In morning devotions we greet the person next to us and give them a complement like I like how you are a great friend.
Happy Friday!
I just wanted to tell you all how grateful I am to be able to be with the kids for the rest of the year. I think they already feel like I am their teacher, and not just someone filling in for Mrs. Hall. I did see Claire yesterday as she came in to get her personal items, and it made me feel good to see that she was ready to move on and see what God had in store for her. She made it clear that she always really cared for the class, and I told her the kids knew that. Now, we can just focus on the task at hand, and that is having an incredible second semester with MY CLASS!
It has been a good week back after a very relaxing Christmas break. I hope and pray you enjoyed some quality family time as I did. We got back in the swing of things by Monday afternoon. I think the kids were still half asleep in the morning! 😉 Probably it was tough to get some of them out of bed!
Mr. Hutt has moved into a Marketing unit, and he had Mr. Jenkins come in and give a presentation to the kids that was quite informative on “Marketing 101”. In ELA, Mrs. Keyser and I are working on context clues to be used in their reading. They still have their weekly grammar, cursive, and spelling activities. In Bible class, we are studying the rebuilding of the Temple as God’s chosen were allowed to return to Judah by the benevolent King Cyrus. Science this week consisted of a couple of labs involving distinguishing between chemical and physical changes to matter. Math has been divided between Mr. Hutt and me, with the emphasis on fractions and multiplying two by two digit numbers. Knowing our times tables is still a skill that most of the 5th grade could improve upon. All in all, a very interesting week of learning!
I also want to thank you ahead of time for purchasing the toiletries for our Philippine Students.
Have an incredible weekend and Blessings, Paul
