Hello Blackberry Parenting Adults,

Its seems that we are finally at the end of the Blackberry Plague 2025 (shoutout to a hilarious parent for coining it that).

We finished up our Schwa sound this week and had a spelling test where almost everyone got a 10/10 and one 9/10. The words we practiced were panda, rocket, jacket, president, lemon, zebra, pencil, ribbon. Our vocabulary words this week were enormous, describe, restart, and champion. Ask your blackberrian what they mean.

Our puzzle challenges are going to be a regular part of our routine. Every Wednesday we will try a challenge. Here was this week. It was a pretty tricky one.

We are working on measuring as well. We started with measuring different size green beans, to measuring things around the room, to lastly going to measure things around the school.

We have been talking about diversity. We have talked about us being a diverse group and how diversity is a beautiful thing about our community. We read a book called Salat in Secret where the main character, Muhammad, wants to pray at school but its feeling nervous and scared. Ask your child about the book and what happened. Here is what it looks like:

Lastly look at these beautiful renditions of MLK created by Blackberry.

Best,

Leslie