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!