April+17,+2013

Gift for Sherry - Wednesday the 24th, Home Depot, DIY magazine, glass paper weight, Patti will stop and get a McD orange soda that morning, we will do the magazine subscription - about $20. Jill has a thank you card and will order the magazine - BA and Patti will get her $7.

Math- unit 8 tests - Jill will run copies for us; we are using the new test from EMWisconsin

Reading- theme test - BA will retype some sections - there is no comprehension section this time, but we will revise and give the test next week

Check for Margaret for Mother's Day Tea - BA can ask Margaret what she will charge to sew the mom doll pins tomorrow

Mother's Day Tea
 * Poems - one short class poem; signing poem; group "Will You Love Me" poem right before Will You Love Me?; Layers in the Forest poem
 * songs - one song with Tracy
 * speakers - kids' welcome speeches (3 room mom's) and Love You Forever (14 kids); Intro. person (1); thank you to Tracy (1) Patti will choose 7 kids, 6 from Jill, and 6 from BA
 * rehearsals
 * book ideas

talk about Rain Forest field trip packets - do we not take our own group? That way teacher would be available for emergency, bathroom, and in case a parent can't make it last minute. Perhaps we take enough volunteers to cover all groups of kids.
 * Changes on time? one hour and 15 minutes - 9:00 to 10:15; only concern was that it started to get very busy with other school groups
 * changes on Packet layout? - we decided to number the packet, tweak the questions, and make some other minor changes
 * changes on questions? - we did change a few