the SUPER HERO abilities to read, work with letters, sound things out and read well beyond their years and peers. They can find the beauty in the written language and devour books at a time and over and over again. That's an ability that not many others have.

I've watched these Super Hero boys grow exponentially over the past almost two years. They are more social, engage others more often, have become more tolerant of changes, more adventurous, and each day, can push anyone to their limits.

Sure, it's not all rainbows and miracles, but they are SUPER HERO boys. They can make anything better with a smile and some popcorn. They can make anything out of putty and blocks. Books can take on lives on their own and we can all be characters. Each one of them makes everyday full of endless possibilities and I thank you for sharing them with me, everyday.