Today in Room 11

• There was a comprehension check for Dragon Gets By. Many readers did very well.
• The final spelling test for the week produced three 100% s.
• Second grade musicians played instruments in music class!
• Zeros can be easy or tricky. Plenty of mathematicians discovered that today.
• Capital and lower case a's are approaching perfection on some handwriting papers. It is not necessarily beneficial to be fast. Better to be careful. Sitting position and hand position are also important when writing for legibility.
• We learned more about the Constitution today. Our Friday project has the Bill of Rights written on the back of it. How many of the First Ten Amendments can you name?
• Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Stebbins were delighted with the number of parents and friends who attended Hillcrest Open House yesterday evening. We were also pleased with how many new members joined the e-scrip fundraiser. Wow!
• A first grader from Mrs. B's room won the bike drawing.
• L-boy, R-girl, and M-girl each won free books from the P.T.A. drawing. Congratulations!
• Those self portraits make me smile every time I look at them...