We started Studio Friday yesterday morning.  The children rotated through music, art and P.E. classes.  During the afternoon we learned about Alabama and Alaska for our North America continent study.

The children have really been diving into their morning work cycle.  They’ve been getting lots of lessons in math, grammar, word-study, reading, spelling, etc.  Our reading specialists finished testing everyone’s reading levels and specialized reading groups will begin next week.

I will begin having the students do show and teach presentations next Friday. This is an opportunity for each student to teach the class about something that they enjoy.  It can be a hobby, talent, skill, craft, a special interest they have in something. an interesting item they’ve collected (not a toy), etc.  Each student can take about 5-10 minutes.   I will post the schedule for show and teach on the blog. We will start Friday with Kaliah and Caroline.

I will also be assigning a “Home-Based Project” soon.  These will be due the week of October 14-16.  I would like each student to choose their own topic based on an interest they have.  They will need to research their topic and will need to include a visual representation of what they’ve learned (e.g. a poster, a model, etc.)  I will provide a schedule as we get closer.  I love to see the variety and creativity that each student demonstrates with these projects.  Below is a link to a website that can help with this process.

www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html

The Fall Festival is coming up in October.  I hope you were all able to read the email from our room mother, Patty Sweeney.  I have posted the sign-up link on the blog.