Wonderful Kids

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful class of kids. Today we had a writing assignment where they had one hour of silent writing time to respond to a prompt. Next week the teachers will sit down and evaluate where are kids are as a whole and have some discussions about what we need to do next to help our writers grow and learn more. All of the kids were wonderful at sitting for that long time and working. Of course we got a little squirmy toward the end, but we were successful at finishing the prompt.
We had a lot of fun yesterday focusing on nouns, and today we focused on consonant blends. The 'cr' in 'crab' is a consonant blend. If we can recognize these right away we don't have to be sounding out every word.
For writing today we also learned a new song to if your happy and you know it:

"If you want to write a letter start at the top.
If you want to write a letter start at the top.
If you want to write a letter then you better, better, better;
If you want to write a letter start at the top."

So many kids are forming their letters incorrectly (starting at the bottom) and the third grade teachers are having a hard time teaching cursive. Help us fix this problem now by helping your child in their writing.
What wonderful kids are in our classroom. Thank you for an enjoyable first night of conferences.