Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Ms. Stern read us a story called Alfie the Apostrophe. We reviewed contractions and came up with examples. Next, we played Treasure Trove Contractions. Finally, we learned a new poem written by Jack Prelutsky.

Mrs. Costello and Mrs. Healey stopped by. They are second grade teachers who were here for a meeting with some of the first grade teachers. Some kids knew them already.

During math we played a game called Exactly 50. Everyone had to draw a shape on their paper that they thought would hold 50 of their treasures. We then made groups of ten, circled them, and recorded how many in all. Ms. Stern warned everyone to wait to see their treasure before drawing their shape. Most people drew shapes that had space for less than 50 treasures. Some of the treasures were: peas, buttons, eraser tops, creepy crawlers, pom poms, screws, paper clips, and dice. Then we played Shark Numbers.

In P.E., we practiced the races for Field Day. We did the junk race first. Everyone has to carry the jump rope, bean bag, block, bowling pin, and football to one hula hoop. The next person has to carry it all to a different hula hoop. After that, we did the football race. The trick to handing it off to the next person is how we hold our hands if we are waiting to get the football. Sarah’s favorite race was the chicken race. It was easy compared to the other races. Anthony D. liked the football race because it felt like he was in a real football game.

We continued to work on our ABC books. Some children finished brainstorming all of their words and facts today. Amanda likes being able to choose her own ideas in any order. She thinks X, Y, and Z are the hardest.