Friday, October 24, 2008

Today was Caps for Kids Day and School Spirit Day. We raised $15.25 in our class. The whole school raised over $400.

We did a listening activity where we made a pumpkin by coloring in squares to match the directions that Ms. Stern gave. We only used four colors: blue, yellow, orange, and green. Some children thought it was easy and some children thought it was difficult. The hardest part was figuring out how to color boxes that had diagonal lines.

During Reader’s Workshop, we reviewed strategies. Strategies are tools that we use to figure out tricky words. The strategies that we have learned so far are:
-look at the picture(s)
-get your mouth ready (looking at the beginning part to figure out the first sound)
-look for chunks or smaller words (ex. championship—amp and ship)

Sounding out is NOT a strategy!!!!!!!!

In Art we made 3-D skeletons. We made them by cutting, bending, gluing, and decorating our work. Ms. Stern thinks they look fantastic!

We read Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Patridge, by Mem Fox during Writer’s Workshop. We talked about what a memory is. Joshua knows that memories can be sad, happy, scary, or confusing. Nolan learned that they can be as precious as gold. Isabella learned that they can be as warm as an egg. Everyone had a chance to share a memory with a partner. On Monday we will be sharing our photographs. If you have not yet done so, please remember to send in 4 photographs for us to use with our writing. They should be pictures of the children in situations that they remember and can talk about.

Happy Friday! Have a great weekend!