Monday, November 26, 2007

This afternoon we just earned our 50th marble! That means that we’re going to have our first Charlie Caps party real soon. This morning we continued practicing smooth reading during Reader’s Workshop. We remembered to look at the punctuation and change our voices when we come to a question mark or an exclamation point. We read for 26 minutes. In music, we played freeze dance to one of the songs from Shrek 2. Then we sang Down by the Bay and we made up our own part. This morning we also had a bus assembly. We were reminded of the important rules we have to stay safe: never go behind the bus, wait until the driver gives the signal to cross the street, always wear your seatbelt, stay in your seat, use quiet voices to talk to friends on the bus, and never get off the bus if an adult isn’t waiting for you at your stop. Because it was rainy today, we had indoor recess this morning and again during lunch. At the end of the day, we had talking stick. Not too many people got to participate because lots of children took a long time finishing their journals. Next week, we hope to have more children finish their journals by the end of snack time.