Jack's backpack

Today started Jack's second week at his new school. I'm getting used to the routine there and wanted to share what comes home in his backpack (mainly for the grandparents). All of Jack's work completed during the day comes home in his yellow folder. All homework to be completed each night is in the blue folder. He also has a planner that he's responsible for writing his assignments in each day. This is a work in progress! I love how personal responsibility is stressed though at such a young age.

We got his new 10 spelling words today that he needs to learn by Friday. He also is reading out of a SRA book and each night we are assigned pages to read. All of the homework takes about 15-20 minutes if you count the reading so we're done pretty quickly.

Jack is the student of the week this week so that his class can learn more about him! He gets to bring in a book each day and then a special toy on Friday. He's super in to Garfield these days so he'll be bringing in a huge 200+ page Garfield compilation book tomorrow :)

I pick up Jack now and every day he's so happy. He willingly tells me all about his day and who he played with at recess, etc. He is also taking a religion class and told me how he learned about "two kids that Jesus brought back to life after they died" :)

Labyrinth

It's rainy here. Has been since we got up this morning. Rain is predicted all week. Someone help me! I'm sure parents and teachers everywhere are filled with similar dread :p Anyway, I pulled out this oldie but goody today and the boys had fun trying their luck at the labyrinth (which is SO hard). Now they are quietly playing other games. I'm going to have to be really creative this week........

Puzzle time

Theo can't get enough of Garfield's Pet Force movie on Netflix. Luckily, he does other things while he's watching ;)

Soccer Mom

I can officially add that title to my name now. Jack is on the green team and is one of 4 Jack's! At least it will be easy to remember names ;) He enjoyed his first game with his new team and got in a good kick at the end. There are practices Thursday nights and I think that will help him get a feel for everything :) Go Team Jack!

Perfect score!

Jack's new school gives out spelling lists on Monday and then the kids take a spelling test on them on Friday. Thursday is the pre-test day and if a child gets a 100 then they don't have to take the test on Friday. Well, guess who got a 100? Yep, Jack! We studied the list last night and I called out the words for him to spell. He got 2 wrong so we went over those a couple more times. Then we did the list again and he got them all correct. I was so proud of him when I picked him up and he told me his test grade. So we went to the park to burn off some energy and then celebrated with a sushi dinner. Yes, my boys LOVE sushi, edamame..... you name it.

Notes from Marigny

Jack browsed through the notes that his old classmates wrote for him and the book his teacher made him tonight. He sat and explained the pictures to Theo and just generally enjoyed looking at everything. I got all misty eyed doing the same last night so I was glad to see that Jack was happy to see everything. They will be a sweet keepsake from his time at Marigny.

Sorting bugs

Theo's teacher informed me how much he enjoys sorting things in class so I pulled out this game that was too young for Jack but right up Theo's alley! The game starts out just by doing color sorts. Then it gets more specific by the bug pictured and then by pattern (color, bug, etc). Theo flew through the sets we did today so I'll pull it out again soon and see how he handles the more challenging sets.