Friday, December 4, 2009

This morning we played Guess My Word. Everyone sat on the blue rug so that they could face the word wall. Ms. Stern gave us 2 clues about a word. We made a first guess, finding a word on the word wall that fit the clues. Then she gave us another clue. We got a second chance to figure out the word. Sometimes people got the word correct on the first try! After that, we took our spelling test. Lauria, Eesha, Emma, Sasha, Dylan A., Hunter, and Dylan got the sentence correct this week.

Four children read with Ms. Stern today. All four children were ready to move to different book baskets. Drew felt really good. He thinks his mom is going to be really happy. Hunter was really excited because he moved two levels!

We played Detective. One person has to go over to Coach Steingasser. Coach Hudson calls someone else to be the leader. Everyone else copies the person that Coach called. If the Detective guesses correctly on the first try, that person gets to press the “Easy” button. Coach showed us a tree stump that was 28 year olds. They cut it down in an Enrichment group. The children in the group counted the rings and discovered that the tree was 28 years old.

Ms. Stern read us a book called Zelda and Ivy the Runaways. It was a chapter book that is about two foxes that wanted to run away because their parents kept giving them cucumber sandwiches but they didn’t like them at all. In one chapter it told about them running away (in their backyards). In the second chapter, they made time capsules. Ivy included her favorite doll. Zelda put in her lucky jewel. After a while, they couldn’t stand not having their prize possessions so they took them back and put in a story they wrote instead. In the third chapter, Zelda wanted to write a poem for her grandma. She had writer’s block so Ivy and her friend Eugene made a secret concoction to cure her writer’s block. It worked! The potion worked and Zelda decided to make a drawing for her grandma instead. We found out that we are going to make our own time capsules in school. Ms. Stern sent home a note today explaining what is needed for this project.

Ms. Eyer surprised us by showing up during Writer’s Workshop. Sasha thinks she stopped by to say hi because she misses us. Emma figures it was because she hasn’t seen us in a long time.

There are lots of projects and activities coming up. Be on the lookout for:
-time capsules: please send in the materials by next Friday (12/11). They will be sent home prior to vacation and should be put in a safe place until 2019!
-Flat Stanley: after finishing Jeff Brown’s book, the children are going to be creating their own flat selves to be mailed to friends or family members near or far. Please start thinking about who or where you’d like your flat person to visit. These will also be sent home before the break.
-New Year’s Celebration: our New Year’s themed party will take place on Friday 12/18 at 9:30 a.m. All parents are invited to attend.
-School photos: picture retakes will be on Tuesday for those that are interested. Please remember to return the photos that you received. I have replacement order forms for those that need them.
-Meals on Wheels: The covered cupboard letter and contents were posted on the blog earlier this week. They will be collected on Monday, December 21st.

Have a fantastic weekend!