WELCOME BACK!! Yes, Welcome back Mrs. Hankins and all of you blog readers. I had a wonderful time with sisters, nieces, and godchildren. Oh how we enjoyed having quality time together. First of all, I want to compliment these kids on a GREAT JOB while I was gone. Their behavior and work was OUTSTANDING!! I had such a fabulous report from Mrs. Melber, the substitute. She said how they are definitely ready for 5th Grade-YEAH!!! Thank you to you, your child, and myself for all the hard work that we are doing TOGETHER. Raising successful, young adults takes all of us as a TEAM!! Mid-terms went home today. They look good and your child has until the end of the year to either bring the grades up or keep them there to be eligible for BUG or Terrific Kids Club. Today in Math we did some Brain Teasers. Oh how I love to challenge those brains of theirs. We also started something new in Math today that will be a weekly thing. Ask your child what it is and write Math in the planner if they can. Hint: A new clue will be added each day. In Science, we looked at fossils and talked about how they are formed. Tomorrow they will get to see some of the fossils they will be looking for on our fossil dig on May 24th. Then after tomorrow, we are moving on to Whale Migration in Science and learn lots of gray whale facts. Lots of this will be done on computers. Then in Social Studies tomorrow we are starting Montana History. We are going to start with the basics like: flag, state flower, etc. Again, this research will be done on computers. As we finish this portion we are going to learn about the Louisiana Purchase and read about the Lewis & Clark Expedition and follow their journey on a map and also make a timeline of events. This is one of my favorites as it is so interesting. Ask your child about 1 cool thing they already know about MT and write in the planner what they say for free money. My reading kids read Chapter 2 of Riding Freedom today. This book is so good and they want to keep reading it. I will DEFINITELY give a copy of the book to the Read 180 kids tomorrow so they can read it at home independently to be ready for the field trip on May 16th. Remember all 50 states and capitals test is this Thursday. Tomorrow morning (8:45-9:15) Mr. Senitte will be taking all the kids K-6 in the gym as his contribution to Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you, Mr. Senitte, we appreciate you!!! On the side of the blog, I listed the important upcoming events and I will add to it as necessary. Have a great night.