Happy Inauguration Day!

What a patriotic group! The kids have been full of questions and comments about President Obama's inauguration. We had the television on much of the morning (with the sound off) pausing for moments to watch bits about the White House and the Obama's meeting the President and Mrs. Bush for coffee.

We wrote down our homework assignments, completed a fact and opinion page about the weather, and read about Martin Luther King, Jr. in our centers and reading groups this morning. We took our spelling pretest, corrected it and put it in our home folders. I've listed our new spelling words below if you can't find the pretest. Math included a lesson on writing fractions. A few of us are progressing well with addition facts including 6's, 7's, and 8's. The rest of us need to keep practicing!

Homework assignments for this week are:

Tues. ~ Read and complete the back of the Martin Luther King, Jr. page
Wed. ~ Write the following vocabulary words in descriptive sentences.
ancient - very old; having to do with times long ago adjective
hopeful - having promise that what is wished for will happen adjective
unable - not having the power or skill to do something adjective
confirm - prove to be true or correct verb
valid - correct based on facts or proof adjective
Thurs. ~ Write the following spelling words three times a piece.
regular: chest, chase, sheep, think, while, chill,
shape, thing,white, wheat
review: mule, fuse frequency: idea, often, second
Friday ~ Read a book to share with the class on Monday.

Our Adirondack author, Liza Frenette, will visit on Friday. Book orders are due Friday also.

Thank you and have a nice week!
Lanie Groff