Matt and Maria have completed 9 days of school as of today. We have come into some interesting situations. First of all, Wednesday, Matt had a field trip to Eagle Creek Reservoir. Tom mentioned this at breakfast, and Maria went nuts. "If Matt has no school, I will not go to school." She really meant this. She was not going. After we practically dressed her, she decided to attend school. School is not optional.
Matt enjoyed the field trip with his dad. Because Tom was a chaperon, Matt got to pick which classmates could be in his group. The most interesting pick was Jasmine. When we asked him why he picked Jasmine, Matt told us that he likes her. The next day, he came home with Jasmine's phone number. Cindy threw it away. He is too young for this.
Yesterday, both kids spoke a full grammatically correct sentence in English. Don't get too excited. It was a short simple sentence, but progress in English is evident. Both told Cindy what they like and used the word "I" at the beginning of the sentence and not "me."
Caroline had an orchestra concert on Wednesday and Matt and Maria went. Now, both want to play the violin. Let's see how they feel about this in 5th grade when the program starts.
They have enjoyed library books more this week. They are understanding them more and more with each reading. Cindy works with each child 1 to 1.5 hours a day after school on math, spelling and phonics. She is really trying to bring them along.
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