Weekend Update

I hope everyone enjoyed this beautiful almost-fall weekend. The weather for the upcoming week is looking pretty good as well. I know the kids watch the weather on TV, as several of them predicted thunder showers for Thursday. Luckily, the weather forecasters were wrong; just the thought of thunder showers was scary for some of our first graders. On Wednesday we all went over to the Smart Room (computer lab) so I could teach the kids how to log on and use Kid Pix. The teaching computer and Smart Board were not working properly, but to my surprise, Mrs. Longval and I were able to help everyone log on and get to Tumblebooks pretty quickly. These kids are definitely digital natives. You can use Tumblebooks at home by going to the Bartlett home page, then information center, and then find Tumblebooks under reading on the right side of the page. We will also be using Starfall, another site available by going to the Information center page. In other news - watch for the family newsletter for Reading Streets which goes home on Monday, math homework should begin this week, and Scholastic book orders are due on Friday. Picture day is Friday, as is the first day of fall.