Sep. 6, 2005
School stuff
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We
started our second 6 week stretch yesterday. It's actually good
to "be back" for me. I evaluated how we spent our time off and
have made some decisions - or I'm in the process of making some - about
how to better utilize our time off next time. Yesterday, ds1 had his first "spelling pretest" w/his new spelling curriculum. While it doesn't really call for a pretest, I want a pretest, so I can see from one week to the next how he's progressing. He totally made my day, though, when he informed me that he already knew how to spell 'friend.' "Mm-hmm," I replied, because I wasn't giving an answer one way or the other whenever he said that, since I want to really see how he spells things on his own. So he pressed his point. "No, I really do know how to spell it. I remember how from that song on Mr. Rogers'." ?? I had to pause to think "What song?" Then it hit me "You are my friend, you are special. You are my friend - you're special to me......F-R-I-E-N-D special....." I've had that song running through my head since y'day afternoon now and it makes me smile to think that my boy is remembering how to spell a word like that because of Mr. Rogers (who I just happen to have very fond memories of and a special place in my heart for  ).
We also had a discussion about there/their/they're when he was doing
his LA things. It was fun, because he comes up with things that
are sort of related, but not totally, yet he has the right answer to
what he's talking about. DD informed me that she is not happy that school had to start again. Said with crossed arms and in a "Hmmph." kind of way. However, she can't help herself when she gets going on something she's enjoying. Today it was her Write About Me pages. When she realizes that she knows things, she gets excited and that is exciting to me. Ds2 was actually interested in looking at some pages in the HWT book. He colored a bit and we talked about some of the things on the pages. We also read some of our library books again and did it in what I think of in my head as the FIAR style lol. I really enjoyed it and he is enjoying listening to stories more. |
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