Bryn is Star of the Week!

Bryn was chosen this week as star of the week!  This is a special time for her classmates to get to know a little more about her.  She had a fun time filling out this poster...and on Friday, she is going to read a book to the class called "The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear...one of her daddy's favorite when he was a little boy.

Spelling challenges

While "Spelling tests" are a thing of the past, we still have "word work" that the kids are tested on each week.  Each Monday they are given a pre-test and that will allow the teacher to assign them to a skill appropriate word list to study and be tested on for Friday.  Well, Bryn is the perfect student...loves to come home and work on homework and would never tire from reading, writing, or studying.  We have never really "practiced" words...she just gets them.  She qualified for the hardest list, or "challenging" words and does really well with them!  Adelyn qualified for List 2 (she aced List 1, go Ady!) but boy oh boy what a rough week of practicing!  On Wednesday, I came up with a game that has really helped improve her list!  I made a letter board using sidewalk chalk and she would jump from letter to letter to spell whatever word I would shout out.  I am THRILLED to share that both girls got 100% on their first tests!  :)

1st Day of School

First day of school and another year of adjustments!  Adelyn transitioned into going to school for an entire day, which means first time eating lunch at school!  Mom transitioned into being childless for 7 hours a day...boy, who knew all the things you could get accomplished and how long a list of projects and things to do could get!  The kids are excited for the year to come, and are happy that we have been blessed with a couple really nice teachers!!

1st Soccer Games!