Toobaloo

Dear Parents, 

One of the best ways to improve pronounciation is to listen to your own oral reading.  A toobaloo is a very simple teaching device that allows the student to read and listen carefully to her own reading.  Look at these homemade toobaloos in action...

All you need to build one is pvc pipes, that you can get for less than $1.000 at any  DIY ("do it yourself") store.

Ask your daughter about it !!

Comparing Mass

What happens when a group of creative girls need to compare the mass of different classroom objects...but do not have a scale?  Well...they get even more creative !!! Take a look at these...

Reading Comprehension Test

Dear Parents and girls,

We will be having an English  reading comprehension test this Thursday 19.  The girls have to know the following vocabulary:

THE STRONGEST ONE

dangerous
gone
learn
often
pieces
though
very
together
narrator
relatives
gnaws

EXPLORING SPACE

astronaut
machine
experiment
everywhere
telescope
world
move
gravity
live
woman
work

TARA AND TIREE

courageous
hazard
rescue
avalanche
brave
break
collar
family
heard
listen
once
pull
slip

They will also be evaluated in the reading skills that we have worked on during the last month.  They need to know how to identify the main idea and the details of a text, how to retell a text by using sequencing words (first, then, next, finally), and use the technique of "skip the word and come back" when they come across a word that they don´t know.

June Calendar

Amiga secreta

¿ Por qué jugar a la amiga secreta ?

Además de ser entretenido, es una oportunidad de acercarse a alguna compañera con la que normalmente no te juntas.  Es una oportunidad de descubrir que uno es igual de feliz dando que recibiendo, y que un regalo hecho con tus propias manos tiene mucho más valor que uno comprado.  Felicitaciones 3D !!!

Math Test : May

Dear all,

Our next Math test will be on May 26 and  27.  Girls will be evaluated in subtraction skills, as well as problem solving using addition and subtraction.  (Chapters 3 and 4 of the math series).  If you want review worksheets, you will find them in this same blog.  If you bring the printed worksheets complete the day of the test, you will get a 0,5 bonus on your final grade !!!

Happy drilling !!!

Mother`s Day present

Dear moms,

I hope you all had a very happy MOTHE`R`S DAY this Sunday.  Look at some of your girls working very hard to finish your gift on time...