May 19 in Room 11

• Students continue to work on their personal narratives. Most have begun the pre-write and a few are ready for the first draft.
• The class worked on more three-digit subtracting with regrouping. They had to borrow from the hundreds place as well as the tens place. This is a stretch. There will be a review and many will be re-doing their work in the morning.
• The last of the year's D.I.B.E.L.S. (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) test was administered today.
• There is some real music making going on downstairs in the music room with Mrs. Nelson as well as up in Room 11.
• The teacher read and everyone sang that old favorite camp song, "Down by the Bay." Then the kids practiced making up their own rhymes to go with the song. It was so much fun the teacher decided to show off the literary skills of the class.
• Each child created and wrote a rhyme on a blank piece of paper, illustrating it with with a colorful picture. These will be assembled into a "Down by the Bay" book to be published by Room 11 Press.
• Marathon running continues with great enthusiasm. Trinity has just completed her first marathon.
• The teachers are still waiting for the return of many slips regarding upcoming field trips. They need to be in the teachers hands before students can go.