Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Yesterday was our Mother’s Day celebration. We greeted our mothers at the door and showed them to their seats. Next, we got them food to eat and drinks. After our guests were served, we got to take food for ourselves. Ms. Stern called the kids to the rug. We recited a poem called I’m Trying So Hard. After that, we played our guessing game. Everyone took turns reading clues that the kids wrote. Moms had to think about the clues and look at the portraits. They had to guess whose mom it was. All of the moms correctly identified their kids’ work. Moms laughed at some of the funny clues. After the celebration, we learned that some of our clues that we wrote weren’t totally accurate. Eesha’s mom grew up in Bombay and worked in Germany. Emma’s mom was born in Amsterdam and not London (but she thought they were the same). Stephen’s mom really had 6 dogs and not 4. Sarah’s mom actually eats a lot and she had 8 cats and not 17. Dylan’s mom was born in Staten Island and not Italy. Emma thought the afternoon went pretty good and it was SO MUCH fun! Her favorite part was playing the game. Sarah really liked serving her mom. Hunter enjoyed the movie of our thank you letters. Everyone laughed because some people sounded louder than others.

Here are some photos of us and our special guests:

During math, we got timed ordering the days of the week and months of the year. Three people got to try each activity. Anthony was the fastest when sequencing the days of the week. He put them in the correct order in 12 seconds. Lauria ordered the months of the year in 33 seconds. Tomorrow, more children will have a chance to beat our current class records. We also reviewed measuring by comparing (longest, shortest, tallest, etc.), using linker cubes, paper clips, and rulers. Hunter realized that measuring two amounts and combining them was just like adding! We went to P.E. We played Rugrat Tag. Lauria, Nancy, and Amanda got to be Lil and Phil. That meant that they were baby rescuers. Meaghan liked when she got to blindfold her partner to give directions. We looked at an interactive map of the Museum of Natural History today. We located many of the exhibits that we will be seeing on Thursday and learned a little bit about them. The map can be seen here. We finished reading Junie B: Boss of Lunch. Amanda thinks that Junie B. is crazy and she doesn’t listen well. She needs better manners. Stephen thinks she tries to be good…it just doesn’t work out.