Thursday

In religion we talked about Guardian Angels and Archangels. I just figured out that the religion workbook has perforated pages, so students have brought home pages from the beginning of the year. They also brought home the Guardian Angel Prayer to be said in the morning and the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer to be said at bedtime. They need to learn these prayers, so practice is good. We say the Guardian Angel Prayer at the end of everyday.
In language we focused on main idea and details using the story "Meet Rosina". Students used a graphic organizer to figure out the main idea and details of the story. We also worked on the "th" sound and "wh" along with short and long I.
We also started a practice test to prepare the students for the IOWA tests that begin on Monday. These tests will be given the first hour of the morning everyday next week. Students should get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast.
In math we are beginning to work on solving equations using mental math. For example, 43 + 41=
Add 3+1= 4, hold that number, then add 4tens + 4tens=8 tens. So the answer is 84. Students seem to get the idea and we will be practicing this a lot.