This week our studies will concentrate on:

     •short vowel sound review along with the phonetic markings on phonetic skills #1 and #2 (short vowel word rules)

     •names - name poems and how each child got his/her name which will be made into a cute little "face" book

     •gravity science unit - kids will need to know how to tie by Friday in order to make a parachute as our culminating activity

     •5 children are ready to go on to 3rd grade spelling word pretest. We will do that this week.
    

The math prerequisite skills test was "eye opening." Only 5 passed with 70%. SO-O-O I will be doing a lot of "filling in the gaps"
 and moving a bit slower until the kids come aboard. We are lucky to get an aid from 12:00 to 12:30. She will work with the 3 lowest kids
 in each of the second grade classes as a little group in my hallway. I know many more kids could benefit from her help,
but we are blessed to even have an aid so we're not complaining!!!!  The higher kids who will pick up faster will be challenged.
I have a bunch of stuff to have them do, so don't think they will be held back.

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Have a great week!