Day #14

Short-day Fridays are always a whirlwind and a blur. We taught full lessons of math and language arts and then the students started to make their page for the alphabet book. One of the units I've been doing is an alphabet book. I started by reading several alphabet books to the children. Then I started modeling the creation of an alphabet book. This process has been in the works for almost two weeks because their isn't much time allotted for it. But the children have enjoyed guessing what object I've chosen to match the letter. We've talked about the front cover, title page and body of a book, writing in our very best handwriting and such. The students were very eager to start their book. They were assigned a letter today in which they colored the letter and cut it out to paste it to their own large page. Monday we will color the object to for each letter. I can't wait to post photos of it.

Mrs. Kester told the students that this was Cameron's last day with us. She talked about the friendship we've made with him and encouraged the students to remain friendly with him when they see him in the hall. She didn't give specifics such as he will now be in Kindergarten. She just said he was going to be in a different class. Isn't she thoughtful? The students were quite bewildered at the sudden news and quite a few tears were spent on Cameron (who was enjoying all the attention).