Clover Bowl, etc.

Today, we had our 4H Clover Bowl. Our class didn't win, but they did well. I'm proud of them. This event coupled with DARE caused our day to run a little bit behind. We didn't get our Social Studies lesson in today and we only did our centers in Reading. We've continued with our novel.
I hope those students who have been out sick all week are feeling better and are able to return to school soon. There's so much sickness going around! I have been finalizing the plans for our Skype meeting with the school in Thailand next Wednesday. The plan is to have the students arrive at school at 7am so that we can have an 8-10 minute videoconference with fifth graders on the other side of the world. Parents, encourage your children to research Thailand a little between now and then so that they are better able to relate to these students. We'll be looking at a few things in class as well. You'll receive a letter with more information in their Friday folders this week.