Sarah's January and February School Happenings

Sarah had another great two months of school.  She continues to work hard, be a good friend, and do her best at school.  

Sarah enjoys music, singing, and dancing.  In music they have tests over musical notes, rests, and musical terms.  They also have singing tests.  The students have to sing individually, in front of their entire class for the teacher, and are graded on their performance.  Sarah is getting better at this.  At first this made her very nervous, (I am sure it still does) but she is learning to overcome this and to do her best.  In February the 3rd graders all started to learn to play the Recorder.  We bought a couple of Recorder song books, Sarah a pink Recorder, and a yellow Recorder for Phoebe so that they could practice together at home.  So far Sarah has learned to play three notes, B, A, and G.  She does pretty well and can play several short songs.  Eric and I like to remind her that "leaks are squeaks!" when she is practicing.

At the end of the 2nd 9 weeks Sarah brought home her report card with all A's and one B.  Great job, Sarah!

She especially loves when her class gets to do an art project.  She enjoys making things and being creative.  She is learning to draw better and likes to make pictures for friends and relatives.

Did you learn anything new about Butterflies that you didn't already know?  Anything interesting?

Sarah:  I didn't know she laid her eggs by the food source.  I thought it was just a leaf.

What do you enjoy the most about computer/tech time?

Sarah:  Free time.  Where we get to do games on the computer.

What types of books have you been reading lately that you enjoy?  Titles?

Sarah:  Little House On The Prairie books and Nancy Clancy books and Pet Friends Forever

What have you been working on/learning in math?

Sarah:  Fractions, multiplication and division.

Tell me about these word sorts pictured below.

Sarah:  Those are my spelling words for the week.  I have the categories and if it ends in the same ending then it goes in that category.  I have to cut out all of the words, sort them, and glue them into the right spot.

For Valentine's Day you had to make a box to collect your cards in.  What was your box like?

Sarah:  It was a basketball free throw line.  The kids could shoot their Valentine into there.  Daddy and Mommy helped me make it.  I think mine was the best box.  People tried to get the ball off and shoot it into the box, but I didn't let them.  It was glued down.

What did your class do for the Valentine's party?  What kinds of treats did you all get to eat?

Sarah:  We ate lots of treats.  We got to look at all of our Valentine cards.  I got Kit Kats, Hershey's, and Fun Dip.  We ate cheese and crackers, strawberry pop floats, cupcakes, and a cookie.  We were trying to blow bubbles in our floats. We wanted to see who could blow the biggest bubbles.  I accidentally sucked in instead of blowing the bubbles.  Everyone at my table laughed at me.