Mrs. Mesibov came in to teach us how to be “germ smart.” She read us a story. Some children used glitter to show how germs can spread, even though they’re so tiny that we can’t see them with our eyes. We also did 2 experiments. One used water, pepper, and soap. The soap made the pepper go away. It showed that germs don’t like soap because it helps to wash them off of us. The second experiment used vegetable oil and soap. It helped make the oil go away when they were mixed together in water. We learned songs about germs, found out the proper way to wash our hands, and got a chance to practice. At the end, we signed our Germ Smart pledge and tried working on a really challenging maze! Stephen liked doing the experiments. Anthony liked putting the pepper into the bowl. Dylan M. learned to get a paper towel before he washes his hands. Victoria learned that soap helps to kill the germs on your hands.
During Reader’s Workshop, we talked about readers having tools in their toolbox. Readers use tools to help us read just like builders use tools to help them build! Ms. Stern noticed children who used pictures as tools. She also noticed that Hunter found a pattern in his book that helped him read better. Adam was excited to shop for new books today and to be on a new level because his mom will be so proud!
We went to the library today. Mrs. Cornelius read us two stories. One was called The Scarecrow’s Hat. The other was The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything. In that book, there was a part that repeated on almost all of the pages. Dylan A., Jacob, Lauria, and Eesha liked the first book more. Drew, Dylan, Amanda, Hunter, Anthony, Anthony D., Sarah, Sasha, Victoria, Adam, and Meaghan liked the second one more.
In P.E. we played Turtle Tag. Everyone runs around. If you get tagged by a red Frisbee, you need to get on the ground and act like a turtle on its shell. We also played Clean Up Your Room.
Today was School Spirit Day. 8 children (and Ms. Stern) wore their SOCES t-shirts. 8 children were wearing red shirts. Towards the end of the day, all of the classes went into the main hallway. There was a REALLY long piece of white paper there for everyone to sign and draw on. Eesha drew her name with curves at the end. Dylan made a rainbow, flower, a sun, and stars. Jacob made a monster just like Arlo’s. Sasha drew a heart and wrote “Charlie and Zelda Rock.”
Tomorrow is Jacob’s birthday and our Halloween party and parade! Everyone is supposed to wear their costumes to school and leave any weapons at home! After the parade, we are going to be taking our costumes off (so please make sure to send in a change of clothes).
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
This morning, we worked on a listening activity. Ms. Stern gave us directions to color squares on a piece of paper. There were 7 rows and each row had 9 squares. Everyone needed 4 colors: orange, yellow, blue, and green. 
When we were all done, we had made a picture of a jack-o-lantern. Emma thought it was going to be an earth. After everyone was done, we looked at all of the work. They all should have looked the same since everyone heard the same directions. We talked about what we saw: white spaces, diagonal lines across the whole paper, neatly colored boxes, messy boxes, and pumpkins. We also did some wondering: why some papers look different from others, why there are empty spaces, why there are big lines, if everyone knows the left from the right, if the activity was easy or hard?
We went to music. We watched the video of the typewriter skit. It was funny because the man was making funny faces. His name is Jerry Lewis. Dylan A. has a video of him in his dad’s car of when he was with Dean Martin! We also did a zombie dance. We moved our arms and legs and also made funny faces. Mrs. Fox taught us a new song about a pumpkin saying different things to act out for Halloween.
During math, we practiced skip counting by 10s and 5s as a group, with a partner, and by ourselves. We talked about the different places and times that we can practice (on the bus, in the shower, at the bus stop, in bed, etc.). Ms. Stern showed us a game on the Smartboard that used colored dots.
We took turns continuing the patterns using the correct colors. Then we worked on our pattern books. We made patterns with pattern blocks first and then the stickers next. After that, we had to label our patterns and write a sentence telling about it.
We got our new reading and writing partners today! The first thing we had to do was turn and talk. Everyone read our work from yesterday.
Then our partners helped us make a plan for today: add on to yesterday’s writing or start a new piece. Emma, Dylan A., Eesha, Arlo, and Lauria started new pieces. Sasha, Amanda, Victoria, and Nancy added on.
Tonight is the Art Show at 6:00 in the gym. Tomorrow is School Spirit Day. Remember to wear your SOCES or a red t-shirt!
When we were all done, we had made a picture of a jack-o-lantern. Emma thought it was going to be an earth. After everyone was done, we looked at all of the work. They all should have looked the same since everyone heard the same directions. We talked about what we saw: white spaces, diagonal lines across the whole paper, neatly colored boxes, messy boxes, and pumpkins. We also did some wondering: why some papers look different from others, why there are empty spaces, why there are big lines, if everyone knows the left from the right, if the activity was easy or hard?We went to music. We watched the video of the typewriter skit. It was funny because the man was making funny faces. His name is Jerry Lewis. Dylan A. has a video of him in his dad’s car of when he was with Dean Martin! We also did a zombie dance. We moved our arms and legs and also made funny faces. Mrs. Fox taught us a new song about a pumpkin saying different things to act out for Halloween.
During math, we practiced skip counting by 10s and 5s as a group, with a partner, and by ourselves. We talked about the different places and times that we can practice (on the bus, in the shower, at the bus stop, in bed, etc.). Ms. Stern showed us a game on the Smartboard that used colored dots.
We took turns continuing the patterns using the correct colors. Then we worked on our pattern books. We made patterns with pattern blocks first and then the stickers next. After that, we had to label our patterns and write a sentence telling about it.We got our new reading and writing partners today! The first thing we had to do was turn and talk. Everyone read our work from yesterday.
Then our partners helped us make a plan for today: add on to yesterday’s writing or start a new piece. Emma, Dylan A., Eesha, Arlo, and Lauria started new pieces. Sasha, Amanda, Victoria, and Nancy added on.Tonight is the Art Show at 6:00 in the gym. Tomorrow is School Spirit Day. Remember to wear your SOCES or a red t-shirt!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Yesterday morning we had our Writer’s Celebration because we completed our first Writer’s Workshop unit. We started the day by practicing reading our story 3 times to ourselves to make sure that we could read them for others. We walked to the cafeteria, where all of the first grade classes were, and saw decorations on the stage curtains. The words “Congratulations Writers” were colorfully displayed and there were also red and white balloons. 
On the wall there were lots of pictures of children writing. There were even pictures of some of the kids in our class! Mrs. Polansky said she was so excited, she thought she might fall down! She (and Ms. Carr) were both so happy about the great writing and number of writers that were present. Next, they called the names of kindergarten teachers. When you heard your teacher’s name, you followed a first grade teacher to their classroom. Ms. Stern had the students from Ms. Graham’s class, including Stephen and Adam! Anthony also stayed in this class since he didn’t go to Schaefer last year. All of the first grade classes had two grown ups to listen to the stories. Our kindergarten teachers even made a special appearance to see us and listen to our stories! 
Amanda’s favorite part was when the kindergarten teachers’ names were called. Arlo liked the whole thing. Eesha liked when Mrs. Polansky said she was going to fall down. Sasha enjoyed meeting Mrs. Goldstein.
Today we started Monster Clues. Ms. Stern read us two books: Mompsters are Aminals and GO AWAY Big Scary Monster! Then we learned that we would be drawing a monster using clues that Ms. Stern’s class made last year. Some parts were tricky to follow and others were easy. At the end, we took a “Museum Walk” around each table to look at one another’s work. We talked about things that looked similar and parts that didn’t. After that, Ms. Stern showed us what last year’s class made School Queen (that’s the monster’s name) look like. We also saw other teachers’ drawings of the same thing. Later on, we started making our own monster. We’re almost done drawing what she will look like.
We had picture day. We waited in line in the cafeteria to have our pictures taken. Some people got their hair combed before they went. Ms. Stern was the last person to go. When she was done, we lined up by size and walked out to the gazebo to take our class picture. It was a little cold outside. Lots of kids wanted to stay outside and play.
During math, our observer, Ms. Harding, reviewed patterns with us. We learned that patterns are arranged in a special order and repeat themselves. Everyone got yarn and beads to make any kind of pattern, using 10 beads or less. People could share their necklace patterns when they were done.
Next week we have lots of events:
Tuesdsay-Caps for Kids
Wednesday-Art Fair (6:00 p.m.)
Thursday-School Spirit Day/Library
Friday-Halloween party
Have a great weekend!
On the wall there were lots of pictures of children writing. There were even pictures of some of the kids in our class! Mrs. Polansky said she was so excited, she thought she might fall down! She (and Ms. Carr) were both so happy about the great writing and number of writers that were present. Next, they called the names of kindergarten teachers. When you heard your teacher’s name, you followed a first grade teacher to their classroom. Ms. Stern had the students from Ms. Graham’s class, including Stephen and Adam! Anthony also stayed in this class since he didn’t go to Schaefer last year. All of the first grade classes had two grown ups to listen to the stories. Our kindergarten teachers even made a special appearance to see us and listen to our stories! Amanda’s favorite part was when the kindergarten teachers’ names were called. Arlo liked the whole thing. Eesha liked when Mrs. Polansky said she was going to fall down. Sasha enjoyed meeting Mrs. Goldstein.Today we started Monster Clues. Ms. Stern read us two books: Mompsters are Aminals and GO AWAY Big Scary Monster! Then we learned that we would be drawing a monster using clues that Ms. Stern’s class made last year. Some parts were tricky to follow and others were easy. At the end, we took a “Museum Walk” around each table to look at one another’s work. We talked about things that looked similar and parts that didn’t. After that, Ms. Stern showed us what last year’s class made School Queen (that’s the monster’s name) look like. We also saw other teachers’ drawings of the same thing. Later on, we started making our own monster. We’re almost done drawing what she will look like.
We had picture day. We waited in line in the cafeteria to have our pictures taken. Some people got their hair combed before they went. Ms. Stern was the last person to go. When she was done, we lined up by size and walked out to the gazebo to take our class picture. It was a little cold outside. Lots of kids wanted to stay outside and play.
During math, our observer, Ms. Harding, reviewed patterns with us. We learned that patterns are arranged in a special order and repeat themselves. Everyone got yarn and beads to make any kind of pattern, using 10 beads or less. People could share their necklace patterns when they were done.
Next week we have lots of events:
Tuesdsay-Caps for Kids
Wednesday-Art Fair (6:00 p.m.)
Thursday-School Spirit Day/Library
Friday-Halloween party
Have a great weekend!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
We started our morning by writing in our journals, just like we do every Monday.
Today we thought about how we have changed as readers. We discussed how we have grown as readers and what our goals are for reading this year. Everyone wrote about one of their ideas. We celebrated our good habits and tomorrow, we will begin using book bags to read “just right books.” Congratulations, Readers!
We saw a performance about monarch butterflies. At the beginning, a butterfly laid an egg. The egg opened and there was a caterpillar inside. There was talk of something “spectacular” that was going to happen and the caterpillar wanted to know what it was. It ate lots and lots of leaves. The caterpillar felt weird. A ladybug gave her advice to keep eating. Then she felt like being upside down so she climbed on a leaf and formed a chrysalis. It was like magic. After a little while, the caterpillar became a butterfly! The butterfly came out and all of the other animals told her to fly. Finally, the monarch took off for Mexico, where she met other butterflies just like her. The performance ended when the butterfly landed on a leaf and laid another egg. Stephen thought the performance was long.
In P.E., Coach sent us to the classroom to get our coats because we were going on the nature trail. The nature trail was fun. We had to cross two bridges to go over water. The water looked like ice. Coach Hudson poked the water with a stick to see if it was ice. On our way back to school, we saw a broken chimney. Some people saw earthworms and chipmunks. Meaghan saw a frog. Jacob thought the best part was when the class jumped over the logs. Hunter liked when we walked across the bridge. Victoria liked when we came back because she was sooo tired! Nancy liked high fiving Coach at the end.
We continued working on our Writer’s Workshop pieces. Today, everyone was supposed to continue fixing up their spelling and add details to our drawings. Some people even started coloring their work!
Today we thought about how we have changed as readers. We discussed how we have grown as readers and what our goals are for reading this year. Everyone wrote about one of their ideas. We celebrated our good habits and tomorrow, we will begin using book bags to read “just right books.” Congratulations, Readers!
We saw a performance about monarch butterflies. At the beginning, a butterfly laid an egg. The egg opened and there was a caterpillar inside. There was talk of something “spectacular” that was going to happen and the caterpillar wanted to know what it was. It ate lots and lots of leaves. The caterpillar felt weird. A ladybug gave her advice to keep eating. Then she felt like being upside down so she climbed on a leaf and formed a chrysalis. It was like magic. After a little while, the caterpillar became a butterfly! The butterfly came out and all of the other animals told her to fly. Finally, the monarch took off for Mexico, where she met other butterflies just like her. The performance ended when the butterfly landed on a leaf and laid another egg. Stephen thought the performance was long.
In P.E., Coach sent us to the classroom to get our coats because we were going on the nature trail. The nature trail was fun. We had to cross two bridges to go over water. The water looked like ice. Coach Hudson poked the water with a stick to see if it was ice. On our way back to school, we saw a broken chimney. Some people saw earthworms and chipmunks. Meaghan saw a frog. Jacob thought the best part was when the class jumped over the logs. Hunter liked when we walked across the bridge. Victoria liked when we came back because she was sooo tired! Nancy liked high fiving Coach at the end.
We continued working on our Writer’s Workshop pieces. Today, everyone was supposed to continue fixing up their spelling and add details to our drawings. Some people even started coloring their work!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Mrs. O’Donnell came back to our class this morning to discuss the Little Book of Rules that we all received. She brought two friends with her: Shy and Why. Shy is a raccoon and Why is a bird. Ms. Stern helped Mrs. O’Donnell by reading the rules. Shy asked Charlie Caps lots of questions. The children in the class were able to answer them for Shy. Why liked to ask LOTS of questions. Mrs. Polansky said he was inquisitive. Again, the children in the class helped to answer and explain the rules to him. We all agreed to follow the school rules, especially now that we understand them better.
We are finishing up our first Reader’s Workshop unit: Readers Build Good Habits. Everyone is focusing on using all of their time to read privately and have accountable talk during partner time. Ms. Stern has been reading with children to find their “just-right books.”
We started working on a booklet all about our families. We know that families sometimes share a name. We discovered that many families in our class have two different names. On one page in our book, we drew our family names in fancy ways. Dylan A. and Lauria used bubble letters. Some people wrote in script. Amanda used bubble letters with stars on the bottom. Some people used dots and flowers. We also drew a portrait of our families. Stephen and Anthony D. had 7 people. Nancy and Jacob had 4. Adam had 5 people.
Today we went to art. We had Mrs. G. Mrs. Piteo wasn’t here. We worked on still life drawings, using crayons or pencils. The still life was a basket with flowers and decorations like pumpkins, pine cones, gourds, flowers, grapes, and leaves. Sarah thought the pumpkins weren’t hard to draw but the baskets were tricky. Drew loved the different colors and also the grapes. Emma liked getting to do free drawing after she was done.
We are finishing up our first Writer’s Workshop unit. We are getting our pieces of writing ready to be published. It’s called “fancying up.” Yesterday, we checked to make sure our writing included: where, who, when, and what happened. Today we worked on our spelling. We used special purple pens to edit our work. Everyone had to find at least 3 words to fix. We circled them and then corrected words that were found around the room or were spelling/word wall words. If we thought a word wasn’t spelled right, we tried it 3 ways and thought, “Which one looks right?” People who finished editing began writing an “About the Author” page. Next week, the whole first grade is going to have a writer’s celebration together. Then we are going to share our first published pieces with the children from our kindergarten classes!
We are reading our third Junie B. Jones book called Junie B. First Grader: BOO and I Mean It! We think it's funny. Emma brought in two books to share with the class this week. One was about monkeys jumping on the bed. She thought Amanda would enjoy it. It turned out that the whole class did! Today we read a Charlie and Lola story called I'm NOT Sleepy and I Will NOT Go to Bed.
We are finishing up our first Reader’s Workshop unit: Readers Build Good Habits. Everyone is focusing on using all of their time to read privately and have accountable talk during partner time. Ms. Stern has been reading with children to find their “just-right books.”
We started working on a booklet all about our families. We know that families sometimes share a name. We discovered that many families in our class have two different names. On one page in our book, we drew our family names in fancy ways. Dylan A. and Lauria used bubble letters. Some people wrote in script. Amanda used bubble letters with stars on the bottom. Some people used dots and flowers. We also drew a portrait of our families. Stephen and Anthony D. had 7 people. Nancy and Jacob had 4. Adam had 5 people.
Today we went to art. We had Mrs. G. Mrs. Piteo wasn’t here. We worked on still life drawings, using crayons or pencils. The still life was a basket with flowers and decorations like pumpkins, pine cones, gourds, flowers, grapes, and leaves. Sarah thought the pumpkins weren’t hard to draw but the baskets were tricky. Drew loved the different colors and also the grapes. Emma liked getting to do free drawing after she was done.
We are finishing up our first Writer’s Workshop unit. We are getting our pieces of writing ready to be published. It’s called “fancying up.” Yesterday, we checked to make sure our writing included: where, who, when, and what happened. Today we worked on our spelling. We used special purple pens to edit our work. Everyone had to find at least 3 words to fix. We circled them and then corrected words that were found around the room or were spelling/word wall words. If we thought a word wasn’t spelled right, we tried it 3 ways and thought, “Which one looks right?” People who finished editing began writing an “About the Author” page. Next week, the whole first grade is going to have a writer’s celebration together. Then we are going to share our first published pieces with the children from our kindergarten classes!
We are reading our third Junie B. Jones book called Junie B. First Grader: BOO and I Mean It! We think it's funny. Emma brought in two books to share with the class this week. One was about monkeys jumping on the bed. She thought Amanda would enjoy it. It turned out that the whole class did! Today we read a Charlie and Lola story called I'm NOT Sleepy and I Will NOT Go to Bed.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lots of firefighters were at our school today! It was Fire Safety Day. We went outside and went to a few different spots to learn. 
One of the stations was a doll house. It had different fire hazards like a boy who was playing with matches, a radio near the bathtub, smoke detectors going off, and a pot on left on the stove. 
At another station we got to see firefighters dressed in their safety gear. 
Nancy learned not to hide from them, even though they might look and sound scary. She also learned to make a lot of noise so that the firefighter would know that she is there.
Sasha learned to leave her favorite belongings behind because the firefighters will try to go back and save things like stuffed animals or pets after the people are safe. At another fire truck, we got to see equipment and tools that firefighters use to cut through wood, concrete, or metal to help save people.
The last fire truck, we got to see a firefighter standing on an airbag. As it filled up, she rose up off the ground. We also talked about having a family meeting spot in case of an emergency.
We stayed inside during P.E. We played freeze tag. You get a green or red Frisbee and walk, run, or skip away. If you are touched by a red Frisbee, you’re frozen. If a person with a green Frisbee touches you, you’re back in the game. Victoria, Emma, and Nancy had green Frisbees. Adam, Meaghan, Anthony D., and Hunter had red ones. Everyone else didn’t have Frisbees and tried to stay unfrozen!
Today we read the next chapter in Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder called “The Fairy.” Junie B. wanted to bring in her lost tooth for show and tell. Paulie Allen Puffer told Junie B. that the tooth fairy isn’t a fairy but she’s a witch instead. The tooth witch eats teeth like apples! We agreed that the tooth witch isn’t real!
Speaking of teeth, Anthony D. was the first person in our class to lose a tooth in school! It fell out when we were on the rug. Lauria, our paramedic, took him to the nurse. Mrs. Spiro placed his tooth in an envelope and gave Anthony a little tiny treasure chest to put the tooth in for the tooth fairy.
We used M&Ms for math today! First, we sorted them by color and predicted how many we had in our pack. Then we completed our bar graphs and thought about what they showed us. We found which color had the most and which had the fewest. The last thing we had to do was tell 3 facts about our graph. The thinking about the graphs is what helps us get real smart! Anthony D. and Emma’s favorite part of the activity was eating! Dylan A. liked coloring the boxes. Meaghan liked writing about it the most. Sasha liked making her prediction.
One of the stations was a doll house. It had different fire hazards like a boy who was playing with matches, a radio near the bathtub, smoke detectors going off, and a pot on left on the stove. At another station we got to see firefighters dressed in their safety gear. Nancy learned not to hide from them, even though they might look and sound scary. She also learned to make a lot of noise so that the firefighter would know that she is there.Sasha learned to leave her favorite belongings behind because the firefighters will try to go back and save things like stuffed animals or pets after the people are safe. At another fire truck, we got to see equipment and tools that firefighters use to cut through wood, concrete, or metal to help save people.
The last fire truck, we got to see a firefighter standing on an airbag. As it filled up, she rose up off the ground. We also talked about having a family meeting spot in case of an emergency. We stayed inside during P.E. We played freeze tag. You get a green or red Frisbee and walk, run, or skip away. If you are touched by a red Frisbee, you’re frozen. If a person with a green Frisbee touches you, you’re back in the game. Victoria, Emma, and Nancy had green Frisbees. Adam, Meaghan, Anthony D., and Hunter had red ones. Everyone else didn’t have Frisbees and tried to stay unfrozen!Today we read the next chapter in Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder called “The Fairy.” Junie B. wanted to bring in her lost tooth for show and tell. Paulie Allen Puffer told Junie B. that the tooth fairy isn’t a fairy but she’s a witch instead. The tooth witch eats teeth like apples! We agreed that the tooth witch isn’t real!
Speaking of teeth, Anthony D. was the first person in our class to lose a tooth in school! It fell out when we were on the rug. Lauria, our paramedic, took him to the nurse. Mrs. Spiro placed his tooth in an envelope and gave Anthony a little tiny treasure chest to put the tooth in for the tooth fairy.
We used M&Ms for math today! First, we sorted them by color and predicted how many we had in our pack. Then we completed our bar graphs and thought about what they showed us. We found which color had the most and which had the fewest. The last thing we had to do was tell 3 facts about our graph. The thinking about the graphs is what helps us get real smart! Anthony D. and Emma’s favorite part of the activity was eating! Dylan A. liked coloring the boxes. Meaghan liked writing about it the most. Sasha liked making her prediction.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
We had our spelling test. The bonus word was “rules.” No one realized that the word was on the board. Ms. Stern told us that sometimes she chooses words that are found in our room to see if children are paying attention to the signs and words all around us. Many children got the sentence dictation correct. In order to get it correct, the sentence needs to start with an upper case letter, have correct spelling, spacing, and punctuation. The people who got the sentence correct got to choose a prize from the bucket of prizes. Spelling books need to be signed and returned to school on Monday. (Reading logs are also due, completed, on Monday).
Next, we practiced many of our poems from our poetry journal. We read some together and then some tables read together. Ms. Stern let some people read all by themselves! Then we learned a new poem called Tub Time. We added it to our poetry journal and practiced reading ALL of the poems 3 times each to become better readers.
During Reader’s Workshop, we reviewed using post-its to mark interesting or favorite parts of our books. At the end of our private reading time, we got to share our marked pages with a partner at our table.
We went to the library after lunch. Half the class went on the computer and half of the class did book exchange. Then we switched. When we were in the computer room we played a game that had lots of levels. We stayed on the level that Mrs. Cornelius picked. After we went to different rooms, we got a certificate. We looked at it on the screen instead of printing. During book exchange, a few children chose books about the military. Some people got chapter books like Junie B. Jones or Magic Tree House. Some boys chose books about dragons and knights.
We went to gym and played Crocodile, Crocodile. Eesha, Stephen, and Sarah got to be crocodiles. Afterwards, we had a little bit of time to play games like hopscotch or “Coach Says” or draw with the chalk.
Ms. Stern read us the first chapter of Junie B. First Grader: Toothless Wonder. Eesha thought it was cool. Anthony thought it was awesome because Junie B. had an upper loose tooth. No one in her class had a loose upper tooth yet. In our class, Jacob, Nancy, Adam, Meaghan, Anthony D., Dylan A., and Arlo have all lost a top tooth already. Stephen, Emma, Victoria, Amanda, Eesha, Anthony, and Dylan M. are still waiting for their very first loose tooth!
Lauria, Dylan A., Jacob, Amanda, and Arlo got to share their Writer’s Workshop writing with the class.
Adam is taking Buddy the Bucket Filler home for the weekend! Have a great time!
Next, we practiced many of our poems from our poetry journal. We read some together and then some tables read together. Ms. Stern let some people read all by themselves! Then we learned a new poem called Tub Time. We added it to our poetry journal and practiced reading ALL of the poems 3 times each to become better readers.
During Reader’s Workshop, we reviewed using post-its to mark interesting or favorite parts of our books. At the end of our private reading time, we got to share our marked pages with a partner at our table.
We went to the library after lunch. Half the class went on the computer and half of the class did book exchange. Then we switched. When we were in the computer room we played a game that had lots of levels. We stayed on the level that Mrs. Cornelius picked. After we went to different rooms, we got a certificate. We looked at it on the screen instead of printing. During book exchange, a few children chose books about the military. Some people got chapter books like Junie B. Jones or Magic Tree House. Some boys chose books about dragons and knights.
We went to gym and played Crocodile, Crocodile. Eesha, Stephen, and Sarah got to be crocodiles. Afterwards, we had a little bit of time to play games like hopscotch or “Coach Says” or draw with the chalk.
Ms. Stern read us the first chapter of Junie B. First Grader: Toothless Wonder. Eesha thought it was cool. Anthony thought it was awesome because Junie B. had an upper loose tooth. No one in her class had a loose upper tooth yet. In our class, Jacob, Nancy, Adam, Meaghan, Anthony D., Dylan A., and Arlo have all lost a top tooth already. Stephen, Emma, Victoria, Amanda, Eesha, Anthony, and Dylan M. are still waiting for their very first loose tooth!
Lauria, Dylan A., Jacob, Amanda, and Arlo got to share their Writer’s Workshop writing with the class.
Adam is taking Buddy the Bucket Filler home for the weekend! Have a great time!
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