WELCOME BACK!   The first day of school for 2011!  We were an excitable bunch today, but better than a sleepy bunch!  We dove right in!  In Language Arts we previewed the new computer program that we will be using starting tomorrow called Fast ForWord.  We talked about how it can make new pathways in our brain, want to take a sneak peak, check it out at:  http://www.scilearn.com/products/fast-forword-reading-series/reading-lev...  There are demo's here and a bit about the program. We also talked about using hooks to start our story.  We came up with some good "hooks" to start our story.  A hook is the first sentence we write in order to "hook" the reader and make them want to read more!  Do you remember any hooks we came up with?   Check back soon with our new Calgary Project to hear some good hooks.   In math I was so happy I almost cried, the whole class remembered the answer to the question I asked them!  "How are adding and subtracting alike?"   They took one look at the relationship tree I drew on the board and said "adding and subtracting are alike because they show the relationship between numbers!"  It made reviewing how to make a fact family easy.   Then we worked on making a paper calculator for adding.  Do you remember how we did it?  (hint: number 0 to 9 across a top row, and 0 to 9 down the first column... can you fill in the chart)  In PE today we used the "big-feet".  We did this to practice walking with something on our feet!  Which is why we need to bring our snowpants everyday..... right!Check the memo's there are 2 hot lunch orders this week!  Have a great night and get lots of sleep!