Jack and Annie seemed to have saved the town of Edo from the fire, but they were to late to help Master Basho.  Do you remember why Basho said that fire was "the flowers of Edo"?  We did some impressive work in writing, I was so pleased with our read to a buddy today as well.  In math we tried some game stations instead of a work sheet and we found out a huge secret!  Did you know if you read an addition sentence backwards, it works like a subtraction sentence!  I KNOW!!!!  You have to try it.  We also did some painting in art today of an olympic scene.  Some just need a bit of touch up.  Hot lunch tomorrow!  See you in the morning.

  I missed the audio for the morning letter again!  Strike two for me. What a busy day!  Jack and Annie finally got to use the wand!  Right now they are riding on the back of dragon and I cant wait to see what happens next.  We learned about the things we will do to start word work in Language Arts!  We did some gymnastics in gym.  In math we took a look at our new video question, and worked on our Math Word Wall.  I also sent home a sheet for show n' tell today.  Show n' Tell will be on Thursday and it is OPTIONAL.  The reason I sent the sheet home is simple, I have seen Show n' Tell where it is thoughtful, prepared, and interesting...but I have seen it where it is a chance to bring toys to school.  I know which one I want! Remember NO SHEET = NO SHOW.  We also got a sneak peak at one of the songs we will be singing for the Christmas show!  Its coming quick!  Its a short week with no school Friday. See you tomorrow.

 We had Miss Galllant as guest today, and the class made me proud, as always.  Jack and Annie might finally be in a position to use the wand!  Its been so long I think I forget the 3 rules to using it though.   Do you remember?  Congratulations to Annabelle who won the draw for the math prize!  The next video is posted and our draw will be on Thursday since there is no school next Friday.  Hope everyone has a great weekend! and see you on Monday. 

So Yeah.. I forgot to record the morning letter today.  Ooops!   Jack and Annie narrowly escaped the samuri thanks to Basho and Annies great poem.  I think the students had heard Annies poem before.  See if they can recite it.  Mrs. McCarthy put out job applications for a new Ian Baillie Morning News Anchor.  Applications need to be in tomorrow!  We did great with the senteo's in math, and worked on expressing our math sentences properly.  We do have a spelling test tomorrow.  Good luck and see you in the morning.